Hansraj College

Hansraj College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi, in Delhi, India. Established in 1948 and situated in the prestigious Delhi University North Campus, it is considered as one of the best colleges in India having produced a large and notable alumni network particularly in the fields of entertainment, civil services, politics, sciences, and in the corporate world. It is ranked as 12th best college all over India by NIRF and is accredited A++ by NAAC scoring a CGPA of 3.71, one of the highest amongst DU colleges. It is a premier institution of the DAV Managing Committee - the largest non-government educational organization of the country. On July 26, 1948 the college was set up in memory of Mahatma Hansraj (1882-1938) the founder of DAV College Lahore and a pioneer in the field of education. Departments include science, liberal arts and commerce.

Hansraj College
MottoTamaso Maॅ Jyotira Gamaya
Motto in English
From darkness, lead me to light.
TypeCollege
Established1948 (1948)
PrincipalDr. Rama [1]
Location
New Delhi
,
Delhi
,
India
CampusMahatma Hans Raj Marg, Malka Ganj, North Campus, University of Delhi-110007
NicknameHRC, Hansraj
AffiliationsUniversity of Delhi
Websitewww.hansrajcollege.ac.in

History

The College was founded on 26 July 1948 in memory of the prominent Indian educator and nationalist Mahatma Hansraj. Initially started as an institution for men, the college became co-educational in 1978. With around 5,000 students, it is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Delhi.[2] For years Hans Raj College has been ranked among the Top-10 colleges of India in all three disciplines.[3][4][5][6] At the celebration of its 69th Foundation Day, Naveen Jindal, industrialist and alumnus, announced that Hans Raj College would become the first college in Delhi University to hoist the national flag on its premises.[7] The college hoisted the Monumental Flag on 25 January 2017 which happens to be the second Monumental Flagpole in Delhi after CP. The flag was hoisted by MP Naveen Jindal, an alumnus of the college and founder of Flag Foundation of India (FFOI).[8]

Hansraj College, University of Delhi

Ranking and gradings

It was ranked twelfth among all the colleges in India by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2023 and accredited A++ with a CGPA of 3.71 by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).[9] It was ranked fifth in both arts colleges and science colleges by India Today in 2022.[10]

Academics

The college offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in various streams. These are B.A, B.A (Hons), B.Sc, B.Sc (Hons) and B.Com (Hons) at the UG level. And M.A, M.Sc and M.Com at the PG level.

It also offers job-oriented add-on certificate courses. These include: Radio Jockeying, Anchoring & TV Journalism; Acting and Filmmaking; Mass Communication, Advertising & Marketing.[11]

The college receives support under the strengthening component in relation to the Star College initiative of the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.[12] In addition to this, the college has worked on the future publication of the research journal "Hans Shodh Sudha" to publish research in fields across the sciences, commerce and arts.[13] The Finance and Economics Research Cell of the college also conducts programs to promote undergraduate research in these fields.[14]

Departments: Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, Electronics, Maths, Physics, Zoology, Commerce, Economics, English, Hindi, History, Philosophy, Physical Education and Sanskrit.

Infrastructure and facilities

The college has a central library, departmental libraries for science subjects and a Book Bank for needy students. The college has six computer and eighteen science laboratories.

Sports facilities include a gymnasium, a sports field, football field, basketball court, an indoor sports complex and an electronic shooting range.

The college has an auditorium with sound and light systems, and a seating capacity of 400-500 persons along with a balcony on the first floor to host dignitaries and guests.

The seminar rooms can seat 120 people and have sound and projection systems.

The college has hostel facilities for both boys and girls accommodating more than 200 undergraduate students and is equipped with all functional amenities such as solar geysers and 24-hour power back-up.

Admission process

Hansraj College undergoes the standard admissions process of the University of Delhi. In order to apply to this college for an undergraduate course, the student has to fill out a central form that is released by the university itself. After a few weeks of the deadline of the forms, Delhi University publicly releases cut off lists for each individual course for all of the undergraduate courses across the university.

Old admission process:- A student wishing to apply for a course at Hansraj can look at the cut-off and matches his or her 12th-grade percentage with the same. If the 12th-grade percentage is equal to or greater than the percentage in the cut-off, the student is eligible. Generally, the cutoff percentage lies at ~97% in the 12th Class Finals, this process is officially not applicable after 2022-23 session since the introduction of CUET examination.

New admission process:- As there is a change in the admission process due to introduction of CUET examination, the entrance test shall be sole determiner of the admission at any college in University of Delhi including Hansraj College and 12th results shall be considered for eligibility and tie breaker case only (if applicable).

Sports

Its sports facilities include a vast sports field which includes a football field and a basketball court, an indoor sports complex and the only Electronic Shooting Range in the entire University. The college has facilities for both outdoor and indoor games. It has a sports ground and a Basketball court between the college and the hostel premises. It also possess an indoor badminton court and an indoor shooting range. The students have won university, state and national level championships in pistol shooting, archery (w), water polo, basketball, badminton, cricket, etc. The college won the Chancellor's Trophy in 2003–2004, 2004-2005 and for consecutive four academic sessions from 2011 to 2015 for overall excellence in sports. Sport facilities are made available to all students under the program: Games For All and has produced many alumni from sports as well.[15]

Notable alumni

See also

References
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  2. "About Hansraj". Archived from the original on 13 December 2014.
  3. "Best Arts Colleges in India 2019". Collegesearch.in. 31 December 2018.
  4. "Best Commerce Colleges in India, 2010 - | Photo20 | India Today |". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
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  6. "Best Science Colleges in India, 2010 - | Photo17 | India Today |". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  7. "Hans Raj to be the first college in DU to hoist the national flag - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  8. "Monumental Flagpole in Hansraj College - | Photo17 | India Today |". The Times Of India. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  9. "MoE, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)". www.nirfindia.org. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  10. "Best ARTS Colleges in India 2022: List of Top ARTS Colleges 2022 in India - Page4". www.indiatoday.in. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  11. "HRC now offers job-oriented add-on certificate courses".
  12. "Star College Scheme for Strengthening of UG Science". 3 July 2020.
  13. "About Hans Shodh Shikhar". 3 July 2020.
  14. "The Finance and Economics Research Cell". 3 July 2020.
  15. "Hansraj College, University of Delhi". www.hansrajcollege.ac.in. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  16. "Fourteenth Lok Sabha: Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  17. "Kushal Tandon". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  18. Aasheesh Sharma (16 January 2016). ""If people remember my characters more than my name, it's my success as an actor," says Pavan Malhotra". Hindustan Times, Brunch. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  19. "Richard did his B.Com from Hansraj College and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the year 1983".

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