Daulat Ram College - [DRC]
Overview Information
About College
Daulat Ram College is a premier educational organization for women in Delhi, India, initiated by an educationist, late Shri Daulat Ram Gupta in 1960. It is an admired women’s college engaged in divulging profuse education to women. The college, a large constituent college of the University of Delhi, formerly started as Pramila College.
- The college shifted to its present premises in North Campus, the University of Delhi in 1964 and was re-named as Daulat Ram College
- It imparts education towards degrees at the Bachelors level in Arts, Science, and Commerce. It also enrolls students at the Masters level and holds M.A. tutorials
- The college has acquired The Star College position from the Government of India and has developed equipment and endured training in curriculum updates
- The College intakes 1, 031 students for various undergraduate courses and 120 students for various postgraduate courses
Departments
There are 17 departments of this college, which provide quality education to the students. Some of the noted among them are of:
- Department of Botany
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Commerce
- Department of History
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Music
- Department of Nutrition & Health Education
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Physics
Alumni
- Dr. Vibha Dhawan, Vice-Chancellor, Tata Energy Research Institute, New Delhi
- Ms. Mahima Kasewa, Musician, Ghazal Singer, Serving on the panel of Doordarshan & AIR
- Ms. Sumati Sharma, Head, Information Services, Defense Science Information Documentation Centre, Ministry of Defense
- Ms. Asha Aggarwal, Marathon Queen at the Seoul Olympics, Nagoya, Singapore
- Dr. Vijay Laxmi Pandit who is Principal in Rajdhani College
- Ms. Sushma Verma who is Assistant Editor/Special Correspondent, Hindustan Times
Cut off List
Cut off list 2014-15
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Code No. |
Main Subject |
GEN |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
PWD |
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1 |
Economics |
97% |
93% |
91% |
90% |
90% |
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2 |
English |
93% and above for Humanities; 91% (Humanities with Elective English); 95% ( Science) 97% (Commerce) |
91% , 89% (Humanities with Elective English ) ; 93%(Science) ; 95%(Commerce) |
91% |
91% |
91% |
|
3 |
Hindi |
87% |
83% |
82% |
82% |
82% |
|
4 |
History |
90% above (Humanities) 92% and above (Science & Commerce) |
88% above (Humanities) 90% and above (Science & Commerce)
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88% and above
|
88% and above
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86% and higher
|
|
5 |
Music |
Centralized Admission |
Centralized Admission |
Centralized Admission |
Centralized Admission |
Centralized Admission |
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6 |
Philosophy |
88% |
84% |
83% |
83% |
83% |
|
7 |
Political Science |
92% |
88% |
88% |
88% |
88% |
|
8 |
Psychology |
96% |
91% |
93% |
93% |
93% |
|
9 |
Sanskrit |
55% |
53% |
52% |
52% |
52% |
Extracurricular Activities
Daulat Ram College encourages its students to take part in extracurricular activities so that there is an overall development of the studies. Some of the clubs are:
- Debate Society
- Dramatics Society
- Environment/Eco Club
- Fine Arts Society
- Film Society
- Music & Dance Society
- Gandhi Study Circle
Some of the important associations are:
- National Sports Organization (N.S.O.)/ Physical Education
- National Service Scheme (N.S.S
- National Cadet Corps (N.C.C.)
- Spicmacay
- ‘Pragati’ -Women’s Development Centre
Facilities
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Library |
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Hostel |
The College has excellent hostel facilities including fully AC rooms, with an intake capacity of 200 students |
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Computer Lab |
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Auditorium |
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Sports infrastructure |
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Festivals
Daulat Ram College regularly organizes cultural festivals which are organized by the students themselves. These help the students learn cultural values and leadership skills. Following are the festivals celebrated in the college:
- ‘Manjari’: The cultural festival conducted by the College.
- ‘Youth Nite’
- ‘Miss DRC Hunt’
Scholarships
Meritorious and outstanding students of Daulat Ram College are duly recognized in the college with various kinds of scholarships. Some of them are:
- Merit Scholarship: Silver Jubilee Merit Scholarship awarded to the students of II year & III years for securing one of the first three positions in the University examination of the previous year
- Dr. Balmukund Tandon Memorial Scholarship awarded to a student of 2nd year of English Honors for securing highest grades
- Smt. Vidyawati Kapur Scholarship awarded to the best blind student of the year
- Smt. Ganga Laxmi Dutt Joshi Memorial Scholarship awarded to a student of 3rd year English Honors for securing highest marks in II year
- Kum. Kanta Sharma Memorial Scholarship awarded to a student currently in M. A. Hindi on the basis of her performance in the three years of B.A. (Honors) Hindi in the college
- Shri Sultan Chand Memorial Scholarship awarded to a student of B.Com. (Honors) II year who secures the highest percentage of marks in the college in B. Com. (Honors) I year University examination
- Shri Sultan Chand Memorial Scholarship awarded to a student of B.Com (Honors) III year who secures the highest percentage of marks in the college in B.Com (Honors) II year University examination