Indraprastha College for Women - [IP]

About College

Indraprastha College for Women popularly known as IP College is the eldest women's college of the University of Delhi. It was established in 1924 as a part of the nation-wide operation for women's empowerment and education. Presently this prestigious College has a membership of over 2670 students.

• The College ranks in the top 10 Arts colleges of the city and the top 20 in the country.
• It is the only college in the Delhi University to offer a course in Bachelor In Journalism and Mass Communication and is ranked among the top 5 media schools in the country
• In 2005, the college added, The cyber cafe wing, into its campus, with offices of N.C.C and N.S.S
• It is located on Nath Marg which is 2 km. from Kashmiri Gate, Delhi

Reservation:

• 5% seats in each course have been reserved for the children of armed forces
• 2% seats are reserved for person with  proficiency in sports

Alumni:

Being such an old and prestigious college, this institute has produced a number of alumni who excelled in their fields, some of them are:

• Aruna Roy is a Social activist, campaigner for the Right to Information, and winner of the Magsaysay Award.
• Kavita Choudhary is a scriptwriter, actor, director.
• Komal G.B. Singh is a TV and media personality.
• Pratima Puri Doordarshan’s first female newscaster.
• Sharan Rani Backliwal an acclaimed Sarod player, recipient of Padma Shri & Padma Vibhushan.
• Veena Maitra – The former Director-General, Defence Estates.

Facilities:

Clubs:

Extra-Curricular:

The College offers numerous extra-curricular activities and surpasses in Dance, Dramatics, Debate, Fine arts, Music, and Choreography. The College also turns an NCC unit and the NSS program. Some of the other societies that students can enroll in are:

• Abhivyakti: It is one of the first few dramatic societies of Delhi University.
• Afroza- The Burning Fire, is the western dance society
• Alaap- The Indian Music Society of the college is actively tangled in learning Indian usual music
• English Debating Society
• Eco Club
• Quiz Society
• Discussion Forum
• Mridang
• Simulacra, the Film and Photography society
• Laashya- The contemporary dance society
• Hindi Debating Society
• Western Music Society
• Hindi Editorial
• Debate- First Fresher's Parliamentary Debate in 2013

Sports Achievements:

• Pinky of B.Sc. (H) Computer Science I year represented Delhi University in North Zone Intervarsity Baseball Tournament
• Preetika of B.A. (H) Philosophy II year represented Delhi University in All India Intervarsity Tournament.
• Priyanka Rawat of B.A. (H) Hindi III year represented Delhi State as Coach of Junior National Baseball Championship.

Festivals - The festivals which are celebrated in the college are:

• Vivaad- The annual Debating Festival
• Shruti “The Ethernal Song” is the annual cultural fest of the college
• ‘MISE-EN-SCENE’ which is an international film festival organized by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication

Ranking:

• In the survey by India Today, Indraprastha College for Women is ranked 32 in India under the category of India’s Best Arts College 2011
• The college is amongst the top 10 colleges of arts

Scholarships:

Merit cum means based scholarships are awarded by the College to deserving students. A few of them are:

• Scholarship By Sitaram Jindal Foundation is given to needy and meritorious students admitted to the first year of any graduation course who have scored 60% and above in the last exam and their parent's income from all sources is less than 2,00,000 (INR) p.a.
• Delhi University Women’s Association Scholarship which gives two scholarships of 1000 (INR) p.a. or a period of 3 years to the needy and deserving daughters of Jawans, whose family income is less than the amount from which it starts attracting income tax.
• Shri D.D. Kapoor Scholarship for the student of BA (H) Eco. Part 1whose family income is   less than the amount from which it starts attracting income tax