Acharya Narendra Dev College
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| Acharya Narendra Dev College | |
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| Established | 1991 |
| Type | Public |
| Principal | Dr. Savithri Singh |
| Location | Delhi, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | andcollege.du.ac.in |
Acharya Narendra Dev College is a constituent college of University of Delhi. Established in 1991, the college has a unique distinction of being the only college in the University of Delhi that is primarily for science. Though a young college, Acharya was listed among the ten best colleges in Science in the India Today survey in 2010.[1]
Acharya operates under the aegis of, and is fully funded by, the government of Delhi. It is named after the great educationist and reformist of modern India, Acharya Narendra Dev.
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[edit] Courses offered
Courses on offer are several Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) programmes for pure and applied science streams such as B.Sc. Honours in Physics, Chemistry, Electronics, Computer Science, Botany and Zoology; B.Sc. in Physical sciences (three streams - with Chemistry, Electronics and Computer Science) and Life Sciences. It is the first college of the University to introduce the B.Sc. Honours Biomedical Sciences and the only one to run B.Sc. General in Sericulture (now B.Sc. Program in Applied Life Science with Sericulture). The College also offers the B. Com. Honours course.
Acharya also offers foreign language certificate and diploma courses.
[edit] School culture and projects
The college believes in promoting open-source software and open educational resources. It is the first college in the University of Delhi to migrate to Linux. The principal, Savithri Singh, is an elected member of the International Community Council of the Wikieducator and its Vice Chair.
Acharya Narendra Dev College promotes research both by the students and faculty. One of these research projects is the "Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Cell".[2] The cell also coordinates four projects aimed at promoting innovation and entrepreneurship.
The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), an international society advancing an interdisciplinary approach to the science and application of light, has formally approved "University of Delhi at Acharya Narendra Dev College SPIE Student Chapter".[3]
Acharya offers a variety of extra-curricular activities for students. Student-run societies include the Dramatics, Debate, Electronics, Adventure, Sports, Social Outreach, and others.
[edit] Notable faculty
One of the teachers, Dr Sarita Kumar, has been honoured by the Government of Delhi as a meritorious teacher. She won a certificate and Rs 75,000/-.[4] In the year 2009, Kumar along with Dr M.S. Rajeswari and Dr. Seema Makhija were hounoured as distinguished teachers by University of Delhi on the occasion of Teachers' Day.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/best-science-colleges-in-delhi,-2010/1/102046.html, India Today, "Best Science Colleges in Delhi, 2010", June 18, 2010, Retrieved 2012-02-07.
- ^ http://www.nstedb.com/institutional/IEDC.htm
- ^ http://spie.org/x1727.xml
- ^ The Hindu, May 11, 2011
- ^ http://andcollege.du.ac.in/?q=achievements/achievements_of_faculty
[edit] External links
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