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 operating under the aegis and fully funded by Government of NCT, 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. It is named after the great educationist and reformist of modern India, Acharya Narendra Dev.
Though a young college, Acharya Narendra Dev College was listed among the ten best colleges[1] in Science in the India today survey in the years 2009 and 2010.
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[edit] Courses offered
Courses on offer are several Bachelor of Science 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.
[edit] Details of Courses
[edit] Undergraduate Level
- B. Sc. (Honours) Physics
- B. Sc. (Honuors) Electronics
- B. Sc. (Honours) Computer Science *
- B. Sc. (Honours) Chemistry
- B. Sc. (Honours) Botany
- B. Sc. (Honours) Zoology
- B. Sc. (Honours) Biomedical Science *
- B. Sc. Physical Science - Physics, Maths and Chemistry/Electronics/Computer Science
- B. Sc. Life Science
- B. Sc. (Honours) Mathematics
- B. Com (Honours)
[edit] Foreign Language Courses
[edit] Certificate Courses
- French*
- German*
- Spanish*
- Russian
[edit] Diploma Courses*
- French
- German
- Spanish
Note: *These courses are self-financed.
[edit] College Societies
The various extra curricular activities for the students are coordinated by different societies/clubs. The following is the list of these societies
- SPICMACAY (Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth)
- Dramatics
- Debate
- Electronics Club
- Adventure Club
- Environment
- National Social Service (NSS)
- Sports
- Social Outreach
- Shashakt Society for Women's Development
- Various Subject Societies
The Annual Cultural Fest is held in the month of December over two-three days. The Annual Function at which the prizes for academic distinctions are awarded is held in the month of February or early March.
[edit] Promoting Open Source and Open Educational Resources
The college believes in promoting 'Open Source Software' and also 'Open Educational Resources'. It is the first college in the University of Delhi to migrate to Linux. It is also in the process of setting up a 'Cluster laboratory'. The Principal Dr Savithri Singh is an elected member of the International Community Council of the Wikieducator and it Vice Chair.
[edit] E Learning Projects
The Principal Dr. Savithri Singh is coordinating a collaborative elearning project on development of Open and distance Learning Certificate courses using the Wikieducator on Bamboo and Rattan through the wikieducator.
[edit] Collaboration
The college is open to collaborations with other Universities in the areas of common interest/ education.
[edit] Special projects
- Acharya Narendra Dev College promotes research both by the students and faculty. Has seven research projects funded by various governmental agencies that are running in the college
- Has a Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (DST) funded "Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Cell". 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".
- "Effective Communication and Personality Development through Theatre' - An add-on course that helps to develop confidence and communication skills among the students.
- Open Source Drug Discovery Project of the CSIR. Please see Article on the project.
[edit] Notable faculty
One of the teachers, Dr Sarita Kumar, has been honoured by the Government of NCT of Delhi as a meritorious teacher[2] - she won a certificate and Rs 75,000/-. In the year 2009 Dr Sarita Kumar along with Dr M,S. Rajeswari and Dr. Seema Makhija had been hounoured as distinguished teachers by University of Delhi on the occasion of Teachers' Day.
[edit] References
- ^ Best Science Colleges in Delhi, 2010 (India Today, June 18, 2010)
- ^ The Hindu, May 11, 2011
[edit] External links
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