Hindu College, Delhi

Hindu College, University of Delhi

Motto	Music of Truth
Type	Public
Established	1899
Principal	Dr. Anju Srivastava
Academic staff	120
Students	2500
Location	University Enclave, New Delhi 28°41′3.21″N 77°12′39.65″E
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	University of Delhi
Website	hinducollege.org
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Hindu College is one of the most distinguished colleges in India and functions under the affiliation of University of Delhi in Delhi, India. Founded in 1899, it offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in science, humanities and social sciences. The college is also amongst the oldest in Delhi.

Hindu College is ranked among the top colleges in India for humanities, science and commerce. It has more than 100 faculty members. It has been awarded the 'Star College' status for the Department of Biotechnology, by the Ministry of Science and Technology of India. Notwithstanding its name, students from all religions are admitted.

History

Hindu College was founded in 1899, by Late Shri Krishan Dassji Gurwale. In the backdrop of the nationalist struggle against British Raj. Some prominent citizens, including Shri Gurwale Ji, decided to start a college that would provide nationalist education to the youth, while being non-elitist and non-sectarian. Originally, the college was housed in a humble building in Kinari Bazar, Chandni Chowk, and it was affiliated to Punjab University as there was no university in Delhi at that time. As the college grew, it faced a major crisis in 1902. The Punjab University warned the college that the university would disaffiliate the college if the college failed to get a proper building of its own. Fortunately, Rai Bahadur Lala Sultan Singh came to rescue the college from this crisis. He donated a part of his historic property, which originally belonged to Colonel James Skinner, at Kashmiri Gate, Delhi, to the college. The college functioned from there till 1953. When the University of Delhi took birth in 1922, Hindu College along with Ramjas College and St. Stephen's College were subsequently affiliated to the University of Delhi, making them the first three institutions to be affiliated with the university.

Hindu College was a centre for intellectual and political debate during India’s freedom struggle, especially during the Quit India Movement. This is the only college in Delhi to have a Students' Parliament since 1935, which provided a platform to many national leaders including Mahatma Gandhi, Motilal Nehru, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sarojini Naidu, Annie Besant, Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Subhash Chandra Bose for motivating the youth. Responding whole-heartedly to Gandhi Ji's Quit India call in 1942, the college played a leading role in India’s freedom struggle as some teachers and students of the college even went to prison and it closed its gates for several months.

Principals

1. B.B. Mookerji, 1899-1906
2. N.N. Roy, 1906-1911
3. P.B. Adhikari, 1911-1915
4. S. Sen, 1915-1917
5. N.V. Thadani, 1917-1928
6. S.K. Sen, 1928-1934
7. N.V. Thadani, 1935-1950
8. A. Bhattacharya, 1950-1957
9. R.N. Mathur, 1958-1964
10. B.M. Bhatia*, 1964-1971, 1973-1980
11. P.C. Verma, 1980-1995
12. S.N. Maheshwari, 1995-1997
13. Kavita A. Sharma, 1998-2008
14. S. Choudhary, 2008–2010
15. Vinay K Srivastava, 2010-2012
16. Pradumn Kumar, 2012-2014
17. Anju Srivastava, 2014–Present

*Dr. B.M. Bhatia was on leave for two years, 1971-1973. During this period, Dr. P.C. Sood was the substituting principal.

Campus

The twenty-five acre college campus is known for its well-maintained gardens and lovely trees. It also has one of the finest auditoria in Delhi, a state-of-the-art seminar room. The college maintains a playground and a sports complex. Basketball, cricket, lawn tennis and table tennis are organised under the supervision of the Director of Physical Education. The college has well equipped physics and chemistry laboratories, NCC and NSS rooms. A computer room, photocopier and stationery shop are also available. A Students' Centre offers the facility of a bank. The college's canteen is famous for serving delicious food.

Library

Hindu College's library is one of the oldest among the University of Delhi's college libraries. It came into existence along with the foundation of the college in 1899. The library is fully air conditioned and computerised. It is open to bona fide students of all the classes. All important textbooks are kept in the reserve section to enable the students to write their tutorials. It has more than one lakh books and 2000+ eJournals. There is a well equipped reading room, which subscribes to a large number of dailies, weeklies, periodicals and journals on a variety of subjects.

Hostel

Hindu College's boys hostel, with its architectural grandeur and aesthetics, has been an abode to many luminaries and is situated next to the sports complex. It is a spacious structure with 119 rooms enclosing eight lawns with rose beds and hedges. The hostel provides residential facilities to about two hundred undergraduate and postgraduate male students. A common room provides the residents recreational facilities such as carrom-board, chess, and a separate TV room apart from the newspapers and magazines. The college will also sport a girls hostel which has been delayed due to procedural delays.

Student societies

Apart from academic excellence, the college firmly believes in the overall development of moral, physical and intellectual realms. For this there are college societies to foster comradeship amongst the students. Every department has its own society which is tasked with organising the department-specific co-curricular activities.

Ibtida is the dramatics society of Hindu College which performs both stage and street plays. It was formed by Imtiaz Ali while he was a student at the college.

The Indian music society, Alankar, holds its annual festival Harmony every year. The English debating society, popularly known as the Desboc, is representative of an inquiring and active intellectual life on campus. Debsoc is the only debating society in Delhi University to organise four major debates in an academic year. Vivre, the film society, screens almost 15 films a month in the college seminar room and holds an annual fest named Snap.

Other societies include The Finance & Investment Cell; Abhirang, the Hindi Dramatic Society; Abstraction, the Fine Arts Society; Aria, the Western Music Society; Manthan, the Choreography Society; Srijya, the Quiz Society; Masque, The English Dramatic Society; Vagmi, the Hindi Debating Society; and Vivre, The Film and Photography Society.

The college has a Students' Parliament. The Hindu College Parliament is a unique student organisation in the country. All the students and teachers of the College are its members. The students elect the Prime Minister from amongst themselves at the beginning of the year. There is also a Leader of the Opposition. The Speaker of the Parliament is a teacher nominated by the Principal in his/her capacity as the President of the Hindu College Republic.

The College Parliament is a forum for discussions on academic and other issues. It is an excellent training ground for public speaking and leadership qualities. It allocates funds to the various societies. The parliament is in continuous operation since 1935. Members of students' parliament are elected by students. The students' parliament takes care of demands of students.

Departments

• Department of Botany : The Department of Botany has since its inception grown in stature and standard. It has a qualified faculty of seven teachers who, besides teaching, have also been pursuing research. The major areas of their Current research interests include Electron Microscopy, Stain Technology, Reproductive Biology, Ecology, Plant Pathology, Cellular and Molecular Cytogenetics, Phycology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. The teachers have published over 110 research papers in journals of national and international repute. They have, in addition, authored/edited a number of books/course materials for CBSE and NCERT. In the last 15 years, the faculty members of the Department have conducted a number of research projects sponsored by UGC and DST. The projects undertaken have not only improved the laboratory, but also led to greater orientation towards fields of applied research. In keeping with the high quality of research work, the bio-data of one of the teachers has been incorporated into the “Who’s Who in World”- a catalogue biography of scientists of international repute published by Marquis Who’s Who, New Jersey, U.S.A. Invitations to memberships of learned societies, like the New York Academy of Sciences, have also been received. With an efficient teaching staff, helpful and co-operative non-teaching staff, the Department has attracted students from various places within and outside India. Every year the Department selects meritorious students for admission to the 1st year of B.Sc. (Hons.). Its alumni have distinguished themselves as teachers and scientists in academic and research organizations, government scientific Departments and corporate bodies. The Department has facilities to cater to the needs of the students. It has a collection of rare books donated by the late Professor Manohar Lal, former Head of the Department of Botany, Delhi University. The Hindu College Botanical Society—"Sanjeevani" arranges field excursions and lectures by distinguished botanists. During the annual festival- Inflorescence", quiz, rangoli and other contests are organised to widen the horizon of students with enhanced awareness of the world around them.
• Department of Chemistry : The Department of Chemistry has the reputation of consistently producing toppers of the University and is rightfully regarded as the best Chemistry Department of Delhi University. The Department has highly motivated team of Sixteen Associate and Assistant Professors. The faculty members update themselves with latest developments through research projects and interaction with industries. Some of the books written by faculty members are widely used by college and school students and acknowledged. The Department has two chemistry laboratories equipped with modern instruments like UV-visible spectrophotometer, instrumentation laboratories, analytical laboratories and a computer room. This year we are introducing in new course in Semester-V as “Biochemistry”. Activities of the Chemistry Society ‘Tatva’ provide students with a forum to express themselves freely and display their capabilities beyond classroom. It organizes seminars, lectures, annual festival ‘Catalysis’ and inter college competitions. An annual magazine ‘Substance’ is also published.
• Department of Commerce : The Department offers an Honours course in Commerce at the undergraduate level. B.Com (Hons.) is one of the most prestigious courses in the University of Delhi. Presently the Department at Hindu College is one of the very few in the University that offers the option in Information Technology (Practical as well as Theory) in all the papers where options exists. The Commerce Department has a specialized computer lab and a central computer lab with one computer for every student. The Department attracts some of the most talented students and the graduates from the department find employment in both private and public sectors. Many go on to study at professional institutes, or do programmes in Law and Business Management. The college also offers admission to Masters in Commerce.
• Department of Economics : The Economics Department of Hindu College takes pride in being among the best Departments for the study of Economics at the undergraduate level. It comprises a young and dynamic faculty of eight members with diverse specializations and /or interests. The teaching methodology combines standard methods of University education – lectures and tutorials - with written assignments, project work, field trips, and student presentations both in class and in seminars. In addition to the core papers that are taught (see www.du.ac.in for details), students can choose from among a number of optional courses in their final year. In the academic years 2008-09 and 2009–10, the Department has offered optional courses in Game Theory, International Economics, Public Economics, Money and Financial Markets, Econometrics, and Indian Agriculture and Industry. The Department also has an internship program and we encourage our students to participate in the corporate and research life of institutions outside college. The Economics Society of the Department organizes a variety of events to promote students interest in the subject. These events include the Ranjan Roy Memorial Debate, O.P. Kaushik Memorial Lecture, and the Economics Festival “L’Economiste”. The Society also brings out an annual Economics magazine “Arth” to which faculty members, students, and professionals from related fields contribute articles. All activities of the Department are aimed at encouraging the students to explore beyond the frontiers of the prescribed syllabus, evaluate economic issues using the skills and tools acquired both inside and outside the classroom, and interact with experts from diverse areas of specialization.
• Department of English : The English Department is one of the oldest and most reputed Departments in Hindu College. Its reputation has been steadily enhanced over the years through the hard work of its faculty, which has traditionally combined excellence in research with a dedication to pedagogy. The faculty includes specialists in several areas of literary studies; for instance, European Renaissance Literature, Literature of the English Romantics, the Victorian Literature, Classic and Modern American Literature, Modern European Literature, Theatre and Film Studies, Popular Culture and Postcolonial Studies, Twentieth Century Indian Writing, Classic European and Indian Literature, and African and Canadian Studies. Students admitted to the First Year of the B.A. (Hons.) Course in English are given a week-long series of orientation lectures initiating them to the various approaches and methodologies of literary studies. The overall performance of students of this Department has been consistently of a high standard. The Department runs the English Literary Society which organizes various events including lectures and conferences through the academic year and places an emphasis on written work and discussion as crucial components of the learning process. The Seminar Library of the Department provides useful additional study material for its students. The students of the Department also take an active interest in curricular and extra curricular activities. “FLARE”, the annual short- story sampler, publishes stories submitted for the inter-college short-story competition, which has been held now for six years. A selection of some of the best stories has also been anthologised and published in the form of a book in 2008.
• Department of Hindi : The Hindi Department is one of the most reputed Departments of undergraduate and postgraduate studies in the University and one of the oldest Departments of the College. The Department has a glorious past. Renowned scholars of national and international repute like Dr. Dashrath Ojha, Dr. Bharat Singh Upadhyay and Shri Krishan Shankar Shukla have been on its faculty. More recently, it had writers and critics like Dr. Mandhata Ojha, Dr. Krishna Dutt Paliwal and Dr. Suresh Rituparna and Dr. Harish Naval of national repute. Besides teaching in Universities, colleges and schools, alumni of the Department have distinguished themselves in a variety of other professions like Administrative Services, Print and Visual Media, in the corporate sector, embassies, and in Indian Cinema and Theatre. The faculty and alumni of the Department have also consistently played a prominent role in the promotion of Hindi at the International level. More than one hundred and fifty students study Hindi as their main subject at graduate and post-graduate levels. Hindi is also taught as a subject in the B.A. Programme course and as a concurrent/Interdisciplinary course for the other B.A. (Hons.) courses. Students of the Department have consistently secured top positions in the University examinations. The Department has a very reputed literary society named ‘Hindi Sahitya Sabha’, under whose aegis, lectures by eminent experts are organized. Students also arrange and conduct other functions under the ‘Hindi Sahitya Sabha’. The students themselves put up a Wall Magazine ‘LAHAR’ regularly. The Department also organizes an annual festival “ABHIDHA’. The Department has a Dramatics Society named ‘ABHIRANG’. It has organized many theatre workshops with the help of National School of Drama and Sahitya Kala Parishad. It has produced many full-length plays including ‘KABIRA KHADA BAZAR MEIN’ ,‘CHARAN DAS CHOR’ and 'PREM KATHA: PANCHTANTRON SE', ‘MOTERAM KA SATYAGRAHA’, ‘BAKAREE’, ‘TERI MERI USKI BAAT’, and ‘KOLAVERIDI-AISI BHI’. The shows of these plays were conducted in different parts of India. The Department also brings out a popular acclaimed magazine titled as ‘HASTAKSHAR’, which not only adds vitality to the creative and intellectual space of the campus, but also provides a platform for the students and teachers to hone their creative skill. The magazine deals with a range of literary and topical issues and endeavors to revive the forgotten art of penmanship.
• Department of History : History is one of the oldest disciplines taught at Hindu College. Its students are drawn from all over the country and have over the year’s attained distinction in different spheres ranging from research, social analysis, law, administrative services to films. The Department has a lively History Society which has been successfully organizing seminars, discipline-related trips and history festivals. History Department also has the distinction to have its own well-equipped library that is run under the supervision of a Teacher of the Department. Each student can enroll himself/herself as a member of the Department Library on annual basis by paying a nominal subscription of Rs. 100/- only. There are seven members of the teaching faculty specializing in different areas of Indian History. The faculty possesses good expertise in non-Indian history too. Several members of the faculty are engaged in research, and most of the members have been acquiring more linguistic expertise for their research. The faculty, in keeping with the nature of its discipline, is sensitive to social issues and is known for its capacity for debate within itself. The Department offers Environmental Issues in India as the Interdisciplinary Course and Discipline-centered Concurrent Courses are: a) Culture in India: Ancient b) Ancient Delhi c) Medieval Delhi d) Modern Delhi
• Department of Mathematics : The Department of Mathematics is one of the oldest and the finest Departments in the college. It has the distinction of having some very eminent professors that include Prof. P.C. Jain, Prof. J.N. Kapur and Prof. J.M. Kapoor on its faculty. The current faculty of nine members imparts instructions in various areas of Mathematics. The Department offers the following courses: The B.Sc. (H) Mathematics, M.A. / M.Sc. in Mathematics and Operational Research. The Mathematical Society 'Acuity' of the Department is one of the most vibrant societies. Apart from holding lectures from eminent mathematicians throughout the year, it organizes its annual festival 'ALPHA', the complete planning and execution of which is carried out by the students in consultation with the faculty. The focus of the festival is interdisciplinary lectures by eminent personalities, paper reading and quizzing. The society publishes its annual magazine ‘ANNULUS’ and maintains the Department website.
• Department of Philosophy : The Department of Philosophy comprises a committed faculty with specialization in diverse areas such as Indian Philosophy, Greek Philosophy, Continental Thought, Logic, Ethics, Aesthetics and Philosophy of Religion. Besides the regular activity of teaching, the faculty is also committed to ongoing research and publication in the given areas of specialization. In addition to the scheduled lectures and tutorials, the Department also holds special lectures, seminars, group discussions, debates and workshops with the aim of augmenting the integral intellectual development of the students. Besides teaching sixteen papers to the B.A. (Hons.) students majoring in philosophy, the faculty also teaches six discipline-papers in philosophy to the B.A. (Programme) students, the paper ‘Elements of logic’ to the B.Com students and the inter-disciplinary concurrent course (IDCC) ‘Ethics in the public domain’ as well as the discipline-centered concurrent course (DCC) ‘ Formal logic’ to the B.A. (Hons.) students.
• Department of Physics : The Department of Physics is one of the oldest and the largest Departments in the college. It has two well-maintained laboratories which have been upgraded recently with new equipments, and a computer laboratory with internet connections to aid the learning process and meet the practical needs of the students. In addition, the Department has an electronic workshop in which the students can carry out their project work, play around with the concepts of physics and exhibit their creative skills. The Department also has a library of its own with more than 500 books covering different fields of physics. Efforts are made by faculty members to update the holdings on a year-to-year basis. The Department has a highly qualified and a dedicated faculty, some of whom have worked abroad on various teaching and research assignments while some are authors of repute. Many faculty members are working on UGC sponsored research projects. In addition to the teaching of B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics, the Department also has the onus of running B. Sc. Physical Sciences (Chemistry) and B. Sc. Physical Sciences (Electronics). Our students have consistently performed well in the University examinations securing top positions. They have been getting admission in Science and Engineering courses of reputed Universities in India and abroad. Our students have also carved their niche in various professional areas – civil services, defense services, management, R&D's (pharmaceuticals, industries) etc. 'EUREKA' the Physics Society organizes its annual festival 'QUARKS' beginning with the release of its magazine - QUARKS. Among the various events of the festival that includes paper reading, quizzing, debating, poster making competition etc., the lecture series and panel discussions by eminent physicists remains the major highlight. ‘ACME’, the Physical Science society organizes its annual festival ‘Momenta’. The major highlights of the festivals include the training workshops, lecture series, quizzing, debating, poster making etc.
• Department of Political Science : The faculty of the Department consists of young and enthusiastic teachers committed to creating a democratic academic culture. At present, it has eight permanent teachers with a wide range of interests and specializations. Apart from the compulsory courses, the Department offers a wide choice of optional courses including 'Women and Political Process','‘Political Economy and Society', 'United Nations’ and 'Asian Political Systems'. POLSO, the Political Science Society comprises all the students of the Department. It has a democratic tradition of electing its own representatives who, in consultation with and under the guidance of faculty members, conduct the academic and cultural activities of the Department. With the advent of the semester system the Department now offers some very innovative optional Papers. Under the discipline centered courses it now offers papers such as a) Reading Gandhi b) Citizenship in Globalizing World. In addition the Foundation Course on "Human Rights, Gender and Environment" and an interdisciplinary course on “Democracy and governance” are also offered. The Department also teaches a course in “Disaster management”.
• Department of Sanskrit : Hindu College is not only one of the most distinguished under-graduate educational institutions of the country; it also is the first choice of the students for the study of Sanskrit language and literature. It has talented and accomplished faculty members. Their high degree of academic and professional proficiency is evidenced by their commendable academic work. The Department offers B.A. Programme, B.A. (Hons.) and M.A. Courses with an emphasis on reading the original texts and sources. The students are also introduced to critical analysis through commentaries and other modern approaches. The Department also offers concurrent, qualifying and Interdisciplinary courses (Nationalism and Indian Literature) for first year and concurrent paper for second year Honours courses. Sanskrit Department initiated its own library with most useful books for the benefit of the students. Its endeavour is to impart quality instruction to the students. It is sincerely hoped that the students joining the Department, will find themselves in a most congenial atmosphere for their studies throughout their stay in college.
• Department of Sociology : The Sociology Department at Hindu College has a rich heritage of academic achievements and creative pursuits. The Department has an active Sociology Society with all students and teachers as its members and with elected student office-bearers. The Society regularly organizes seminars, symposia, talks by senior subject specialists, workshops with NGOs, inter-college quizzes and debates, field trips, and the annual sociology festival “RITES”. The Department also has a growing library of its own to provide additional access to essential reading material for students. Our students have consistently performed well in university examinations often securing top positions. Many have distinguished themselves in diverse fields like teaching and research in India and abroad, management, law, civil services, public relations, advertising, publishing, broadcasting, print journalism and as development professionals in government and NGOs. The Department believes in Education being an outside the classroom enterprise as much as within. They are known for their active coordination and encouraging students’ participation in societies like N.S.S., Theatre, Women's Development Centre, Film Club, Environment Club, Choreography and Fashion Society
• Department of Statistics : Hindu College can boast of being a pioneer institution in introducing Statistics at the undergraduate level in Delhi University in the year 1975, as part of the Department of Mathematics. Other colleges of the University followed suit only in subsequent years. The Department of Mathematics was bifurcated and a full-fledged Department of Statistics was established in 1987. The tremendous demand for statistics as a consequence of the fast changes in economic structure within the country and globally, opening up of insurance sector and expansion of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) have created a statistical user community which demands for timely, real-time, relevant and integrated information. The department's goals are to acquaint students with the role played in science & technology by probabilistic and statistical ideas and methods to provide instruction in the theory and application of techniques that have been found to be commonly useful and to train research workers in probability & Statistics. Our graduates are employed in Govt. sectors and Private sectors with a wide range throughout the world. The Department of Statistics has highly qualified and experienced members on its faculty. The faculty members update themselves with latest developments through research and interaction with industries. All the members work in unison and complete harmony and with full dedication to their job, for the uplift and betterment of the Department. Over the years, the Department has established a good computer laboratory, which is being frequently upgraded. This has been possible only through the untiring and combined efforts of its members.
• Department of Zoology : The Department of Zoology of the College is considered to be one of the best of its kind in the University. It places a strong emphasis on under-graduate teaching and attracts some of the best talent from the +2 stream. The members of the faculty specialize in various academic areas, namely Neuroendocrinology, Immunology, Entemology, Clinical Immunology, Cell Biology etc. The Department is also involved in active research with “UGC Major Research Project” and University granted “Innovative Research Project”. The informal attitude of the staff of the Department makes for an easy and interactive atmosphere conducive for learning and personality development. No learning can be complete only within the four walls of the classroom. The Zoology Department has a vibrant society aptly named “GENESIS”, which conducts a number of extra-curricular activities throughout the year with the aim of developing in the students a balanced all-round personality. “Genesis” offers the students a chance for self-expression and self-assertion and helps them imbibe good social and moral values. As the planning and execution of the various activities of the society are carried out by the students themselves, this inculcates in them a sense of responsibility and brings to the fore dormant leadership qualities which are so sorely needed in today’s competitive world to get that extra edge to stand out amongst the crowd. The upgradation of the infrastructure is an ongoing process in the Department. Students are also exposed to hands-on research in addition to their usual curricular activities. The Department has its own computers with internet connections, a digital library with a collection of the latest editions of over 1400 books, a rich collection of research/ review papers from scientific journals, around 300 Nature/Science documentaries and films and a dedicated LCD projection facility for them.

Notable alumni

The alumni of Hindu College are called Hinduites.

• Roshan Abbas, presenter
• Mira Aggarwal, politician; Mayor of Delhi
• Imtiaz Ali, film director
• Mirza Farhatullah Baig, Urdu writer
• Siddhartha Basu, businessman
• Rekha Bhardwaj, singer
• Vishal Bhardwaj, film director and music composer
• Tahir Raj Bhasin, actor
• Manvinder Bisla, Indian cricketer
• Bipan Chandra, historian and professor of Modern History at Jawaharlal Nehru University
• Abhishek Chaubey, film director
• Brahma Chellaney, author; professor at Centre for Policy Research
• Aakash Chopra, Indian cricketer
• Tisca Chopra, actress
• Deep Dasgupta, Indian cricketer
• Prithvi Nath Dhar, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Office, India
• Gautam Gambhir, Indian cricketer
• Leela Gandhi, Professor of English at University of Chicago
• Papiya Ghosh, historian; Professor of History at University of Patna
• Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief of Times Now
• Sanjeev Goyal, economist; Professor of Economics at University of Cambridge
• Ajay Jadeja, Indian cricketer
• Pema Khandu, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
• Ashish Kothari, environmentalist
• Amitava Kumar, journalist, professor of English at Vassar College
• Manoj Kumar, actor
• Mayanti Langer, journalist
• Meenakshi Lekhi, National Spokesperson of Bhartiya Janta Party
• Kadambari Murali, Editor-in-Chief of Sports Illustrated India
• Shiv Pandit, actor
• Ila Patnaik, Principal Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance of India
• Hardeep Singh Puri, Indian Foreign Service Officer; Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
• Vinod Rai, 11th Comptroller and Auditor General of India
• Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO of Global Fund for Women
• Arjun Rampal, actor
• Mahesh Rangarajan, historian
• Luv Ranjan, film director
• Saqib Saleem, actor and model
• Adarsh Shastri, former Sales Head, Apple Inc. India; political activist, MLA, Dwarka, NCT of Delhi, National Spokesperson, AAP of Aam Aadmi Party
• Anil Shorey, infantry officer in Indian Army; writer
• Tuhin Sinha, writer
• Rana Hemant Singh, titular Maharaj Rana of Dholpur
• Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State, India
• Rao Narbir Singh, politician
• Subramanian Swamy, economist, politician and Minister of Commerce and Industry, India
• Tabu Ram Taid, author
• Loveleen Tandan, film director
• Manish Tiwary, film director
• Sonam Wangchuk, Colonel in Indian Army; recipient of Maha Vir Chakra Gallantry Award
• Ankur Warikoo, angel investor; co-founder and CEO of NearBuy
• Imran Zahid, actor

External links

• Hindu College website
• Hindu College Velfies