The BBK DAV College for Women is a college in Amritsar, India. Founded in 1967, it offers professional and vocational education, alongside traditional courses.[1] It is operated by the DAV College Managing Committee of New Delhi.[1]
In 2024, the principal of BBK DAV College for Women, Dr Pushpinder Walia, received the Mahatma Hansraj Award for "her exemplary and meritorious services in the cause of education".[2]
The academic year has semester system consisting of two terms - July to December and January to June. All undergraduate, postgraduate and diploma programmes require full time commitment from the students and the system does not exempt them from any compulsory activities.
The college has ties with international institutes for educational and cultural exchange. It has links with the educational organizations WCCI (World Council of Curriculum & Instructions)], World Education Foundation, Kent County Council, Technology College, Northfleet and Hextable School, and World Punjabi Congress, Lahore, Pakistan.
In July 2004, a group of 16 students and teachers presented as many as 50 programmes including the play Is Jagah Ek Gaon Tha at Woodville Halls Theatre, Gravesend, UK. The college dance troupe was part of the Indian Fair that was declared first among the 32 countries that participated in the Dubai International Dance Festival. The college artists presented a one-hour programme at Wagha Border for the release of a documentary titled Sarhad ke Rakshak. The play Umrao Jaan participated in a five-day National Drama Festival organized by Urdu Academy, New Delhi. One College student represented Punjab at the festival of Teej celebrated in Gravesend, England. In 2008-09, the college folk artistes were part of a delegation to China selected by the government of India.
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