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{{Short description|College of the University of Delhi in India}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}
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{{Infobox university
| name = Kirori Mal College
| image = Kmcfront.jpg|caption=Arts and Humanities Department Building
| established = {{Start date and age|1954}}
| type = [[Public university|Public]]
| nickname = KMC
| academic_affiliation = [[University of Delhi]]
| principal =Umesh Srivastava <ref>{{cite web |url= http://kmc.du.ac.in/administrative-staff/ |title= Administrative staff}}</ref>
| campus = North campus
| website = {{URL|http://www.kmc.du.ac.in}}
| address = [[University of Delhi|North Campus]], University Enclave
| city = [[Delhi]]
| parent =
| state =
| country = India
| logo =
| mapframe-zoom = 15
}}
<nowiki/>'''Kirori Mal College''' is a [[constituent college]] of the [[University of Delhi]]. Established in 1954,<ref>{{cite web |title=About KMC |url=http://www.kmcollege.ac.in/about-kmc.html |website=Kirori Mal College |access-date=18 May 2020 |archive-date=1 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701032743/http://www.kmcollege.ac.in/about-kmc.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> it is located in the heart of North Campus of the university in [[Delhi]], and offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the [[sciences]], [[humanities]] and [[commerce]]. The [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] accredited it with a CGPA of 3.54 (A++)<ref>{{cite web |title=NAAC Accreditation |url=http://www.kmcollege.ac.in/naac-accreditation.html |website=Kirori Mal College |access-date=18 May 2020 |archive-date=1 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701033114/http://www.kmcollege.ac.in/naac-accreditation.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> in 2023, which is the third highest among all [[Delhi University]] colleges.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kar |first1=Srivedant |title=KMC bags third highest NAAC score in Delhi University |url=https://dubeat.com/2016/11/kmc-bags-third-highest-naac-score-in-delhi-university/ |access-date=18 May 2020 |date=12 November 2016}}</ref><ref>https://www.nirfindia.org/Rankings/2025/CollegeRanking.html</ref>
According to NIRF records, it had spent more than 300 Crores in 2021 for infrastructure development and salaries of teaching and non-teaching staff.

==History==
[[File:Rajendra_Prasad_laying_foundation_stone_of_Kirori_Mal_College.jpg|thumb|[[Dr. Rajendra Prasad]] laying foundation stone of Kirori Mal College]]
The college began as Nirmala College and was located on Delhi Road. Faced with problems relating to the staff in the period following the [[Partition of India|partition]], the management of the college changed hands and the trust founded by Seth Kirori Mal took over. It shifted to its present campus on 1 February 1954.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/all-the-world-is-a-stage/story-A1ouI4GOPaI7bt5wbkjZ4K.html|title=All the world is a stage|date=24 August 2012|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> The foundation stones of the college were laid down by the [[List of presidents of India|first]] [[President of India]], [[Rajendra Prasad]] in the summer of 1955.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kmcollege.ac.in/principals-desk.html|title=:: Welcome : Kirori Mal College, University Of Delhi Powered By : Redox Systems|website=www.kmcollege.ac.in|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-date=26 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426000908/http://www.kmcollege.ac.in/principals-desk.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The campus infrastructure was designed by the famous architect duo Anand Apte and CSH Jhabvala.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/A-planners-sketches-of-Delhi/articleshow/16025756.cms|title=A planner's sketches of Delhi | Delhi News - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=31 August 2012 }}</ref>

The first principal of the college was Ch. Hardwari Lal (1954–57). Kirori Mal College began its first full-fledged functioning from the academic session 1956–57. He was followed by Sarup Singh (1957–65) who later became the Professor-and-Head, Department of English, University of Delhi and then the Vice-Chancellor, DU, followed by becoming the Lt. Governor, Delhi and then the Governor of Gujarat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070429/spectrum/book5.htm|first=R.W.|last=Desai|title=Pride of Haryana|website=www.tribuneindia.com|date=29 April 2007|access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref>

Kirori Mal College was one of the few institutions of the University of Delhi selected for sports training during the [[Commonwealth Games]] in 2010 which led to new facilities being created in the form of a new building and a gymnasium to facilitate sports and other activities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/du-starts-vacation-in-advance-83043-2010-10-02|title=DU starts vacation in advance|first=Ritika|last=Chopra|date=2 October 2010|website=India Today|access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/commonwealth-games/cwg-du-hostels-all-decked-up-but-where-are-the-visitors-434144|title=CWG: DU hostels all decked up, but where are the visitors?|website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/accommodation-tougher-for-du-aspirants-as-games-takes-over-hostels/627576/|title=Accommodation tougher for DU aspirants as Games takes over hostels|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref>

==Rankings==
The [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] accredited it with a CGPA of 3.54 ({{Infobox India university ranking|NIRF_C_2025=4|type=University}}A++) in 2016, which is the third highest among all [[Delhi University]] colleges. The college was ranked 18th among colleges in India by the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework|NIRF]], [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]] in 2019 and 19th in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MHRD, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)|url=https://www.nirfindia.org/2019/CollegeRanking.html|website=www.nirfindia.org|access-date=2020-05-18|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001112320/https://www.nirfindia.org/2019/CollegeRanking.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=NIRF College Ranking Analysis 2020: LSR jumps to rank 2, Presidency drops to 5|url=https://news.careers360.com/nirf-college-ranking-analysis-2020-lsr-jumps-rank-2-presidency-drops-5 |website=news.careers360.com|date=13 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Kirori Mal College was ranked 4th among colleges in India according to the latest [[National Institutional Ranking Framework|NIRF]] rankings by Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NIRF Ranking 2025 |url=https://www.nirfindia.org/Rankings/2025/CollegeRanking.html}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
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Kirori Mal College has a large alumni base. Notable members include:

===Actors, directors and singers===

* [[KK (singer)|KK]]<ref>{{Cite web|first=Ritika|last=Singh|title=Know How Singer KK, Kirorimal Graduate Make It To Bollywood: Birthday Treat|url=http://www.dailyaddaa.com/entertainment-news/know-how-singer-kk-kirorimal-graduate-make-it-to-bollywood-birthday-treat-676737.html|date=23 August 2019|access-date=28 November 2020|website=dailyaddaa.com|language=en|archive-date=14 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814083123/http://www.dailyaddaa.com/entertainment-news/know-how-singer-kk-kirorimal-graduate-make-it-to-bollywood-birthday-treat-676737.html}}</ref> - Playback Singer
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] - actor
* [[Abhishek Banerjee (actor)|Abhishek Banerjee]] - actor
* [[Habib Faisal]] - Screenwriter and Director
* [[Satish Kaushik]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-08-19 |title=I owe my success to the theatre society of Kirorimal College: Satish Kaushik |url=https://www.news18.com/news/lifestyle/i-owe-my-success-to-the-theatre-society-of-kirorimal-college-satish-kaushik-1047709.html |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref> - actor, director
* [[Ravi Baswani]] - film actor
* [[Siddharth (actor)|Siddharth]] - actor
* [[Prashant Narayanan]] - actor
* [[Sanam Puri]] - singer
* [[Shakti Kapoor]] - actor and comedian
* [[Vijay Raaz]] - film actor
* [[Divyendu Sharma]] - actor
* [[Sushant Singh]] - film and television actor
* [[Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub]] - actor
* [[Ali Abbas Zafar]] - director
* [[Vijay Krishna Acharya]] - screenwriter and director
* [[Kabir Khan (director)|Kabir Khan]] - director
* [[Sargun Mehta]] - television actress
* [[Sonam Sherpa]] musician [[Parikrama]]
* [[Geetika Vidya Ohlyan]] - Actress
* [[Madan Gopal Singh]] sufi singer composer Chaar Yaar
* [[Sumangala Damodaran]] writer singer
* [[Akanksha Grover]] Singer

===Politicians===

* [[Naveen Patnaik]]; former [[Chief Minister of Odisha]], second longest serving Chief Minister of any Indian state and the chief of [[Biju Janata Dal]]. He is a writer and has published 3 books.
* [[Madan Lal Khurana|Madanlal Khurana]]; former [[Chief Minister of Delhi]].
* [[Rangarajan Kumaramangalam]]; politician.
* [[Girija Prasad Koirala]]; former [[Prime Minister of Nepal]].
* [[Pravesh Verma]]; Cabinet Minister, [[Government of Delhi]].

===Others===


* [[K Moses Chalai]], [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretary of]] [[Ministry of Finance (India)#Department of Public Enterprises|Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Finance of India]]
* [[Utpal Kumar Singh]], 17th [[Secretary General of Lok Sabha]]
* [[Padmavathy Bandopadhyay]] - first woman Air Marshal of Indian Air Force
* [[Habib Faisal]] - Hindi screenwriter and director
* [[Aditya Ghosh]] - Businessman who worked in aviation and hospitality
* [[Gaurav Bidhuri]] - boxer who won medal at World Championship
* [[Yogesh Kathuniya]] - Paralympic Athlete - Discus throw
* [[Vaibhav Singh Yadav]] - World Boxing Council(WBC) Asia & Asian Boxing Federation(ABF) Titles Champion
* [[Mohan Singh Kohli|M.S. Kohli]] - Indian mountaineer
* [[Massoud Khalili]]
* [[M. S. Krishnan (professor)|M. S. Krishnan]] -Chair of Business Information Technology at the [[University of Michigan]]'s [[Ross School of Business]]
* [[Abhay Kumar]] - poet, artist and diplomat
* [[Sanjivan Lal]] - film maker
* [[Harbans Mukhia]] - Indian historian
* [[Saeed Naqvi]] - journalist
* [[Parikrama (band)|Parikrama]] - band
* [[Justice Raghuvendra Singh Rathore|Raghuvendra Singh Rathore]]
* [[Rajshekhar]] -Indian lyricist
* [[Himanshu Sharma]] - Bollywood screenwriter
* [[Mrityunjay Kumar Singh]]
* [[Dinesh Thakur]] - theatre director
* [[Mirza Waheed]] - Writer
* [[Arjun Dev (historian)|Arjun Dev]]- Writer, Educationist and Historian, he co-wrote some of the extremely popular NCERT books<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/arjun-dev-a-legendary-historian-passes-away/article31201575.ece|title=Arjun Dev: a legendary historian passes away|first1=Aditya|last1=Mukherjee|first2=Mridula|last2=Mukherjee|newspaper=The Hindu |date=29 March 2020|via=www.thehindu.com|access-date=January 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/education/arjun-dev-historian-tribute|title=Remembering Historian Arjun Dev, Who Spearheaded the Effort to Create Modern Textbooks|website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article9290.html|title=Professor Arjun Dev, The Historian of 'Contemporary World' - Mainstream|website=www.mainstreamweekly.net}}</ref>
* [[Sohail Hashmi]] Writer Historian Archivist

===Notable faculty===
* [[Hiren Gohain]]
* [[Krishna Kumar (educationist)|Krishna Kumar]]
* [[Sarup Singh]] (ex-VC, [[University of Delhi]] and former Governor of Kerala and Gujarat )
* [[Frank Thakurdas]] Iconic Theatre Figure
* [[Keval Arora]] Eminent Theatre Person

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|http://kmc.du.ac.in/}}

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Eldartpy at 02:40, 25 March 2026