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{{Infobox college
| name = Maharaja Agrasen College
[[File:Maharaja Agrasen College Logo.jpg|thumb|Maharaja Agrasen College logo]]

| academic_affiliation = [[University of Delhi]]
| established = 1994
| principal = Dr. Sanjeev Tiwari(Officiating)
| undergrad = 1,800
| city = [[East Delhi]]
| state = [[Delhi]]
| country = India
| campus = [[Vasundhara Enclave]] 110096<br />{{convert|10|acre|ha|adj=on}}
| website = {{url|http://mac.du.ac.in/}}
}}
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'''Maharaja Agrasen College''' is a college of the University of Delhi,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://du.ac.in/index.php?id=404&L=0 | title=List of colleges affiliated to Delhi University | accessdate=3 January 2012}}</ref> located in Vasundhara Enclave (East Delhi), [[National Capital Region (India)|National Capital Region]] of Delhi.

==History==

Maharaja Agrasen College was established in 1994 with the objective of catering to the educational requirements of a densely populated East Delhi. The college is fully funded by the Government of India. The college has now shifted to its modern and spacious building complex covering {{convert|10|acre|m2}} in Vasundhara Enclave, Delhi. It includes an auditorium, a computer centre, fully computerized library, laboratories, and a conference hall. The new building complex has acquired several new facilities like an Information and Communication Technology Center, a Language Laboratory, a Media Laboratory, an Indira Gandhi Open University Center, and a University Grants Commission Research Center among others. The college also provides residential facilities for girl students.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Maharaja-Agrasen-College-gets-new-modern-campus/Article1-699229.aspx | title=A newspaper article about the new campus | accessdate=3 January 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429183720/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Maharaja-Agrasen-College-gets-new-modern-campus/Article1-699229.aspx | archivedate=29 April 2014 }}</ref>

==Academics==
===Academic programs===
The College offers admission to the following courses :<ref name=":0">{{cite web | url=http://mac.du.ac.in/index.php?page=courses | title=The official college website enumerating the courses offered by the college | accessdate=3 January 2012}}</ref>

==== Undergraduate programs ====
[[File:Maharaja Agrasen College.JPG|thumb|Maharaja Agrasen College]]
In 2013, Maharaja Agrasen College, as a constituent college of the University of Delhi, introduced a four-year undergraduate programme but in 2014, FYUP rolled back and Now College provides these Undergraduate Programs:

=====Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)=====
*Bachelor's in Business Economics
*Bachelor's of Arts (Programme)
*Bachelor’s in Journalism
*Bachelor's in Hindi
*Bachelor's in Economics
*Bachelor's in English
*Bachelor's in Political Science

=====Bachelor of Science (B.Sc)=====
Bachelor's with Mathematical science
Bachelor's with Physical Science in Computer Science and chemistry

Bachelor's with Electronics Honours
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=====Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)=====

*Bachelor's with Honors in Commerce

=====Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) AICTE Approved=====
[Formerly till 2014,currently not available]<ref>http://www.du.ac.in/du/uploads/Rules_Policies.../Acts/20613_Amendment_Ordinance.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
*Bachelor's of Technology in Computer Science[Formerly till 2014,currently not available]
*Bachelor's of Technology in Electronics[Formerly till 2014,currently not available]

=== Rankings ===
It is ranked 45th across india by [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] in 2020.[https://www.nirfindia.org/2020/CollegeRanking.html]

===Publications===

* ''Indian Journal of Social Enquiry'' is the quarterly interdisciplinary journal of the college
* ''Agranika'' is the annual magazine of the college
* ''Macroscope'' is the monthly newsletter of the Dept. of Journalism of the college
* ''Agrasar'' is the magazine of NSS unit at Maharaja Agrasen College
* ''BEAM'' is the magazine of business economics and management studies department of college

===Recent achievements===
Macinterns, the Internship Cell of College was set up in 2016 and since then it has been able to provide students with excellent internships through its internship drives both online and on campus, the last internship fair in April 2017 saw 15 companies coming up and offering numerous positions to the students.

Inquizitive, the Quiz Society of the college, was set up in 2017 and hosted 11 quizzes that year which was the most for any quiz society in the Delhi Quiz Circuit. It hosts the Annual Quiz Competition, the Maharaja Quiz in October.

In 2013, Maharaja Agrasen College was awarded with the Best College Award by the University of Delhi for its good practices towards creating the best academic environment amongst all the colleges of the University. The Award was given by the Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, on 24 February 2013, in the presence of Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi, Dinesh Singh. In the same event i.e. 'Antardhvani'. In 2014, it again won second position in ANTARDHVANI.

== Notable alumni ==


*[[Shanky Singh]], Professional wrestler
*[[Anshul Tewari]], Founder of Youth ki awaz
*[[Varun Singh Bhati]], Para high jumper
*[[Geetanjali Babbar]], founder and director of Kat-Katha organization

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://mac.du.ac.in Official Website]
*[http://www.du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=maharaja-agrasen-college]

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