Hansraj College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi, in New Delhi, India. The departments of Hansraj college includes science, liberal arts and commerce.
History
The college was founded on 26 July 1948 in memory of the prominent Indian educator and nationalist Mahatma Hansraj. Initially started as an institution for men, the college became co-educational in 1978. With over 3,000 students, it is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Delhi.[1] For years Hans Raj College has been ranked among the Top-10 colleges of India in all three disciplines.[2][3][4][5] At the celebration of its 69th Foundation Day, Naveen Jindal, industrialist and alumnus, announced that Hans Raj College would become the first college to hoist the national flag on its premises.Template:Citation needed The college hoisted the Monumental Flag on 25 January 2017 which happens to be the second Monumental Flagpole in Delhi after CP. The flag was hoisted by MP Naveen Jindal, an alumnus of the college and founder of Flag Foundation of India (FFOI).[6]
Ranking
It was ranked at 4th best by India Today in 2019.[7]
Academics
The college offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in various streams. These are B.A, B.A (Hons), B.Sc, B.Sc (Hons) and B.Com (Hons) at the UG level. And M.A, M.Sc and M.Com at the PG level.
It also offers job-oriented add-on certificate courses. These include: Radio Jockeying, Anchoring & TV Journalism; Acting and Filmmaking; Mass Communication, Advertising & Marketing. [8]
The college receives support under the strengthening component in relation to the Star College initiative of the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.[9] In addition to this, the college has worked on the future publication of the research journal "Hans Shodh Shikhar" to publish research in fields across the sciences, commerce and arts.[10] The Finance and Economics Research Cell of the college also conducts programs to promote undergraduate research in these fields.[11]
Admission process
Hansraj College undergoes the standard admissions process of the University of Delhi. In order to apply to this college for an undergraduate course, the student has to fill out a central form that is released by the university itself. After a few weeks of the deadline of the forms, Delhi University publicly releases cut off lists for each individual course for all of the undergraduate courses across the university.
A student wishing to apply for a course at Hansraj can look at the cut-off and matches his or her 12th-grade percentage with the same. If the 12th-grade percentage is equal to or greater than the percentage in the cut-off, the student is eligible. Generally, the cutoff percentage lies at ~97% in the 12th Class Finals.
Sports
Template:Unreferenced section The college has facilities for both outdoor and indoor games. It has a sports ground and a Basketball court between the college and the hostel premises. It also possess an indoor badminton court and an indoor shooting range. The student have won University, State and National level championships in Pistol Shooting, Archery(W), Water Polo, Basketball, Badminton, Cricket etc. The College won the Chancellor's Trophy in 2003-2004, 2004-2005 and for last four academic sessions from 2011 to 2015 for overall excellence in sports. Sport facilities are made available to all students under the program : Games For All.
Notable alumni
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Shah Rukh Khan, actor
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Anurag Kashyap, filmmaker
- Anurag KashyapTemplate:Spaced ndashfilmmaker, screenwriter, producer, actor
- Abhinandan SekhriTemplate:Spaced ndashentrepreneur, journalist
- Abhinav KashyapTemplate:Spaced ndashfilmmaker
- Aditya JhaTemplate:Spaced ndashentrepreneur
- Ajay MakenTemplate:Spaced ndashformer MP, former Sports Minister
- Anil AggrawalTemplate:Spaced ndashforensic pathologist
- Aarti BajajTemplate:Spaced ndashfilm editor
- Palash SenTemplate:Spaced ndashactor, musician
- Gunjan SaxenaTemplate:Spaced ndashflight lieutenant Gunjan Saxena is the first woman Indian Air Force (IAF) officer to enter a war zone.
- Gopal SubramaniamTemplate:Spaced ndashSolicitor General of India
- Jai Prakash AgarwalTemplate:Spaced ndashMember of Parliament, Chairman House Committee, LS Indian Political Party-Congress Party
- Kabir SadanandTemplate:Spaced ndashactor, director
- Kiren RijijuTemplate:Spaced ndashMP, union minister[12]
- Kushal TandonTemplate:Spaced ndashactor[13]
- Rajesh KhattarTemplate:Spaced ndashactor
- Munish Chandra PuriTemplate:Spaced ndashmathematician Harsh Sambher(writer and philosopher)
- Partha DasguptaTemplate:Spaced ndashFrank Ramsey Professor (Economics), Cambridge University
- Parvin DabasTemplate:Spaced ndashactor
- Pavan MalhotraTemplate:Spaced ndashactor[14]
- Rannvijay SinghTemplate:Spaced ndashactor, VJ MTV India
- Raveesh KumarTemplate:Spaced ndashdiplomat, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson
- Richard RekhyTemplate:Spaced ndashChief Executive Officer of KPMG in India[15]
- Rohan MehraTemplate:Spaced ndashactor, model
- Sangeeta MalhotraTemplate:Spaced ndashastrophysicist
- Sabyasachi ChakrabartyTemplate:Spaced ndashactor
- Sandeep ChaudharyTemplate:Spaced ndashpara-athlete[16]
- Shah Rukh KhanTemplate:Spaced ndashactor
- Sheeba ChadhaTemplate:Spaced ndashactress
- Shiney AhujaTemplate:Spaced ndashactor
- Susmit SenTemplate:Spaced ndashmusician, Indian Ocean
- Tarsem SinghTemplate:Spaced ndashHollywood director
- Vijay Kumar MalhotraTemplate:Spaced ndashpolitician BJP Indian Political Party
- Vinod DuaTemplate:Spaced ndashjournalist
- Sushil Kumar (biologist)Template:Spaced ndashgeneticist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient
- V. K. DadhwalTemplate:Spaced ndashISRO scientist Harsh Sambher (writer and trainer)
- Pallavi JoshiTemplate:Spaced ndashfilm and television actress (of Bharat Ek Khoj Fame)
See also
- St. Stephen's College, New Delhi
- Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi
References
- ↑ About Hansraj.
- ↑ Best Arts Colleges in India 2019. Collegesearch.in(31 December 2018).
- ↑ Best Commerce Colleges in India, 2010 - | Photo20 | India Today |. Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
- ↑ Best Arts Colleges in India, 2010 - | Photo6 | India Today |. Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
- ↑ Best Science Colleges in India, 2010 - | Photo17 | India Today |. Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
- ↑ Monumental Flagpole in Hansraj College - | Photo17 | India Today |. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
- ↑ DIRECTORY OF BEST COLLEGES 2017: COMMERCE | IndiaToday. www.indiatoday.in. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ↑ HRC now offers job-oriented add-on certificate courses..
- ↑ Star College Scheme for Strengthening of UG Science.(2020-07-03).
- ↑ About Hans Shodh Shikhar(2020-07-03).
- ↑ The Finance and Economics Research Cell(2020-07-03).
- ↑ Fourteenth Lok Sabha: Members Bioprofile. Lok Sabha. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ↑ {{{title}}}. indianexpress.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ↑ "If people remember my characters more than my name, it's my success as an actor," says Pavan Malhotra(January 16, 2016). Retrieved 2016-01-17.
- ↑ Richard did his B.Com from Hansraj College and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the year 1983.
- ↑ Javelin para-athlete Sandeep Choudhary qualifies for World Championships with best throw of 2017. www.sportskeeda.com(9 May 2017). Retrieved 4 July 2021.