Gargi college

Estd: 1967 |
AICTE |
Public College |

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About Gargi college

GARGI COLLEGE is one of the leading Women colleges located in south campus. It was founded in 1967 & was named after an enlightened women Gargi (Believing in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishada of the Vedic Age). It is affiliated to Delhi University & has got the award of “College with Potential for Excellence” by UGC in 2004.

It has enrolled around 3000 students till now & believes in creating the wholly developed professionals symbolizing the spirit of enterprise.
It features lush green lawns which makes an ideal place for getting quality education
The college campus is fully Wi-Fi & has well equipped lecture halls & laboratories. Additionally, a state of art auditorium& seminar hall is available which can accommodate around 750 & 150 students respectively
It imparts Undergraduate & Post graduate courses
It is the only women institute in south campus which offers education in 4 streams (Commerce & Arts, Sciences & a teacher training course in elementary education
The college has around 180 faculty members & most of them hold doctorate degree
Faculty members & students of the college have published numerous papers in national & International journals
It offers excellent job placements & every year reputed recruiters via top MNC’s, Insurance companies & Event Management companies hire talented students of the college

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

The college believes in enhancing the overall personality of students. So, provides professional training to the students for various games, dances & Music. The students of college have been selected for representing DU in state & national tournaments like

Judo
Basketball
Volleyball
Taekwondo
Tennis

In 2012, Gargi students received chess champion award & Judo team received runner up award. In 2013, the College won gold medal in athletics and Judo and emerged second in tennis tournaments of DU. Apart from sports, the other activities in which students take initiative to perform are:

Cultural events (dances, music, quiz competitions, Painting competitions). Additionally, the college has

Active Photography club
Film Appreciation club
Eco club
Cultural club.

LIBRARY

College has fully equipped &computerized library. To assist students so that they can reach to the pinnacle of excellence, we have an extensive collection of books in the library. It has proper seating arrangement for students as well as staffs.

SOCIAL OUTREACH PROGRAMMES: The NSS, NCC, Equal Opportunity Cell and Women’s Development Centers of the College arrange events that sensitize our students to gender, economic and other issues. These create awareness about the social responsibility and provide the opportunity for rendering service to the society.

SELF-DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES: The College has an active Photography club, Film Appreciation club, Eco club among others. Our students produce about 10 quarterly/annual newsletters from diverse Departments and an annual magazine.

STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT

Initiated last year, one each for Humanities, Sciences and Commerce, it has instilled heart-warming enthusiasm in students to interrogate their environment and present new experiments and ideas. The some of the winners for 2009-10 are:

Ritika, Upasna and Neha (Arts stream) presented “Begging: The Popular StreetCulture in India”.
Megha Bahl and Preeti Mann( Commerce stream) presented – “A Study of Impact of Socio- Economic Factors on a Student's Decision to Pursue Higher Education”