Delhi College of Arts and Commerce

Delhi College of Arts and Commerce is a constituent college of the University of Delhi, in New Delhi, India. The college presently operates in a building owned by the Department of Higher Education, GNCTD but despite the infrastructural constraints posed due to a non permanent self owned building, DCAC has earned the distinction of being one of the most sought after colleges, not just in South Campus, but also Delhi University as a whole. It is situated in Netaji Nagar, with various prominent residential societies and commercial ventures in its proximate neighbourhood. It is well connected by the Delhi Metro, the nearest stations being INA and Bhikaji Cama Place, as well as by road transport, through both bus routes as well as auto rickshaws/ e-rickshaws from the nearest Metro/ bus station. With the newly constructed Sarojni Metro station commuting to college has been further eased. Leela Palace is a nearby landmark.

Not to be confused with Delhi College of Art.

Delhi College of Arts & Commerce
TypeGovernment
Established1987
Address
University of Delhi, Netaji Nagar
,
New Delhi
,
Delhi
,
India
CampusUrban
AffiliationsUniversity of Delhi
Websitedcac.du.ac.in

History

The college was established in 1987 under the aegis of Delhi administration when the G.D. Salwan College closed its operation. Though it is now an entity independent of the Salwan Trust, yet in its formative years, it transformed out of the G.D. Salwan College that was located in Rajinder Nagar. The college presently operates in a building owned by the Department of Higher Education. Despite the infrastructural constraints posed due to a non-permanent self-owned building, the college has earned the distinction of being one of the most sought, not just in South Campus, but also Delhi University as a whole. It was also the pioneer college in Delhi University to introduce a three year honors programme in journalism in July–August 1989.

Campus

Delhi College of Arts and Commerce has a campus area of approximately 5 acres, with a built up area of around 2.5 acres.

Academics

Academic programmes

The college offers 18 undergraduate courses leading to a bachelor's degree with honours/programme degree with various paper options for students to choose from both under the CBCS mode and the semester/ FYUP mode. The college also offers various add on and self-financed courses. Until 2013, the college, in collaboration with ILLL, also offered an add on English Language Proficiency Course, Basic Level to give students practice in using English in a wide variety of contexts relevant to work, study and social activities. Besides this, in 2015, the college also collaborated with National Skill Development Corporation, which has since been supplemented with the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana Scheme. The college has also been making various efforts and initiatives to integrate cross cutting issues as gender, climate change, environmental education, human rights, ICT, through various cells, societies and community outreach programmes.

Ranking

The college was ranked 7th best for arts and 6th best for commerce in Delhi by India Today in 2017, making it the best ranked co-ed college of south campus, Delhi University for the year in both arts and commerce streams . The same year, it was also ranked 11th best for arts and 15th best for commerce in the country by India Today. The rankings vary each year depending upon the merit as well as on who publishes the rankings.

Admission

The centralized application form for Delhi University is required and then respective cut-offs for the different courses which are offered by the college have to be met.[1]

Student life

The college hosts an annual cultural fest called Ambrosia. The various departments and societies host their fests with pomp and show. There is a PG area for students from outstation at the back side of college and further more they can stay up in flats in Satya Niketan. The college holds a good record of scholars and also the societies have already made their name in the competitions with at central level.[2]

Noted people

Alumni include Rahul Verma, social worker and activist who founded the Uday Foundation; Nalin Mehta, senior journalist and former managing editor of Headlines Today; Rahul Kanwal, senior journalist of TV Today Networks, Rajesh Ranjan Singh, senior journalist at Punjab Kesari Group, Cyrus Sahukar, VJ and Bollywood actor; Rekha Rana, Bollywood actress and theatre artist; Vinil Mathew, ad filmmaker and Bollywood film director; and Gursimran Khamba, comedian. In the government sector, the most recent additions to the list of such achievers are former students who have cracked the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2018, Shubham Gupta (rank 6) and Suraj Shaji (rank 288), both of whom have joined the Indian Administrative Service.

References
  1. "Admission starts for Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi". www.collegesearch.in. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  2. Dogra, Aditya (30 April 2017). "Ambrosia '17: Delhi College of Arts and Commerce's cold finale to the fest season". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
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