Kamala Nehru College

It is ranked 43rd across india by National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2020.

Kamala Nehru college was founded in 1964 by Dr KK Gorowara, who succeeded where many had failed, by dint of her sheer, ibdomitable determination, vision, passion and perseverance, as Government College for Women and was located in Defence Colony, New Delhi. In the year 1966 the college was renamed 'Modern College for Women'. Later in 1974 the college was renamed after the freedom fighter, wife of Jawaharlal Nehru, Kamala Nehru, and finally christened Kamala Nehru College. It was then shifted to its present location on August Kranti Marg New Delhi, to its own imposing and beautiful building and vast grounds that founding Principal, Dr Gorowara, had finally got sanctioned after years of striving and tireless effort. Then she had the new college built under her personal supervision, living there in the wilderness and overcoming innumerable difficulties in every day life with admirable fortitude and grit in order to get the college of her dreams finally going!

When the college was started it just had 16 staff members and 209 students passed out in the first batch in 1968. The College Magazine ‘Swati’ was launched in the academic year 1965-66. Further in 1966-67, the College was renamed as ‘Modern College for Women’ and in 1967-68 the College Magazine acquired a new name ‘Apoorva’. On 21 November 1972, the foundation stone for a new building was laid at Hauz Khas (at present August Kranti Marg) by then President Shri V.V.Giri. The college was given a new name and it became Kamala Nehru College. In 1974, on the occasion of Founder’s Day, Mrs. Indira Gandhi visited the new building, unveiled the plaque and planted saplings.

The college has a beautiful auditorium which was built through sincere contribution made by the staff and students through fund raising campaigns. It was inaugurated on 17 December 1991 by the then Vice-President Dr.Shankar Dayal Sharma. Today the college has well maintained sports grounds, computer labs, gymnasium and eco-friendly classrooms (bamboo rooms apart from the main building). The library is well stacked and has a separate audio visual section. The college is physically challenged friendly and is under constant CCTV surveillance. The Placement Cell, NSS, NSO, NCC, Counselling Cell function for the overall wellbeing of the students. Kamala Nehru College has several extra-curricular societies that cover the whole gamut of personality development aspects by providing plural avenues to students for self-discovery. All departments and the societies have their annual newsletters/magazines and the college comes up with its journal ‘Akademos’(An Annual Miscellany of Liberal Arts and Scholarship, ISSN 2231-0584) each year.

The Placement Cell at Kamala Nehru College was instituted in 2006 and since its inception, it has been an integral part of the college. The college has provided complete infrastructure for the effective functioning of the cell. Top companies like EY, KPMG, and Wipro recruit students through on-campus placement.

The Placement Cell serves as an interface between the students and the Corporates. Apart from bringing a varied list of Recruiters to the campus, the Placement Cell also organizes talks, study abroad seminars, internship opportunities and workshops for the collective student body.

The aim is to ensure that students have the information and skills necessary for an effective job search. To conduct professional training programs outside the curricula to provide better placements. Arranging preparatory programmers’ such as seminars, group discussions, written tests/interviews (mock), confidence building and personality development sessions, the general awareness courses, etc. by experts in their respective fields for students to gauge and handle challenging aspects in their prescribed work sphere Internships are also offered to those students who are keen on experiencing a slice of workplace life. Acts as a link between students, alumni, and the workplace. To organize campus interviews for final year students with industries and business houses of repute from all over India. To prepare students to face campus interviews by arranging training in Aptitude tests, group discussions, preparing for Technical and HR interviews through professional trainers and alumni. To promote career counseling by organizing guidance lectures by senior corporate personnel and most importantly by the immediately placed senior students. Placement Cell has also been active on social media (www.instagram.com/placement.knc) providing the students with a quick and easy interface to browse through and apply to their preferred internships and placements opportunities.

The college offers various programmes such as undergraduate, postgraduate and add-on courses under the aegis of Delhi University.[1] They are listed below-

• Official College website