Motilal Nehru College

Motilal Nehru College (MLNC) is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Delhi.[2] It awards degrees under the purview of the university and offers courses in science, humanities and commerce disciplines at the undergraduate level. There is also an evening college operating in the same campus premises called Motilal Nehru College Evening.

Motilal Nehru College (Day)
Mottoबुद्धिर्ज्ञानेन शुध्यति
(bhudhirjñānēn shudhyati)
(Sanskrit)
Motto in English
Knowledge Purifies the Mind
TypePublic (Central Government)
Established1964 (1964)
PrincipalDr. Shrivatsa (Acting Principal)[1]
Academic staff
10+
Students350+ (2019-2020)
Address
University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Road, South Campus, New Delhi
,
Benito Juarez Marg, South Campus, New Delhi

28°34′37.64″N 77°9′39.2″E
CampusUrban, South Campus
AffiliationsUniversity of Delhi
Websitemlncdu.ac.in
A view of the administrative building
Entrance gate of Motilal Nehru College
The college canteen
An inside view
The campus

History

The college is named after Pandit Motilal Nehru, a great leader, freedom fighter and progenitor of a line of illustrious Prime ministers. Established in 1964 in a government school building with an enrollment of 300 students, it now has over 140 faculty members and 3,000 students coming from all parts of India.[3] Since its foundation in 1964 to 1966, the college was known as Government Degree College; from 1966 to 1977 as Hastinapur College; and on 10 January 1977, it was named as Motilal Nehru College.[4] The college moved to its new location with a sprawling campus, extensive lawns, a large administrative block, library, and well equipped laboratories and air-conditioned computer science laboratory in 1989. The college celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2014.[5]

Campus

The college is situated on Benito Juarez Marg, in South Campus of Delhi University. It is connected via the Outer Ring Road and the Delhi metro.

Organisation and administration

Dr. Shrivatsa is the Acting Principal of the college and supervised the various activities of the college through designated committees. The Principal is also a Member Secretary of the governing body. Sh. Khem Chand and Sh. Virendra Singh Kadian are the Chairman and Treasurer of the Governing Body respectively.[6] Several members are nominated from various walks of public life to its Governing Body as per provisions of statute 30(1)(c)(i) of Delhi University Act, 1922.

Academics

Undergraduate
  • B.A. (Hons) Economics
  • B.A. (Hons) English
  • B.A. (Hons) Hindi
  • B.A. (Hons) History
  • B.A. (Hons) Political Science
  • B.A. (Hons) Sanskrit
  • B.A. Programme
  • B.Com.
  • B.Com. (Hons)
  • B.Sc. Applied Physical Science
  • B.Sc. Physical Science with Chemistry
  • B.Sc. Physical Science with Computer
  • B.Sc. Physical Sciences
  • B.Sc. Physical Sciences
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Physics[7]

Post-graduate
  • M.A. Hindi
  • M.A. Political Science
  • M.Com.[8]

Admissions and teaching of these courses is handled at the University level. Tutorials are held in the college.

Library
Library of the college

The library has a collection of over 1,07,586 volumes of books and subscribes to 86 periodicals. The library has 21 computer stations with Internet access.[9] A stationery shop and xerox facility are also available within the campus.

Other facilities

Other well-known facilities in the college are in economics and political science faculty departments, which attract students from all over the country. Recently, the college introduced a new facility for movie screenings, called Bioscope. A new state-of-art computer lab and seminar room have been constructed.

Workshops

In 2006 the Department of History organized a national seminar/workshop on "Exploring Delhi", which was a huge success, getting recognition from the Prime Minister and the President of India. In 2007 the department produced four first divisioners in the History honours course. The history department has turned out to be one of the known faces of the university. In 2007, it was named Antiquity by the department and since then many national seminars and films screenings have been organised.

Exchange programmes

In the 2007-08 session, the college participated in exchange program with Pusan University of Foreign Studies, Korea which was appreciated by the Delhi government.

Student life

Students' union

The students of the college play the roles of active members of DUSU and the campus witness a rampant campaigning during the election season in September. Some of its students have managed to secure tickets at the DUSU elections.[10][11]

The present President of the college student union is Monika.[12] and the current Vice President of the college student union is Manali Sharma.

College magazine

The college magazine Navagat publishes reviews of educational, cultural, social and sports activities of the college and articles by the students and staff.

Cultural activities

The college has an active cultural society which has won various competitions at the university and national level in the past years, including with institutes like IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi, BITS Pilani, and Delhi University NEXUS. Moti Lal Nehru College was one of the nine colleges which participated in the Sahitya Akadami's poetry competition.

Aadhaar, the dramatics society, has created new milestones by taking part in the India's biggest streetplay event, Sahitya Kala Parishad, and was the winner of a poster display event, with the aim of performing the best in the history of dramatics society, and won various prizes. The Electra dance society, Malhar music society and Bellissimo The fashion society are also doing well in their respective events.[13]

Lit Celebrate, the English Department Fest 2014

Placement Cell

The college has a very active Placement Cell along with the Career Development Center which looks into the placement for its students from all streams. The objective of the Placement Cell is to help students identify their career goals and provide an edge into the competitive job market. It organizes resume workshops, provides internships to students in various organizations during summer breaks, and prepares students for jobs. Reputed companies such as Fluor India Limited, Ernst & Young, KPMG, Cians Analytics, AON Hewitt, Capital IQ, Grail Research, and Protiviti have visited the college for recruitment.

College Playground

Notable alumni

References
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  2. "Motilal Nehru College - University of Delhi". www.du.ac.in. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  3. "Motilal Nehru College | History". mlncdu.ac.in. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  4. "Self Study Report For N.A.A.C (National Assessment and Accreditation Council)" (PDF). Motilal Nehru College. May 2015. p. 6. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  5. "Golden jubilee celebrations at Motilal Nehru College". DU Beat. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  6. "Motilal Nehru College | Governing Body". mlncdu.ac.in. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  7. "Motilal Nehru College - University of Delhi". www.du.ac.in. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  8. "Motilal Nehru College - University of Delhi". www.du.ac.in. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  9. "Motilal Nehru College | Library". mlncdu.ac.in. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  10. "Student parties declare DUSU poll candidates". hindustantimes.com/. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  11. "The fight for DU: Campus politics and the larger national discourse". The Indian Express. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  12. "Motilal Nehru College | Students Union". mlncdu.ac.in. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  13. "Motilal Nehru College | Forms of Accounts". mlncdu.ac.in. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
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