| Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Satyaan प्रमदितव्यम् |
| Motto in English | Truth through self-education |
| Established | 20 August 1961 |
| Type | Public (Central Government) |
| Principal | Dr. P. Hemalata Reddy |
| Students | 3620 (last updated Jan 2012) |
| Location | Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi, India |
| Campus | Urban, 15 acres, South Campus |
| Nickname | Venky |
| Affiliations | University of Delhi |
| Website | www.svc.ac.in |
Sri Venkateswara College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi in India providing liberal art, science and commerce education at the undergraduate level. It was one of the few selected 47 colleges spread over 14 States/Union Territory and 32 universities that were awarded "College with Potential for Excellence" status in 2004 by the University Grants Commission (India).[1] It is one of the very few colleges selected under the Star College Scheme for strengthening of Life Science and Biotechnology education and training at undergraduate level by Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology (India), Government of India in 2011.[2][3] It is one of the premier colleges under the Delhi University system and is perhaps the best college in south campus.[4][5][6] Over the past 50 years it has grown exponentially and contributes largely towards the traditional undergraduate education in the country.
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Founded under the auspices of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Trust, with the efforts of Dr. K. L. Rao and Dr C. Anna Rao,[7] the primary objective of the college was to cater to the education needs of students from South India. The institution soon outgrew its regional character.
The college began functioning modestly in 1961 in a school building of the Andhra Education Society at Rouse Avenue, New Delhi, with 271 students and 13 faculty members.[8] The foundation stone of the present campus of the college was laid on 20 August 1961, by Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, former president of India (then vice-president). It moved into this newly constructed campus at Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi on 25 August 1969.[7]
It was the foresight of Padma Vibhushan Smt. Durgabai Deshmukh and the dynamism of Sri C. Anna Rao which led to establishment of the college in 1961.
The college commenced with B.A. courses in Telugu and Tamil, besides Hindi and Sanskrit as the subjects in Modern Indian Languages. Within few years after acquiring its new campus and under the visionary stewardship of its principal V Krishnamoorthy the college started 'honours' courses in arts and science. In 1973 the University of Delhi recognised it as one of its constituent colleges, paving the way for the future expansion. Starting only with language courses, the college in '70s began opening up proper academic departments in other disciplines, i.e., Maths and Statistics, English, Political Science, History, Botany, Zoology. The Department of Chemistry which initially was supporting the chemistry papers of other departments was permitted to conduct its own 'honours' course in 1983. Similarly, the year 1993 saw the beginning of honours courses in 'physics, electronics, and biochemistry'.