Acharya Narendra Dev College

Acharya Narendra Dev College is a constituent college of University of Delhi situated in Govindpuri (Kalkaji), Delhi. Established in 1991, it has a unique distinction of being the only college in the University of Delhi that is primarily for science. Though young, Acharya was listed among the ten best colleges in Science in the India Today survey in 2010.^[1]

Acharya operates under the aegis of, and is fully funded by, the government of Delhi. It is named after the great educationist and reformist of modern India, Acharya Narendra Dev.

Courses offered

• Bachelor with Honours in Biomedical Sciences, Botany, Chemistry, Commerce, Mathematics, Physics and Zoology
• B.Tech/B.Sc.(H) in Computer Science and Electronics.

It is the first college of the university to introduce the B.Sc. Honours Biomedical Sciences. Students can enroll for the postgraduate degree of University of Delhi in Chemistry and Mathematics.

Acharya Narendra Dev College offers part-time certificate and diploma courses in foreign languages: French, German, Spanish and Russian. Besides, the add-on courses ELPC and ECPDT enrich the students' language, personality and provide learning opportunities.

Culture and projects

Acharya Narendra Dev College along with Wikimedia India and Centre for Internet and Society have been recognized as Affiliates of Creative Commons in India. On November 12, 2013, Creative Commons India was relaunched in New Delhi by the Union Minister for Human Resources Development Dr Shashi Tharoor.

Academic building of the college.

The college believes in promoting open-source software and open education resources. It is the first college in the University of Delhi to migrate to Linux. 80 computers in the Web Center and all the computer labs run on Linux OS. Use of proprietary software is kept minimal and only when required by the course material.

The principal, Savithri Singh, is an elected member of the International Community Council of the Wikieducator and its Vice Chair.

Acharya Narendra Dev College promotes research by students and faculty. One of these research projects is the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Cell.^[2] The cell also coordinates six projects aimed at promoting innovation and entrepreneurship. To promote research by students the college offers ELITE (Education in a Lively Innovative Training Environment) scholarships to 200 students for summer training and projects.

The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), an international society advancing an interdisciplinary approach to the science and application of light, has formally approved "University of Delhi at Acharya Narendra Dev College SPIE Student Chapter."^[3]

Acharya offers extra-curricular activities for students. Student-run societies include ones on gender sensitization, dramatics, debate, electronics, adventure, sports, social outreach, and others.

Notable faculty

Acharya's physical education instructor Dr. Satyapal Singh was awarded the Dronacharya Award (2012) by the government of India for excellence in para sports coaching and was the youngest recipient of the prestigious award. The Delhi government started the system of awarding meritorius teachers in 2010: Dr Sunita Hooda was among the first awardees. In 2011, Dr Sarita Kumar was honoured by the government of Delhi as a meritorious teacher. She won a certificate and Rs 75,000/-.^[4] In the year 2009, Kumar along with Dr M.S. Rajeswari and Dr. Seema Makhija were honoured as distinguished teachers by the University of Delhi on the occasion of Teachers' Day.^[5] The following year Dr. Amit Garg was given the Meritorius Teacher Award by the Delhi government, a certificate and a cash award of Rs 1,00,000/-.

References

External links

• Official College website
• Acharya Narendra Dev College Cut Off
• Econtent developed by faculty

28°54′N 77°26′E / 28.900°N 77.433°E / 28.900; 77.433 (Acharya Narendra Dev College)