Shaheed Bhagat Singh College
| Shaheed Bhagat Singh College | |
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| Established | 1967 |
| Principal | Dr. P.K. Khurana (OSD) |
| Location | New Delhi, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | University of Delhi |
| Website | http://www.sbsc.in |
Overview
Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (SBSC) is a co-educational institute which was established in 1967. It is a constituent college of the University of Delhi. The college is named after Shaheed Bhagat Singh, an Indian freedom fighter who believed strongly in social justice.
The college was ranked at number 17 for the best Commerce colleges in India in 2012 as per India Today Survey group. University Express ranked it at number 5 among all the Delhi university colleges, giving its faculty a full 10/10 score.[1] The college offers both Graduate Degrees and Postgraduate Degrees. At the undergraduate level it offers 4 Year degrees in Commerce, English, Economics, Hindi, History, Geography, Political Science and Mathematics. At the postgraduate level it offers a M.Com degree. Dr. PK Khurana is the Principal/OSD of the college and Mr. Arun Kumar Attree is the Public Information Officer (PIO) of the college under RTI Act 2005. The college was rocked by fake admissions scam in 2014 when the Chief coordinator of the Admissions, Arun Kumar Attree caught the impersonation and fake certificate cases and exposed the fake admission racket existing in the college. The college is appreciated for being the first college in University to investigate the matter suo motto and taking action by cancelling admission of 36 students of year 2013-14 and 2012-13. Consequently the college made the admission procedure very stringent in 2014-15.
Infrastructure
Sports
The college has arrangements for various sports and games like Cricket, Hockey, Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Lawn Tennis, Table Tennis, Badminton, Kho - Kho, Athletics, Gymnastics, Carrom and Chess. The college can boast of the best Cricket Ground in the whole of South Delhi. Basket Ball and Lawn Tennis Synthetic Courts have been newly constructed.
Library and Laboratories
The college has a computerized library, which contains a huge collection of books from all over the world. The College has multiple computer labs, geography lab, maths lab. It is also proposed to have ICT enabled class rooms.
Life At SBSC
Learning methods are supported by lectures, seminars, workshops and presentations and conferences. All this is supported by project work, case studies, field work, educational tours and career oriented programmes.
Placements
The students have been placed in companies like Genpact, India Bulls, KPMG, Grant Thornton, Ernst & Young, global shared services etc. Placement Cell organizes pre-placement presentations by recruiting organizations which is followed by the actual recruitment process.
Cutoffs
- 2014
- B.Com(Hons.) 96.5%
- B.Com(Prog.) 94%
- B.A.(Hons.)Economics 96.5%
- B.A.(Hons.)English 92%
- B.A.(Hons.)History 81%
- B.A.(Hons.)Geography 84%
- B.A.(Hons.)Political Science 84%
- B.A.(Hons.)Hindi 75%
- B.A.(Hons.)Mathematics 90%
- B.A.(Prog.) 80%
Note:Cutoffs given are from the first cutoff list as admission to almost all the courses closes after the first list.
Grants & Scholarships
The college offers grants and scholarships to several deserving students.[3]
Location
The college is a part of the South Campus and is located at Sheikh Sarai Phase II. Malviya Nagar Metro station is the closest to the college (10 min ride). The students can be found hanging out at the Select City Walk Mall, Saket which is Delhi's biggest mall and is a stone's throw away from the college.
Alumni
- Arjun Kapoor LT. Officer Indian Army
- Deepak Kapoor Chairman, PwC India
- Sidharth Malhotra Actor
- Gautam Rode Actor
- Charanjeet Singh Deputy Manager, WNS, India
