Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce

S♠ri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce

Seal of the College
Motto Punjabi:
ਮਾਨਸ਼ ਕੀ ਜਾਤਿ ਸਬੈ ਏਕੈ ਪਹਿਚਾਨਬੋ
Motto in English
 Behold All Human Race As One
Established 1984
Type College
Principal Dr. J. B. Singh
Location Pitam Pura, New Delhi, India
28°41′54″N 77°09′10″E / 28.69832°N 77.15265°ECoordinates: 28°41′54″N 77°09′10″E / 28.69832°N 77.15265°E
Campus Urban
~10.7 acres (43,000 m2)
Nickname GGS, SGGS, SGGSCC
Affiliations University of Delhi
Website www.sggscc.ac.in

Sri Guru Gobind Singh College Of Commerce (S.G.G.S.C.C) is a constituent college of the University of Delhi located in Delhi, India. It was founded in 1984 and is named after the tenth Sikh Guru. It is the second college of commerce of the University of Delhi. The college is primarily a co-educational English medium institution.

The university runs undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in commerce fields. It is ranked top among all other colleges offering Business Economics.

As of 2012, the college has some 1700 students. The Principal is Dr J. B. Singh and the staff are almost exclusively Delhi University graduates themselves.

History

Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce was founded in 1984 as the second Commerce College of the University of Delhi. Strategically located near the Pitampura TV Tower, the college is managed by Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, a statutory body, constituted under an Act of Parliament. The college is named after the tenth Guru Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji.

College Principals

Courses and departments

The institute offers courses in the commerce and economics streams. The graduate programs offered are:

Add-on courses

Campus

The college spread over ~10.7 acres (43,000 m2) possesses infrastructure including class-rooms, grounds, a library and computer labs. Special care is taken to make the building accessible to physically disabled. The college is linked to Delhi University through Intranet and shares all electronic resources. Apart from academics, the thrust is also on personality development and group dynamism for which sports facilities like cricket ground, volleyball, basketball, lawn tennis, table-tennis courts etc. of national standard have been developed.

Societies

For all round development of the students, the college has many clubs and societies.

The club has won many prizes in inter-collegiate competitions. Its success has also been covered by CNN-IBN and Navbharat Times.

The club organizes blood donation camps, tree plantation drives and many other activities.

Student life

Various representatives of the students are being elected through peaceful elections. It gives them an opportunity to learn leadership qualities. It inculcates the ability to induce a cohesive team spirit. The union organises cultural event 'Carnival' every year. In fact, this cultural event offers inter-departmental and inter-college interaction among the students of Delhi University. Students Union also organises Freshers' Party, recreational picnics and the Farewell Party.

Placement

The college has set up a placement cell in January 2005 to institutionalize the process of summer training and final placements of students from BBE, BSc., B.Com(pass), B.Com(Hons.), Economic(Hons.). About Post Graduate Courses: Post Graduate Diploma in International Marketing(PGDIM) and Diploma in Business Journalism And Corporate Communication (DBJCC) have got 100% placement result. Some of the organizations where the students have been placed are as follows:

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