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The final round of inter-university debate competition is being organized at Lady Shri Ram College today Read the rest of this entry »

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DU: All eyes on Delhi High Court
All eyes of Delhi University’s teachers, students and administration are on the High Court today regarding the issue of ‘semester system’. Read the rest of this entry »

Pro V-C (officiating) Dinesh Singh and Principal of Lady Shri Ram College Meenakshi Gopinath are top contenders in the list of candidates for the post of Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University. Read the rest of this entry »

Five premier colleges in the capital will stage their interpretations of the 19th century playwright’s masterpieces Sep 22-26 at the “2010: New Ibsen Event For Colleges” as a prelude to the annual Ibsen theatre festival scheduled for November. Read the rest of this entry »

Gopa Sabharwal, an Associate Professor at Lady Shri Ram College (LSR) has been selected as the 1st Vice-Chancellor of ambitious Nalanda University.

Noble Laureate and Chairman of mentor group Prof. Amartya Sen introduced Sabharwal to the media on Tuesday. Introducing the Vice-Chancellor designate he said that the no religious activist will be allowed to actively participate in the process when asked that whether Dalai Lama would actively participate in the revival process. However he said that he would not be out of the frame.

Sabharwal will work for the revival of the world’s one of the oldest universities. Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has already assured all kind of support to the project. Ministry of External Affairs had prepared a detailed plan for the international university. According to Sabharwal implementing the vision of mentor group is a challange.

Gopa Sabharwal, an alumnus of prestigious Delhi School of Economics (DSE) of Delhi University. She obtained a PhD in sociology from Delhi University for her research on ethnic groups and ethnicity. She has set up Sociology Department at LSR in 1993. She has also written several books including Indian Millennium AD 1000–2001 and Ethnicity and Class: Social Divisions in an Indian City.

Getting admission in suitable course and college of your choice is not an easy task. Even high scorers too find it difficult if they opt subjects like B.Com (H), BA (Economics), BA (Psychology), BSc(Physics), B.Sc.(Chemistry) and some other subjects. fachcha.com has listed below some of the colleges known as the paradise of high scorers, especially for our readers:

Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC):

SRCC is known as the best college in Delhi University for Commerce and Economics. It has 501 seats for B.Com (H) and 123 seats for BA (Economics). Its ambience, infrastructure, quality education, faculty and high level of students make it unique not just in Delhi but also in the country.
Last year’s cutoff:
B.Com (H): 94.75%
BA(Economics): 93.5%
St. Stephen’s College

Apart from quality education, infrastructure St. Stephen’s USP is discipline, international reputation and elite quality of students. Personal interaction and 10th marks are additional components apart from 12th marks to get admission in the St. Stephen’s college. There are several popular courses here. These include Economics, English, History, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Computer Science.

Last year’s cutoff:

BA (Economics): 95%
BA (English): 92.5%
BA (History): 91%
BA (Philosophy): 85%
B.Sc.(Physics): 94.33%
B.Sc.(Chemistry): 92.33%
B.Sc.(Mathematics): 82%

Lady Shri Ram College (LSR):

Proud of South Campus LSR is known as best women’s college in Delhi. Its Principal Meenakshi Gopinath is a Fullbright scholar. There are several popular courses here like Economics, Commerce, Psychology, Sociology, Mathematics and several others.

Last year’s cutoff:
BA (Psychology): 94.25%
BA (Economics): 94.50%
B.Com(Hons): 94.50%
BA (English): 91%
BA (Pol. Sc.): 90.5%
BA (Sociology): 91.50%
BA (Prog): 90.50%
B.Sc.(Math) & B.Sc. (Stat): 92%

Hindu College

Hindu College is considered as among the best colleges of Delhi University due to its ambience, education quality, faculty, democratic practices and better result. Science, Hindi, Economics, Commerce are among most popular subjects.

Last year’s cut off:
B.Sc.(Physics): 91%
B.Sc. (Math): 90%
BA (Economics): 94.75%
B.Com (Hons): 94.75%

I P College

It is the best women’s college in North Campus of DU for Arts, Humanities and Commerce studies.

Last year’s cut off:
BA (Psychology): 91.25%
B.Com (Hons.): 92.75%
BA (Eco): 91.25%

(Information regarding cut off is based on Delhi University’s official data)

Delhi University’s prestigious Lady Sri Ram College and its Principal Meenakshi Gopinath received a pat from US. During her visit to India US Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale said “Her (Meenakshi’s) efforts have resulted in the empowerment of a new generation of women with skills and expertise for peace activism”.
Giving credit to Fullbright Scholarship for the achievements of Meenakshi Gopinath the US top official said that she went Georgetown University as a Fullbrighter and became the Principal of LSR College later on. It is notable that over 8000 scholarships have been given in the last 60 years under the Fullbright scheme.

During the 60th anniversary of USIEF on Tuesday McHale also announced that U.S. India Education Foundation Board is looking at new and expanded areas of focus that would strengthen the partnership between our two countries.