D.A.V. Post Graduate College, Dehradun Explained

DAV (PG) College Dehradun
Native Name:	Dayanad Anglo Vedic Post Graduate College
Motto:	"तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय"
Address:	DAV College Road, Karanpur
City:	Dehradun
State:	Uttarakhand
Postalcode:	248001
Country:	India
Established:	1948
Principal:	DR.K.R JAIN
Academic Staff:	140
Students:	12500

D.A.V. (Post Graduate) College Dehradun is a government aided college in the city of Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

History

The Arya Samaj evening school was transferred from Meerut to the valley of Dehradun in the year 1892.^[1] It was later developed into the D.A.V. School. It became Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Postgraduate College, Dehradun, in 1948.

Affiliation

• Agra University-1948^[2]
• HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand.

Faculties

• Arts
• Science
• Commerce
• Education
• Law

Courses

Bachelor of Arts

(Three-year degree course)

1. Economics
2. English Literature
3. History
4. Maths
5. Drawing & Painting
6. Indian Classical Music
7. Geography
8. Political Science
9. Statistics
10. Hindi
11. Sociology
12. Sanskrit
13. Psychology
14. Education^{[3] [4] [5]}

Bachelor of Science

(Three-year degree course)

1. Physics
2. Chemistry
3. Maths
4. Zoology
5. Botany
6. Statistics

Bachelor of Commerce

All subjects^[3]

Bachelor of Laws

Three-year degree course^[3]

Bachelor of Education

All subjects^{[3] [5]}

Master of Arts

Two-year degree course

1. Economics
2. English Literature
3. History
4. Maths
5. Drawing & Painting
6. Geography
7. Political Science
8. Psychology
9. Sociology
10. Sanskrit
11. Statistics
12. Hindi
13. Education

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Master of Science

1. Botany
2. Zoology
3. Physics
4. Statistics
5. Chemistry^{[6] [5]}

Master of Commerce

All prescribed subjects^[5]

Notable alumni

• Bachendri Pal (First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest)
• Harbans Kapoor (8-Times and Current MLA for Dehradun Cantt. Constituency)
• Ajay Kothiyal (Founder of Youth Foundation and member of AAP)
• Sushil Chandra (Chief Election Commissioner of India)
• Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi (Plant Biologist and Former Director of National Institute of Plant Genome Research)
• O.P. Bhatt (Chairman of Tata Steel, former chairman of the State Bank of India)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pioneer . The . DAV (PG) college faces infrastructure woes, staff shortage . 2022-06-11 . The Pioneer . en.
2. Web site: DAV PG College, Dehradun » History . 6 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151110123515/http://davpgcollege.com/history/# . 10 November 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
3. Web site: DAV PG College, Dehradun » U.G. Programmes . 6 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151107215356/http://davpgcollege.com/u-g-programmes/# . 7 November 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
4. Web site: HEMVATI NANDAN BAHUGUNA GARHWAL UNIVERSITY (A Central University) Srinagar (Garhwal) Uttarakhand-246174 : Courses. Davpgcollege.com. 6 October 2018.
5. Web site: Affilation of the following courses in the respective Institutes / Colleges are valid for the academic year 2014 - 2015. Hnbgu.ac.in. 6 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180304182411/http://hnbgu.ac.in/writereaddata/Eng.%20LIST%20GOVT.%26GOVT.ADD.COLLEGE%20%26%20SELF.FINCE.INSTITUTE%20%20YEAR-2015-16.pdf. 4 March 2018. dead.
6. Web site: Davpgcollege Resources and Information.. Davpgcollege.com. 6 October 2018.