Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College Explained

Sri Guru Tegh Bahadar Khalsa College, University of Delhi
Motto:ਅਘਾਹਾ ਕੂ ਤ੍ਰਾਘਿ (Punjabi) Aghāhā Kū Trāghi
Mottoeng:Look Forward
Established:1951
Type:Coeducation
City:Delhi
Country:India
Affiliations:University of Delhi
Undergrad:~4700
Principal:Gurmohinder Singh
Campus:North Campus

Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College (shortened SGTB Khalsa college) is a constituent college of the University of Delhi. It was established in 1951, and offers courses for science, commerce and arts in India.[1] SGTB Khalsa college is ranked among the best colleges of India.[2] In 2018, the highest admission cut-off was 99.66 per cent for B.Sc. (Hons) in Electronics in SGTB Khalsa College. In the humanities stream, Khalsa College had set the highest cut-off at 99 per cent for BA (Hons) in Political Science.[3]

History

Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, a constituent college of the University of Delhi, was established in 1951 and has been, since, maintained by Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC), a statutory body established under an act of the Parliament of India. The focus of the college at the time of inception was to ensure a comprehensive social transformation through access to quality education, in particular to young Punjabi refugees of partition in 1947, and to conserve and promote Punjabi language, culture, and heritage. The college is named after the Ninth Guru of Sikhism Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur, who sacrificed his life to uphold secular values and is an institution with the cosmopolitan environment and progressive outlook.Khalsa College is a constituent of the University of Delhi. The college began in four rooms in a school in Dev Nagar with 49 students and a faculty of 6. It moved to its present location that is University of Delhi's North Campus in 1973.

College principals

Academics

Academic programmes

At present, there are 18 undergraduate programmes, two B.Tech. programmes, 12 postgraduate programmes, one postgraduate diploma, two undergraduate diplomas, and 9 certificate courses, making a total of 44 programmes. As of the session 2015–16, there were 3,768 students in these programmes, and 140 full-time teachers, out of which 101 permanent. During last four years, 57 teachers participated in various staff-development programmes.The college offers the following courses:

Academic work

The college has undertaken projects in the field of ciliate zoology and has reported new species of protozoans from Northeast India. It collaborates with the Natural History Museum, London and University of Camerino.

It offers a dual credential programs in collaboration with University of the Fraser Valley and Avans.

Infrastructure

The college has 59 classrooms, 19 labs, 6 research labs, indoor and outdoor sports facilities, gymnasium, cafeteria, bank, and medical facilities in proximity, besides other utility services such as post-office and market. The college is connected by road and Delhi Metro link, and majority students are day-scholars. A hostel for girls can accommodate 147 students, and a hostel for boys was inaugurated in February 2021.Apart from that the college has some of the best sporting facilities.

Sports

The college has a spacious playing field for hockey, cricket, and football, and facilities for indoor games like table tennis, carom, and chess, as well as a mini gymnasium. The Sant Harchand Singh Longowal Sports Complex consists of a gymnasium. A squash racket room, three table tennis rooms, and changing rooms for players are also in this complex. The college has a floodlit lawn tennis court.

Rankings

Type:College
Nirf C 2023:62

It was ranked 62nd across India among colleges by the NIRF in 2023

Accreditation

This prestigious college scored 3.41 and was certified grade A by National Assessment and Accreditation Council.

Placements

Apart from bringing a varied list of recruiters to the campus, the Placement Cell organises talks, study abroad seminars, internship opportunities and workshops for the collective student body. Training and Placement Cell of the college provides following facilities at the college premises.

  1. Conducting mock personal interviews and group discussions to make students aware of the selection procedures
  2. Summer industrial training, internship and final placement of students.
  3. Conducting industrial visits and industry-oriented training programmes.
  4. Invite professional guest speakers to impart necessary inputs for the above-mentioned activities.

Major recruiters

Major companies visit the campus at the annual placement drive. Some of the major recruiters at Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College are as follows:[4] E&Y, KPMG, Deloitte, PWC, Zomato, SBI, Grant Thorton, TCS, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, IBM Daksh, Genpact, ICICI Prudential, S&P Global Market Intelligence, Protiviti and Housing.com.

Student life

College societies

Academic societies

The college magazine, The Tegh, consists of English, Hindi and Punjabi sections.

Co-curricular and extracurricular societies

Notable alumni

Media and Entertainment

Politics

Sports

Bureaucracy and Diplomacy

Journalism

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Notes and References

  1. https://sgtbkhalsadu.ac.in/courses.php
  2. News: 2017-04-03 . Six DU colleges among India's top 10 in HRD ministry's ranking . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-07-22 . 0971-751X.
  3. News: Delhi University issues first cut-off, LSR asks 98.75% for B.A - Times of India. The Times of India. 18 June 2018 . 5 January 2019.
  4. Web site: Welcome :: Shri Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa College University Of Delhi Powered By :: Redox Systems Pvt. Ltd.. www.sgtbkhalsadu.ac.in. 5 January 2019.
  5. Web site: Editorial Board Report 2018-19. 19 April 2019.
  6. Web site: 2017-06-03 . National Senior Athletics Championship: Neeraj Chopra beats Davinder Singh to win gold in men's javelin throw . 2024-03-19 . Firstpost . en-us.
  7. Web site: UPSC AIR 9 Nausheen: Academic culture of DU and Jamia inspired me to appear for CSE . 16 April 2024 .
  8. Web site: Meet Wardah Khan, UPSC AIR-18, Noida girl who quit her job to pursue her civil services dream . 17 April 2024 .
  9. Web site: Five Famous Alumni: SGTB Khalsa College . 25 September 2015 .

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