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University College of Medical Sciences or U.C.M.S is medical college affiliated to the University of Delhi imparting medical education in Delhi,... India. It is associated with Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital,Dilshad garden which serves as a teaching hospital.The college is known for its quality research and ranks 7th in the nation based on the number of publications in PubMed indexed journals. The University College of Medical Sciences was founded in the year 1971 by the efforts of the then Health Minister of Delhi. The Health Ministry proposed to provide medical education to every student who attained the eligibility criteria and wished to become a doctor, but it still caused a 150 or so students to be left out, even with the presence of two Medical Colleges in Delhi - MAMC and LHMC. In the year 1971 classes for the new college initially started in the makeshift Department of Chemistry, Delhi University, North Campus. The students back then had their clinical postings at the Meerut Medical College. Shortly afterwards, it was shifted to the Safdarjung Hospital in South Delhi.
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St. Stephen's College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi located in Delhi, India. The college admits both undergraduates and... post-graduates, and awards degrees under the purview of the University. St. Stephen's offers degrees in the liberal arts and the sciences. Since its founding in 1881, the college has produced a long line of distinguished alumni. Students and alumni of the college are termed Stephanians. St. Stephen's is a co-educational institution of higher learning located in University Enclave on the University of Delhi's 'North' campus. In spite of its location in North India, the college has always striven to admit students and select teachers from all communities and from all parts of India. It also admits a small number of students from overseas. The college was founded on 1 February, 1881 by the Cambridge Brotherhood, an Anglican mission from Westcott House, Cambridge, England. It was initially affiliated to the University of Calcutta. In 1882, it was affiliated to University of the Punjab, Lahore.
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Delhi School of Economics , commonly referred to as DSE or D School, is a centre of post graduate learning of the University of Delhi. The centre is... situated in the university's North Campus in Maurice Nagar, and is surrounded by a host of other prestigious academic institutions of the country such as the St. Stephen's College, the Hindu College, and the Faculty of Management Studies. Started in the year 1949, the campus of the Delhi School of Economics houses the University of Delhi's Departments of Economics, Sociology, Geography and Commerce, and the Ratan Tata Library. Out of these four academic departments, the Departments of Economics, Sociology and Geography come under the Faculty of Social Sciences, while the Department of Commerce comes under the Faculty of Commerce and Business. During its illustrious history that spans over six decades, the Delhi School of Economics has significantly contributed to the extension of knowledge in various academic disciplines. Shortly after independence, a group of visionaries led by Professor V.K.R.V.
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The Maulana Azad Medical College is a government medical college in Delhi affiliated to University of Delhi. It is named after Indian freedom... fighter and first education minister of independent India Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. It is located at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi. MAMC is one of India's premier medical colleges and consistently ranked amongst the top medical schools. The college has the following hospitals attached to it: The hospitals have a combined bed strength of more than 2400 beds and cater to a population of more than 20 million people in Delhi alone and many more from the surrounding states in north India. The college is a tertiary care referral centre and has teaching programs for graduation, post graduation and subspecialities . The history of Maulana Azad Medical College, could be traced to 1936, when India was being ruled by the British. Indian Medical Service at that time was heavily manned by the British. In 1940, Col.
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Sri Venkateswara College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi in India, providing undergraduate education in liberal arts, science and... commerce. It was one of the 47 colleges spread over 14 states and union territories and 32 universities that were awarded "College with Potential for Excellence" status in 2004 by the Indian University Grants Commission. It is one of the colleges selected in 2011 by the Indian government Department of Biotechnology under the Star College Scheme for strengthening of education and training in life science and biotechnology at undergraduate level. It has been described by web directory India Folder as "one of the premier colleges under the Delhi University system" and "perhaps the best college in south campus". Founded under the auspices of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Trust, as a result of the efforts of K. L. Rao and C. Anna Rao, the primary objective of the college was to cater to the education needs of students from South India. It soon outgrew its regional character. The college started up in 1961 in a school building of the Andhra Education Society in Rouse Avenue, New Delhi, with 271 students and 13 faculty members.
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Shri Ram College of Commerce or Shri Ram College or SRCC is a constituent college of the University of Delhi, located in New Delhi, India. SRCC is... the leading institute for higher studies in Commerce and Economics in India. It is considered as one of the most prestigious colleges in the country. SRCC started awarding undergraduate degrees in 1932 and graduate degrees in 1948. It received its present name and form in 1951. Although SRCC has accepted female students since 1933, it became truly co-educational only in 1957. The institute started an International Business MBA equivalent course in 1999, called the Post Graduate Diploma in Global Business Operations . SRCC was established by educationist and industrialist, Sir Lala Shriram. Apart from SRCC, he also established the Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi and owned the erstwhile famous company, DCM Shriram. The institute was established first in Daryaganj and shifted to its present location in the North Campus, Delhi University only in 1957. The present location is 17 acres campus with large educational and recreational areas.
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Hans Raj College is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Delhi. This co- educational Institute offers education in all the... three streams- arts, science and commerce, and is located on the Mahatma Hans Raj College Road, Kamla Nagar, in the Delhi University’s North campus, and has been ranked amongst the Top-10 Science, Arts and Commerce Colleges of India. Hans Raj College is one of the largest constituent Colleges of the University of Delhi. An institution with academicians imparting education in different fields, the College today has a reputation for performance in academics, sports and extra curricular activities. Rated among top ten Colleges of the country in Science, Commerce & Arts. The college ensures complete development of the body, mind and the soul while enshrining traditional Indian values in each of its students. The college was founded by the D.A.V. College Managing Committee on July 26, 1948 in the memory of Mahatama Hans Raj, a pioneer in the field of education. It is today one of the lights in the D.A.V. family of over 700 institutions and one of the largest constituent college of Delhi University.
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Tibbia College, also known as The Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College, is a public university located in New Delhi, India. The university, which... offers education and training in Ayurvedic and Unani medicine, has its origins dating back to the late 19th century. The college, which was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1921, offers Bachelor degrees in Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery and Unani Medicine and Surgery. On February 15, 2008, a 60-bed maternity and child block in Tibbia College Hospital, and the Delhi government announced about its intentions of developing the college into a university, in recognition of the college's contributions to Ayurvedic and Unani medicine. It was first established by Hakim Abdul Majeed in 1882 in Gali Qasim Jan, a locality in Chandni Chowk, one of the oldest and busiest markets in New Delhi, India. In 1889, after inauguration by a local commissioner, it was referred to as Madrasa Tibbia that functioned under the Anjuman-e-Tibbia society. After the death of Majeed in 1901, his younger brother Hakim Wasil took over the Madrasa and in 1903, Masih-ul-Hakim Ajmal, better known as Hakim Ajmal Khan raised the quality of the institution.
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Kirori Mal College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi, located in New Delhi, India that was established in 1954. It offers... undergraduate and graduate courses in science, arts, liberal arts and commerce and is known for being one of the most politically active colleges in University of Delhi. It is also known for being one of the most active colleges when it comes to extracurricular activities especially theatre, music and art. Kirori Mal College began as Nirmala College, started by American Jesuits in the wake of partition. It was located on Qutub Road. Faced with intractable problems relating to the staff in the period following the partition, the management of the college changed hands and the trust founded by Seth Kirori Mal took over the college. The college shifted to its present campus on 1 February 1954. The college celebrated its Golden jubilee in February 2004. The college has come a long way since its inception in 1956. The farsightedness of its founding fathers has led this institution of higher learning to occupy and important place in the University of Delhi.
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Bhim Rao Ambedkar College came into existence in 1991 during the birth centenary year of Bharat Ratna Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar. It is a... constituent college of the University of Delhi and is sponsored by Delhi Government to cater to the needs of higher education in trans-Yamuna area. It is a co-educational institution. The college launched four professional courses in the university, namely, BA Business Economics, BA Social Work, BA Hindi Journalism and Mass Communication and BA Applied Psychology. The college acts in accordance to the Delhi University Centralized Admission procedure. Admission to a course of study is based on the cut-off percentage announced through the University in June every year. Prospective students should have completed 12 years of study and must have scored the given cut-off percentage in previous qualifying examination. Foreign students are admitted as per the prescribed University guidelines..Apart from aforementioned criteria, for admission to few professional courses, students have to undergo an additional All India Written Entrance Test and/or interview conducted by their respective parent departments.
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Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College is a constituent college of University of Delhi located in Delhi, India. It is located on Guru Tegh Bahadur... Marg, North Campus. The college premises also bears a Gurudwara. The college has undertaken many projects in the field of ciliate biology and has reported new species of protozoans from north-east India. The laboratory has collaborated with Natural History Museum and University of Camerino. The college also offers a dual credential programs in collaboration with University of the Fraser Valley and Avans. Named after Guru Tegh Bahadur, the 9th Sikh Guru, Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College is a constituent of University of Delhi. It is a co-educational institution established in 1951 by Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee to instill ideals of self-sacrifice and service among the youth. It draws inspiration from the life of the Guru who laid down his life in Delhi to uphold freedom of belief and conscience and whose sacrifice and martyrdom for secular ideas are unique in the annals of our country. The College had a modest beginning and was situated in four rooms in a school in Dev Nagar with 49 students and a faculty of 6 teachers.
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Maharaja Agrasen College is a premier college of the University of Delhi , located in Vasundhara Enclave in the fast developing East Delhi area of... the National Capital Region of Delhi. Maharaja Agrasen College was established in 1994 with the objective of catering to the educational requirements of the densely populated East Delhi area. The college is fully funded by the Govt. of NCT of Delhi. The college has now shifted to its modern and spacious building complex in 10 acres in Vasundhara Enclave, Delhi. It has valuable infrastructural assets like a state of the art auditorium, a computer centre, fully computerized Library, well equipped laboratories, state - of - the - art conference hall etc. The new building complex has acquired several new facilities like an Information and Communication Technology Center, a Language Laboratory, Media Laboratory, Indira Gandhi Open University Center, University Grants Commission Research Center, and a Community Radio Station. The college has a teaching faculty of 82 members, and administrative staff of 42 members. The college is managed by a Governing Body of 15 distinguished academicians under the Chairmanship of Sh. A.R.
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Indraprastha College for Women also known as Indraprastha College or is the oldest women's college in Delhi; established in 1924, it is affiliated... to University of Delhi. Today, it offers Graduate and Post-graduate courses in Liberal Arts, Commerce, Literature, Computer Science, and Mass Communication etc., and is amongst the prestigious colleges of India. It is located on Sham Nath Marg, 2 km. from Kashmiri Gate, Delhi. Origins of IP College, lie in the Indraprastha Girls School, which was founded in 1904, at the call of noted freedom fighter, educationist and theosophist Annie Besant by a group of Delhi theosophists, led by Lala Jugal Kishore, in Chhipiwara, Old Delhi. Intermediate school was added in 1924 and the Indraprastha College for Women, came into being, with Leonora Gmeiner, became its first principal. Soon the University of Delhi, which itself founded in 1922, recognised it as . Degree courses were introduced in 1930's and in 1938, the University recognised I.P. college as a degree college.
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Lady Irwin College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi. Established in 1932, it is women's college and located in New Delhi, India,... and offers graduate and post-graduate courses in Home Science. The college was established under the patronage of Lady Dorothy Irwin, wife of Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India in 1931. The college shifted to its current campus at Sikandra Road in 1938. Till 1950, it was managed by the All India Women’s Education Fund Association, after which it got affiliated to the University of Delhi, and honours degree courses were introduced in the college.
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Prakash Jha is an Indian film producer-director-screenwriter, who is most known for his political and socio-political films such as Damul ,... Mrityudand , Gangaajal , Apaharan and multistarrer hit movie Raajneeti . He is also the maker of National Film Award winning documentaries like, Faces After The Storm and Sonal . He now runs a production company, Prakash Jha Productions.Prakash Jha, owns the P&M Mall in Patna. Prakash Jha was born and raised raised at his family's farm in Baraharwa, Bettiah, West Champaran, Bihar, India. He did his schooling from Sainik School Tilaya, Koderma district and Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1, Bokaro Steel City . Later, he joined Ramjas College, Delhi University to do B.Sc in Physics; though he left studies after one year, and decided to go to Bombay and become a painter, though while he was preparing for J.J. School of Arts, he happen to witness the shooting of the film Dharma and got hooked on to filmmaking.
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Anita Mazumdar Desai is an Indian novelist and Emeritus John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She... has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times, was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award, in 1978 for her novel, Fire on the Mountain, by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters. Born as Anita Mazumdar to a German mother, Toni Nime, and a Bengali businessman, D. N. Mazumdar in Mussoorie, India. She grew up speaking German at home and Bengali, Urdu, Hindi and English outside the house. She first learned to read and write in English at school and as a result it became her "literary language". Despite German being her first language she did not visit Germany until later in life as an adult. She began to write in English at the age of seven, and published her first story at the age of nine. She was a student at Queen Mary's Higher Secondary School in Delhi and received her B.A. in English literature in 1957 from the Miranda House of the University of Delhi.
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Amitav Ghosh , is a Bengali Indian author best known for his work in the English language. Ghosh was born in Calcutta on July 11, 1956, to Lieutenant... Colonel Shailendra Chandra Ghosh, a retired officer of the pre-independence Indian Army, and was educated at The Doon School; St. Stephen's College, Delhi; Delhi University; India; and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he was awarded a D. Phil. in social anthropology. His first job was at the Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi. Ghosh lives in New York with his wife, Deborah Baker, author of the Laura Riding biography In Extremis: The Life of Laura Riding and a senior editor at Little, Brown and Company. They have two children, Lila and Nayan. He has been a Fellow at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta. In 1999, Ghosh joined the faculty at Queens College, City University of New York, as Distinguished Professor in Comparative Literature. He has also been a visiting professor to the English department of Harvard University since 2005.
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Amitabh Bachchan , born Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan on 11 October 1942 is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the... "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades. Bachchan is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. Bachchan has won numerous major awards in his career, including four National Film Awards, three of which are in the Best Actor category, and fourteen Filmfare Awards. He is the most-nominated performer in any major acting category at Filmfare, with 37 nominations overall. In addition to acting, Bachchan has worked as a playback singer, film producer and television presenter. He also had a stint in politics in the 1980s. He has received both the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan civilian awards from the Indian government. Bachban was born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. His father, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, was a Hindi poet, and his mother, Teji Bachchan, was a Sikh from Faisalabad .
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