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Pannalal Girdharlal Dayanand Anglo Vedic College

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Pannalal Girdharlal Dayanand Anglo-Vedic (P.G.D.A.V.) College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi.[3] Established in 1957, it offers various courses at the undergraduate, postgraduate level and open schooling.[4]

Pannalal Girdharlal Dayanand Anglo Vedic College
Mottoअसतो मा सद्गमय
(asato mā sadgamaya)
(Sanskrit)
Motto in English
"From Ignorance Lead me to Truth"
TypeCollege
Established1957 (6years ago)
ChairmanSh. T.N. Chaturvedi
PrincipalDr. Krishna Sharma (Morning college)[1]
Dr. R.K. Gupta (Evening college)[2]
UndergraduatesB.Sc, B.Com, B.A
PostgraduatesM.A, M.Com
Address
Ring Road, near Vinobapuri Metro Station, Nehru Nagar, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi, Delhi 110065
,
India New Delhi
,
Delhi
,
110065
,
India

28°34′02″N 77°14′59″E / 28.5672882°N 77.249792°E / 28.5672882; 77.249792
CampusUrban
AcronymPGDAV
Colors 
NicknameDAV college
AffiliationsUniversity of Delhi
Websitepgdavcollege.in (Morning-shift)
pgdavecollege.in (Evening-shift)
Pannalal Girdharlal Dayanand Anglo Vedic College is located in Delhi
Pannalal Girdharlal Dayanand Anglo Vedic College
Location in Delhi
Pannalal Girdharlal Dayanand Anglo Vedic College is located in India
Pannalal Girdharlal Dayanand Anglo Vedic College
Pannalal Girdharlal Dayanand Anglo Vedic College (India)

P.G.D.A.V College is a part of the South Campus of Delhi University. The College is situated in Nehru Nagar, near Vinobapuri metro station, in New Delhi. The College complex has two seminar halls, three Computer Centres, a Bank, a library, laboratories for various departments, and playgrounds for Cricket, Football, Badminton, Basketball, Volleyball, Girls common room, medical room and also a gymnasium.[5] The college is named after Pannalal Girdharlal who extended financial support and land to D.A.V. College Managing Committee for establishment of the college.

College evening photo
Part of the Facade of the PGDAV College building.

Departments

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The college has twelve Departments which conduct B.Sc. / B.A. / B.Com. Honours as well as B.Sc. / B.A. / B.Com. Programme Courses.

List of Departments:

Cultural Societies/Cells of the Morning Shift

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  • "The Placement Cell" facilitates campus placements, seminars and internship opportunities for the students of the college. It organises the annual internship fair "CONVERGE" which acts as a platform for students across Delhi University colleges to avail internship opportunities. More than 50+ companies turn up for the event with a footfall of around 2000 students from across DU colleges.
  • "Hyperion".[6] It resembles the cultural diversity in its structure, being composed of multiple different societies, including:
  • Information Technology Society: "Tech-Wiz" was established in year 2013. Members of Tech-Wiz deals with all technical projects for P.G.D.A.V. College.
  • The Photography Society: "IRIS- The Film and Photography Society"
  • The Theatre and Film Making Society: "Navrang" has been awarded with the P.G.D.A.V Society of the year award for its amazing performance during the year 2016–17. Its most famous play "JAN-E-MAN" won 32 awards in total across delhi and also won 1st prize at Mood Indigo –The annual cultural fest of IIT Bombay. It also won best production award at Sahitya Kala Parishad's annual theatre fest.[citation needed]
  • Dramatics Society: "Rudra" with its famous street play "YEH GANDI BAAT HAI" won the prize for the best play at 2012 IIT MUMBAI festival – Mood Indigo, second best play at Kamla Nehru college, 3rd best play at Dyal Singh evening college, best play at Jamia Millia Islamia and second best play at Faculty of Management Studies. The Society came into controversy with its play 'Dilli Desh Hai' in 2011 pointing out the flaws in federal funding structure of India, which focused on metros and big cities at cost of smaller cities and towns.[citation needed]
  • "Rapbeats"-"The Hip Hop Music Society" is the only Hip Hop Music Society in the whole of Delhi University.[citation needed]
  • "Impressions": the impact on the cultural arts society, which is responsible for decoration in all the events held within the College major or minor be it the cultural fest or freshers talent hunt.
  • Indian Music Society: "Raagaa"
  • Dance Society: "SPUNK" – morning "RIEVA" – evening
  • Intellectual Society: "Chanakya" The Intellectual Society is one of the prominent societies of Hyperion, which in itself holds 4 different societies, including:
    • The Grey Matter: Debating Society As the name resembles it means matters which cannot be classified under the stereotyped 'black' or white and holds debatable aspects
    • Buzzer: (Quiz Society)
    • Qaafiya: A poetry forum was started in the year 2011.
    • Western Music Society: "Conundrum" secured the first prize in the college band competition at Mood Indigo 2013 (IIT Bombay) apart from having won prizes at many other colleges including Kirori Mal College, Faculty of Law (Delhi), Dyal Singh College, SGND Khalsa College and JIMS (Rohini) the very same year.

Notable Alumni

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The college has alumni with illustrious careers in diverse fields. The college has produced various Chartered Accountants, Management Consultants, Sports personalities, Politicians, Civil servants, Writers, and Scholars.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "PG DAVCollege". pgdavcollege.in. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Principals Message". PGDAV College (EVENING). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. ^ "List of Colleges - University of Delhi". Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Green ideas win the day at PGDAV campus". Hindustan Times. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  5. ^ "DU admissions 2016: Find your college on interactive map, know details". Hindustan Times. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  6. ^ - Cultural Societies, PGDAV College. "PGDAV College – Cultural Society". pgdavcollege.edu.in. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  7. ^ "PGDAV College, University of Delhi". www.pgdavcollege.in. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  8. ^ All about PGDAV college of DU - Fees, Placement, Infrastructure, exposure, societies, tests etc. Retrieved 8 May 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  9. ^ "PGDAV College, University of Delhi". www.pgdavcollege.in. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  10. ^ All about PGDAV college of DU - Fees, Placement, Infrastructure, exposure, societies, tests etc. Retrieved 8 May 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  11. ^ All about PGDAV college of DU - Fees, Placement, Infrastructure, exposure, societies, tests etc. Retrieved 8 May 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  12. ^ "PGDAV College, University of Delhi". www.pgdavcollege.in. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  13. ^ "PGDAV College, University of Delhi". www.pgdavcollege.in. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  14. ^ "PGDAV College, University of Delhi". www.pgdavcollege.in. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  15. ^ "PGDAV College, University of Delhi". www.pgdavcollege.in. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  16. ^ "PGDAV College, University of Delhi". www.pgdavcollege.in. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  17. ^ "PGDAV College, University of Delhi". www.pgdavcollege.in. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
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