Sri Venkateswara College

Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi
Motto Satyaan प्रमदितव्यम्
Motto in English
 Truth through self-education
Type Public (Central Government) (Maintenance: 95% UGC; 5% College revenue; also one-time grants for development from the trust on requirement basis)
Established 20 August 1961(founder Durgabai Deshmukh)
Principal Dr. P. Hemalata Reddy
Students 3255 (last updated July 2016)
Location Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi
28°41′33″N 77°12′36″E / 28.69250°N 77.21000°E / 28.69250; 77.21000Coordinates: 28°41′33″N 77°12′36″E / 28.69250°N 77.21000°E / 28.69250; 77.21000
Campus Urban, 15 acres, South Campus, University Enclave
Calendar Semester
Nickname Venky
Affiliations University of Delhi
Website www.svc.ac.in

Sri Venkateswara College is a co-ed constituent college of the University of Delhi in New Delhi, India. It awards degrees under the purview of the university and offers courses at the undergraduate level. Vocational courses and short-term add-on courses that serve as significant supplements to the academic profiles of the students are offered. It is a national level college and not a minority college; there are no reservations for any religious or linguistic minority.

History

Founded under the auspices of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Trust, as a result of the efforts of Durgabai Deshmukh, who was a member of the constituent assembly of India and founder of the Andhra Education Society in Delhi (1948). She approached K. L. Rao (Member of Parliament) and C. Anna Rao (CEO of TTD),[1] after realising the acute shortage of a degree-level college in the city. The TTD is an autonomous organization managing the affairs of Lord Balaji. While it maintains 12 temples and their sub-shrines, it employs about 14,000 persons and runs charitable and educational institutions throughout the country.

The primary objective of the college was to cater to the education needs of students from South India. It soon outgrew its regional character and has now become one of the most sought after co-educational colleges of India.

Foundation

The college started up in 1961 in a school building of the Andhra Education Society in Rouse Avenue (now Deen Dyal Uppadhyay Marg near ITO), New Delhi, with 271 students and 13 faculty members.[2] The foundation stone of the present campus was laid on 20 August 1961 by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, former president of India (then vice-president). The college moved into this newly constructed campus at Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi, on 25 August 1971.[1] In August 2010, the college celebrated its golden anniversary ushering in the fiftieth year of pioneering excellence in the field of education.[3][4]

Evolution

Sri Venkateswara College came into being through the vision of Durgabai Deshmukh, K. L. Rao and C. Anna Rao in 1961. Initially starting off as a BA pass college it began by offering B.A. courses in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Sanskrit. Within few years of acquiring its new campus, and led by its principal V Krishnamoorthy, the college introduced honours courses in arts and science. In 1973 the University of Delhi recognised it as one of its constituent colleges, paving the way for future expansion. From its beginning with just language courses, the college now began opening academic departments in other disciplines: Maths and Statistics, English, Political Science, History, Botany, and Zoology. The Department of Chemistry, which had initially provided chemistry papers for other departments, was permitted to conduct its own honours course in 1983. Honours courses in physics (1993), electronics (1987), and biochemistry (1989) began. It is a fairly young college in comparison to others of the university which provide honours courses.

Infrastructure developments were undertaken starting from 2006 using fund accrued under CPE, Star College, OBC expansion fund, Golden Jubilee fund and TTD grants. Allegation of embezzlement have not been thoroughly investigated. The status of College with Potential for Excellence (UGC 2004) and Star College (DBT 2011) were awarded; CPE was withdrawn in 2011 because of lack of NAAC accredition which is absent in all of Delhi colleges.[5] Pass courses in BA, BSc, BCom, Life Science, Bio Science and Hons in Tamil, Telgu were discontinued in 2013. Departments of English,[6][7][8] Physics and Biochemistry are generally more revered in the college. TTD organises its Kalyan Mahotsav for North India at the college ground quiet frequently, which witnesses a large crowd of devotees of lord Balaji.[9]

Administration

A Governing Body, consisting of the following:

Principals

Courses offered

Undergraduate courses

Add-on courses

Facilities

Main Building of Sri Venkateswara College

Student life

The college encourages student participation in co-curricular activities organized by the Fine Arts Association. The college attracts a large number of students from all the states of north India, almost 60%, as is the case with other Delhi University colleges, but unique to SVC is its sizable student crowd from south Delhi localities, Delhi Cantonment and Gurgaon owing to its location in the south of the capital city.

Outstation students generally reside at student-friendly accommodations in Satya Niketan, South Extension and Lajpat Nagar, since the college hostel is limited to a few beds. The college's location in the midst of the south campus of the university places it in a unique position. It is unable to attract students using the historical setting of the north campus, and it is comparatively young given that most of the popular courses here were started in the early '90s, resulting in a marked absence of a long illustrious alumni list. Infrastructure of the college resembles that of a government office and the neighboring colleges do not provide much of a competitive environment.

It has managed to carve out a name for itself owing to two primary factors. First is a dedicated faculty which keep academic standards high. Second is an exceptional student crowd which gives it a very cosmopolitan look, making it the most talked about aspect of the college.

Student election are held as per the DUSU format every year . Surbhi malik was the first female president elected in the history of college .

Cultural festivals

Celeb Show at NEXUS 2012

NEXUS, the annual inter-college cultural festival of Sri Venkateswara College, was founded in 1978. The three-day festival attracts students from all across the university.[12] The USP of the festival are its professional shows, including the Rock Show and Celebrity Show. Apart from this it holds competitions in Dramatics, Dance, Music, Fine Arts, Literary etc. Renowned rock bands like Parikrama, Indian Ocean, Pentagram, Advaita, Euphoria etc. and celebrities like Sunidhi Chauhan, KK, Mohit Chauhan, Vishal Dadlani, Jazzy b, Sukhwinder Singh, Shankar Mahadevan etc. have performed at the festival.[13][14] The festival is organised by Fine Arts Association(FAA) in collaboration with Students' Union. FAA is parent organisation, which monitors all cultural clubs and cultural affairs of SVC. Currently FAA is being headed by Sarthak Sharma.

There are additional programmes like Venkateswara Swamy's Kalyanam and other poojas for Swami are done on regular basis and the prasadam is shared with students. There is an idol of Venkateswara Swamy in the college campus, which is worshipped regularly.

India Today rankings in 2016

Controversies

References

  1. 1 2 "About College". Official website.
  2. ↑ "Venkateswara to celebrate golden jubilee". The Times of India. Aug 12, 2010.
  3. ↑ Staff Reporter. "Venkateswara College enters jubilee year". The Hindu.
  4. ↑ "Upgrade training methods to produce skilled workforce: Patil". indianexpress.com.
  5. ↑ "Delhi University's two colleges stripped of elite UGC tag". intoday.in.
  6. ↑ "rupleena bose - Google Search". google.com.
  7. ↑ "ahmer nadeem anwer - Google Search". google.com.
  8. ↑ "meenakshi bharat - Google Search". google.com.
  9. ↑ "Kalyana Mahotsav celebrated". The Hindu.
  10. ↑ "Sri Venkateswara College". svc.ac.in.
  11. ↑ "Bioinformatics Center Home". bic-svc.ac.in.
  12. ↑ "Sri Venkateswara College Portrait". Official website.
  13. ↑ "Know Your Fest!". Hindustan Times. Jun 29, 2012.
  14. ↑ "The zesty fests of DU". Hindustan Times. Jun 10, 2011.
  15. ↑ "Padma Shri as return gift?". mid-day.com.
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