COLLEGE PROFILE
D.A.V College for Girls, Yamuna Nagar, is a premier educational institution of the northern region of India. Accredited ‘B++’ by NAAC, the College has the rare distinction of being chosen as ‘The College with Potential for Excellence’ by UGC in the second phase too and also as ‘The Best Women College’ by Kurukshetra University. Over the years, the College has evolved into a brand in female education. The long and impressive list of achievements over the last decade is a testimony to its expanding footprint and impact across northern regions of our country. A multi-faculty, post-graduate institution, D.A.V. College for Girls offers a wide choice of courses in all disciplines-humanities, science and commerce to an impressive strength of approximately 2500 students. The College reached an important milestone on being included in the list of 48 colleges/universities selected out of 702 for establishing DDU KAUSHAL Kendra by UGC under the XII Plan of Government of India. Under this scheme, the college has introduced Bachelor of Vocational and courses under Community Colleges. Besides the regular courses, the college also runs 3 UGC centres: Women Studies Centre, Gandhian Studies Centre and Nehru Studies Centre which are basically engaged in research projects but also offer short-term courses to the students to acquaint them with the life, philosophy and vision of these great men and their relevance in the modern world.
Realising the rapid changes and advances in technology and the growing needs of our smart and gadget-savvy students, the college continues to add and update the existing infrastructure and offers the best of the facilities within its wi-fi college campus. With Entrepreneur Resource Planning (ERP), the college enables on-line registration, admission, lessons, notices, attendance and also more efficient office-administration. With 5 academic blocks including 68 classrooms, 72 labs including 8 smart class rooms/seminar rooms, an air-conditioned library providing access to e-publication through INFLIBNET and DELNET networks, 2 air-conditioned Audio-Visual rooms, state- of-the-art Mass Communication Lab, Naturopathy Centre with excellent facilities like Sauna Bath, Jacuzzi, Steam Bath, a Gym fitted with latest machines and gadgets, A Shooting Range, Rain Water Harvesting Plant, a state-of-the-art Swimming Pool, a fleet of buses, Surfing Cell for students, Fire-Fighting System and a fully air-conditioned Auditorium with a capacity of 500 seats, and a huge outdoor stage with latest lighting and equipments, Solar Energy Plant (SEP)of 100 KW each in the college and the hostel, all constitute part of the massive infrastructure consolidated over the last decade.
In addition to this, the college also has a hostel which can accommodate more than 650 students from suburbs and neighbouring states in two hostel buildings and makes every possible effort to make their stay here homely and comfortable with a modern kitchen, 24 hour power back-up, internet facility, 4 common rooms, 9 guest rooms, a tuck-shop, washing machines with 50 kg load capacity, a Tumble Dryer, a Hydro Extractor and a Gym.
The college has been recording excellent academic, cultural and sports achievements of our students year after year. The N.S.S. and N.C.C. units of the college organise activities and camps for the students to develop their organizational skills and to create opportunities for them to realize their true potential and become responsible citizens and confident individuals. The N.S.S. unit of the college has been organising blood donation camp annually to make students aware and conscious of their duty and feel proud of their unique gift of life to the needy.
The clubs and committees in the college also provide the students opportunities to express their creativity, cultivate their special interests and commitment to social and environmental cause.
Besides the regular contribution of the faculty in publishing research articles and papers in various international and national journals including ‘Coherence’, and a Multi Disciplinary Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, the peer review published by the college annually, the various departments regularly organise and attend international and national seminars and conferences each session. The college year book ‘Divyasudha’ records each and every activity and achievement of the college and also provides a platform to the students to express their views creatively through articles, stories and poems, etc.
Keeping our focus on learning and improvement, we strive to achieve yet higher goals in academic, sports and cultural fields and scale the new heights of excellence, perfection and glory.
