Acharya Narendra Dev College

Acharya Narendra Dev College is a constituent college of University of Delhi operating under the aegis and fully funded by Government of NCT, Delhi. Established in 1991, the college has a unique distinction of being the only college in the University of Delhi that is primarily for science. It is named after the great educationist and reformist of modern India, Acharya Narendra Dev. Infobox_University
name = Acharya Narendra Dev College
established = 1991
type = Government supported
principal= Dr Savithri Singh
city = Delhi
country = India
campus = Urban,
website= [http://andcollege.du.ac.in/ andcollege.du.ac.in]

Courses Offered

Courses on offer are several Bachelor of Science programmes for pure and applied science streams such as B.Sc. Honours in Physics, Chemistry, Electronics, Computer Science, Botany and Zoology; B.Sc. Programmes in Physical sciences, Life Sciences, Applied Physical Sciences and Applied Life Sciences. It is the first college of the University to introduce the B.Sc. Honours Biomedical Sciences and the only one to run B.Sc. General in Sericulture (now B.Sc. Programme in Applied Life Science with Sericulture).

Details of Courses

Undergraduate Level

B. Sc. (Honors) Physics

B. Sc. (Honors) Electronics

B. Sc. (Honors) Computer Science *

B. Sc. (Honors) Chemistry

B. Sc. (Honors) Botany

B. Sc. (Honors) Zoology

B. Sc. (Honors) Biomedical Science *

B. Sc. Program in Physical Science

B. Sc. Program in Life Science

B. Sc. Program in Applied Physical Science

B. Sc. Program in Applied Life Science

B. Sc. (Honors) Mathematics

B. Com (Honors)

Foreign Language Courses*

Certificate Courses

French

German

Spanish

RussianChinese

Diploma Courses

German

Spanish

Russian

College Societies

The various extra curricular activities for the students are coordinated by different societies/clubs. The following is the list of these societies: * SPICMACAY (Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture among Youth)

* Dramatics

* Debate

* Electronics Club

* Adventure Club

* Environment

* National Social Service (NSS)

* Sports

* Social Outreach

*"Shashakt" Society for Women's Development

* Various Subject Societies

The Annual Cultural Fest is held in the month of December over two-three days. The Annual Function at which the prizes for academic distinctions are awarded is held in the month of February or early March.

Promoting Open Source

The college believes in promoting 'Open Source Software' and also in 'Open Educational Resources'. It is the first college in the University of Delhi to migrate to Linux. It is also in the process of setting up a 'Cluster laboratory'.

E Learning Projects

The Principal Dr. Savithri Singh is coordinating a collaborative elearning project on development of Open and distance Learning Certificate courses using the Wikieducator on [http://www.wikieducator.org/Bamboo_and_Rattan/Bamboo Bamboo] and [http://www.wikieducator.org/Bamboo_and_Rattan/Rattan Rattan] through the wikieducator. Pl see [http://www.wikieducator.org/Bamboo_and_Rattan Bamboo and Rattan] for further details. Also see [http://south.du.ac.in/Podcast/Podcast.html Podcast about Wikieducator] .

Collaboration

The college is open to collaborations with other Universities in the areas of common interest/ education.

External links

* [http://www.andcollege.net Acharya Narendra Dev College Official website]
* [http://www.admissionhelp.com Acharya Narendra Dev College Official Online Admission Website]