Lady Shri Ram College
Constituent women's college of the University of Delhi for Social Sciences, Humanities and Commerce
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Lady Shri Ram College (India)
Show map of IndiaLady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR) is a constituent women's college, affiliated with the University of Delhi.[1]
History
Established in 1956 in New Delhi by the late Lala Shri Ram in memory of his wife Phoolan Devi (Lady Shri Ram), the college began in a school building in Daryaganj, Central Delhi with 299 students, nine faculty, and four support staff. The college is now located in a 5-acre (20,000 m2) campus in Lajpat Nagar in South Delhi.[2]
LSR's infrastructure includes a library with internet access, 1200 books, 50 online journals and 12798 in-house journals and periodicals.[3] Its Board of Governors is chaired by industrialist and philanthropist Bharat Ram. The new principal of the college is Ms. Suman Sharma.
Academics
Academic programmes
- B.A. (H): Economics, English, Hindi, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Sanskrit, Sociology, Psychology
- B.Com. (H)
- B.A. Programme
- BSc. (H): Mathematics, Statistics
- B.El.Ed
- Postgraduate Diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peace-building (CTPB)
- Journalism and Mass Communication (H)
Rankings
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| NIRF (Colleges) (2023)[4] | 9 |
LSR College was ranked 9th among colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2023.[4]
Student life
Cultural festivals
Tarang is the annual cultural festival of Lady Shri Ram College in fields of music, dance, dramatics, debating, fine arts, quiz, and film.
Student clubs
LSR also has 20 other clubs for extra-curricular activities such as Hive for art enthusiasts, a Debating Society for debates, and Dramatics Society for drama. Other clubs include the LSR's choreography group, the Western Music Society and the classical music society. In addition to this, there is also compulsory enrollment in National Service Scheme, National Sports Organisation or National Cadet Corps.
Notable alumni
- Darshana Rajendran, Indian Actress
- Sanjana Sanghi, Bollywood actress
- Shambhavi Singh, Director India Gateway, the Ohio State University
- Aditi Rao Hydari, Bollywood actress
- Priyamvada Kant, Actress
- Anasuya Sengupta, Senior Director of Grantmaking, Wikimedia Foundation
- Tillotama Shome, Actress
- Anjali Gopalan, honoured with Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur; founder of Naz Foundation (India) Trust
- Anshula Kant, Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, The World Bank
- Anupriya Patel, Member of Parliament and Former Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare
- Archana Puran Singh, television host, Bollywood actress, anchor and celebrity judge
- Aung San Suu Kyi, pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in Burma; Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- Baisali Mohanty, classical dancer and choreographer; columnist
- Chitra Subramaniam, India's first woman investigative journalist
- Chhavi Rajawat, Sarpanch of village Soda
- Deepa Mehta, filmmaker
- Divya Dwivedi, philosopher
- Gauri Khan, film producer, interior designer
- Geeta Luthra, Senior Advocate[5]
- Geetanjali Shree, acclaimed Hindi writer and International Booker Prize winner
- Gita Mittal, Hon’ble Chief Justice (Retd.), Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
- Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist, International Monetary Fund
- Gurmehar Kaur, Young Activist, Writer, Leader
- Indu Malhotra, Judge, Supreme Court of India
- Jaishree Misra, popular fiction author
- Jasmine Kaur Roy, filmmaker
- Kiran Walia, Politician, Former Minister of Health and Family Welfare Department, Women & Child Development and Languages, Delhi Government.
- Kamakshi Wason, Track 2 Diplomat & Think Tank Leader
- Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, MP, Former Minister of Women and Child Development, animal rights activist, and environmentalist
- Meenakshi Gopinath, educationist, former principal and Padma Shri awardee
- Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan, author
- Mridula Mukherjee, Director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Delhi.
- Naina Lal Kidwai, Chief Executive Officer, HSBC India
- Nabila Jamshed, author
- Nidhi Razdan, Anchor - NDTV
- Pariva Pranati, popular TV actress
- Poile Sengupta, writer
- Prajna Paramita, Diplomat from the Indian Foreign Service; the first girl from Lady Shri Ram College to win the Rector's Prize for the Best Undergraduate in Delhi University (1970)
- Priya Prakash, businesswoman
- Preeti Saran, Diplomat from the Indian Foreign Service
- Raashi Khanna, Indian actress
- Rasika Dugal, Indian film actress
- Sakshi Tanwar, television actress
- Sandhya Mridul, Indian actress
- Sayani Gupta, Indian film actress
- Shikha Sharma, CEO Axis Bank India
- Shriya Saran, Indian Film Actress
- Sujatha Singh, former Indian Foreign Secretary
- Uma Sharma, Kathak dancer
- Usha Thorat, Former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
- Vinita Bali, Managing Director, Britannia Industries
- Sunita Kohli, Interior Designer who restored Rashtrapati Bhawan
- Vasundhara Sirnate, Indian political scientist and journalist.
- Kavita Singh, Professor and Infosys Prize winner
- Anjana Sinha, IPS officer
- Parampara Tandon, Music Composer, Singer
- Namgay Zam, Bhutanese journalist
See also
- St. Stephen's College, Delhi
- Hans Raj College, Delhi
- Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi
- Miranda House, University of Delhi, Delhi
- Loyola College, Chennai, University of Madras
- Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai
- St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, University of Mumbai, Mumbai
- Education in India
- List of institutions of higher education in Delhi
- Kirori Mal College
References
- ^ "'PPU to raise music band'". The Times of India. 17 February 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Lady Shri Ram College for Women | Delhi Live". Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2010. Article on Lady Shri Ram College for Women, delhilive.com on Sat, 02/06/2007-06:03
- ^ [1] Lady Shri Ram College Library
- ^ a b "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2023 (Colleges)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 5 June 2023.
- ^ "Distinguished Alumnae". Lady Shri Ram College. 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
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