Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR) is a constituent women's college, affiliated with the University of Delhi, and has a legacy in women's education.

History

Established in 1956 in

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by the late Lala Shri Ram in memory of his wife Phoolan Devi (Lady Shri Ram), the college began in a school building in

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, Central

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with 299 students, nine faculty, and four support staff. The college is now located in a campus in

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. LSR's infrastructure includes a

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with internet access, 1200 books, 50 online journals and 12798 in-house journals and periodicals. Its Board of Governors is chaired by industrialist and philanthropist Bharat Ram. The new principal of the college is Ms. Suman Sharma.

Mission

The stated mission of Lady Shri Ram College for Women is to: (i)Empower women to assume leadership roles in a globalised, rapidly changing, technology-based nation and world

(ii) Encourage long-term, future-based, solution-oriented innovative thinking. (iii)Emphasize the power of collaboration, harmony and conflict resolution in the attainment of goals. (iv) Promote ethics, human values and compassion in young minds. (v) Develop critical thinkers and responsive citizens who engage with social, political, economic issues and seek to make a change for the better. (vi) Sustain democratic spaces for creative explorations of young women’ skills, aptitudes and talents (vii) Contribute new perspectives to the world of knowledge in the pursuit of gender-based and other forms of social justice. (viii) Enhance access and inclusivity in higher education, including digital access. (ix) Provide a wholistic context of learning that encourages young women to aspire for success and to take setbacks as significant learning experiences.

Academics

Academic programmes

Within the constraints of prescribed syllabi, LSR attempts to offer an eclectic selection, a range of options for students. *B.A. (H): Economics, English,

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*B.Com. (H) *B.A. Programme *BSc. (H): Mathematics,

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*B.El.Ed *Postgraduate Diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peace-building (CTPB) *

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and

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(H)

Rankings

LSR College ranked second among colleges in India by the

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(NIRF) in 2020.

Student life

Cultural festivals

Tarang is the annual cultural festival of Lady Shri Ram College. Tarang is known for bringing together the best student talent from across the country 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

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, National Sports Organisation or

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. LSR is committed to creating a generation of young individuals who take an active interest in the development of their society and communities. Various extension activities are thus conducted in LSR through multiple platforms such as NSS, NCC, NSO, REACH and ENACTUS

Notable alumni

* Sanjana Sanghi, Bollywood actress * Aditi Rao Hydari, Bollywood actress * Priyamvada Kant, Actress * Anasuya Sengupta, Senior Director of Grantmaking,

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, 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 *

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, Member of Parliament and Former Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare * Archana Puran Singh, television host, Bollywood actress, anchor and celebrity judge *

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laureate *

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, classical dancer and choreographer; columnist *

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, India's first woman investigative journalist * Chhavi Rajawat, Sarpanch of village Soda *

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, filmmaker *

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, philosopher * Gauri Khan, film producer, interior designer * Geeta Luthra, Senior Advocate * Geetanjali Shree, acclaimed Hindi writer and

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winner * Gita Mittal, Hon’ble Chief Justice (Retd.), Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court *

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, Chief Economist,

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* Gurmehar Kaur, Young Activist, Writer, Leader *

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, Judge,

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* 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. * Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, MP, Former Minister of Women and Child Development, animal rights activist, and environmentalist * Meenakshi Gopinath, educationist, former principal and

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awardee * Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan, author * Mridula Mukherjee, Director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library,

. *

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India * Nabila Jamshed, author * Nidhi Razdan, Anchor - NDTV * Niharika Acharya, editorial director, ''

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'' * Pariva Pranati, popular TV actress * Poile Sengupta, writer * Prajna Paramita, Diplomat from the

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; 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 *

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* Raashi Khanna, Indian actress * Rasika Dugal, Indian film actress *

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, television actress *

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* Uma Sharma,

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dancer * Usha Thorat, Former Deputy Governor,

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, Managing Director,

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* 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

References

External links

* {{Authority control Educational institutions established in 1956 Delhi University Women's universities and colleges in Delhi 1956 establishments in Delhi