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

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Hous ...

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 Daryaganj (literally "A market near a river") is a neighbourhood of Delhi inside the walled city of Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi). The "darya" (lit. "River") refers to the river Yamuna which was just outside the walled city. Daryaganj is one of the ...

, Central

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

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

Lajpat Nagar Lajpat Nagar is a residential and commercial neighborhood in the South East Delhi district of Delhi. It was named in honor of Lala Lajpat Rai and is today most known for the Lajpat Nagar Central Market. This area is not to be confused with the ...

South Delhi South Delhi is an administrative district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India with its headquarters in Saket. Administratively, the district is divided into three subdivisions, Saket, Hauz Khas, and Mehrauli. It is bounded by t ...

. LSR's infrastructure includes a

library A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vi ...

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 Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics anal ...

, English,

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...

History History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

Philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. ...

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and ...

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural diffusion ...

Sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...

Psychology Psychology is the science, scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immens ...

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

Mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

Statistics Statistics (from German: '' Statistik'', "description of a state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a scientific, indust ...

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

Journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the " news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (p ...

and

Mass Communication Mass communication is the process of imparting and exchanging information through mass media to large segments of the population. It is usually understood for relating to various forms of media, as its technologies are used for the dissemination o ...

(H)

Rankings

LSR College ranked second among colleges in India by the

National Institutional Ranking Framework The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a methodology adopted by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, to rank institutions of higher education in India. The Framework was approved by the MHRD and launched by Minister ...

(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

National Service Scheme The National Service Scheme (NSS) is an Indian government sector public service program conducted by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of the Government of India. Popularly known as NSS, the scheme was launched in Gandhiji's Centenary ...

, National Sports Organisation or National Cadet Corps. 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

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, honoured with

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; founder of

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* Anshula Kant, Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, The World Bank *

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;

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laureate *

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, Sarpanch of village Soda *

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, Senior Advocate *

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, 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 Executive Officer,

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India *

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, author *

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dancer *

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, Managing Director,

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, 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

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