DAV Post Graduate College, also known as DAV Degree College is a college in Ausanganj,

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Varanasi (, also Benares, Banaras ) or Kashi, is a city on the Ganges, Ganges river in North India, northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hinduism, Hindu world.* * * * The city ...

, India, admitted to the privileges of

Banaras Hindu University Banaras Hindu University (BHU), formerly Benares Hindu University, is a collegiate, central, and research university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, and founded in 1916. The university incorporated the Central Hindu College, ...

and recognised by University Grants Commission. The college was awarded the A+ Grade by

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in 2023. It is one of the top colleges in India with A+ rating by NAAC. It was established in 1938 by Pandit Ram Narayan Mishra and Shri Gauri Shankar Prasad.

History

DAV Post Graduate College started in 1938 as an Intermediate college. From 1938 to 1947, DAV was recognised by

. In 1947, BHU accorded degree status to DAV PG College and in 1954 a permanent affiliation was accorded to DAV PG College. In the same year DAV commenced undergraduate courses in

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and

commerce Commerce is the organized Complex system, system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered large-scale exchange (distribution through Financial transaction, transactiona ...

. In 2008, after permission from BHU, the DAV college introduced postgraduate degrees in select subjects and also

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course. The college is the only one in Uttar Pradesh with an A+ rating by NAAC.

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