Lady Shri Ram College (LSR) is a constituent women's college, affiliated with the University of Delhi.

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 Daryaganj, Central

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

Academics

Academic programmes

*B.A. (H):

Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

, English,

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History History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

Philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

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Sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

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

Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

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

*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 of accuracy. The word, a noun, applies to the journ ...

and Mass Communication (H)

Rankings

LSR College was ranked 10th among colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024.

Admissions

Admissions to all Undergraduate (UG) Programs in Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR) are based on the scores obtained in CUET (Common University Entrance Test) - UG.

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.

College magazine

The LSR College Magazine is an annual publication first established in 1956 that documents the college's events and activities as well as student and faculty voices and creative expressions in over 14 languages. The magazine includes themed and unthemed submissions, interviews,artworks and international and national news. It is a student-run publication.The college magazine is the earliest institutional record of the college in the public domain.

Notable alumnae

Politics and civil service

* Tina Dabi, civil servant * Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist,

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* Geeta Luthra, Senior advocate in the Supreme Court * Gita Mittal, Hon’ble Chief Justice (Retd.), Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court * Anupriya Patel, Member of Parliament and Former Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare * Preeti Saran, diplomat

Entertainment

* Rasika Dugal, actress * Feroze Gujral, socialite * Sayani Gupta, actress * Aditi Rao Hydari, actress * Priyamvada Kant, actress * Gauri Khan, film producer, interior designer * Raashi Khanna, actress * Deepa Mehta, filmmaker * Baisali Mohanty, classical dancer and choreographer; columnist * Sandhya Mridul, actress * Darshana Rajendran, actress * Jasmine Kaur Roy, filmmaker * Sanjana Sanghi, actress * Tillotama Shome, actress * Archana Puran Singh, television host, Bollywood actress, anchor and celebrity judge * Sakshi Tanwar, actress

Other

* Anasuya Sengupta, Senior Director of Grantmaking,

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* 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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, pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in

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;

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laureate * Chitra Subramaniam, investigative journalist * Chhavi Rajawat, Sarpanch of village Soda * Divya Dwivedi, philosopher * Iqra Hasan Chaudhry, Member of Parliament Kairana, UP * Geetanjali Shree, Hindi writer and International Booker Prize winner * Gurmehar Kaur, Young Activist, Writer, Leader * Indu Malhotra, Judge,

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* Jaishree Misra, popular fiction author * 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 * Manu Bhaker, Indian sport shooter * Meenakshi Gopinath, educationist, former principal and Padma Shri awardee * Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan, author * Mridula Mukherjee, Director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library,

. * Naina Lal Kidwai, Chief Executive Officer,

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India * Nabila Jamshed, author * Nidhi Razdan, Anchor - NDTV * Pariva Pranati, actress * Poile Sengupta, writer * Priya Prakash, businesswoman * Shikha Sharma, CEO Axis Bank India * Shriya Saran, Indian Film Actress * Sujatha Singh, former Indian Foreign Secretary * Uma Sharma,

Kathak ''Kathak'' is one of the eight major forms of Classical Indian dance, Indian classical dance. Its origin is attributed to the traveling bards in ancient northern India known as ''Kathakar'' ("storyteller"), who communicated stories from the ...

dancer * Usha Thorat, Former Deputy Governor,

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* 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 * Shambhavi Choudhary, Member of Parliament in

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representing Samastipur Loksabha Constituency

References

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