Rajdhani College is a constituent college of the

University of Delhi Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE ...

. It was established in 1964 by the Delhi Administration under the name of Government College. The college acquired its new name when the Delhi Administration vested its governance in an autonomous governing body. Rajdhani College is an South Campus College. The college is situated on Mahatma Gandhi Marg (Ring Road), near

Rajouri Garden Rajouri Garden is a market and residential neighbourhood in West Delhi, India. The Main Market and Nehru Market are the key markets of the area. The population is largely Punjabi who migrated to Delhi, following the Partition of India, from Paki ...

and Raja Garden in west Delhi. Its new building was constructed around 1976–77. The college complex has all facilities such as seminar room, auditorium, library, laboratories, playgrounds for

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...

, football,

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, and

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etc. It is a co-educational institution.

Departments

* Chemistry *Industrial Chemistry * Commerce * Computer Science * Economics * English * Hindi * History * Life Science * Linguistics * Mathematics * Physical Education * Physics and Electronics * Political Science * Sanskrit

Courses Offered

Under Graduation Level

* B.Com. (Hons.) * B.A. (Hons.)

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national id ...

* B.A. (Hons.)

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of North India, northern, Central India, centr ...

* B.A. (Hons.)

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominalization, 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-cul ...

* B.A. (Hons.)

History History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

* B.A. (Hons.)

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 ...

* B.A. (Hons.)

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 analy ...

* BSc (Hons.) Chemistry * BSc (APS)

Industrial Chemistry The chemical industry comprises the companies that produce industrial chemicals. Central to the modern world economy, it converts raw materials ( oil, natural gas, air, water, metals, and minerals) into more than 70,000 different products ...

* BSc (Hons.)

Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which rel ...

* BSc (Hons.) Mathematics * BSc (Hons.)

Electronics The field of electronics is a branch of physics and electrical engineering that deals with the emission, behaviour and effects of electrons using electronic devices. Electronics uses active devices to control electron flow by amplification ...

* B.A. Program * BSc Program in

Physical Sciences Physical science is a branch of natural science that studies non-living systems, in contrast to life science. It in turn has many branches, each referred to as a "physical science", together called the "physical sciences". Definition Phy ...

with major in

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includin ...

* BSc Program in

with major in

electronics The field of electronics is a branch of physics and electrical engineering that deals with the emission, behaviour and effects of electrons using electronic devices. Electronics uses active devices to control electron flow by amplification ...

* BSc Program in

with major in chemistry * BSc Program in Applied Physical Sciences

Post Graduation Level

Post Graduate Postgraduate or graduate education refers to academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor's) degree. The organization and struc ...

level, Rajdhani College offers courses in *English *Hindi *History *Commerce

Notable people

Notable alumni

* Ashish Nehra,

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, cricketer –

Duleep Trophy The Duleep Trophy, also known as Mastercard Duleep trophy due to sponsorship reasons, is a domestic first-class cricket competition played in India. Named after Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji of Nawanagar (also known as 'Duleep'), the competition wa ...

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, Indian National Cricket Team,

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and

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. * Dibang, anchor at

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, Member of Parliament *

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, Delhi

Notable faculty

* Ram Babu Gupta, (

– International) *

Rama Kant Shukla Rama Kant Shukla (25 December 1940 - 11 May 2022) was an Indian scholar of Sanskrit and Hindi languages. The Government of India honoured him, in 2013, by awarding him the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions ...

, Sanskrit poet

Accessibility

Metro Stations

* ESI - Basaidarapur metro station on

Pink Line (Delhi Metro) The Pink Line (Line 7) is a metro rail line of the Delhi Metro, a rapid transit system in Delhi, India. It consists of 38 metro stations from Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar, both in North Delhi. The Pink Line, with a length of , is the longest i ...

* Rajouri Garden metro station and

Ramesh Nagar metro station The Ramesh Nagar metro station is located on the Blue Line of the Delhi Metro. The station Station layout Entry/Exit Connections Bus Delhi Transport Corporation bus routes number 234, 308, 408, 408CL, 408EXTCL, 410, 410ACL, 410CL, 801, 81 ...

Blue Line (Delhi Metro) The Blue Line (Line 3 & Line 4) is a metro rail line of the Delhi Metro, a rapid transit system in Delhi, India. It is the longest line (by total length) of the network and consists of a Main Line (Line 3) with 50 stations from Noida Electron ...

Bus Stops

* Rajdhani College (on ring road) * Raja garden (on Najafgarh road) * ESI hospital Basaidarapur (on ring road) * Rajouri Garden market (on ring road)

Railways

* Delhi Cantonment railway station *

Shakur Basti railway station Shakur Basti railway station is a small railway station in Shakur Basti which is a residential and commercial neighborhood of the North Delhi district of Delhi. Its code is SSB. The station is part of Delhi Suburban Railway. The station cons ...

* New Delhi railway station *

Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station (station code: NZM) is a railway station in South Delhi, India. It is under the administrative control of the Delhi Division of the Northern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It is one of the five main sta ...

Delhi Junction railway station Delhi Junction railway station is the oldest railway station in Old Delhi, Delhi, India. It is one of the busiest railway stations in India in terms of frequency. Around 250 trains start, end, or pass through the station daily. It was establis ...

Anand Vihar Terminal railway station Anand Vihar Terminal (station code: ANVT) is a railway station in the Anand Vihar locality of Delhi, India. It is under the administrative control of the Delhi Division of the Northern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. This station was offi ...

Air

Indira Gandhi International Airport Indira Gandhi International Airport is the primary international airport serving Delhi, the capital of India, and the National Capital Region (NCR). The airport, spread over an area of , is situated in Palam, Delhi, southwest of the New De ...

References

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Departments

Courses Offered

Under Graduation Level

Post Graduation Level

Notable people

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

Accessibility

Metro Stations

Bus Stops

Railways

Air

See also

References