Ram Lal Anand College (RLA) is located in

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, India. It was established in 1964, and has been one of the

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maintained colleges since 1973. It awards degrees under the purview of the University and offers courses at the undergraduate level. The college is situated in the South Campus of

. It is a co-educational college that admits students and selects teachers from all communities irrespective of gender, caste, religion and physical challenges.

History

Ram Lal Anand College was founded in the year 1964 by Late Shri Ram Lal Anand, a senior advocate in the

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, in response to the growing social demand in the sixties for providing educational opportunities at the university level. The college was initially managed by the Ram Lal Anand College Trust. It was later taken over by the University of Delhi. Since 1973, it has been run by the University of Delhi as a University Maintained Institution. In 2014, Ram lal Anand College (Evening) became a new college named Aryabhatta College. So, the area of the college was divided amongst the two colleges. The new building of Aryabhatta college is being built. Currently, both colleges share the same sports ground. After, the building of Aryabhatta college is complete, the area will be taken over by Ram lal Anand College.

Facilities

The college features a ground where sports and cultural events are held. It has a canteen which serves hygienic food to the students. The college offers a Programme of Mentorship conducted by the teachers of all the departments. It has a seminar hall and a beautiful auditorium -Amphi Theatre with capacity of 200+ seats. College facilities include wi-fi, sports room, activity room and an in-development computer centre. There are ramps and toilets for disabled people (PWD, physically challenged people).

Library

The college library contains over 1,00,000 books and a reading room with e-books.

Courses offered

Undergraduate and postgraduate courses were offered in morning and evening shifts under the aegis of

, but changed after the creation of Aryabhatta College. It now offers courses only in morning shift.

Postgraduate courses

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(M.A.) in Hindi

Undergraduate courses

*B.A. (Hons) English * B.A. (Hons)

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* 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 (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

* B.A. (Hons)

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 ...

* B.A. (Hons) Hindi Patrakarita &

Mass Communication Mass communication is the process of imparting and exchanging information through mass media to large population segments. It utilizes various forms of media as technology has made the dissemination of information more efficient. Primary examples o ...

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

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

* B.Sc. (Hons) Geology * B.Sc. (Hons)

Microbiology Microbiology () is the branches of science, scientific study of microorganisms, those being of unicellular organism, unicellular (single-celled), multicellular organism, multicellular (consisting of complex cells), or non-cellular life, acellula ...

* Bachelor of

Management studies Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a government bodies through business administration, nonprofit management, or the political science sub-field of public administr ...

(B.M.S) * B.Sc. (Hons)

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.Sc. (Hons)

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 ...

Physical Education Physical education is an academic subject taught in schools worldwide, encompassing Primary education, primary, Secondary education, secondary, and sometimes tertiary education. It is often referred to as Phys. Ed. or PE, and in the United Stat ...

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* Bachelor of Technology Hons in Computer Science (approved by AICTE) discontinued after 2014, there is only one batch known as FYUP 2013 Batch.Events @ RLA College. (n.d.). Retrieved 22 February 2017, from http://rlacollege.edu.in/

Student life

The college offers students the opportunity to actively participate in sports and various cultural activities. Students may also engage in debates, dialogue sessions and seminars conducted at the college. The college also has NCC, under 7 Delhi Battalion Unit. The Ramlal Lal Anand College NCC Cadets participate in international, national, regional camps of NCC.

References

External links

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