Shyam Lal College: Courses, Contact Details, Facilities

Harinitha Panneerselvam

Shyam Lal College (SLC) is a co-educational constituent college of the University of Delhi. THe college was established in the year 1964 by the great visionary and entrepreneur Padmashree (late) Shri Shyam Lal Gupta. The foundation stone of the college was laid down by Dr. Zakir Hussain, the then Hon'ble Vice President of India and Chancellor of the University of Delhi. The aim of the college is to make quality education accessible to the students, especially girls, from the economically and educationally disadvantaged community of East Delhi. Since its establishment in 1964, SLC has come a long way and has become a centre of academic excellence in University of Delhi.

Spread over on a sprawling campus of 29,501 square meters and a built up area of 7,505,40 square meters, SLC offers 09 undergraduate courses in various streams of science, commerce and humanities and one postgraduate course (in Hindi). Two new courses have been approved by the University: Mathematics (Hons) and Chemistry (Hons). Shyam Lal College admission is done on the basis of merit only.

In order to keep up with the rising pedagogical demands, SLC college recently upgraded its infrastructure and other academic facilities. The college is now a Wi-Fi zone with internet access to every student and the staff. Last year, the college added an entire new building - the Porta Block - to its existing infrastructure including a 100 seater state-of-the art seminar room equipped with the latest ICT facility. Most of the rooms in the main building have been upgraded with LCD projector and other facilities. There are 07 well-equipped undergraduate labs in the college – Physics Lab, Chemistry Lab, Biology Lab, Electronics Lab and three Computer Labs. The computer labs of the college offer the very best in terms of hardware and software to the students and the faculty. staff room, library, office and canteen have been recently renovated into fine air-conditioned spaces. The entire campus is under CCTV surveillance.

Shyamlal College Quick Links:

• Highlights
• Departments
• Courses
• Scholarships 
• Activities
• Facilities
• FAQ
• Eligibility Criteria
• Admissions

Shyam Lal College Highlights:

Shyam Lal College Departments:

Shyam Lal College offers various undergraduate and postgraduate programs through it's departments.

1. Department of Commerce
2. Department of Chemistry
3. Department of English
4. Department of Economics
5. Department of Hindi
6. Department of History
7. Department of Physics
8. Department of Mathematics
9. Department of Political Science
10. Department of Physical Education

Shyam Lal College Courses:

Shyam Lal College, Delhi offers Courses like BA, BA[Hons.], B.Com., B.Com.[Hons.] and MA through it's avrious departments.

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Shyam Lal College Scholarships and Rewards:

Shyam Lal college Scholarship includes schloraship for poor and meritorious students.The students can apply for Scholarships such as:

1. Special Scholarship Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir (since 2011) under the MHRD, Govt. of India.
2. “YuvaNirman Scheme” under the aegis of Delhi Higher Education Aid Trust with Delhi University Scholarship Cell promoting it.

   Other Scholarships and awards:

   Name of the Scholarship/Award	Criteria	Amount (Rs.)
   Dr. Ram Kumar Memorial Award	Toppers of Mathematics/ B.Sc. IIIrd Year Student	500
   Dr. O.P. Singh Merit Scholarships	Toppers of History/ Ist, IInd, IIIrd Years	250 each
   Kanchan Nagpal Memorial Trophies & Scholarships	Toppers of B.A. English/ Ist Years	250 each and 2 Trophies
   Shri. Sunder Lal Rohatgi& Smt. Roopwati Rohatgi Memorial Awards	Toppers of B.A., B.Com, B.Com and B.Sc/ Final Years	250 each
   Rathore Tax Excellence Awards	Toppers of B.Com (Hons.) Part II and III/ Tax Papers in the syllabus	500 each
   Shri Jagdish Prasad Jain Memorial Award	Topper of B.Com (Hons.) Final Year	250
   Shri. R. K. Sharma Memorial Awards	Topper of History/ Final Year and the Best Cricketer of SLC	500 each
   Smt. Gaura Devi Goswami Memorial Award: (since 2014)	Topper of B.Sc IIIrd Year	5,100

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    Shyamlal College Activities:

   Shyam Lal College has various Societies and clubs for the overall developmem=nt of the students. Thes societies include:

   1. Jharokha: The dramatics club of SLC.
   2. Insignia: Music Band of the College
   3. Aakrosh:SLC Street Play Society.
   4. Cinephoria: SLC Film Club
   5. Fine arts, Photography and Culyutal Society
   6. Shreershasth: SLC Debating Society
   7. Quibble: SLC Quiz Society.
   8. Aarodhya: SLC Dance Society
   9. Swaraagam: SLC Music Society

   Shyam Lal College Facilities:

   Shyam Lal College Facilities have been mentioned below.

   Bank:

   The college’s banker M/S Central Bank of India is located within the college campus. The bank offers all banking facilities to the teaching and non-teaching staff as well as the students. Account holders may also avail the facility of internet banking. The college also has the ATM facility, from the same bank, installed at the main entrance of the college.

   Cafeteria:

   The Cafeteria provides the students with space and a relaxed atmosphere in which they interact with one another.

   Keeping in view the importance of the canteen in the day-to-day life of the college, the college canteen has been recently renovated and is fully air-conditioned.  To monitor hygiene, quality and prices, the staff council, annually, constitutes a canteen committee. The canteen committee also addresses the canteen related grievances of the students. The students have the option of approaching the canteen committee directly or through their duly elected students’ union representatives for speedy resolution of their grievances.

   Sports:

   The Sports Committee remains active throughout the academic session. The students have participated both at National and Inter University levels in different categories. 

   Library:

   SLC has a rich and well stocked ICT enabled library. It has more than 76000 books and subscribed journals on diverse subjects. The library of the college has vast collection of texts, reference books, journals, magazines, newspapers and e-resources that are regularly updated by the library staff with recommendations from the concerned departments.

   The library staff annually organizes an orientation session for the first year students so as to familiarize them with the use of OPAC, e-resources and subject related books/material.The library also has OPAC facility to make the task of locating books easier for the students and the faculty. SLC library is automated and RFID technology will be introduced in the library in the near future.

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   Shyam Lal College FAQ:

   1. Is Shyam Lal College, New Delhi affiliated?
      - Shyam Lal College, New Delhi is affiliated to University of Delhi.
   2. What are the courses offered at Shyam Lal College, New Delhi?
      - The courses offered at Shyam Lal College Delhi are BA, BA[Hons.], MA, B.Com.[Hons.] and B.Com.
   3. Where is Shyam Lal College, University of Delhi located?
      - Shyam Lal College is located in GT Road, Near Metro Sation, Dwarkapuri, Shahdara, New Delhi, Delhi- 110032.

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Shyamlal College Eligibility Criteria:

For each course, Shyamlal College has certain Eligibility Criteria. Students are advised to go through SLC College Eligibility Criteria before application.

Shyam Lal College Admission Procedure:

Shyam Lal College offers admission as per the guidelines directed by University of Delhi for all the UG courses.

1. Admission into UG merit-based courses such as BA, BSc and BCom commence in the month of May every year.
2. After the filling of application form and the release of cut-offs, eligible students would be required to fill in the college admission form available at the college office during the time of admission
3. All the students would be required to submit several documents including class 10^th examination certificate, class 10^thand 12^th mark sheets, character certificate, class 12^th provisional certificate, ST/SC certificate, OBC certificate, transfer certificate from school along with the migration certificate (in case the student has done his/her schooling from outside Delhi) and three passport size photographs self-attested by the student.
4. After the verification of the submitted documents, student is requested to pay the fee for the desired course at the Admission Office to confirm his/her admission.

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