Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College: Courses, Facilities

Hafsha Qureshi

Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College is an integral college of Delhi University and was established in 1951. Under an act of Parliament of India, a statutory body was formed, Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee. The college is maintained by the committee. The college was established with a vision to ensure a social transformation through quality education, to provide quality education to young Punjabi Refugees of Partition in 1947. The focus of the college was to promote Punjabi language, culture, and heritage. The college is named after Ninth Guru- Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur, who sacrificed his life in order to maintain secular values.

Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College latest update

• September 29, 2022: SGTB Khalsa College Admission 2022 are Open for UG Courses

Over the years, the college has placed a niche for itself and is known as one of the leading colleges of Delhi University. The college presently offers a total of 44 programs such as 18 undergraduate programs, 2 B.Tech. programs, 12 postgraduate programs, 1 postgraduate diploma, 2 undergraduate diplomas, 9 certificate courses. Khalsa College Delhi admission follows the norms of University and is open for the candidates who wish to pursue the above courses.

The college follows the curricula of Delhi University. The college has a masterplan to include more infrastructural facilities for expansion. The teaching-learning process has been enhanced and made productive by the rich experience of teachers and by providing up-to-date resources to the students. The college faculty at present is very active in research and knowledge creation. The faculty has gross publications of 1353, out o0f which 834 are in indexed journals, 734 are listed in various databases, 4 monographs, 60 books edited, etc.

The faculty has undertaken 61 total of individual/group research projects and another 39 with the participation of students. These contributions to research and innovation have been recognized and awarded multiple times. The college has a total of 16 major community outreach programs and various others in service under NSS/NCC in the last 4 years with collaborations of various governmental and non-governmental agencies. 146 renowned persons visited the campus in the last few years for programs like seminars/ workshops/ special lectures and so on.

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• Eligibility Criteria
• Admission
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SGTB Khalsa College Highlights:

Khalsa College is one of the leading colleges of the University of Delhi and is maintained by Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee. There are given some of the details about the college:

SGTB Khalsa College Departments:

The college has several departments like arts, science, commerce. The different departments have different courses to offer to the students. Each department involved in activities under study curriculum. The following are the details about the departments:

• Arts
• Commerce
• Life Science
• Physical Science
• Botany
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Economics
• Electronics
• English
• Hindi
• HIstory
• Mathematics
• Political Science
• Physics
• Physical Education
• Zoology
• Punjabi
• BBE

SGTB Khalsa College Courses:

The Khalsa College Delhi offers several courses in several departments. The courses have different specializations where the students can pursue honors in any specializations and also can pursue any programs. Given below are the details about the courses offered by the college:

SGBT Khalsa College Infrastructure:

The Khalsa College Delhi is located in the University of Delhi (North Campus), New Delhi. The infrastructure of the college is said to be one of the best in the University. The college is properly connected by road and Delhi Metro link and most of the students are Day-scholars.

• The infrastructural facilities include air-conditioned classrooms with projection facilities and Internet connection.
• It has a campus-wide wired and wireless network as well, having internet connectivity.
• The campus is equipped with a rich ICT enabled library with air-conditioned reading rooms, access to online resources of IUC as well as INFLIBNET.
• It has two cafeterias.
• The college also has indoor and outdoor sports facilities for 19 sports.
• It has the state of the art gymnasium.
• Career counseling and placement cells are available in the college.
• The college provides computational facilities with 24*7 internet.
• The college also has 59 classrooms, 19 well-equipped labs, 6 research labs, bank, medical facilities, post-office service, and market, etc.

Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College Scholarship:

SGBT Khalsa college presents awards to the deserving and needful candidates. Excellent students are being motivated by these scholarships awarded by the college twice a year. The Students Welfare Committee provides the deserving and needy candidates with financial support and improves their academic standards by promoting the meritorious amongst them. Given below are the details of SGTB Khalsa college scholarship:

Awards for Excellence:

• S.Tarlochan Singh Sarna Memorial Award for the 1st position in University and the amount is INR 11,000.
• Principal G.S. Randhawa Memorial Scholarship for College Topper and the amount is INR 11,000.
• G.L Sikka Memorial Award for College Topper and the amount is INR 11,000.
• S.S. Gulshan Memorial Award for College Topper and the amount is INR 11,000.
• S. Tarlochan Singh Sarna Memorial Award for Excellence in Kirtan Recitation and the amount is INR 11000.
• Dr. Rattan Singh Anand Memorial Award for Best Cricketer and the amount is INR 11,000.
• G.L. Sikka Memorial Award for Best Student In Academics & Sports and the amount is INR 11,000.
• Sdn. Parkash Kaur Sahni Memorial Award for College Topper (Science) and the amount is INR 10,500.
• Sdn. Parkash Kaur Sahni Memorial Award for College Topper (Social-Science) and the amount is INR 10,500.
• Sdn. Parkash Kaur Sahni Memorial Award for College Topper (Social-Science) and the amount is INR 10,500.
• Gagandeep Singh Anand Memorial Award for-Computer Science College Topper and the amount is INR 10,500.
• S. Rattan Singh Anand Memorial Award for Excellence in Kirtan Recitation and the amount is INR 10000.

Awards for Kirtan:

• S. Tarlochan Singh Sarna Memorial Award for Excellence in Kirtan Recitation and the amount is INR 11000.
• S. Rattan Singh Anand Memorial Award for Excellence in Kirtan Recitation and the amount is INR 10000.
• Jathedar Jatinder Singh Sandhu Memorial Awards (2) for Best Deserving Gursikh Student and the amount is INR 5000 each.

Awards for NCC/NSS:

• Sh. Lachhman Das Mehta Memorial Award for Best Activist in NSS and the amount is INR 5000.
• S. Rajinder Singh Sachdev Memorial Award for Special Award for Excellence in NCC and the amount is INR 5000.

Awards and Scholarships for Academics:

• Sdn. Kaushalya Kaur Memorial Scholarship for the 1st position in the University and the amount is INR 7,000.
• Sdn. Agya Kaur Memorial Scholarship for the II position in the University and the amount is INR 7,000.
• S. Pritam Singh Narang Memorial Scholarship for College Topper and the amount is INR 7,000.
• Sultan Chand Memorial Scholarship for College Topper M.Com (Prev.) and the amount is INR 7000.
• Draupadi Devi Memorial Scholarship for College Topper M.Com and the amount is INR 7000.
• S. Tara Singh Jassal Memorial Scholarship for College Topper and the amount is INR 7000.
• Jaswant Sroop Memorial Scholarship for Punjabi College Topper and the amount is INR 6000.
• Sdn. Kauran Roop Rai Memorial Scholarship for Best Female Student In Physics and the amount is INR 6000.
• Sdn. Kauran Roop Rai Memorial Scholarship for College Topper English and the amount is INR 6000.
• S. Gurdial Singh Virdi Memorial Award for Best All Rounder Of The College and the amount is INR 5500.
• Mata Raj Kaur Jolly Memorial Scholarship for College Topper and the amount is INR 5000.
• Mata Raj Kaur Jolly Memorial Scholarship for (Instituted in 2015-16) College Topper and the amount is INR 5000.
• S. Sant Singh and Sdn. Basant Kaur Memorial Scholarship for (Instituted in 2015-16) College Topper and the amount is INR 5000.
• S. Gian Singh Memorial Scholarship for Mathematics College Topper and the amount is INR 5000.
• Mr. Manikaran Singh Sidhu Memorial Scholarship for Commerce College Topper and the amount is INR 5000.
• Smt. Krishna Vanti Jhamb Memorial Scholarship for College Topper and the amount is INR 5000.
• S. Rajinder Singh Sachdev Memorial Scholarship for College Topper 5000.
• S. Jaspal Singh Memorial Award for College Topper and the amount is INR 5000.
• Sdn. Kaushlya Kaur Memorial Scholarship for Punjabi (Hons).
• S. Hazara Singh Memorial Award College Topper and the amount is INR 5000.
• Sdn. Jaswant Kaur Memorial Award for College Topper and the amount is INR 5000.
• Sultan Chand Memorial Scholarship for College Topper B.Com (H) and the amount is INR 5000.
• Dr. Satinder Kaur Memorial Award or College Topper Zoology (H) and the amount is INR 5000.
• Dr. Satinder Kaur Memorial Award for All-rounder (Girl) in Zoology and the amount is INR 5000.
• Dr. Satinder Kaur Memorial Award for All-rounder (Boy) in Zoology 5000.
• S. Surinder Singh Nijjar Memorial Awards (3) for Topper in Chemistry I, II, III and the amount is INR 5000 each.
• S. Hardayal Singh Memorial Scholarship for the students of B.Com (Hons.) and the amount is INR 5000.
• S. Gurdial Singh Virdi Memorial Scholarship for College Topper and the amount is INR 5000.
• S. Sital Kaur Virdi Memorial Scholarship for College Topper and the amount is INR 5000.
• S. Amolak Singh Sethi Memorial Scholarship for College Topper and the amount is INR 5000.

Awards for Sports:

• Sdn. Praveen Kaur Sahni Memorial Award for Best Sportswoman and the amount is INR 5,000.
• Sdn. Praveen Kaur Sahni Memorial Award for Outstanding Player In Basketball and the amount is INR 5,000.
• S. Pargat Singh Memorial Award for Outstanding Player Korfball and the amount is INR 5,000.
• S. Pargat Singh Memorial Award for Outstanding Player Hockey and the amount is INR 5,000.
• S. Abnash Singh Nijjor Memorial Award for Best Hockey Player and the amount is INR 3,500.
• Lala Amarnath Memorial Award for Best Cricketer and the amount is INR 3,000.

Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College Placement:

SGTB Khalsa College placement cell has always been triumphant in co-ordinating on-campus placements since 2006. The cell keeps developing its placement website frequently and keeps updating the students with all the upcoming companies for the campus recruitment process. Given are some of the details about the placement cell of the college:

• Companies visit the campus for recruitment are TCS, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, IBM Daksh, Genpact, ICICI Prudential, Ernst and Young, etc.
• Media and Event Management companies also have recruited students from the college.
• Candidates are required to fill the form online for the companies visit for placements.
• Students with good academic scores are considered.
• Students who would be finishing the final year can only fill the form for placements.

Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College FAQs:

1. How to pay the application fee?
   - The application fee can be paid through credit card/ debit card/ net banking.
2. Is there any acknowledgment to be received after the submission of the application?
   - Yes, after submitting the form the applicant will receive an acknowledgment through the mail. This means that the application process is completed.
3. When the interview would be scheduled?
   - Any information regarding the interview will be sent to the mail if you are shortlisted.
4. Is it necessary to provide evidence for each and every activity given on the application?
   - Yes, it is necessary to provide all the identity proof as asked in the application form to complete the application.
5. Is it possible to change the information in the application form by the applicant once it is submitted?
   - No, this cannot be done.

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Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur College Eligibility Criteria:

Eligibility criteria are set by the University of Delhi. Applicants can take advice from the guidelines available on the Delhi University website for admission. Admission to UG courses is strictly based on the percentage of marks secured in the subject combination at the 10+2 level. The college has granted minority institution status. 50% of the seats are reserved for Sikh candidates. The criteria are given below:

Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College Admission:

Admission in SGBT college is strictly based on the marks secured by the students at their previous examination. 50% of seats are reserved for the Sikh people. Suitable relaxation has been provided to the students who wish to study Punjabi and the Sikh minority students. Students those who seeking admission on the basis of ECA and Sports will have to fill up the ECA and Sports form and attach the relevant certificate through University Website.

There are few seats allotted for the PG students. If the seats are full the later students will not be admitted to the college. College gives more preference to those who completed graduation from college. Students will not get admitted if they have failed in the previous examination or if their results are with-held.

Foreign students should apply for admission through an advisor, foreign students, University of Delhi. They should undergo a medical examination and should have a medical fitness certificate.

Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur College Hostel Details:

Khalsa College provides all the facilities for the girls. The girls are accommodated with hostel rooms. The college is planning to come up with a hostel for boys too. Given below are the details of the SGTB Khalsa College facilities provided to the girls:

• The college has started a new hostel for girls and named it as Mata Gujri Hostel.
• There are 49 rooms in a hostel for girls that can accommodate 147 girls.
• The hostel is situated inside the campus and primarily meant for the UG girls students of the college.