Dev Samaj College For Women - [DSCW]

About College

Dev Samaj College for Women, a highly prestigious and the oldest institute of Punjab was established in 1957. It offers several additional courses designed to cater to academic needs of the students. The college has an Internal Quality Assurance Cell which monitor, implementation of quality measures. It is recognized by UGC under section 2(f) and 12 (B), act 1956. The College has been accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council with A grade.

Alumni

• Sarla Garewal, 1^st Lady IAS Officer and 1^st Lady Deputy Commissioner
• Sushila Arora, 1^st Lady Magistrate
• Dev Priya Bali, 1^st Lady M.B.B.S

Department

• Department of English
• Department of History
• Department of Economics
• Department of Political Science
• Department of Punjabi
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Physics
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Zoology
• Department of Commerce

Extracurricular Activities

• National Service Scheme (NSS): The College has two NSS units actively participate in outreach programmes and adoption of villages
• National Cadet Corps (NCC)

Facilities

Library

• The library consists of more than 62,000 books. This being one of the oldest libraries in the region, the researchers within the region and outside are encouraged to make use of this facility
• Science department of the college has its separate library, well- stocked with over 700 books of Science and Mathematics
• Twenty Computer Systems with Free Internet access have been provided to the students and staff

Hostel

• The college has four girls hostels
• The capacity of hostels are 1046
• Shopping-Complex equipped under one roof consisting of many shops viz. laundry, photographers

Auditorium

Multipurpose auditorium having sitting capacity of 600 students with state of the art multimedia system & centrally air conditioned

Scholarship

The following scholarships are available to the deserving students:

• The Government, University, Military, Govt. of India, Post Matric Scholarships to scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe, State Govt. Stipend to Backward Class
• Merit Scholarships and National Scholarships of Central & State Govt. for the poor and brilliant students
• Merit Scholarships for the children of Primary and Secondary School Teachers