Kamala Nehru College

Kamala Nehru College

Emblem of Kamala Nehru College
Motto Without Knowledge there is no Salvation
Type Public
Established 1964
Principal Dr. Rita Malhotra
Academic staff
 200+
Location Delhi, India
Campus Urban
Website www.knc.edu.in

Kamala Nehru College is located at the August Kranti Marg, New Delhi. It was established in the year 1964 and is affiliated to University of Delhi.[1] In 2013, the college ranked 26th in arts colleges and was also rated under top 40 commerce colleges in India by India Today.[2]

History

Kamala Nehru college was established in 1964 as a Government College for Women and was located in Defence Colony, Delhi. In the year 1966 the college was renamed 'Modern College for Women' and shifted to August Kranti Marg, New Delhi. Later in 1974 the college was renamed after the freedom fighter Kamala Nehru, and finally christened as Kamala Nehru College. When the college was started it just had 16 staff members and 209 students passed out in the first batch in 1968. The College Magazine ‘Swati’ was launched in the academic year 1965-66. Further in 1966-67, the College was renamed as ‘Modern College for Women’ and in 1967-68 the College Magazine acquired a new name ‘Apoorva’. On 21 November 1972, the foundation stone for a new building was laid at Hauz Khas (at present August Kranti Marg) by then President Shri V.V.Giri. The college was given a new name and it became Kamala Nehru College. In 1974, on the occasion of Founder’s Day, Mrs. Indira Gandhi visited the new building, unveiled the plaque and planted saplings.

The college has a beautiful auditorium which was built through sincere contribution made by the staff and students through fund raising campaigns. It was inaugurated on 17 December 1991 by the then Vice-President Dr.Shankar Dayal Sharma. Today the college has well maintained sports grounds, computer labs, gymnasium and eco-friendly classrooms (bamboo rooms apart from the main building). The library is well stacked and has a separate audio visual section. The college is physically challenged friendly and is under constant CCTV surveillance. The Placement Cell, NSS, NSO, NCC, Counselling Cell function for the overall wellbeing of the students. Kamala Nehru College has several extra-curricular societies that cover the whole gamut of personality development aspects by providing plural avenues to students for self-discovery. All departments and the societies have their annual newsletters/magazines and the college comes up with its journal ‘Akademos’(An Annual Miscellany of Liberal Arts and Scholarship, ISSN 2231-0584) each year.

Placement Cell

The Placement Cell at Kamala Nehru College was instituted in 2006 and since its inception it has been an integral part of the college. The college has provided complete infrastructure for effective functioning of the cell.Top companies like EY, KPMG and Wipro receuits student though on-campus placement.

The Placement Cell serves as an interface between the students and the Corporates. Apart from bringing a varied list of Recruiters to the campus, the Placement Cell also organizes talks, study abroad seminars, internship opportunities and workshops for the collective student body.

The aim is to ensure that students have the information and skills necessary for an effective job search. To conduct professional training programmes outside the curricula to provide better placements. Arranging preparatory programmers’ such as seminars, group discussions, written tests/interviews (mock), confidence building and personality development sessions, the general awareness courses etc. by experts in their respective fields for students to gauge and handle challenging aspects in their prescribed work sphere Internships are also offered to those students who are keen on experiencing a slice of workplace life. Acts as a link between students, alumni and the work place. To organize campus interviews for final year students with industries and business houses of repute from all over India. To prepare students to face campus interviews by arranging training in Aptitude tests, group discussions, preparing for Technical and HR interviews through professional trainers and alumni. To promote career counseling by organizing guidance lectures by senior corporate personnel and most importantly by the immediately placed senior students.

Programmes

The college offers various programmes such as undergraduate, postgraduate and add-on courses under the aegis of Delhi University.[1] They are listed below-

Undergraduate

Postgraduate

Master of Arts (M.A) in English, Hindi, History, Political Science, Philosophy, Sanskrit and Assamese.

Add-On Courses

References

  1. 1 2 "Kamala Nehru College - University of Delhi". du.ac.in. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Kamala Nehru College for Women Best Commerce Colleges 2013 India Today Survey". India Today. Retrieved 19 July 2014.

External links

Coordinates: 28°33′21″N 77°12′59″E / 28.555814°N 77.216345°E / 28.555814; 77.216345 (Kamala Nehru College)

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