Maharaja Agrasen College

Maharaja Agrasen College
Maharaja Agrasen College logo
Established	1994
Academic affiliation	University of Delhi
Principal	Prof. Sanjeev Kumari Tiwari(Officiating)
Undergraduates	2700 +
Location	East Delhi, Delhi, India
Campus	Vasundhara Enclave 110096; 10-acre (4.0 ha)
Website	mac.du.ac.in

28°36′11″N 77°19′19″E / 28.603193°N 77.321863°E / 28.603193; 77.321863

Maharaja Agrasen College accredited with NAAC `A` Grade is a college of the University of Delhi,^[1] located in Vasundhara Enclave (East Delhi), National Capital Region of Delhi.

History[edit]

Maharaja Agrasen College was established in 1994 with the objective of catering to the educational requirements of a densely populated East Delhi. The college is fully funded by the Government of India. The college has now shifted to its modern and spacious building complex covering 10 acres (40,000 m²) in Vasundhara Enclave, Delhi. It includes an auditorium, a computer centre, fully computerized library, laboratories, and a conference hall. The new building complex has acquired several new facilities like an Information and Communication Technology Center, a Language Laboratory, a Media Laboratory, an Indira Gandhi Open University Center, and a University Grants Commission Research Center among others. The college also provides residential facilities for girl students.^[2]

Academics[edit]

Academic programs[edit]

The College offers admission to the following courses :^[3]

Undergraduate programs[edit]

In 2013, Maharaja Agrasen College, as a constituent college of the University of Delhi, introduced a four-year undergraduate programme but in 2014, FYUP rolled back and Now College provides these Undergraduate Programs:

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)[edit]

Bachelor's in Business Economics
Bachelor's of Arts (Programme)
Bachelor’s in Journalism
Bachelor's in Hindi
Bachelor's in Economics
Bachelor's in English
Bachelor's in Political Science

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc)[edit]

Bachelor's with Mathematical science Bachelor's with Physical Science in Computer Science and chemistry

Bachelor's with Electronics Honours

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)[edit]

Bachelor's with Honors in Commerce

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) AICTE Approved[edit]

[Formerly till 2014, currently not available]^[4]

Bachelor's of Technology in Computer Science [Formerly till 2014, currently not available]
Bachelor's of Technology in Electronics [Formerly till 2014, currently not available]

Rankings[edit]

It is ranked 45th across india by National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2020.[1]

Publications[edit]

Indian Journal of Social Enquiry is the quarterly interdisciplinary journal of the college
Agranika is the annual magazine of the college
Macroscope is the monthly newsletter of the Dept. of Journalism of the college
Agrasar is the magazine of NSS unit at Maharaja Agrasen College
BEAM is the magazine of business economics and management studies department of college

Recent achievements[edit]

Macinterns, the Internship Cell of College was set up in 2016 and since then it has been able to provide students with excellent internships through its internship drives both online and on campus, the last internship fair in April 2017 saw 15 companies coming up and offering numerous positions to the students.

Inquizitive, the Quiz Society of the college, was set up in 2017 and hosted 11 quizzes that year which was the most for any quiz society in the Delhi Quiz Circuit. It hosts the Annual Quiz Competition, the Maharaja Quiz in October.

In 2013, Maharaja Agrasen College was awarded with the Best College Award by the University of Delhi for its good practices towards creating the best academic environment amongst all the colleges of the University. The Award was given by the Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, on 24 February 2013, in the presence of Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi, Dinesh Singh. In the same event i.e. 'Antardhvani'. In 2014, it again won second position in ANTARDHVANI.

Notable alumni[edit]

Shanky Singh, Professional wrestler
Varun Singh Bhati, Para high jumper
Geetanjali Babbar, founder and director of Kat-Katha organization
Gaurav Kapoor, Stand Up comedian

References[edit]

^ "List of colleges affiliated to Delhi University". Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ "A newspaper article about the new campus". Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ "The official college website enumerating the courses offered by the college". Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ http://www.du.ac.in/du/uploads/Rules_Policies.../Acts/20613_Amendment_Ordinance.pdf ^{[dead link]}

External links[edit]

[1] "List of colleges affiliated to Delhi University". Retrieved 3 January 2012.

[2] "A newspaper article about the new campus". Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2012.

[:0-3] "The official college website enumerating the courses offered by the college". Retrieved 3 January 2012.

[4] ttp://www.du.ac.in/du/uploads/Rules_Policies.../Acts/20613_Amendment_Ordinance.pdf ^{[dead link]}

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