University of Delhi

University of Delhi   (University)
Formation	1922
Headquarters	Delhi,  India
Type	Public
Other name	DU
DU is one of the most sought after institutions of higher education in India

The University of Delhi, informally known as Delhi University (DU), is a public university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by the then Central Legislative Assembly of the British India. Consisting of three colleges, two faculties, and 750 students at its founding, the University of Delhi has since become India's largest institution of higher learning and among the largest in the world. The university has 16 faculties and 86 departments distributed across its North and South campuses. It has 77 affiliated colleges and five other institutes. The Vice-President of India is the University's chancellor.

History

The University of Delhi was established in 1922 as a unitary, teaching and residential university by an Act of the then Central Legislative Assembly of the British India. Hari Singh Gour served as the university's first Vice-Chancellor from 1922 to 1926. Only four colleges existed in Delhi at the time: St. Stephen's College founded in 1881, Hindu College founded in 1899, Zakir Husain Delhi College (then known as The Delhi College), founded in 1792 and Ramjas College founded in 1917, which were subsequently affiliated to the university. The university initially had two faculties (Arts and Science) and approximately 750 students.

The seat of power in British India had been transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911. The Viceregal Lodge Estate became the residence of the Viceroy of India until October 1933, when it was given to the University of Delhi. Since then, it has housed the office of the vice-chancellor and other offices.

When Sir Maurice Gwyer came to India in 1937 to become Chief Justice of British India, he became the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Delhi. During his time, postgraduate teaching courses were introduced and laboratories were established at the university. Members of the faculty included Daulat Singh Kothari in Physics and Panchanan Maheshwari in Botany. Gwyer has been called the "maker of university". He was Vice-Chancellor until 1950.

The university has grown into one of the largest universities in India. There are 16 faculties, 86 academic departments, 77 colleges and 5 other institutes spread across city, with 132,435 regular students (114,494 undergraduates and 17,941 postgraduates). There are 261,169 students in non-formal education programmes (258,831 undergraduates and 2,338 postgraduates). DU's chemistry, geology, zoology, sociology and history departments have been awarded the status of Centres of Advanced Studies. In addition, a number of the university's departments receive grants under the Special Assistance Programme of the University Grants Commission in recognition of their outstanding academic work.

 

Alumni on Wikispooks

Person	Born	Nationality	Summary	Description
Montek Ahluwalia		India		Global Commission for Post-Pandemic Policy, G30
Shumeet Banerji			Spook Businessperson	WEF AGMs, Senior Adviser of Chatham House, BBC non-executive director
Ajay Banga	10 November 1959	US	Deep state operative Businessperson	Indian-US business with a lot of connections, especially to processed food. As Mastercard executive interested in a cashless society.
Partha Dasgupta	17 November 1942
Rahul Gandhi	19 June 1970	India	Politician	Part of the Nehru–Gandhi family. President of the Indian National Congress 2017-2019, but resigned as party leader after poor election results.
Aung San Suu Kyi	19 June 1945	Myanmar	Politician
Narendra Modi	17 September 1950		Politician	Hindu nationalist Prime Minister of India.
Hardeep Singh Puri	15 February 1952	India	Diplomat Civil servant	Indian diplomat with a belief in Western good intentions
T. S. Tirumurti	7 March 1962	India	Diplomat Civil servant	Indian diplomat

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