Lady Shri Ram College for Women
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Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR), is a constituent college of the University of Delhi
University of Delhi
The University of Delhi is a central university situated in Delhi, India and is funded by Government of India. Established in 1922, it offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate level. Vice-President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari is the Chancellor of the university...

. It is recognized as one of the premier women's institutions for liberal arts education in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

.It is
also known as the Wellesley of the East.

History and evolution

Established in 1956 in New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...

 by the late Lala Shri Ram in memory of his wife, Phoolan Devi (Lady Shri Ram), the college had its modest beginnings in a school building in Daryaganj
Daryaganj
Daryaganj, also called Darya Ganj , is a neighbourhood of Delhi inside the walled city of Shahjahanabad . The "darya" refers to the river Yamuna which was just outside the walled city...

, Central Delhi with 243 students, 9 faculty, 4 support staff and 3 distinct courses of study. The aim of the institution was to provide access to higher education of quality to women.

Today, the college, located in a 15 acres (60,702.9 m²) campus in Lajpat Nagar
Lajpat Nagar
Lajpat Nagar is an affluent suburb of the South Delhi district of Delhi. It is named in honor of Lala Lajpat Rai, also known the Lion of Punjab, and is today most known for the Lajpat Nagar Central Market...

 in South Delhi
South Delhi
South Delhi is an administrative district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India.It is bounded by the Yamuna River to the east, the districts of New Delhi to the north, Faridabad District of Haryana state to the southeast, Gurgaon District of Haryana to the southwest, and South West...

, has approximately 2000 students, over 150 faculty, administrative and support staff and 16 courses of study. LSR's infrastructure includes a newly refurbished, computerized user-friendly library with internet access and 98,000 books, 5,000 bound volumes and audio-visual cassettes.; a students' cafeteria and a counselling and placement cell. Sports training facilities for lawn tennis, basketball, shooting, volleyball, chess, table tennis and martial arts are also available. For out-of-town students, the LSR campus houses a residence for 300 women students with an in-house library and dispensary.

Guided by a Board of Governors, drawn from the fields of industry, law, journalism, academics and the bureaucracy, under the Chairmanship of industrialist and philanthropist, Dr. Bharat Ram, the College is known for academic and extra curricular achievement. The college has consistently made it to the top 5 colleges as ranked by India Today
India Today
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Departments

The academic curriculum at LSR includes 16 undergraduate and 10 postgraduate programmes, including professional courses in Elementary Education and Journalism. A two-year diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peace Building is a new study programme open to undergraduate & graduate students, NGO workers, media persons and grassroots workers.
  • B.A. Programme
  • Commerce
    Commerce
    While business refers to the value-creating activities of an organization for profit, commerce means the whole system of an economy that constitutes an environment for business. The system includes legal, economic, political, social, cultural, and technological systems that are in operation in any...

  • Conflict Transformation and Peace Building
  • Economics
    Economics
    Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...

  • English
    English language
    English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

  • Hindi
    Hindi
    Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

  • History
    History
    History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...

  • Journalism
    Journalism
    Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...

  • Mathematics
    Mathematics
    Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...

  • Philosophy
    Philosophy
    Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...

  • Political Science
    Political science
    Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...

  • Bachelor of elementary education {4 year professional course}
  • Psychology
    Psychology
    Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...

  • Sanskrit
    Sanskrit
    Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

  • Sociology
    Sociology
    Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...

  • Statistics
    Statistics
    Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....


First Year courses: Political Theory, Nationalism and Colonialism, Indian Political Thought

Second Year Courses: Indian Government and Politics, Comparative Government and Politics, International Relations

Third Year Courses: Public Administration, Western Political Thought, India's Foreign Policy, (Women in the Political Process / United Nations)
Several short-term certificate courses in art appreciation, women and politics, communication skills, language courses in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

, Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

 & Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 are also offered at LSR.

Societies

Lady Shri Ram College offers many opportunities for extracurricular activitiesMembers of the College's many societies regularly participate in inter-collegiate events. The prominent societies at LSR College include the English/Hindi Debating Societies, Indian/ Western Music Societies, Dramatics Society, Projekt (film & photography society), Hive (art society), Dance Society, Quiz Society, Prakriti (environmental awareness society), Expressions, The Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music Amongst Youth (SPICMACAY), Women's Development Cell and Academic Forum.
  • Dramatics society

The Dramatics Society of Lady Shri Ram College aims to create awareness about theatre through street-theatre, spoofs and stage plays.The Dramatics Society actively takes part in inter-college festivals in and around Delhi.Dramatics Society had the opportunity to do theatre workshops with eminent theatre directors such as Anamika Haksar, Arvind Gaur
Arvind Gaur
Arvind Gaur , Indian theatre director, is known for his work in innovative, socially and politically relevant theatre. Gaur's plays are contemporary and thought-provoking, connecting intimate personal spheres of existence to larger social political issues...

 and Barry John LSR Dramatics Society.

  • Voluntary agency placement cell

The Voluntary Agency Placement Cell provides opportunities for students to make a positive contribution to community development and social welfare and to explore alternative career possibilities.
  • National service scheme

The NSS (National Service Scheme) chapter of LSR caters to those whose inclination draws them towards community service. Members of the NSS are involved in community outreach programmes, blood donation camps, campaigns against drug abuse and teaching the physically and mentally challenged.
  • National sports organization

The National Sports Organization or the NSO offers facilities for sports ranging from swimming and table tennis to yoga and shooting. The NSO organizes various activities during the year. These include the annual cross-country run and the LSR Sports Festival which is an inter-college competition for all sports.
  • National cadet corps

The LSR unit of NCC (National Cadet Corps) offers considerable scope for stimulated and disciplined adventure. Enthusiasts can learn parachuting, horse riding, judo, civil defence techniques and participate in a number of training camps.
  • Projekt

Projekt is the film and photography society in LSR. We believe that through the language of film, students gain a common platform to discuss and appreciate not just the medium itself but also its reflection of society. We screen both Indian and foreign, classic and contemporary, serious and fun, films throughout the year.

We also conduct workshops on film appreciation and invite eminent photographers to conduct photography workshops. As a part of the LSR annual festival, Tarang, we host a photography exhibition giving students a platform to display their creativity and we also organize several film and documentary screenings.
  • Women's development cell

The WDC in College was first started in 1985. The Cell has been active since then and has grown to become an important part of the extracurricular activities of the students.
The Cell seeks to create awareness about important issues related to women and provides a forum for discussion and deliberation on a range of issues such as one's body, sexuality and gender. We question patriarchy; discuss women's position in society, fundamentalism, inequality, crime against women and various other issues that affect our daily lives. This not only initiates debate and dialogue but also facilitates the process of breaking away from our class/caste lineages to position ourselves in a broader socio-political context.
This is achieved by way of conducting talks, seminars, presentations, workshops, film festivals and other activities organized by the cell. The cell is equipped with a professional counselor to deal with a student's problems and offer solutions to them.
The WDC has its own collection of feminist literature, which will soon be made accessible to students.

Festivals

Tarang, the Annual Cultural Festival of Lady Shri Ram College for Women, brings together young, talented enthusiasts from colleges across India making it one of the largest youth festivals of the country.

Aside from the College Festival, each department at LSR hosts its own academic festival every year. This provides students with a forum to interact with eminent personalities in their own fields, as well as participate in competitions ranging from debates to paper presentations.
  • Public Production

Lady Shri Ram College has a rich tradition of staging plays in Hindi and English. The annual Public Production is one of the most important theatrical events in college.In 1998, Arvind Gaur
Arvind Gaur
Arvind Gaur , Indian theatre director, is known for his work in innovative, socially and politically relevant theatre. Gaur's plays are contemporary and thought-provoking, connecting intimate personal spheres of existence to larger social political issues...

 directed Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the...

's The Caucasian Chalk Circle
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
The Caucasian Chalk Circle is a play by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht. An example of Brecht's epic theatre, the play is a parable about a peasant girl who rescues a baby and becomes a better mother than its natural parents....

,In 2003, Shri Habib Tanvir
Habib Tanvir
Habib Tanvir was one of the most popular Indian Urdu, Hindi playwrights, a theatre director, poet and actor. He is the writer of plays such as, Agra Bazar and Charandas Chor...

 directed Mujhe Amrita Chahiye, Amrita, a play written by Yogesh
Yogesh
Yogesh is a Hindu name for males. It is formed from two words: Yoga-Ishvara . The name literally means "God of Yoga", who according to the Hindu mythology is Lord shiva."Yoga" here implies yogic powers or mystic powers....

 Tripathi, in 2004, LSR staged Mira a play written by Gursharan Das and directed by M K Raina and in 2008 Mahesh Dattani
Mahesh Dattani
Mahesh Dattani is an Indian director, actor and writer. He wrote plays like Final Solutions, Dance Like a Man,Bravely Fought the Queen,On a Muggy Night in Mumbai,Tara and 30 days in September...

 directed Final Solutions
  • Golden Jubilee celebrations

The Golden Jubilee celebrations in 2005 witnessed various events including a Commemorative Golden Jubilee Lecture Series hosting eminent speakers such as Prof. Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath, Ms. Mrinal Pande, Ms. Sudha Murty and Ms. Sunita Narain. In November 2005, the Public Production Ladki Seedhi Rahegi, an adaptation of Molière's School for Wives directed by Roysten Abel, was staged by students and alumna.

Notable alumni

Lady Shri Ram College has produced alumna who have distinguished themselves in various fields.
  • Aung San Suu Kyi
    Aung San Suu Kyi
    Aung San Suu Kyi, AC is a Burmese opposition politician and the General Secretary of the National League for Democracy. In the 1990 general election, her National League for Democracy party won 59% of the national votes and 81% of the seats in Parliament. She had, however, already been detained...

    , pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy
    National League for Democracy
    The National League for Democracy is a Burmese political party founded on 27 September 1988. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi serves as its General Secretary. The party won a substantial parliamentary majority in the 1990 Burmese general election. However, the ruling military junta...

     in Burma, Nobel Peace Prize
    Nobel Peace Prize
    The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...

     laureate
  • Naina Lal Kidwai
    Naina Lal Kidwai
    CA. Naina Lal Kidwai is an Indian businesswoman. She is currently the Group General Manager and Country Head of the HSBC Group in India.-Education:...

    , Chief Executive Officer, HSBC
    HSBC
    HSBC Holdings plc is a global banking and financial services company headquartered in Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom. it is the world's second-largest banking and financial services group and second-largest public company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine...

     India
  • Vinita Bali
    Vinita Bali
    Vinita Bali is an Indian business person who is presently the Managing Director of Britannia Industries Limited. She joined Britannia in 2005 as CEO. She has worked with global heavyweights like Cadbury's and Coca-Cola....

    , Managing Director, Britannia Industries
  • Usha Thorat
    Usha Thorat
    Usha Thorat, served as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from November 10, 2005 to November 8, 2010...

    , Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
    Reserve Bank of India
    The Reserve Bank of India is the central banking institution of India and controls the monetary policy of the rupee as well as US$300.21 billion of currency reserves. The institution was established on 1 April 1935 during the British Raj in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of...

  • Leena Chatterjee, Professor
    Professor
    A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...

     of Behavioural Sciences
    Behavioural sciences
    The term behavioural sciences encompasses all the disciplines that explore the activities of and interactions among organisms in the natural world. It involves the systematic analysis and investigation of human and animal behaviour through controlled and naturalistic observation, and disciplined...

     at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
    Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
    The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta is an institute of management located in Kolkata , India giving diplomas in management...

  • Mona Pruthi IAS Topper
  • Gita Gopinath, Professor of Economics at Harvard
  • Sushma Berlia
    Sushma Berlia
    Sushma Berlia is currently President of the Apeejay Education Society. She was the first female to head an Apex chamber of commerce. She is a prominent Indian Business Woman...

    , First woman President of an apex chamber of commerce and eminent business woman
  • Gita Mittal Sitting Judge of Delhi High Court.Her landmark judgement in the 1984 Sikh Riots case won her much acclaim from Human Rights organisations around the world.
  • Malvika Karlekar - Writer and Senior Fellow, Center for Womens Development Studies, New Delhi
  • Neera Chandoke - Academics & Education
  • Madhavi Kuckreja - Social Activist, Vanangana
  • Sadhana Rana Ramachandran - Advocate, Supreme Court of India, Consultant SOS Children's Villages
  • Harmala Gupta - Pioneer in Cancer Support, Winner of the Times of India Fellowship Award-1995
  • Ratna M. Sudarshan, Director of the Institute of Social Studies Trust (New Delhi
  • Nidhi Razdan NDTV Newsreader and Anchor
  • Chhavi Rajawat Young Indian of the Year 2011
  • Niharika Acharya
    Niharika Acharya
    Niharika Acharya is the Producer of Bloomberg Television's flagship political show, Political Capital with Al Hunt, an insightful political show with an economic edge...

    , Voice of America reporter, anchor
  • Jaishree Misra, popular fiction author
  • Nabila Jamshed
    Nabila Jamshed
    Nabila Jamshed is the author of the fantasy novel Wish Upon A Time - The Legendary Scimitar. Jamshed lives in New Delhi, India and has graduated with a degree in political science from the Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University...

    , author
  • Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan,author
  • Vanashree Rao, Padma Shri - Outstanding Kuchipudi dancer
  • Yamini Reddy
    Yamini Reddy
    -Early life:Yamini Reddy was born in New Delhi to noted kuchipudi dancers and Padma Bhushan award winners, Daughter of Drs. Raja Reddy & Radha Reddy.She received her training from her parents and gave her first performance in New Delhi when she was only three...

    , Kuchipudi dancer
    Kuchipudi
    Kuchipudi is a Classical Indian dance form Andhra Pradesh, India. It is also popular all over South India. Kuchipudi is the name of a village in the Divi Taluka of Krishna district that borders the Bay of Bengal and with resident Brahmins practicing this traditional dance form, it acquired the...

  • Geeta Chandran Dancer and IIM alumunus
  • Manjuri Sinha, Accomplished HR & Management Professional
  • Lilette Dubey, Eminent Theatre personality and film actress
  • Lushin Dubey
    Lushin Dubey
    Lushin Dubey is an Indian stage actor and director. She directed, acted and scripted many drama productions for over twenty years. Lushin is also known for her Solo plays Untitled and Pinki Virani's Bitter Chocolate with theatre director Arvind Gaur She also acted in film like Partition ,Murder...

    , Eminent theatreperson, TV actress
  • Maneka Gandhi
    Maneka Gandhi
    Maneka Gandhi is an Indian politician, animal rights activist, environmentalist, former model and widow of the Indian politician, Sanjay Gandhi. She has been a minister in four governments, and has authored a number of books in the areas of etymology, law and animal welfare...

    , BJP politician, estranged member of Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty
  • Shibani Kashyap Musician
  • Gauri Khan
    Gauri Khan
    Gauri Khan is an Indian movie producer and the wife of Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan, with whom she co-founded Red Chillies Entertainment, their film production and distribution company in 2002.-Early life:Gauri Khan is a Hindu of Chib Mohyal Brahmin origin, born in New Delhi, India and...

    , film producer and owner of Red Chillies Entertainment
    Red Chillies Entertainment
    Red Chillies Entertainment is an Indian motion picture production and distribution company, based in Mumbai. The company was founded in 2002 by Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan...

     with her husband Shahrukh Khan
    Shahrukh Khan
    Shahrukh Khan , often credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian film actor, as well as a film producer and television host. Often referred to as "the King of Bollywood", Khan has acted in over 70 Hindi films....

  • Sunita Kohli
    Sunita Kohli
    Sunita Kohli is an Indian interior designer, architectural restorer and furniture manufacturer. She had restored and decorated Rashtrapati Bhavan , Parliament House Colonnade , the Prime Minister's Office and Hyderabad House in New Delhi.She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in...

    , architectural restorer and interior designer
  • Neha Bhasin
    Neha Bhasin
    Neha Bhasin is an Indian singer-songwriter, performer, and TV hostess and was a member of the Indian pop girl group Viva!.-Biography:Neha Bhasin was born on November 18, 1982 in Delhi in a Punjabi Khatri family, India to Ashok Bhasin and Rekha Bhasin and has an elder sister and a younger brother...

    , Indian singer-songwriter, dancer, model and TV hostess and was a member of the Indian pop girl group Viva
  • Shivani Wazeer Pasricha,Theater Personality
  • Abha Adams Educationist
  • Arpana Caur - Art & Culture - Painting ,
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