Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College
| SGTB Khalsa College Logo | |
| Motto | Aagahi Ku Tyagi |
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| Type | Coeducation |
| Established | 1951 |
| Principal | Dr. Jaswinder Singh |
| Undergraduates | ~2600 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | North Campus |
| Affiliations | University of Delhi |
| Website | http://sgtbkhalsadu.ac.in/ |
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Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College is a constituent college of University of Delhi located in Delhi, India. It is located on Guru Tegh Bahadur Marg, North Campus. It is renowned for its culturally diverse atmosphere balanced with academically strong records. It has one of the best infrastructure among other colleges in the campus, being famous for its auditorium and the cricket ground. The college premises also bears a Gurudwara. Another distinct feature in the college is the presence of a Ciliate Biology Lab being handled by Dr. Komal Kamra.
History and Evolution
Named after Guru Tegh Bahadur, the 9th Sikh Guru, Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College is a constituent of University of Delhi. It is a co-educational institution established in the year 1951 by Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee to instill ideals of self-sacrifice and service among the youth. It draws inspiration from the life of the Guru who laid down his life in Delhi to uphold freedom of belief and conscience and whose sacrifice and martyrdom for secular ideas are unique in the annals of our country.
The College had a modest beginning and was situated in four rooms in a school in Dev Nagar with 49 students and a faculty of 6 teachers. The College shifted to its present premises in the University Campus in 1973.
College Magazine: "The Tegh"; consisting of English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu sections.
Excellence in Sports
The College has earned popularity for its excellence in sports and gaming activities. From time to time the students of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College has received invitation to participate in all the international competitions. To facilitate sports, the College authorities have built a spacious playground where students can play various games like Hockey, Cricket, Football, etc. Ample facilities are given for promoting indoor games like Table Tennis, Carrom, Chess and mini Gymnasium. A superb Sports Complex called Sant Harchand Singh Longowal Sports Complex has been built, consisting of sixteen up-to-date gymnasium, with facilities of treadmill and weightlifting. A squash racket room, 3 table tennis rooms, and changing rooms for players also are incorporated within this complex. There is also a seminar room that is delightfully decorated, providing excellent infrastructure for workshops, seminars and associated activities. The college has recently constructed a new floodlit Lawn Tennis court (120X120) at a cost of Rs 23 lakh. The Khalsa Tennis Academy has also been set up to utilize the infrastructure and nurture fresh talents. The academy is being supervised under former Indian Davis Cup Player, Balram Singh. The college, along with Ramjas College and Shri Ram College of Commerce has been identified to be as one of the training venue of rugby for the Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010, and hence the sporting facilities are under further upgradation.
College Societies
Academic Societies:
Aakriti - The Zoology Society
BBE Society - Bachelor of Business Economics Society; Fest: Zephyr
The Commerce Society; Fest: Comzone
Ecotryst - The Economics Society; Fest: Pinnacle
English Literary Society; Fest: Arabesque
Hindi Sahitya Sabha - The Hindi Literary Society; Newspaper: Aagaaz
Punjabi Literary Society
History Society
Physics and Electronics Society
Prakriti - The Botany Society
Co-curricular / Extracurricular Societies:
'''Ankur - The Dramatics Society;
Theatre-Fest : Pratyaksh
Featuring among some of the best theatre societies in the campus, Ankur which was revived in 1995 with the efforts of Dr. Javed Malik is quite active in producing both stage plays and street plays. Since its inception it has produced various short plays, full length productions and one street play. The team has won several awards including best play, best actor, best direction, etc at many inter college theatre competitions around the country. Actors at Ankur have been the recipient of Best Actors consecutively for over 7 years in a row now."Aditya Jain", who also was "President" of the group during the remarkable year'08-09, received The Award for Best Actor for the play "Jaayaz Hatyaare". In early 2008, Ankur was invited to Pakistan to represent the University of Delhi at the Second Pak-India Inter-varsity Theatre Festival at the Government College University, Lahore and was critically said to be among the best plays of the festival. Some of the other prestigious festivals where Ankur has performed are the B.V. Karanth Memorial Theatre Festival (NSD), Atelier Youth Theatre Week and the Old World Theatre Festival (India Habitat Center).
Currently, the society is under the supervision of Mr Saikat Ghosh (staff convener and teacher, Department of English) and Trishant Shrivastava (President and student, B.A (Hons.) Mathematics, IIIrd year).
The members are striving to keep the spirit alive with their bit of celebrating theatre with PRATYAKSH-The Annual Theatre festival of the college every year.Pratyaksh which started in 2006 has already registered its name as one of those Inter-College Theatre festivals in which colleges are keen to participate and showcase their Brilliance.
Year'08-09, Ankur produced Bade Bhai Sahab (Premchand), Muaavze (Bhishma Sahni), Jaayaz Hatyaare (adaptation of Albert Camus' "Just Assassins") and Aaj Bhi Kal Ke Jaisa Kyun Hai? (street play) and won several accolades over the country for their work.
Email-id-- ankurdramsoc@gmail.com
Blog-id-- ankurdramsoc.blogspot.com
A Glance at past work of ANKUR:-
1995-96- "Belpatra" (Geetanjali Shree) Stage Play
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DADS - The Debate and Discussion Society
Anhad - The Divinity Society
Environmental Club
Dhwani - Musical Society
Saaz - Musical Society
Vigour - The Bhangra and Gidha Society
Renaissance - The Fashion Society
Asmi - Choreography and Dance Society
Noted Alumni
Saurabh Shukla: Renowned actor, director and scriptwriter.
Vivek Mishra: Eminent theatre person; actor and director.
Kuljeet Singh: Noted theatre person.
Aman Bakshi: Actor, Theatre personality.
Rabbi Shergill : Famously known as just "Rabbi", famous singer and music director.
Jasjeet Singh Bagla : Astrophysist, HRI, Allahabad.
Arvinder Singh Lovely : Minister of Education & Tourism, Delhi Govt.
Pallavi Gogoi : Finance Correspondent, Business Week, New York.
Anil Kumar Singh : News editor, Star News; Also a writer of titles like India's Security Concerns, Ministry and Media, Insurgency in India; Political critic.
Nona Walia: Asst. Editor, Times of India.
Siddharth Dutta : News Editor, Zee Sports.
Afnan Jamal : Promo Producer, NDTV.
Colin Fernandes: Author of Viva Santiago and Deputy Editor, Maxim India.
Maninder Singh: Former cricketer turned commentator.
Shyam Lal : Former gymnast, Represented India twice in Olympics; Arjuna Awardee.
Dalbir Singh : Former weight-lifter, Represented India twice in Asian Games; Arjuna Awardee.
Vijay Mala Bhanot : Former athlete, Represented India twice in Asian Games; Arjuna Awardee.
Mohinder Amarnath : Former cricketer, Man of the Match for the semi-final and the final of the victorious Cricket World Cup 1983; Arjuna Awardee.
Yogesh Sharma : Player, Delhi Daredevils, IPL.
Courses Available
- B.A. (Hons) Economics
- B.A. (Hons) English
- B.A. (Hons) Hindi
- B.A. (Hons) History
- B.A. (Hons) Mathematics
- B.A. (Hons) Political Science
- B.A. (Hons) Punjabi
- B.A. (Hons) B.B.E. (Bachelor of Business Economics)
- B.A. Programme
- B.Com. (Hons)
- B.Com. (Pass)
- B.Sc. (Hons) Botany
- B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry
- B.Sc. (Hons) Electronics
- B.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics
- B.Sc. (Hons) Physics
- B.Sc. (Hons) Zoology
- B.Sc. Applied Physical Sciences (Computer Science)
- B.Sc. Life Sciences
- B.Sc. Physical Sciences
- PG Diploma Forensic Science
- Certificate Course in Web Journalism
- Certificate Course in Sports Economics & Marketing
External links
- Official site
- Delhi University Talk Students Forum