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RAJDHANI COLLEGE

(University of Delhi)

ANNUAL REPORT

2018-19

Presented by

Dr. Rajesh Giri

Principal

5 April 2019

ANNUAL REPORT COMMITTEE

Dr. Rajesh Giri (Principal)

Mr. Barun Kumar Mishra (Convenor)

Dr. Jasvir Tyagi (Member)

Dr. Umesh Kumar (Member)

Mr. Anand Prakash (Member)

Ms. Neha Gaur (Member)

Dr. Arti Rastogi (Member)

Mr. Mayur Taneja (Member)

Dr. Renu Ghosh (Member)

Ms. Aditi Sharma (Member)

Cover designed by Ms. Aditi Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of English

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

PRINCIPAL’S ADDRESS

DEPARTMENTS AND FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS

Chemistry

Department Report

Faculty Achievements

Commerce

Department Report


Computer Science

Department Report


Economics

Department Report


English

Department Report


Hindi

Department Report


History

Department Report


Library

Linguistics


Mathematics

Department Report


Physics and Electronics

Department Report


Political Science

Department Report


Sanskrit

Department Report


Sports and Physical Education

B.A. (Prog.) Committee

COMMITTEES AND SOCIETIES

Academic Appraisal Committee

Campus Beautification Committee

Cultural Committee

Debating Society

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Study Circle

Enactus

Environment and Related Issues

Equal Opportunity Cell (EOC)

Extention Lecture Series

Fee Concession Committee

Gandhi Study Circle

Gardening Committee

Health and Hygiene Committee

Kavyanjali, The Poetry Society

National Cadets Corp (NCC)

National Service Scheme (NSS)

NCWEB

North East Students Welfare Committee (NESWC)

Placement cell

Rajdhani College Alumni Association

Rangat: The Fine Arts Society

Student Aid Fund (SAF)

Tasveer, Photography Club

Women Development Cell (WDC)

Yoga and Meditation Committee

Yuva: The Social Welfare and Youth Development Society

Students Toppers List

Undergraduate Courses

Postgraduate Courses

PRINCIPAL’S ADDRESS

On the great occasion of 55th Annual Prize Distribution Ceremony of Rajdhani College, it is a

matter of immense pleasure to me to welcome Chief Guest, Guest of honor, Teachers,

Administrative Staff and dear Students.

Chief Guest Prof. (Dr.) Manoj Kumar Sinha, is Director of The Indian Law Institute. He did his

Doctorate in International Law from Jawaharlal Nehru University.He attended the 29th session

of the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France. His areas of specializations

are Human Rights, Constitutional Law, International Humanitarian and Refugee Law,

International Criminal Law, International Law and International Institutions. He has published

extensively in the field of international law, international relations, constitutional law,

international human rights, humanitarian and refugee laws, in reputed National and International

Law journals. He is serving as the member of editorial boards of various reputed national and

international journals. He was offered prestigious visiting Professorship at the Raoul Wallenberg

Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Sweden, for (2004-2005).

Presiding over the ceremony is Professor V K Kaul. He is Professor in the Department of

Business Economics University of Delhi, South Campus. His Specialization among others

includes Public policy and Business Transformation of Enterprises, Economic Transition and

Performance, Knowledge Economy in Global Context, Economy and Labour Firms. He was

awarded with G20 Korean Global Leader Fellowship, from Sept 2012 to Nov 2012, sponsored

by Government of South Korea and Korean Development Institute (KDI), Seoul, South Korea.

He has been actively associated and contributed for European Union, IIT and IIM.

The Guest of Honour is Prof. Rajeev Gupta. He obtained his PhD in 2000 from Indian Institute

of Technology – Kanpur and did his Postdoctoral work at the University of Kansas (USA). Prof.

Gupta’s research group works on several interdisciplinary fields such as coordination chemistry,

bioinorganic chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, designer materials, molecular sensors,

energy-transfer, and catalysis. He has published diversified research papers in the leading

international journals of high scientific repute and his work has been widely cited. He is the

recipient of Bronze Medal (2016) from the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI); Science

Flame Award (2015) from the World Science Congress; ACS Membership Award (2015) from

the American Chemical Society; Indo-US Research Fellowship (2009) from the Department of

Science & Technology (DST) and Indo-US Science & Technology Forum; and Young Scientist

Project Award (2004) from the Department of Science & Technology

It has been a historic year in terms academic and co-curricular achievements. Rajdhani College

always strives to be an institution of excellence through a constant and continuous investment in

the matters of academic growth and development. Over the last five decades it has proved and

provided its academic journey through a golden trajectory of excellence in the form of

achievements achieved by its student’s teachers and other administrative staff. The mission of

this college has been to promote the ideals and values of fraternity, equality and a sense of justice

among the youth of country along with a spirit of healthy competition to achieve and prove their

moral and intellectual strength. To translate the same in terms of result oriented parameters we

provide a good list of achievers from students and teachers. The college remains committed to

building leadership, conscious citizenry and active participation of students in furthering national

developmental goals. The college encourages the development of scientific temper with a special

focus on individual in relation with community and the nation.

Being an institution of repute necessitates a certain level of performance in terms of academic

curriculum and procedural affairs, and Rajdhani College has measured that extra mile every

time, overcoming all kinds of hindrance, if there was any. Therefore since its foundation in early

sixties of the last century the college has always added laurels to glory and fame by sticking to its

goals of making its students bright studious and progressive. With great pride, I announce the

recipients of special awards for academic excellence. They are: Dr. N. K. Anand Memorial

Prize to Simran, B.Sc. (H) Chemistry II year, Dr. S. S. Rao Memorial Prize to Nvneet Anand,

B.Sc. (H) Physics III year, Shri S. C. Gautam Memorial Prize to Simran, B.Sc. (H) Chemistry

II year. Smt. Krishnawati Gautam Memorial Prize goes to Rahul Dobhal, B.Sc. Phy. Sc.

(Chemistry) I year, Smt. Radhika and Ram Shankar Shukla Memorial Prize to Jatin Mehta,

B. Sc. App. Phy. Sc. (Comp. Sc) III year, Ma Murti Devi Smiriti Puraskar to Kamini, B. A.

(H) Hindi I year, Shri Sultan Chand & Co. Memorial Scholarship to Mr. Chirag Goel of B.

Com (H) Ist Year, Mr. Akash Kumar Jha of B. Com (H) IInd Year Ms. Gunjan Sharma of B.

Com (H) IInd Year. Dr. Sanjay Malik Memorial Prize to Mr. Akhil Chahal of B.Sc.(Hons.)

Physics IInd Year, Abhishek Tiwari of B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics Ist Year, Mr. Priyam Jain of B.Sc.

(Hons.) Physics Ist Year. Pujya Shri Ram Chander Smriti Puraskar to Ms. Ritanjali of M.A.

(Hindi) Final Year.

The students showed their excellence not only in field of academics but also emerged as rising

stars in extra-curricular and sports activities. Students of the college have been utilizing their

energy in various creative endeavors. Transcend 2019, the Annual Cultural Fest of Rajdhani

College was successfully organized on 13-14 March 2019 under the leadership of Ms. Mohini

Aggarwal. A play titled Ilhaam, written by actor Manav Kaul, was directed by Vipin Verma, an

alumnus of team Tryambakam. Allahu Akbar, Trayambakam’s street play production of the year

2019 presented the case of terrorism in India and won accolades across the Delhi circuit.

Chaitanya, the Debating Society under the guidance organized VICHAAR MANTHAN 2018

on 2 November 2018. It is an Annual National Conventional debate, the topic for which was Did

India do justice with Gandhiji? The society organized an Extempore competition titled

VAKTAVYA on 15 March 2019. Chaitanya has always tried to be adept in all forms and styles

of debate and thus to consummate this, it conducted its first ever TURNCOAT DEBATE on 1

April 2019. The students under the aegis of the society participated and won laurels at various

institutions within and outside Delhi.

Most honorable and revered Padmabhushan Shri Chandi Prasad Bhatt delivered an

inspirational speech for the participants and students in the two-day national conference on

Emerging Challenges of Environmental Health, Society and Policies organized by

Environment and Related Issues Committee, with Dr. Pankaj Garg as the convenor, in

collaboration with Department of Environmental Studies.

The English Literary Association with Dr. Rachna Sethi as the convenor organized a one-day

National Seminar on ‘From Text to Performance: Drama in the Classroom and Beyond’ on

27 February 2019.

A National Seminar sponsored by the Indian Council for Social Sciences Research (ICSSR) was

also organized by Extension Lecture Series Committee under the guidance of Dr. Sunil Babu on

10-11 January 2019 on the theme Women Empowerment in India: History and Politics.

Dr. Ved Mitra Shukla wore the hats of convenorship of Equal Opportunity Cell as well as

Gandhi Study Circle and did justice to both the committees. Under his leadership an

Interdisciplinary National Seminar on Dimensions of Disability Studies: Evolution and

Prospects was organized by Equal Opportunity Cell on 6 March 2019. Various programmes

were also organized under the aegis of Gandhi Study Circle.

Under the direction of Dr. Virender Kumar, Mr. Naresh Kumar won the Best Gardener

Award and received a cash prize of rupees 500. The Gardening Committee has adorned the

whole college with beautiful ornamental plants and flowers. Even the Campus Beautification

Committee, with Dr. R. D. Sarma as the convenor, has turned the walls of the college into

pieces of art.

The Health and Hygiene Committee organized a free Dental Health Check Up program for

teaching and non-teaching staff. Dr. Sonia Lumb with her team has worked really hard to

maintain the hygiene standards of the college.

The brain child of Dr. Madhu Verma and her student team, Kavyanjali- The Poetry Society,

continues to mesmerize the students and faculty alike with their creative expressions. The team

of Placement Cell under the able guidance of Dr. S. K. Dhaka has worked very hard to set up a

strong network with several companies, and has achieved a landmark success by grabbing a

start-up worth 2 crores.

The North East Student’s Welfare Committee (NESWC) organised a two-nights-three-days

tour to Jaipur and Pushkar for the students from northeast, with Dr. Yuimirin Kapai as the

convenor. The students of Tasveer- Photography Society organized many photo-walks to

various places of historical relevance under the direction of Dr. Anil Kumar as the convenor.

Women Development Cell with Dr. Anita Gaur as the convenor, had organized the inaugural

lecture on 26 September 2019 in which Dr. Kiran Walia, Former Education Minister,

Government of NCT of Delhi, and Ms. Jagmati Sangwan, Social Activist were invited as the

distinguished speakers.

Several new committees were formed in the college to recognize the hidden talent of our

students and provide them a platform to work for society. These include: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

Study Circle with Dr. Vaishali V. Shahare as the convenor organized events to provide an

open space for voicing ideas. Rangat, the Fine Arts Society under the guidance of Dr. Anita

gave the budding artists to display their talent. Yoga and Meditation Committee organized its

inaugural session Antarman on 1 April 2019 with Dr. Savita Nigam at its helm. This noble

endeavor saw participation in large numbers from faculty as well as the student community. युवा

The Social Welfare and Youth Development Society held its first annual event इनायत on 12

March 2019 under the convenorship of Dr. Anand Prakash.

The media coverage of the various activities in the college reflects the hard work of the faculty

and the students. This year as well, the college has carried forward its legacy of remarkable feats

in the field of academics, cultural and sports.

I salute the efforts of my dear students and colleagues. I express my humble gratitude to our

esteemed guests for sparing time from their busy schedules to felicitate and motivate our

students. The college, as Rajdhani family, will keep striving towards excellence.

Thank you, everyone.

DEPARTMENTS, SOCIETIES AND FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS

Department of Chemistry

Chemphilic Society, Department of Chemistry, conducted various events during the academic

session 2018-19. In July 2018, an Orientation Programme cum Interactive meet was

organized for the 1st year students. The students were given a brief introduction of their

curriculum and departmental activities. Elections for various posts for the student body of the

society were held in the second week of August. An initiative of decorating the departmental

notice board was started by Chemphilic members. Students made posters on different themes like

nanotechnology, green chemistry, chemistry in human psychology, latest research in

chemistry.

On February 11, 2019, society organized an educational- cum- industrial trip to Parle Products

Pvt Ltd, Bahadurgarh, Haryana. Students learnt various steps carried out in the preparation,

testing, packaging and supply of various food products manufactured by Parle. Chemphilic

Society also organized an Inter-College departmental fest “Chemotsav-2019”, on 5th-6th March,

2019. Inaugural lecture was delivered by Mr. Chander Mohan, Chair-professor, JNU and Dr.

Rashmi Sharma, Scientist E, DST on the topic “Opportunities in Science”. Students from

various colleges participated in different events like Poster making, battle of thoughts, The Ad-

mad show, Face-Picasso, Quizholic, Newspaper dressing, Twist-d-Stick and Waste-O-mania.

Overall, the academic session 2018-19 was stimulating for the students as well as the faculty

members of the department.

This is an enormous proud moment for the Department of Chemistry that our three students

Devendra Kumar, Shivangi Singh, Pragati Garg from B.Sc (Hons.) Chemistry IIIrd Year

successfully presented the poster titled “Social Impacts on Nanomaterials: In Water Treatment”

in the 6th World Congress on Nanomedical Sciences ISNSCON 208 held at Vigyan Bhawan,7-

9 January, 2019 jointly organized by Jamia Hamdard and University of Delhi. The poster and the

idea about the use of magnetic nanomaterials in treatment of waste water given by our

students were highly appreciated by the world leaders.

Dr. Vaishali V. Shahare Dr. Shikha Kaushik

Teacher-in-Charge Convenor


Dhan Raj Meena

• UGC Sponsored 123rd Four Week Orientation Programme from 26.11.2018 to

22.12.2018 organized by UGC- HRDC, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Dew Delhi.

• National Conference on “Emerging Challenges of Environmental Health, Society and

Policies-2019” organized by Committee on Environment and Related Issues, Rajdhani

College, University of Delhi in collaboration with Department of Environmental Studies,

University of Delhi held on 15th – 16th February 2019. Member of Organizing committee

and Attended.


Policies-2019” organized by Committee on Environment and Related Issues, Rajdhani

College, University of Delhi in collaboration with Department of Environmental Studies,

University of Delhi held on 15th – 16th February 2019. Poster Presentation on “ICT

TECHNOLOGICAL IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE: A REVIEW.

• Interdisciplinary National Seminar on “Dimensions of Disability Studies: Evolution and

Prospects” organized by Equal Opportunity Cell, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi

on 6th March 2019.

Ritu Payal

• Published Chapter in a Book entitled Reliable natural-fibre augmented biodegraded

polymer composites: In Sustainable Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites, Springer,

2019, 961-975.

• Attended a 9th Workshop on Bioinformatics and Molecular Modelling in Drug Design

held at Dr. B.R. Amdebkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi during

25th – 27th March 2019.

• Oral Presentation in National conference on Emerging Challenges of Environmental

Health, Society and Policies held during 15th – 16th February 2019 at Rajdhani College.

• One day Workshop on “Computational Chemistry” at Dyal Singh College, University of

Delhi on 2nd February 2019.

• Poster presentation in International Conference on Multiscale Simulation &

Mathematical Modelling of Complex Biological Systems held from 30th January – 1st

February 2019 at JNU New Delhi.

• Participated in Faculty Development Programme on “Skill Enhancement at Instutions of

Higher Learning: Training Today for Tomorrow” at Kalindi College, University of Delhi

during 7th – 13th January 2019.

Dr. Mukesh Kumar Saini

• Publised a paper R. Kaushik, I. Khan, M. K. Saini, F. Hussain. M. Sadakane, “Synthesis

and characterization of carbonate encapsulated ytterbium- and yttrium- containing

polyoxotungstates” Acta Cryst., 2018, C74, 1355-1361.

• Participated in the “National Conference on Emerging Challenges Of Environmental

Health, Society And Policies” organised by Committee on Environment and related

Issues, Rajdhani College in collaboration with Department of Environmental Studies

(University of Delhi) held on February 15 – 16, 2019.

• Participated in National Seminar on “Women Empowerment in India: History and

Politics” sponsored by ICSSR and Organized in Rajdhani College (University of Delhi)

During January 10 – 11, 2019.

• Participated in the “One Day National Workshop on Pedagogy and ICT Tools for

Assessments” held at Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre of MHRD, SGTB

Khalsa College, University of Delhi on 18th October, 2018.

• Participated in “India’s Only International Exhibition & Conference for Educational

and Training Resources (Didac India)” held from 4th to 6th October 2018, New Delhi.

Department of Commerce

The Commerce Society of Rajdhani College is an association of students that represents the

Department of Commerce. The main objective of Commerce Society is to foster knowledgeable

and intellectual activities among the students. For this purpose, it arranges talks, seminars, quiz,

industrial visits and annual fest ‘EXORDIA’. This year with the support of our Principal Dr.

Rajesh Giri the society organized Industrial visits (to ICSI and MARUTI SUZUKI) in the month

of October and Business Maze in the month of February.

“Industrial visit is one of the most tactical method of teaching. The main reason behind this – it

lets students to know things practically through interaction, working methods and employment

practices.” And this is what our commerce department follows. Our first annual industrial visit to

the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), Sector-62, Noida, UP-201301 organized by

commerce department of Rajdhani College on 10th October,2018. Over hundred commerce

students and ten faculty members visited ICSI to interact with practical approach of doing

specialized legal-financial work. At the end ICSI members distributed a book named as

‘LABOUR LAWS’ among all the students. On 30th October, 2018 the commerce department

organized an industrial visit to the leading automobile company of India, Maruti Udyog Pvt. Ltd.

, Gurgaon. The main objective was to know about the management strategy being practiced in

the company, to know about its operations and management of resources. The whole process of

making a car from blanking, stamping, welding, painting, assembly, and inspection to the final

dispatch were observed.

Business Quiz, Business Maze was organized by the Department of Commerce on 7th

February,2019. The event focused on helping students develop their marketing skills and boost

their confidence. Students from SRCC, Shivaji College, SSCBS, Moti Lal Nehru college and

many other colleges of Delhi university and Ambedkar University participated in the event.

The annual fest of Commerce Department, Exordia 2019 was held on 28th March, 2019. The

event started with lighting of the lamp and wonderful dance performances of our students.

Events such as Maze Runner, IPL Bidding, Hogwarts Express, Brand Tambola, Bulls Eye 2.0,

Cut and Drape, Talent Hunt and Reel Talent witnessed participation of various colleges of Delhi

University. The event ended with the prize distribution ceremony and photograph of the society

members.

Dr Megha Agarwal

Convenor


Dr. Renu Ghosh

• Research Paper titled “Interest Rate Sensitivity of Non-Banking Financial Sector in

India” published in Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers, Volume 43 Issue 3,

September 2018.

• Participated as Faculty in the Delhi University Pre-entrance Summer School 2018.

Mr. Mayur Taneja

• Research Paper titled “Youth preferences for fast food industry: a conjoint approach” Accepted

for publication in International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management

(Inderscience).

Department of Computer Science

The Department successfully conducted two major events in this session. The first was a

motivational lecture series LIGP and the second TechnoSrijan, Annual Department Fest.

LIGP – Life is a game, Play it! –a motivational lecture series comprising 8 modules was

conducted at different times throughout the session. In one distinctive session, Community

Service program, 50 students and 4 faculty members went to visit ’Apna Ghar Ashram’ an

NGO that provides a refuge to the homeless. The students interacted with the inmates and

distributed cold drinks to them. This activity created a strong impact on the young minds and

helped to sensitize them towards the lesser fortunate.

TECHNOSRIJAN, is one of the most anticipated annual department fests. It not only educates

the students using technology but also inculcates creativity in them. The two day fest began on

26th of March 2019 with Saraswati Vandana and lamp lightning ceremony. Various technical

events like Code war, Graphic Designing, PUBG took place in the Computer Science Lab.

Simultaneously events like, Gully Cricket, Treasure Hunt, Newspaper Designing, Group Dance

and Debate – Artificial Intelligence, Boon or Bane were also organized. 2eWith various technical

and cultural events, Techno-srijan was bigger and better than ever.

Department of Economics

Organized annual fest of the department of economics during March 13-14, 2019 at Rajdhani

College, New Delhi, a number of activities and cultural programs were performed by students of

the economic society. Students from various colleges took participation for their attempt to win

prize in various fun games. The Fest was inaugurated by Sh. Mahesh Arya (Ex-MLC, Uttar

Pradesh Vidhan Parishad, U.P.) and Sh. C.P. Singh, In-Charge, Bahujan Samaj Party, Delhi

State. The Fest was appreciated by Dr. Rajesh Giri, Principal of the College and Dr. Sunil Babu,

In-Charge of department of Economics.

The Economic Society also supported and organized in collaboration with Extension Lecture

Series Committee, programs like ‘Guru Ravidas Janm-Mahotsav’.

The entire year remained full of enthusiasm and full of activities for all the students and teachers

of the economic fraternity. Other activities like Fresher’s Party were also witnessed during the

year 2018-19.

Dr. Sunil Babu

Convenor


Dr. Enakshi Sinha Ray Chaudhury

• Awarded Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in March 2019 from JNU

• FDP on “e-Learning, Pedagogy and ICT Tools in Higher Education” organised by Guru

Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre of MHRD, SGTB Khalsa College, DU (26th Nov.-

7th Dec. 2018)

• FDP on “Data Analysis Using Software Packages” organised by Dept. of Statistics and

IQAC, Hindu College (12-24 Dec.2018)


Policies” organised by Rajdhani College, Delhi University (15-16 Feb., 2019)

• National Seminar on “Women Empowerment in India: History and Politics” Organised

by Rajdhani College, Delhi University (10-11 Jan. 2019)

• National Workshop on "Advanced Excel for Teaching and Research: Data Management

and Data Analysis" organised by Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre of MHRD,

SGTB Khalsa College, DU (23rd March, 2019).

• Socio-Economic Disparities in India (2018), International Journal of Economic

Research, vol. 15, Number 3, 2018, ISSN: 0972-9380.

• Caste and Poverty: Cause and Effect Relation (2018), International Journal of

Applied Business and Economic Research, Vol. 16, Number 3, 2018, ISSN: 0972-

7302.

Dr. Sunil Babu

• Presenting a paper at the 4th World Conference on Women’s Studies “Gender Equality

Unlocks the Power of Nations” organized by World Center for Women’s Studies from

November1-3, 2018, New York City, U.S.A.

• Organizing a National Seminar sponsored by the Indian Council for Social Sciences

Research (ICSSR) during January 10-11, on the theme “Women Empowerment in

India: History and Politics” in Rajdhani College (University of Delhi), New Delhi.

• Presenting a research paper during January 10-11, 2019 in a National

Conference/Seminar on “Women Empowerment in India: History and Politics”

organized by Rajdhani College (University of delhi), New Delhi and sponsored by the

Indian Council for Social Sciences Research (ICSSR), New Delhi.

Department of English

The English Literary Association organized several events throughout the year to stimulate the

literary sensibility of students, and to encourage their participation in creative forums beyond the

space of the classroom. The academic session began with an Orientation Programme for B.A.

(H) English I year students to acquaint them with the faculty members and the structure of

CBCS. This was followed by Freshers’ Welcome on 28 August 2018 where the Retro theme

gave the first year students a chance to showcase their talents.

On 25 October, 2018 ELA organized Annual Lit Fest that had enthusiastic participation and

response from other colleges. The day began with Rendezvous, a poetry reading and discussion

session with Dr. Sukrita Paul Kumar where in conversation with Dr. Rachna Sethi she chartered

her poetic journey and discussed translation of her works, including Poems Come Home

translated into Hindustani by lyricist and film director, Gulzar. This was followed by the

literature and popular culture quiz, Quiz-o-mania, and Slam Poetry Competition, Weave-out-

loud on the theme, Wonder Woman. The second year students put up an energetic Indian

adaptation of Alexander Pope’s The Rape of the Lock and connected it with the contemporary

#MeToo movement.

A one-day National Seminar on Text to Performance: Drama in Classroom and Beyond was

organized in collaboration with FORTELL (Forum for Teachers of English Language and

Literature) on 27 February, 2019. The Principal. Dr. Rajesh Giri welcomed the distinguished

guests and the convenor, Dr. Rachna Sethi outlined the concept of the seminar and emphasized

the need to incorporate the performative aspects of drama in class. Prof. GJV Prasad, Centre for

English Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, delivered the Keynote Address and discussed that

director and actors have already interpreted a play performance, while we deal with an

unmediated text in the classroom. Prof. Raj Kumar, Head, Department of English, DU was the

Guest of Honour and sensitized the audience towards Dalit theatre, and the representation of

Dalit characters in non-Dalit writings. The other speakers included Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Dr. Payal

Nagpal and Mr. Siddharth N Kanoujia. The post-lunch session was an interactive session with

two theatre practitioners, Mr. Bhaskar Jha and Mr. Piyush Kumar. ELA has always made efforts

to invite its alumni from different fields for its events and the students benefitted immensely

from dramatic readings and workshop by our alumnus, Mr. Bhaskar Jha.

Several films like Beloved (1998, directed by Jonathan Demme) and Color Purple (1985,

directed by Steven Spielpberg) were screened to encourage a discussion among the students

beyond the written text. It was an academically and creatively vibrant year where the faculty

members made efforts towards innovative pedagogy and our students actively participated in and

won accolades in various extra-curricular activities, be it street play or sports.

Dr. Rachna Sethi

Convenor


Dr. Rachna Sethi (Assistant Professor)

• Published the paper titled “‘Out of Place’ Women: Exploring Gendered Spatiality in Delhi”

in Routledge Journal of Postcolonial Writing, (ISSN 1744-9863), Vol. 54, No. 3.

• Was elected President of FORTELL (Forum for Teachers of English Language and

Literature), an autonomous registered body of English professionals in September, 2018.

• Participated in 3-week Refresher Course on Social Concerns and Social Science organized

by CPDHE, University of Delhi from 27 November-17 December, 2018.

• Was on the jury to select the Best Paper presented at the two-day Interdisciplinary National

Conference Indian Popular Fiction: Redefining the Canon organized by Department of

English, Maharaja Agrasen College on 16-17 January, 2019.

• Presented a paper titled “Exploring Politics and Monumentality through Contemporary

Literature” at the National Seminar on Literature, Nationalism and Politics in India:

Emerging Trends organized by UPSA (United Professionals and Scholars for Action) and

Rajdhani College on 22 January, 2019.

• Organized the National Seminar on From Text to Performance: Drama in Classroom

and Beyond on 27 February, 2019 in Rajdhani College.

• Was invited as an adjudicator for the Slam Poetry Competition at the International Media

Festival, Lights-Camera-Action organized by the Department of Multi Media and Mass

Communication (BMMMC), Indraprastha College for Women on 5-6 March 2019.

• Editorial Board Member of FORTELL Journal, ISSN 2229-6557.

• Member of International Association for Teachers of English as Foreign Language

(IATEFL)

• Member of Indian Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies

(IACLALS)

• Member of Comparative Literature Association of India (CLAI)

Mr. Barun Kumar Mishra

• Acted as a Panelist in Kalamkari the literary festival of Deen Dayal Upadhyay College

University of Delhi.

• Engaged as expert of Aviation English by Airport Authority of India to train and evaluate

the Air Traffic Controllers for working proficiency of English Language.

• Delivered a lecture on Indian Literature by BPS Womens University Sonipat in the

Refresher Course for College and University Teachers

• Delivered three lectures on Orientalism British Writing on India and Raymond Schwab at

the Academic Staff College Kumaun University Nainital in the Refresher Course for

College and University Teachers.

Ms. Neha Gaur

• Published poems in Muse India: the literary ejournal, issue 79, May-June, 2018.

• Designed the cover for Raka 2018, the annual magazine of Rajdhani College.

• Published a report titled “Poetry, Poets and the Creative Process” in FORTELL: A

Journal of Teaching English Language and Literature, issue 37, July 2018.

• Participated in National Seminar on From Text to Performance: Drama in the

Classroom and Beyond organized by English Literary Association, Rajdhani College on

27th February, 2019.

• Wrote the script and directed a contemporary adaptation of Alexander Pope’s The Rape

of the Lock performed on 27th February, 2019 in the ELA organized National Seminar.

The play threw light on gender difference in a patriarchal society, implicit threats of

sexual violence and the #MeToo movement.

Mr. Sachida Nand Jha

• Presented Papers on "Gandhi and Indian postcolonial Moment" in British Commonwealth

and Postcolonial Studies Conference facilitated by Georgia Southern University,

Georgia, USA on February 16-17, 2019.

• "Revisiting Sita" in Comparative Literature Association of India (CLAI) Conference held

at Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad on 11-14 March 2019.

• "Revisiting the history, theory and practice of women empowerment in India" at

Rajdhani College for National Conference on History and Practice of women

empowerment in India held on 10-11 January 2019.

• Published Articles in The Pioneer National Daily:

• A tribute to Shivpujan Sahay - 14 August 2018

• A doyen of Maithili literature - 24 September 2018

• A quintessentially postcolonial poet - 19 October 2018

• Nationalist with a novel idea - 02 November 2018

• Assimilating an alien culture - 04 November 2018

• Indigenous modernity - 16 November 2018

• Mass movement with words - 06 December 2018

• Literary legend of native tradition - 14 December 2018

• Understanding the real Sita- 28 December 2018

• Participated as a panelist for an academic discussion with Prof. Manindra Thakur, JNU

on the topic titled "Bhasa, Samaj aur Shastra: Maithili" organized by Maithili Machan on

5 January 2019 at Pragati Maidan during World Book Fair.

Ms. Aditi Sharma

• Participated in the National Seminar on “Women Empowerment in India: History and

Politics”, held in Rajdhani College on 10th and 11th January 2019.

• Participated in the National Seminar titled “From Text to Performance: Drama in the

Classroom and Beyond”, organised by the English Literary Association, held in Rajdhani

College on 27thFebruary, 2018.

• Presented a paper in the National Seminar on “Hindi Sahitya MeinVartman: Samaj,

SanskritiaurRajneeti”, organised by the Department of Hindi, JamiaMilliaIslamia on

1stMarch, 2019.

Department of Environmental Science


Ms. Sana Rehman

• Published papers: - Rehman, S. 2017. River Yamuna: Virtual drain that supports avian

life. International Journal of Advanced Research and Development. Volume 2; Issue 3;

Page No. 76-80.

• Rehman, S., Shokeen, B., Aakib, Chauhan, P. 2017. Environmental Education and

conservation of birds in Delhi: A comparative Study. International Journal of

Multidisciplinary Research and Development. Volume 4; Issue 6; Page No. 103-106.

Conferences/ Workshop Attended

• Organized 2-day National Conference on “Emerging Challenges of Environmental

Health, Society and Policies” Rajdhani College 2019.

• Presented a poster on the topic “Effect of habitat quality on distribution of wetland

birds: An occupancy modeling study” 2-day National Conference on “Emerging

Challenges of Environmental Health, Society and Policies” Rajdhani College 2019.

• Organized 2-day National Seminar on “Women Empowerment in India: History and

Politics” Rajdhani College 2019.

• Presented a paper on “Women Empowerment in World: Theory and Practice” in 2-day

National Seminar on “Women Empowerment in India: History and Politics” Rajdhani

College 2019.

• Presented a poster on the topic “Effect of habitat quality on distribution of wetland birds

in River Yamuna: An occupancy modeling study” from 27- 30 September 2018 in

Student Conference on Conservation Science in Bangalore.

• Co- designed Curriculum of 30 hr Module Certificate course on the topic “Sustainable

Environment Management” in Rajdhani College in the year 2018

Department of Hindi

The inaugural function of Hindi Sahitya Parishad and Hindi Sahitya Sabha, Rajdhani college,

University of Delhi was held in college auditorium on 14th September 22018. It is also celebrated

as Hindi Day. The theme was ‘Nayi Kavita aur Satta ka Virodh’. The chief guest of the program

was the then G.B. member Mr. Prasoon Shukla and other members present were Principal Dr.

Rajesh Giri, another G.B. member Sh. Ravindra Singh, keynote speaker Dr. Ashish Mishra, TIC

Dr. Sapna Chamadia and convenor of the society Dr. Anita Gaur. It was a highly fruitfull session

on discussion and debate on Hindi Poetry and the nature of contract of state and authority. The

programme was further completed by different competitions like letter writing, and Extempore,

which had a huge student participation.

In the memory Shaheed Bhagat Singh on his birthday the 28th September 2018, a programme was

organized by the Department of Hindi. The keynote speakers of the programme was Sh.

Ramnaresh Ram, Dr. Rajesh Giri Principal Rajdhani College, Dr. Sapna Chamadia TIC and Dr.

Anita briefed students about the supreme sacrifice and the greatest contribution made by the

greatest martyr of India and all the speakers encouraged students to draw inspiration from the life

of Shaheed Bhagat Singh.


Dr. Madhu Verma

• Guided a student for research work for his PhD degree from Delhi University on the

topic " फणीश्वरनाथ रेणु और नागारुु्न के उपन्यास ों में ककसान र्ीवन" in the year 2018.

• Was invited as a chief guest by the ICMR National Institute for Malaria Research to

judge the annual debating competition and delivered a talk on the topic "महानगरीय र्ीवन

वरदान या अकिशाप".

• Authored a book on Hindi dramatics by the title " अकिनव कहोंदी एकाोंकी " in 2018.

Dr. Virender Kumar

• Associate Professor in the Department of Hindi published a new collection of stories “Ek

Vah Ajeya” in the academic year 2018-2019 by Isha Gyandee.

Dr. Jasvir Tyagi

• Poems and articles were published in Kadambini, Naya Path and Sachetak.

• He was invited as judge in Zonal Hindi Declamation competition in M.M. public School,

Vasudha Enclave, Pitampura on 20th Aug 2018.

• He was was invited as judge in Zonal Hindi Debate competition held in Jagannath

International School, Pushapanjali Enclave, Pitampura on 24th-25th August.

• “Ek Shaam Adab Ke Naam”: RUBAROO- Dialogue with noted poet Jasvir Tyagi by

Ashok Tiwari was organised at Kaala Dibba Actor Factor Theatre Company, New Delhi

on 27th Oct 2018.

• Participated in National Seminar on Literature, Nationalism and Politics in India:

Emerging Trends organised by UPSA and Rajdhani College on 22nd Jan 2019.

• Attended Poetry Competition Kavya Mela in Annual Cultural festival ‘Surlok 2019’ as

judge in Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College held on 14th Feb 2019.

• He was invited as Judge at Hindi Declamation competition held in Indraprastha College

for Women on 26th Feb 2019.

• He was invited as a Judge in Poetry Competition held in Sri Guru Tek Bahadur Khalsa

College on 28th Feb 2019.

• He was invited as a poet in Amar Bharti Sahitya Sanskriti Sansthan, Ghaziabad on 3rd

March 2019.

• Participated in National Seminar on ‘Water, The Animated Life: Challenges and

Solutions’ organised by UPSA and UGC-Human Resource Development Centre,

Kumaun University, Nainital on 8th-9th March 2019.

Department of History

The academic year 2018-19, for the History Association, began with an inaugural function for

the new batch. In this function, they were given the opportunity to show their talents.

A documentary film on the ‘Contribution of women in History’, made by a group ‘History Ki

Mystery’- which comprises of former students of department- was screened by the History

Association on 26th September 2018.

The month of October saw the students of History Honours embarking on an educational two-

day tour to Agra. Not only was it a refreshing change but also it helped to acquaint them with

the Mughal architecture.

The Annual History Association Seminar ‘Majma-ul-Bahrain’ was held on 20th and 21st of

February 2019. The topic of discussion this time was “Changing perspectives of Gender in Time

and Space”. The speakers were Dr. Smita Sahgal, Ms. Sehba Taban and Ms. Upasana Dhankhar.

The association also organized a poster making competition with gender as a main theme. A

debate competition was also organized on the topic “India is not ready for the presidential form

of government”.

The students of 4th semester of History Honours along with the faculty members visited the

Qutub Complex on 16th March 2019. A visit to any architectural site is an essential rubric of

the paper on Art and Architecture.


Ms. Rashmi Seth

• Conducted a workshop, along with other members on History of India 1600 -1750 on

27th September 2018.

Ms. Gayatri Bhagwat Sahu

• Presently a team member of the course revision committee for the DSE paper IV and VIII

on Gender in Indian History.

Mr. Sidheshwar Prasad Shukla

• Enrolled in PhD programme from Department of African Studies, University of Delhi on

the topic “The beginning of Agriculture in India and South-East Africa: An

Archaeological Perspective”.

• Successfully completed 15-days Faculty Development Programme (FDP) jointly

organized by Shaheed Bhagat Singh College and Ramanujan College.

• Presented a paper on the topic “Theoretical issues on beginning of Agriculture” in an

international seminar organized by Department of African Studies, University of Delhi.

• Presented a paper on the topic “African Environmentalism: A case of Nigeria” in a

national seminar organized by Rajdhani College, University of Delhi.

• Presented a paper on the topic “Left and the Marginalized: The case of challenged

population in India” in a national seminar on Disability Studies organized by Rajdhani

College, University of Delhi.

• Nominated as board member of ESIC as an expert on labour issues by the Government of

NCT of Delhi.

• Participated in numerous National Seminars.

Ms. Namrata Singh

• Was part of two member team that conducted workshop for Delhi University college

teachers for DSE ll and DSE Vl papers titled History of the USSR: From Revolution to

World War ll( 1917-45) and History of the USSR: The Soviet Experience (1945-91)

respectively.

• Presently is involved in the revision of the above-mentioned courses in the capacity of a

convener.

• Was also a part of a three members team that conducted a workshop for the college

teachers of Delhi University for DSE IX: History of Modern China (1840-1960).

Presently is involved in the revision of the above course as a team member.

• Presently is a team member of the DSE Xll: History of Modern Japan and Korea (1868-

1945) course revision committee which is working presently.

Mr. Mahendra Singh Dhakar

• Participated in Refresher Course in Human Rights of Social Inclusion (Interdisciplinary)

organized by the UGC-HRDC, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

Dr. Anil Kumar

• Discharging responsibilities as the Teacher In-Charge.

• Working as Teacher In-Charge of NCWEB centre.

• Also working as convener of the self-financing course of ‘Travel and Tourism’.

Library

One area of our college where staff and students feel relaxed in vibrant surroundings can interact

with each other and the available resources is a technology-rich environment of our Library. We

have shown our capability to adapt as emerging technologies evolve. Our library has more than

1.35 lakh scholarly books on various subjects and subscribes 33 newspapers and around 60

Periodicals. In addition to this our college library is also a member of N-List program of UGC

INFONET, through which the users of the library can access 6000+ e-journals and 31,35,000+

e-books with remote login facility. Reading room of the library has been fully air conditioned

and our library also has an exclusive air-conditioned faculty reading corner. Our college library

is an automated library, where user can access the library in an automated manner. An exclusive

reading corner has been introduced for differently abled students and teaching staff, where

internet enabled high speed computers with scanner and printer are made available for them.

Every year our library organized book exhibition in the college campus for students and faculty

members.

1. Library Mode Automated

2. Library hours 9:00AM to 8:00PM

3. Books 135000+

4. Magazines 55

5. Newspapers 33

6. E-books 3135000+

7. E-journals 6000+

8. Reading room Fully Air Conditioned

9. Faculty reading room Fully Air Conditioned

10. Reprography service In-house facility

11. Membership N-List (Program of UGC INFONET)

12. Disabled friendly Braille books, 4 high speed computers with

Internet connection, scanner and printer.

Faculty Achievement

Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Librarian

• Organized book exhibition for the students and staff of the college in the college campus on

09th October 2018.

• Attended programme on KOHA (Library Information System) organized on 20th & 20th June

2018 by Indian Agricultural Research Institute, PUSA, New Delhi.

• Attended “Librarian Leadership Summit 2018” organized on 15th of September 2018 at

Symbiosis International University, Sector 62, NOIDA.

• Attended “Librarian’s Day” programme on 17th of September 2018 organized by IASLIC &

Indira Gandhi National Open University, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi.

• Attended workshop on “MOOC’s, e-Content Development and Open Education Resources”

from 25.02.2019 to 02.03.2019 & 13.03.2019 to 19.03.2019 organized by UGC-Human

Resource Development Centre, JamiaMillia Islamia and Centre for Professional Development in

Higher Education, University of Delhi respectively.

Department of Linguistics


Dr. Chander Shekhar Singh

• Member of Board of Research Studies (2018-19), University of Delhi.

• Member of the Department Research committee, University of Delhi (2018).

• BOOK- (2018)- Phonological Analysis of The Prosodic Features. Research India

Publications. RIP-Delhi.

• Supervisor and Co-supervisor of the Ph.D. Research Students.

• EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER (2018) IN THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS-

• INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCE RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES AND

SOCIALSC IENCE (VOL.4, NO.11) [IJOARHS].


SOCIALSC IENCE (VOL.5, NO.1) [IJOARHS]


SOCIALSC IENCE (VOL.5, NO.2) [IJOARHS]

• INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (VOL.5,

NO.1)


NO.2)


NO.1)

• CROSS CURRENT: AN INTERNATIONL PEER REVEWED JOURNAL ON

HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (VOL 4.1)







• SJAHSS SAS PUBLISHERS (VOL 6.1)









• A FELLOW MEMBER (2018) of Scholars Academic & Scientific Society.

• Membership (2017-19): IEEE, Advancing Technology for Humanity (The world’s largest

technical professional organization for the advancement of technology)

Departments of Mathematics

The principal objectives of the mathematics society is to inculcate good will, respect,

cooperation and trust among the students through quality education, which is essential for

success in life, promotion of the study of the interdisciplinary courses, organization of Seminars,

Talks, annual national conference(s), publications of the journal of the Rajdhani Mathematical

Society (RMS), raising of fund to provide full/partial support to the graduate students and

members who are not financially buoyant to attend conferences within and outside the country,

encouraging Research interaction between members and also providing links to graduate

students, establishment of links between the Society and other similar societies all over the

world.

Prof. Subhendu Ghosh, Head & Professor, Department of Statistics, South Campus, University

of Delhi, New Delhi visited the college on 12 & 18 February 2019. He gave a talk on the topic

‘Mathematics and Music’.


Dr. Sushil Kumar Azad

• Research Publication:-"Performance analysis of Image Steganography Schemes based on

different Transform Domains", International Journal of Management, Technology And

Engineering (IJMTE), Volume 8, Issue X, OCTOBER/2018, pp. 2810-2828.

• Conferences:-Attended and Presented a paper at 3rd International conference on Science,

Technology & Management (ICSTM-2018), Chandigarh, 28 October, 2018.

• Workshop Attended:-Attended one-day workshop on "R-Software", held at Janki Devi

Memorial College, New Delhi on January 15, 2019 and Attended one day workshop of Digital

Marketing organized by Freelance Digital Marketing Academy (FDMA) held on 4th November

2018.

• Certificates:-Received 'Certificate of Reviewing' from Information Sciences, Elsevier for 10

reviews since August 2008.

• Attended National Seminar on "Women Empowerment in India: History and Politics",

organized by Rajdhani College during 10th and 11th January 2019.

• Taught the paper "C-Programming" to B.E. (IT) at Netaji Subhash University of Technology

(NSUT) in the odd semester from August 2018 to December 2018.

• He has been the member/Teacher Representative in the Governing Body of College from

October 2017 to September 2018.

• He has been the member of Building Sub-committee from March 2018 to September 2018.

• I have been the member of PF Committee from October 2017 to February 2018.

• Organized Mathematics function "ARITY 2019" on two days February 12 & February 18,

2019

• Member of (a) NE student welfare Committee (b) Extension Lecture Series Committee.

Dr. R.D. Sarma

• Published a research paper on “Dual topologies for function spaces over Cuy (Y, X)” in

the International journal ‘Scientific Studies and Research Series’-Mathematics and

Informatics, Vol. 28 (2018) (1) pp 41-52.

• Was invited as Resource Person by the Department of Mathematics Guwahati University,

Assam for a two-day workshop on 15-16th March, 2019, The Theme of the workshop was

to prepare syllabus of Mathematics for Undergraduate Course under CBCS System.

Dr. Umesh

• Awarded Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics by King’s College London, United Kingdom.

• Received Best Teaching Assistant Runner Up Prize of Department of Mathematics,

King’s College London, United Kingdom

• Invited to give a talk in Math-Stat Seminars at Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi,

India

• Attended and gave a talk in the international conference ‘RISM6 – Developments in

Stochastic Partial Differential Equations’ organized by Riemann International school of

Mathematics, Varese, Italy.

• Attended and gave a talk in the 40th international conference on Stochastic Processes and

Applications ‘SPA -2018’ held at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenberg,

Sweden.

• Gave a talk in London Graduate school of Mathematical Finance: PhD day held at

London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom.

• Attended Refresher course in ‘Social concerns and Social Sciences’ held at C.P.D.H.E.,

University of Delhi, India

• Attended workshop on MOOCs, E-Content Development and Open Education Resource,

held at C.P.D.H.E., University of Delhi, India

• Attended conference on ‘Emerging challenges of Environmental Health, Society and

Policies’ held at Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, India.

Dr. Urvashi Arora

• Participated in a Two Week (Ten Days) "Faculty Development Programme entitled 'e-

learning, Pedagogy and ICT Tools in higher Education' and Presented a topic

entitled 'Mathematical Logic in Real Life' in a video meant for Online teaching,

organized by the Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre of MHRD, SGTB Khalsa

College, University of Delhi, held on 26th November - 7th December,2018.

• Attended a One-day Workshop on 'R-Software', held on 15th January,2019 organized by

Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi.

• Functioned as Resource Person in the DU-Pre-Entrance Summer School 2018, held from

1 June 2018-16 June 2018, organised by Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of

Delhi, for imparting training to under graduate students, in the discipline of Mathematics.

• As a reviewer for Mathematical reviews (A division of American Mathematical Society)

since the year 2008, the reviews for the following papers were published:

• (MR Number:3659260) For the research paper entitled ‘Uniformly Accurate Numerical

Schemes for the nonlinear Dirac Equation in the non-relativistic Limit Regime' by

Mohammed Lemou, Florian Mehats and Xiaofei Zhao,

Commun.Math.Sci.15(2017),no.4,1107-1128(review published on 28/06/2018).

• (MR Number:3745177) For the research paper entitled ‘Error Analysis of truncated

expansion solutions to high-dimensional parabolic PDES' by Reisinger, Christoph et

al.,ESAIM Math. Model.Numer.Anal. 51(2017), no.6,2435 - 2463(review published on

24/07/2018).

• 21. (MR Number:3800025) For the research paper entitled ‘Convergence of normalized

gradient algorithm for computing ground states' by Erwan Faou and tiphaine Jezequel,

IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis (2018)38,360-376, (review published on

14/02/2019).

Department of Physics and Electronics

Physics and Electronics Society – “Neutronics” has organized one day program in the memory of

Dr. Sanjay Malik ji, who had served as a faculty member in the department of Physics and

Electronics for more than 20 years. This was the 4th memorial lecture in his memory. Speaker

was a renowned Professor and international scientist, Prof. Hyyong Suk from Department of

Physics and Photon Science and director of Advanced Photonics Research Institute, Gwangju

Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea. The program was organized in the College

auditorium on 19th Feb 2019. Prof. Suk described scientific activities in his Institute and also

extended his offer to have students and researchers from our University mainly in the field of

laser technology and its vast application in various field.

A lecture program to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Ba and Bapu was organized at

Rajdhani College on 05th Feb 2019. The event was organized jointly by the Neutronics Society,

Department of Physics and Electronics, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi in association

with The National Academy of Sciences India (NASI) – Delhi Chapter. The event mainly

sponsored by NASI.

Prof. Ajoy Ghatak (Chairman, Delhi Chapter, NASI, and currently a MN Saha distinguished

Professor, NASI, Allahabad) and Dr SK Dhaka (Coordinator) have planned and conceptualize

the event to be organized at Rajdhani College for the maximum benefit of large community of

science students. Many active members of NASI such as Professor Enakshi Sharma, Head of the

Department of Electronics, South Campus, University of Delhi, Prof. Rastogi, former Professor

of Physics, Meerut University, Dr. Manoj Saxena, Associate Professor, Department of

Electronics, DDU College graced the occasion. There were about 160 participants including 15

students of Kalindi College.

Main speakers of the program were Prof. Anurag Sharma, Head of Physics department at IIT

Delhi and Prof. Pradeep Gupta, IIT Delhi. Prof. Anurag Sharma delivered an outstanding lecture

on ‘Gandhi and Science’. Prof. Sharma explained thinking and scientific temperament of

Gandhiji lovingly known as “Bapu”. He emphasized the teachings of Gandhiji in his lecture.

Professor Sharma also related Gandhiji and science to the present scenario. He made the

audience think critically about the scientific temperament practiced by them in their daily life.

The students got truly motivated and thoroughly and enjoyed his lecture. Second lecture was

delivered by Prof Pradeep Gupta, which was focused on “Optical tweezers – the invention of

which got the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics”. Prof. Gupta explained the working of these

tweezers, their applications in various fields of medicine, studying the characteristics of cells etc.

The talk was more of an applied nature as per the demand of time in modern era. The program

concluded with the expression of “Vote of thanks” by the coordinator Dr. S.K. Dhaka.

A two-day inter-college program ‘Tech-Hertz-19’ was organized by Neutronics society,

Department of Physics and Electronics, under the convenorship of Dr. S. K. Dhaka. This

program was in continuation of the tradition of organizing a science festival every year by the

society. The event was completely organized by the students with the support and guidance of all

the teachers of the Department of Physics and Electronics.

An eminent medical doctor and researcher Prof. Arun Sharma in community medicine from

UCMS, University of Delhi delivered a talk on “Health effect of Air pollution: Indian

perspective”. He has elaborated with pictures and diagrams about the conditions of the internal

organs during long exposure of air pollution. Lecture was very informative and landmark in the

sense of taking initiative by the teaching community along with the students. How to protect our

environment is a need of the hour and action is required by all organizations in coordination to

save young generations from the danger of the premature deaths.

The talk started with a brief introduction to Active Galactic Nuclei, a term which generally refers

to extremely bright central region of a galaxy. A short description of a black hole and how

special relativity prohibits things (including light) from escaping a Black Hole was presented.

Students were also shown that why a black hole of a gargantuan proportion is thought to reside at

the centre of these galaxies and are believed to be powering those AGNs. The second part of the

talk was more interactive and consisted of students receiving some basic training in Python

programming. Students were told about how to do some basic plotting using ‘matplotlib’.

Students were also encouraged to plot the Planck’s function using python and were shown how

black body curves can be extremely helpful to astronomers as by using the Wein’s displacement

law, one can find the temperature of different stars along with its spectral classification. The talk

concluded by showing a beautiful description of the recently concluded ‘lunar eclipse’ on the

software stellarium. Students were able to measure the entire duration of total lunar eclipse.


Dr. S. K. Dhaka

• Special invitee at “Environmental Assessment and Agricultural Decision Making in the

Ganges Basin” at the Tamarind Hall, India Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India

on 6th March 2019, organized by IIT Kanpur, TERI, and University of Leicester, United

Kingdom; King’s College, London and Earth Links, United Kingdom, IHC complex,

Lodi Road, New Delhi-3.

• 13th Uttarakhand State Science Congress (USSTC) at UCOST, Vigyan Dham, Dehradun

on 26-28 Feb 2019.

• Special Invitee in a program ‘Stakeholder Consultation for Scoping Study for Air

Pollution in India’ on 15th February 2019 at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI),

IHC complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi-3.

• Brainstorming session on ongoing research activities at National Atmospheric Research

Laboratory (NARL), ISRO, Tirupati, 18-19 Dec 2018.

• Resource person at Two Week Interdisciplinary Faculty Development Programme on

“Data Analysis using Software Packages”, Hindu College, 14 Dec 2018.

• Discussion on new vision on Air quality and its seemingly impact on climate variability,

SES, JNU, New Delhi, 6th Nov 2018.

• Special invitee at a program ‘Celebrating 125th Birth Anniversary of Professor Meghnad

Saha at Allahabad, NASI Headquater, 6 Oct 2018’.

• COSPAR 2018, 42nd General Assembly, Pasadena, California, Caltech and JPL, NASA,

USA,14-22 July 2018.

• Impact of Mountainous Topography on Surface-Layer Parameters During Weak Mean-

Flow Conditions, Raman Solanki, Narendra Singh, N. V. P. Kiran Kumar, K.

Rajeev,Ryoichi Imasu, S. K. Dhaka, Boundary-Layer Meteorology,

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-019-00438-3, 2019.

• Detection of temperature variability and trends in the lower troposphere over Delhi: A

study of joint influence of ENSO and Land use/ Land cover during 1980–2015 Mansi

Janmaijaya, RB Singh and SK Dhaka, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 40, 111–

123, 2019.

• Detection of solar cycle signal in the tropospheric temperature using COSMIC data V

Kumar, SK Dhaka, V Panwar, N Singh, AS Rao, S Malik, S Yoden, CURRENT

SCIENCE 115 (12), 2232, 2018.

Dr. Sonia Lumb

• Two-week interdisciplinary Faculty Development Programme on “Data Analysis using Software

Packages” organized by Department of Statistics & IQAC, Hindu College in collaboration with

Teaching Learning Centre (TLC), Ramanujan College under the Scheme of Pandit Madan Mohan

Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT), Ministry of HRD &

DRDO, Delhi and ERNET (MeitY), Government of India, Delhi held at Hindu College from

December 12, 2018 to December 24, 2018.

• Faculty Development Programme on ‘Sustainable Development’ organized by ARSD College

under Star College Scheme, DBT from October 15, 2018 to October 22, 2018.

• One day Seminar on “Life and Works of Prof. M. N. Saha and Prof. S. N. Bose” organized by

Department of Physics and Materials Science & Engineering, Jaypee Institute of Information

Technology, Noida sponsored by The National Academy of Sciences, India (Delhi Chapter).

• Published a Research paper titled ‘Effect of electric field on thermodynamic properties of

confined molecules’ by Sonia Lumb, Shalini Lumb, Vinod Prasad and Dominique Sugny,

Chemical Physics 510, 37–46 (2018), ISSN: 0301-0104, Impact Factor: 1.767.

• Published a Research paper titled ‘Rotational excitations of diatomic molecule with delta

potential barrier’ by Sonia Lumb, Shalini Lumb and Vinod Prasad, Journal of Theoretical and

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Computational Chemistry 17, 1850022 (2018), ISSN (Print): 0219-6336, ISSN (Online): 1793-

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Mr. Krishna Gopal

• He has published the paper Krishna Gopal, Md. Ali Raja, Devki Nandan Gupta, Avinash Khare,

Suresh Sharma, Laser-pulse shape effects on magnetic field generation in underdense plasmas,

Indian Journal of Physics, 0973-1458(2018).

• He has communicated two papers: - K Gopal, D N Gupta, M S Hur and H Suk, Magnetic field

assisted electron beam generation by asymmetric laser pulses from laser wakefield acceleration,

communicated in Phys. Rev. Spec. Top. Accel. Beams [Jan 2019].

• Saurabh Kumar, Krishna Gopal and D. N. Gupta, Proton acceleration from solid targets

interacting with shaped laser pulses in the presence of preplasmas, Communicated in Plasma

Physics and controlled fusion of Plasmas [Jan, 2019].

• Presented paper titled K. Gopal, A. Rajan and A. P. Singh, Plasma as a route to environmental

cleaning, National Conference on Emerging Challenges of environmental Health, Society and

Policies, organised by Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, 15-16 February.

• Presented paper titled K. Gopal and D. N. Gupta, Laser Wakefield electron acceleration by

shaped laser pulse in plasmas, International Conference on Photonics, Metamaterial and

Plasmonics, Department of Physics and Material Science & Engineering, Jaypee Institute of

Information Technology, Noida, 14-16 February, 2019.

• K. Gopal and D. N. Gupta, Laser Wakefield Electron Acceleration by shaped laser Pulse in

the presence a magnetic field, 33rd National Symposium on Plasma Science & Technology, 4-

7th Dec, 2018, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi..

• Participated in Science academies refresher courses on statistical physics, December 9-23,

2018 at Ramakrishna Mission Vivekanand Educational and research Institute, Belur Math,

Howrah 711202, India organised Indian academy of Sciences, Bangalore, Indian National

Science academy, New Delhi and The National Academy of Sciences, India Allahabad.

• Organised a 33rd National Symposium on Plasma Science & Technology, 4-7th December 2018,

organised in the Department of Physics and Astrophysics, university of Delhi.

Department of Political Science

The department of Political Science creates vibrant, engaging and challenging teaching-learning

environment by focusing on multiple socio-political realities. Such environment facilitates the

process of interface between theoretical knowledge and practical experiences. Such interface not

only enables students to engage with structured curriculum but also opens up the scope or

opportunities for the students to apply the class room learning to the contemporary political

scenario around the globe.

The Political Science Society has taken various initiatives during the academic session 2018-19

in motivating students to participate in myriad academic, socio-cultural and philanthropic

activities. The Political Science Society has been playing critical role in organising seminars,

conferences, symposiums, workshops and lectures to enrich academic endeavours of the faculty

members and students of the department. The objective is not only to make them learn how to

become success in every sphere of life but also how to deal with failures and overcome all

challenges in spite of the obstacles. The department facilitates their academic tours and expand

their learning process in different forums. To meet the above-mentioned objectives, the Political

Science Society has organised following programmes and events during the session 2018-19:

The Department of Political Science organised “An Interactive Session” for the Freshers on 5th

of September 2018. On 30th January 2019, Prof. Veena Kukreja, Head, Department of Political

Science, University of Delhi delivered a lecture on “Foreign Policy of India”. Prof. Veena

Kukreja discussed about the multi-dimensional challenges to India’s Foreign Policy and how we

can improve the position of India. India could become an important player not only in South

Asia but also in Middle East, Indian Ocean region and South East Asia by increasing its military

and economic strength, and by playing constructive role through understanding and goodwill.

She reflected on the declining relationship of India with some South Asian countries like,

Maldives, Sri Lanka and Nepal along with its position in SAARC. She also discussed that the

current government of India is emphasizing more on economic relations especially with China

and keeping traditional ties intact with Russia as before. The lecture was followed by question-

answer session that covered India’s role in combating terrorism, Kashmir issue, South-South

Cooperation, etc. The programme ended with the vote of thanks, delivered by Teacher In-Charge

Dr. Rajbir Singh.

Civil Service is a dream of every youth in this country that has a passion to serve the country by

becoming an integral part of the administration. The Political Science department has always

played an important role in helping the students to receive best guidance to fulfil their dream by

inviting administrators, coaches and the aspirants. On 13th February 2019, it organised an

“Interactive Session on How to Prepare for Civil Services”. The resource persons for the

interactive sessions were Dr. Vijay Kumar Sinha and Mr. Kumar Ajay from Samvad IAS

Institute, Mr.Vikash Kumar qualified Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) and Mr.Matin

Khan UPSC aspirant turned actor who played an important role as a teacher in the famous

International Film Fest. Award Winner Movie “Gattu”. Dr.Vijay Kumar Sinha said there is no

place for comparison and he specially focused on the problems and challenges related to the

study of Philosophy and English Literature, and also suggested the solution to these problems.

Mr. Kumar Ajay addressed on the nature of examination and the pattern to follow while

preparing for it. During the question-answer session, he emphasised the need to choose the

optional papers according to our interest. He also mentioned that the writing is equally important

so as the reading. So, we should practice writing as much as possible. He also gave some tips to

the students about how to manage time while writing in examination. Mr. Matin Khan shared his

experiences and journey from failure to success in life. He also advised the students not to repeat

those mistakes which he did during his preparation for UPSC. He was really happy interacting

with the students after such a long time. He said although I could not make it but today after

interacting with you people I feel as if I fulfilled that dream of mine. I am blessed to be here.

Students thoroughly enjoyed while interacting with him. After that many questions asked by the

students to the panellists and they patiently answered each and every questions and queries raised

by the students.


Dr. G.P.Bairwa

• Participated in the National Seminar on “Literature, Nationalism and Politics in India:

Emerging Trends”, organised by United Professionals and Scholars for Action (UPSA)

and Rajdhani College (University of Delhi) held at Rajdhani College, University of

Delhi, 22nd January 2019.

• Participated at the ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on “Women Empowerment

in India: History and Politics”, held at Rajdhani College, University of Delhi on 10th

and 11th January, 2019.

• Participated at the Lecture on “Foreign Policy of India”, delivered by Prof. Veena

Kukreja, Head, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, organised by the

Department of Political Science, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, held on 30th

January 2019.

• Participated at the Interactive Session on “How to Prepare for Civil Services”, organised

by the Department of Political Science, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi held on 13th

February 2019. The resource persons for the interactive sessions were Dr. Vijay Kumar

Sinha and Mr. Kumar Ajay from Samvad IAS Institute, Mr.Vikash Kumar qualified

Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) and Mr.Matin Khan UPSC aspirant turned

actor who played an important role as a teacher in the famous International Film Fest.

Award Winner Movie “Gattu”.

• Deputy Superintendent of Examination, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, 2018-

19.

• Convener, Proctorial Board, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, 2018-19.

Dr. Rajbir Singh




January 2019.

• Participated at the Interactive Session on “How to Prepare for Civil Services”,

organised by the Department of Political Science, Rajdhani College, University of

Delhi held on 13th February 2019. The resource persons for the interactive sessions

were Dr. Vijay Kumar Sinha and Mr. Kumar Ajay from Samvad IAS Institute,

Mr.Vikash Kumar qualified Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) and Mr.Matin

Khan UPSC aspirant turned actor who played an important role as a teacher in the

famous International Film Fest. Award Winner Movie “Gattu”.

• Teacher In-Charge of the Department of Political Science, Rajdhani College,

University of Delhi, 2018-19.

• Member, Sports Committee, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, 2018-19.

Dr. Suman Kumar

• Appointed as Observer by the ICSSR for Written Examination held at Doon Public

School, New Delhi on 28th October 2018.

• Chaired a Technical Session at the ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on

“Women Empowerment in India: History and Politics”, held at Rajdhani College,

University of Delhi on 10th and 11th January, 2019.

• Convenor of the National Seminar on “Literature, Nationalism and Politics in

India: Emerging Trends”, organised by United Professionals and Scholars for Action

(UPSA) and Rajdhani College (University of Delhi) held at Rajdhani College,

University of Delhi, 22nd January 2019.

• Appointed as Observer by the ICSSR in the Typing Test for LDC, New Delhi on

30th January 2019.

• Chaired a Technical Session at the ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on

“Changing Frontiers of Discipline in 21st Century: Issues of Social Connect”, held at

Baba Balraj Punjab University Constituent College, Balachaur, 22nd February 2019.

• Chaired a Technical Session at the National Seminar on “Water, the Animated

Life: Challenges and Solution” held at UGC-HRDC, Kumaun University, Nainital on

8th March 2019.

• Presented a Paper on “Article 35A, 370 and Jammu and Kashmir” in the One Day

National Seminar on “Kashmir Problem: The Way Forward” held at R.K.S.D. (P.G.)

College, Kaithala, Haryana, 16 March 2019.

• Judge in the State Level Declaration Contest organised by Nehru Yuva Kendra

Sangathan (NYKS), Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYA&S), held at

Rajghat, New Delhi.

• Life Member and In-charge of Delhi Chapter, United Professionals and Scholars

for Action (UPSA), India.

Dr. Rajesh Kumar Jha

• Member of the Executive Council, University of Delhi.


Kukreja, Head, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, organised by

the Department of Political Science, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, held on

30th January 2019.








Dr.Nawal Kishore

• Currently Supervising a Ph.D Scholar who is working on the Topic-

“Understanding Ambedkar and Lohia: A Comparative Study of ‘Politics of Caste’ in

Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh”, at the Department of Political Science, University

of Delhi, Delhi.

• Convenor of the Political Science Society.

• Organised the Lecture on “Foreign Policy of India”, delivered by Prof. Veena

Kukreja, Head, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, organised by

the Department of Political Science, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, held on

30th January 2019.

• Organised the Interactive Session on “How to Prepare for Civil Services”,







Dr. Irshad Perwez








January 2019.








• Life Member, United Professionals and Scholars for Action (UPSA), India.


• Member, SAF Committee, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, 2018-19.

• Member, Canteen Committee, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, 2018-19.

Dr.Sushant Kumar Jha

• Participated as the discussant at the ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on

“Changing Frontiers of Discipline in 21st Century: Issues of Social Connect”, held at

Baba Balraj Punjab University Constituent College, Balachaur, 22-23 February 2019.

• Participated in the National Seminar on “Water, the Animated Life: Challenges and

Solution” held at UGC-HRDC, Kumaun University, Nainital, 8-9 March 2019.

• Participated in the One Day National Seminar on Transforming Indian Nation under

Modi’s Governance, Sponsored by Indian Oil and held at Farukhnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar

Pradesh on 15th March 2019.




January 2019.










Mr. Jais Raj Yadav








January 2019.








• Participated in the One Day National Seminar on “Kashmir Problem: The Way

Forward” held at R.K.S.D. (P.G.) College, Kaithala, Haryana, 16 March 2019.

• Participated in the One Day National Seminar on Transforming Indian Nation under

Modi’s Governance, Sponsored by Indian Oil and held at Farukhnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar

Pradesh, 15th March 2019.



Ms Sasmita Mohanty

• Moderated the Second Session on “Correlations of Gender and Disability” at the

National Seminar on “Dimensions of Disability studies: Evolution and Prospects”,

held at Rajdhani College, University of Delhi on 6th March 2019.

• Member of the Organising Committee of the National Seminar on “Dimensions of

Disability studies: Evolution and Prospects”, held at Rajdhani College, University of

Delhi on 6th March 2019.

• Member of the Organising Committee of the ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar

on “Women Empowerment in India: History and Politics”, held at Rajdhani

College, University of Delhi on 10th and 11th January, 2019.




January 2019.








• Life Member of the United Professionals and Scholars for Action (UPSA), India.

• “Power and Functions of the Parliamentary Committees in India”, Chapter

written in an Edited Book by Dr Nivedita Giri, Legislative Procedure and Practices

in India, New Delhi: Under Publication.

• Member of the Women Development Cell (WDC), Rajdhani College, University of

Delhi, 2018-19.

• Member of the Rangat Society (Art&Craft), Rajdhani College, University of Delhi,

2018-19.

• Member of the Cultural Committee, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, 2018-

19.

• Member of the Rajdhani Varta (Media) Committee, Rajdhani College, constituted

in July 2018 (2018-19).

• Member of the Magazine Committee, Rajdhani College, constituted in July 2018

(2018-19).

• Member of the Prospectus Committee, Rajdhani College, constituted in May 2018

(2018-19).

• Member of the Time Table Committee, Department of Political Science, Rajdhani

College, 2018-19.

Dr. Arti Rastogi

• Presented a Paper on “Nation, Nationalism and Gandhi” in the National Seminar on

“Literature, Nationalism and Politics in India: Emerging Trends”, organised by United

Professionals and Scholars for Action (UPSA) and Rajdhani College (University of

Delhi) held at Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, 22nd January 2019.

• Presented a Paper on “Constitutional Provisions and Political Safeguards for Women

Empowerment in India” at the ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on “Women

Empowerment in India: History and Politics”, held at Rajdhani College, University of

Delhi on 10th and 11th January, 2019.

• Moderated a Session at the National Seminar on “Dimensions of Disability studies:

Evolution and Prospects”, held at Rajdhani College, University of Delhi on 6th March

2019.

• Member of the Organising Committee of the National Seminar on “Dimensions of

Disability studies: Evolution and Prospects”, held at Rajdhani College, University of

Delhi on 6th March 2019.

• Participated at the National Conference on “Emerging Challenges of Environmental

Health, Society and Politics” organized by committee on environment and related issues,

Rajdhani College in collaboration with Department of Environmental Studies, University

of Delhi on 15-16 February 2019.




January 2019.









• Member, Debating Society, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, 2018-19.

• Member, Cultural Committee, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, 2018-19.

• Member, WDC, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, 2018-19.

• Member, Annual Report Committee, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, 2018-19.

• Member, Refreshment Committee DUSU elections, Rajdhani College, 2018-19.

Dr. Gideon Shadang




January 2019.








• Member, North East Welfare Committee, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi,

2018-19.

Department of Sanskrit

This report of the Department of Sanskrit, Rajdhani College is a representation of the co-

curricular progress of our department during the year 2018-19. The department of Sanskrit has

begun the year by the celebration of Vasant-Panchami, title of the event been Ritu-Raj. Goddess

Saraswati had been felicitated at the same auspicious moment. Besides that, Sanskrit language

speaking classes had been conducted in Rajdhani College, with the support of Sanskrit Bharti,

Jhandewalan, New Delhi.

The department has celebrated its annual function “Nishtha” and organized three inter college

competitions. Students have participated in various inter-college-competitions. Sanskrit

department's second year student Ambarish Gupt has awarded first position in essay writing

competition at Hansraj College, first position in speech competition at Gargi college, first

position in Ved Mantra Chanting competition at Sri Venkateswara college, second position in

speech competition at Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan. Second year student Jaya got first prize at

Kirorimal college, second prize at Miranda House, Second prize at Lady Sri Ram college and

second prize at Rajdhani college in drawing competition. Second year student Vrishabh Giri got

second prize at Gargi college and Rajdhani college in Shlok recitation. First year student Manish

Parashar got second prize at Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm college in Shlok recitation. First year

student Mansi Bedi got consolation prize at Rajdhani college in Shlok recitation.

Sanskrit Department endeavors the all-round development of the students both within and

outside the academia.


Dr. Asheesh Kumar

• Participated in cultural program in the 33rd National Symposium on Plasma Science &

Technology (PLASMA-2018) jointly organized by the Plasma Science Society of India

(PSSI) and Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi from 4-7

December, 2018 at Delhi, India.

• “Mahabharat Kaal Mein Indraprastha : Samkaal Mein Dilli” paper presented in the

National Seminar, organized by Department Of History, Rajdhani College, University Of

Delhi and sponsored by Indian Council Of Historical Research(ICHR) on 19th-20th

March, 2018.

• “Sanskrit Sahitya Mein Rashtra Ki Avdharna” paper presented in the National Seminar

Organized by United Professionals & Scholars For Action and Rajdhani College,

University Of Delhi on 22nd January, 2019.

• “Concern For The Future Generations : Some Perspectives” paper presented in the

National Conference on Emerging Challenges of Environmental Health, Society and

Policies organized by Committee on Environment and Related Issues, Rajdhani College

in collaboration with Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi on 15th-

16th February, 2019.

• Participated in the National Seminar on “Janaandolan Aur Bhartiya Sahitya : Hindi Aur

Sindhi Ke Vishesh Sandarbh Mein”, Sponsored by National Council For Promotion Of

Sindhi Language (NCPSL) MHRD, Government Of India and organized by Rajdhani

College, University Of Delhi on 8-9 February, 2018.

• Participated in the National Conference on Emerging Challenges of Environmental

Health, Society and Policies organized by Committee on Environment and Related

Issues, Rajdhani College in collaboration with Department of Environmental Studies,

University of Delhi on 15th-16th February, 2019.

Dr. Chitra Bhardwaj Sharma

• Attended a lecture by Dr. Anupam Joshi organized by the Enviroment and Related Issues

Committee, Rajdhani College.

• Participated in 2-day National Conference on “Emerging Challenges of Environmental

Health, Society and Policies” Rajdhani College 2019.

• Participated in 2-day National Seminar on “Women Empowerment in India: History

and Politics” Rajdhani College 2019.

Sports and Physical Education

2018-2019 has been another strong year for the Rajdhani College Physical Education

Department as we progressed towards All India Inter University, Nationals, Inter College and

Para Sports Championships. During the year 2018-2019, the college participated in Athletics,

Badminton, Cross Country, Cricket, Handball, Football, Judo, Power Lifting and weightlifting,

Volleyball, Wrestling National, Inter College, and State Championships held by Indian

Federations and Delhi University and grabbed various prizes in almost all categories.

ALL INDIA UNIVERSITY / NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Hemant Yadav from B. A (Programme) 2nd year, won 3rd Positions ALL INDIA

UNIVERSITY BOXING Men Tournament 2019 in 75kg weight Category held in Janardan Rai

Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University - [JRNRVU], Udaipur, Rajasthan from 21-02-2019 TO

28-02-2019.

Rambharose from B.A. (Hons.) History, 2 Year, won Bronze Medal in Para National Judo

Championship 2018-19.

ATHLETICS

IN DELHI STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Delhi State Athletics Championship 2018-19 held in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi organized

by Athletics Federation of India

Ms. Sohini Mukherjee, an Athlete from B.A. Programme 1st Year, 1st Position (Gold Medalist)

in High Jump Event

Ms. Madhuri, an Athlete from B.A. Programme 1st Year

3rd Position (Bronze Medalist) in 100 Mts. Race

Mr. Rahul Mohanta, an Athlete from B.A. Programme, 2nd Year

3rd Position (Bronze Medalist) in 200Mts. Race

IN DELHI UNIVERSITY INTER COLLEGE ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP

In Delhi University Inter College Athletics Championship 2018-19 held from 24th to 27th

October 2018 in Polo Ground, Delhi organized by Delhi University Sports Council, DU.

Ms. Sohini Mukherjee, an Athlete from B.A. Programme, 1st Year

1st Position (Gold Medalist) in High Jump Event

Mr. Amit Kumar, an Athlete from B.A. Programme, 2nd Year

2nd Position (Silver Medalist) in Discus Throw

Ms. Madhuri, an Athlete from B.A. Programme, 1st Year

2nd Position (Silver Medalist) in 100 Mts. Race

Winners of 2nd Position (Silver Medal) in 4 x 100 Mts. Relay team event are: Mr. Vishal, an

Athlete from B.A. Programme, 1st Year, Mr. Karan, an Athlete from B.Com (H), 2nd Year , Mr.

Dharamvart, an Athlete from B.A. Programme, 1st Year, Mr. Sanchit Chopra, an Athlete from

B.Com (H), 2nd Year, Ms. Rachna, an Athlete from B.Sc (IC) Chemistry, 3rd Year

3rd Position (Bronze Medalist) in Shot put Event,Mr. Rahul Mohanta, an Athlete from B.A.

Programme, 3rd Year

3rd Position (Bronze Medalist) in 100Mts. Race

BOXING

In Delhi University Inter College Boxing Championship 2018-19 held in Dayal Singh College,

Delhi University from 22nd to 24th January 2019.

Hemant Yadav, a Boxer from B.A. Programme, 2nd Year

1st Position (Gold Medalist) in 75kg weight Category

BADMINTON

Our college team has been participated in Delhi University Inter College Championship 2018-19

held in Multiporpose hall, North Campus , Delhi University.

IN DELHI UNIVERSITY INTER COLLEGE TOURNAMENT 2018-19

Rajdhani College Cricket team (Men) participated in Delhi University Inter-College Cricket

Championship 2018-19 held from 4th February 2018 onwards after defeating the Cricket teams

of Deen Dayal Upadhyaye, Guru Govind Singh College of Commerce and College of

Vocational Studies our Cricket team entered in the League matches and defeated Sri

Venkateswara College ranked in the best Eight teams of Delhi University.

Mr. Agam B.A. Programme, 3rd Year, Best batsman highest Run Scorer.

Mr. Ankit Pratap B.A. Programme, 1st Year, best bowler and highest wicket taker.

Mr. Shivam Kanojia B.A. (Hons.)Sanskrit , 1st Year, best All rounder & emerging players

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS

RAHUL KUMAR, Captain, Cricket team of B.A. (Prog.), 3rd Year participated in Coaching

Camp for the Delhi University Cricket (M) Team to participate in the All India Inter University

Tournament 2018-19 & attended U-23 DDCA CEC Summer Camp 2018-19.

PUNEET SINGH of B.A. (H) ENGLISH, 2ND Year participated in U-19 District Team Player

(Himachal Pradesh, Una) and attended U-19 State Camp (Himachal Pradesh, Una) 2018-19.

NITIL LAMBA from B.A. (H), from ENGLISH, 2ND Year participated in Coaching Camp for

the Delhi University Cricket (M) Team to participate in the All India Inter University

Tournament 2018-19 and also represented U-19 District Team (Haryana) 2018-19, U-23 District

Team (Haryana) 2018-19and Standby players in Pataudi Trophy (Haryana) 2018-19.

SHIVAM KANOJIA, B.A. (H) from SANSKRIT 1ST Year participated in U-19 State Camp

(Delhi) 2018-19 and U-19 DDCA CEC Summer Camp 2018-19.

DHRUV THAKUR, B.A. Programme, 1st Year participated in U-19 DDCA CEC Summer Camp

2018-19.

ANKIT SINGH, B.A. Programme, 1st Year participated in U-19 DDCA CEC Summer Camp

2018-19.

AMIT DALAL,B.A. (H)Political Science 1ST Year Coaching Camp for the Delhi University

Cricket (M) Team to participate in the All India Inter University Tournament 2018-19.


Rajdhani College Handball team (Men) participated in Delhi University Inter-College Handball

Championship, 2018-19 held on 25th January 2019.

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS

MANEESH, B.A (PROG) 3rd Year participated in All India Inter University Handball

Tournament 2018-19 held at GNDU, Amritsar on 8th March 2019.

SAURABH TIWARI, Captain, Handball team B.Sc.(H) Mathematics 3rd Year participated in

Delhi University camp to participate in the All India Inter University Handball Tournament

2018-19 held at GNDU, Amritsar on 8th March 2019.

RITHIK RAUTELA B.Sc Physics Hons. 3rd year is best performer .

OTHER TOURNAMENTS participated in Delhi Technological University Invitational

Tournament and Delhi Olympic association games, 2018-19 held on 10th -20th October 2018.

DELHI UNIVERSITY INTER COLLEGE TOURNAMENT 2018-19

Rajdhani College Powerlifting / Weightlifting Team (Men) participated in Delhi University

Inter-College Championship, 2018-19 held on 5th November 2018 in DeshbandhuCollege, DU.

Praveen Kumar, a lifter from M.A. Hindi, 1st Year 1st Position (Gold Medalist) in 69 Kg weight

category in Weightlifting

Kunal Raina, B.Sc.(Hons.) Mathematics 3rd Year 1st Position (Gold Medalist) in 120+ weight

category Weightlifting and 2nd Position (Silver Medalist) in Powerlifting

Yogesh from B.A. Programme, 2nd Year, 1st Position (Gold Medalist) in 105Kg weight

category in Powerlifting


Rajdhani College Volleyball team (Men) participated in Delhi University Inter-College

Volleyball Championship 2017-18 held at A.R.S.D , D.U from 28th January to 6th Februry 2019

after defeating the teams of Dayal Singh College (Eve.), College of Vocational studies, Sri

Venkateswara College and Swami Shraddanand College our volleyball team entered in the

League matches of Delhi University.

NITISH KUMAR, Captain, Volleyball team B.Sc.(H) Mathematics 2ND Year is a best

performer in Delhi University Inter-College.

Team won the championship in Delhi Olympic association games, 2018-19 held on 10th -20th

October 2018. Team also secured 2nd position in Delhi Technological University Inter College

Tournament 2018-19 and further participated in Delhi Senior State Tournament held at Lakshmi

Bai college, DU from 25th to 27th February 2019.

This year fiers time Rajdhani College Yoga team (Women) participated in Delhi University

Inter-College Yoga Championship 2018-19 held at Multipurpose hall, North Campus, D.U from

14th & 15th November 2019.

INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVISATION DEVELOPMENT / FACILITIES PROVIDED BY

SPORTS COMMITTEE IN 2018-19.

Provided Entry Fees to participate in sports tournaments.

Provided Playing Kit & Skilled Coaches to all Sports Teams i.e. Athletics, Badminton, Cricket,

Football, Handball, Volleyball, Yoga, Power lifting & Weightlifting.

Renovation of Practice cement Cricket Pitch

Implementation of new Volleyball Net Poles

Build Cage for Discus Throw Arena

Fixation of poles for separation of courts

Making of new Practice cricket pitch

EVENTS ORGANIZED BY SPORTS COMMITTEE IN SESSION 2018-19

Orientation Programme for all sports players on 4th September 2018 in seminar room for

awareness, guidance and initiation of sports Practice in the Academic Session 2018-19.

Sports Trials for the various sports i.e. Athletics, Handball, Volleyball, Cricket & Football for all

college students in sports Ground.

Athletics (Men &Women) Trials 24th August 2018

Volleyball (Men) Trials 23th August 2018

Football (Men) Trials 24th August 2018

Cricket (Men) Trials 24th August 2018

Badminton (Men &Women) Trials 10th October 2018

Handball (Men ) Trials 10th October 2018

Intramural tournament 2018-19 for various sports i.e. Volleyball Tug of War & Football for all

college students in sports Ground from 23th to 26th February 2019.

40th Annual Athletics 2018-19 meet only for Non-Sports Students to enhance and promote mass

Participation and sports culture among students.

DR. SANJAY MALIK 4TH MEMORIAL INTRAMURAL CRICKET (MEN)

TOURNAMENT 2018-19 from 16th January 2019 to 19th January 2019.

Delhi University Inter College Cricket Tournament 2018-19 from 4th to 26th February 2019.

Annual Sports Day 2019 on 6th March 2019.

Dr. A. P. Singh

Convenor

B.A. Programme

The B.A.Programme Society has the privilege to provide the best guidance and inculcate among

students the multidimensional skills by adopting multidisciplinary approaches in the teaching

and learning process since students from diverse background and discipline actively participate

in this programme. It is the only programme where students from both Science and Arts study

together and opt for various subjects of their choice.

The B.A.Programme Society has organised various academic and skill based programmes to

make the students learn beyond the class room teaching and learning and get practical experience

by interacting with the analysts, experts and columnists from diverse fields or area of study in the

current session 2018-2019.

Lecture on Media Ko Jane (Know the Media)

On 26th October 2018 the Society had organised a Lecture on “Media Ko Jane (Know the

Media)”. Many students across the discipline participated in this programme and learned how to

participate actively in both print and electronic media and face challenges. The main speaker of

the event was Mr. Mukesh Kejriwal. He is the National Bureau Head of the Rajasthan Patrika

Samachar Front.

The Chief Speaker Mr. Mukesh Kejriwal focused on the meaning of Jansanchar, discussed

about the different dimensions, composition and the nature of the functioning of media. He also

advised the students to choose their profession according to their area of interest and same

applicable while choosing the career in media. In question answer session the students shared

their experiences with social media and asked couple of questions to the speaker.

Two Day Workshop on “Exploration of Issues and Concerns of Student:An Interactive

Session”

The B.A.Programme Society organised the Two Day Workshop on “Exploration of Issues and

Concerns of Student: An Interactive Session” on 11-12 October, 2018.

Mr.Depender Rawat and Mr. Manish Saini from the Theatre in Education Co., National School

of Drama had conducted the Workshop and guided to the students to overcome from different

type of pressure, complex and stereotypes in life.

He also explained how a particular group or person of the society try to influence and dominate

other group or person, difference in the body structure which differs from region to region, their

diverse cultural and linguistic background, gender biases, Delhites vs non-Delhites

categorisation; all these affects student, shapes their personality and continuously work at the

subconscious mind in the form of perceptions.

Both the specialists done various exercises with the help of theatre tools with the student like;

storytelling, steel images, skit and group discussion and in a very interesting way brought out the

issues among the student which worked at both latent and surface level. They also provided

solution to the students to deal with these problems.

B.A. Programme Society of the college organized a study tour to Crafts Museum and Purana

Quila Complex on 3rd November, 2018. The tour to Crafts Museum and Purana Quila Complex

was organized for the 2nd and 3rd year students and Qutab Minar for the B.A.Programme 2nd year

Students who have taken history papers for their SEC (Skill Enhancement Course).

Students were first taken to the Crafts Museum and later to the Purana Quila Complex and the

museum inside it. Ms. Reshmi Seth explained in detail the architectural and historical

specificities of the Purana Quila Complex.

Study tour to Qutub Minar:

B.A. Programme Society of the college also organized a study tour to Qutub Minar on 16th March

2019. The tour to Qutub Minar was organized for the B.A.Programme 2nd year Students who have

taken history paper for their SEC (Skill Enhancement Course).

The Architectual uniqueness and the historical importance of the Qutub Minar briefly explained

by Dr.Athoi Kawai

These study tours offered students a direct view of the manner in which the knowledge learnt in

the textbooks and inside the classrooms finds resonance in the museums and in the

archaeological sites. They were able to relate the textbook knowledge with the actual, concrete

mechanisms through which history is preserved, remembered and reproduced.

Dr. Satyaprakash Singh

Convenor

COMMITTEES AND SOCIETIES

Academic Appraisal Committee

The Academic Appraisal Committee was constituted by the Staff Council in 2017 with an

objective of monitoring the academic progress of the college. The committee conducts meetings

with the in-charges of all the Departments. The greater focus of the committee is to devise and

formulate monthly feedback on teaching in terms of Units/ Papers taught by the teachers. It

further attempts to address the grievances of students if any and also of the teachers arising out

of their classroom interaction.

Mr. Barun Kumar Mishra

Convenor

Campus Beautification Committee

The Campus Beautification Committee organised the Wall Painting Programme by the

students and volunteers during Diwali-break on 6-7 November 2018. The students

enthusiastically participated in this event and explored their inherent talent through the art of

painting and painted the walls of Canteen area of the college through their beautiful thought

which brought an aura of positivity and cultural ethos in the campus. The Committee has decided

to have more creative programmes for the beautification of the campus.

Dr. R. D. Sarma

Convenor

Cultural Committee

The journey of transforming a person into an artist is a cycle of transformations that involves

'Honesty with efforts and hardwork’. Art and culture form an integral part of any academic

institution and the Cultural Committee aims to instill among students the significance of an

integrated personality in today's world. The Committee has four wings namely, Evince, the

dance society, Rubayat the music society, Trayambakam, the dramatics society, and Panache,

the fashion society.

The session began with a spectacular play Jai Hind performed by Trayambakam in the college

auditorium which showcased the sacrifices of army men of our country. There was also an

afternoon of classical and sufiyana sangeet organized on popular demand. Mr. Rahul Singh

performed as vocalist, Mr. Devendra Singh was on tabla, Mr. Harsh Nirman was on dholak and

Mr. Roop Sandhi on harmonium. The mesmerizing performances by artists made it an

unforgettable event.

The committee organized an Intra-college fest cum eco-friendly Diwali Mela on 1 November

2019. All the four wings of the committee participated in various competitions. Panache, the

fashion society participated with “No to Crackers” theme. A play titled Ilhaam, written by actor

Manav Kaul and directed by Vipin Verma, an alumnus of team, was staged in the college

premises and it turned out to be a great success. The play showcased the team's capabilities in the

best possible sense and it was highly appreciated by one and all. Jai Hind won first position at

IIT Roorkee’s THOMSO'18, Northcap University’s MOMENTUM'18 and Kalindi College’s

MITRAKSHAR'18. It was awarded second position in VARCHASVA'18 by Technia Institute.

Aaiye is Patal Main won first position in Kamla Nehru College’s CONSUMIDOR'18 and Daulat

Ram College’s Commerce Fest. Allahu Akbar, Trayambakam’s street play production of the

year 2019 presents the situation of terrorism in India. The play won accolades at places such as

UDAAN UTSAV '19, Best Direction award at MADARI '19, Panipat Institute of Engineering

and Technology (third time in a row), National Street Play competition organised by B.R.

Ambedkar National Memorial, and National Student's Convention'19 by BVICAM MSIT

(NAVRAS) under various categories such as Best Actor, Best Performer, Best Prop Utilization.

Transcend 2019, the Annual Cultural Fest of Rajdhani College was successfully organized on

13-14 March 2019. The motivational support of all made it a great success. The fest was

inaugurated by Chief Guest Prof. Shailendra Goswami, Music Faculty, University of Delhi and

Ms Monika Bhardwaj, DCP, West Delhi. The Fest culminated on 14 March 2019 with a

spectacular performance by the Punjabi pop singer, Mankirat Aulakh, who was the star

performer of the event.

The year 2019 was an year of achievements and echoed the sounds of celebrations of great

success. The cooperation and motivation of the Principal Dr. Rajesh Giri, esteemed members of

Cultural Committee and all respected colleagues in all endeavours is noteworthy.

Ms Mohini Aggarwal

Convenor

Debating Society

CHAITANYA, the debating society has established itself as one of the most prestigious societies

of the college. The society has proved its worth over time and has stood true to its meaning i.e.

pure consciousness. The session 2018-19 commenced with the recruitment phase titled, CERN

2K18 held on 16 August 2018. It witnessed participation of a whopping 250+ young enthusiasts

who were eager to voice their opinions through the society’s platform. The recruitment process

was divided into two phases: a Group Discussion followed by a Conventional Debate for the

selected candidates. The topic for the debate was Is it better to be honest and poor or dishonest

and rich? The event was graced by the presence of Mr. Ashok Srivastava, anchor and editor, DD

news.

To welcome the new recruits into the society, an Orientation Programme was organized on 17

August 2018 where the members were briefed about the various styles of debates that the DU

circuit follows. Chaitanya conducted a “Central Councilor Debate” on 6 September 2018. The

candidates were asked to present their manifestos and state their reasons as to why they deem

themselves fit for the post. The candidates faced a tough competition as they were accountable to

the queries put forth by the audience.

The much awaited VICHAAR MANTHAN 2018, the Annual National Conventional debate

was organized on 2 November 2018, and the topic was Did India do justice with Gandhiji? With

overwhelming registrations from colleges and universities across India, it was a tough call to

shortlist teams. The sub themes for the event were “Bete Ko Samjhao” and “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan”

which were aptly depicted by the members through a small enactment on the former and a

deliberation by Satyam Badgujjar on the latter. The music society of the college, Rubayat,

encaptured hearts with their melodious rendition on the song Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram. The

Chief Guest, Mr. Ashok Vajpayee along with the Guest of Honor, Mr. Ramchandra Rahi were

visibly impressed by the impeccable performance by the students. For the second consecutive

year, Jamia Millia Islamia upheld the rolling trophy with pride. Hasim and Navi Hasan of

Jamia Millia Islamia bagged the first prize. The second prize went to Udbhav Sharma and

Aryaman of Ramjas College. Shagun Tyagi and Shreyasi Vats of Lady Shri Ram College won

the third prize. Ahmad Shoeb of Aligarh Muslim Muslim University won the prize for Best

Interjector and Akhil Thulsidas of Shyamlal College was awarded the prize for the Best Speaker.

The society organized an Extempore competition titled VAKTAVYA on 15 March 2019. It was

an intra-college debate competition held in the amphitheatre and the first position bagged by

Adarsh Kumar Shukla, and Anjali Banerjee stood second. Chaitanya has always tried to be adept

in all forms and styles of debate and thus to consummate this, it conducted its first ever

TURNCOAT DEBATE on 1 April 2019.

Taking impetus from its previous work, Chaitanya this year articulated and highlighted some

brewing issues from around the nation and organized 10 open sessions of about an hour each.

healthy and fruitful discussion was held on topics such as Article 377- Is it unconstitutional?;

News channels breaking rules to give breaking news; and Sabrimala Case: A genuine issue or

just another distraction?

Training and guiding the students to become a better debater has always been the utmost

objective of the society and two workshops were conducted for the purpose. The first one was

conducted by Ms. Kinjal Pandey on 23 September 2018 where she enlightened the students

about Model United Nations and motivated the members to participate in the same. The second

workshop was taken up by Mr. Piyush Thakur on 20 February 2019 where he drilled the

members for Youth Parliament.

Our immense hard work in organizing the events round the clock generated a lot of positive

reviews both within and outside the college. The level of participation and the prizes won in

Inter-college/ University and All India level increased substantially increased. The following

students won accolades at various inter-college events: Aanchal Singh, Samagra Dev, Dharam

Dev Avinashi, Shivam Saxena, Akash Jha, Aanchal, Ishika, Nandita and Muskan.

The eventful year came to an end with a Convocation held on 4 April 2019. Various activities

were planned to take everybody down the memory lane and bid Adieu to the students of third

year.

Dr. Varsha Gupta

Convenor

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Study Circle

Dr B R Ambedkar Study Circle is a unique society of Rajdhani College which was inaugurated

on 9 October 2018 by Dr. R.S. Kureel, Director, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.

Prof. P. D. Sahare, Department of Physics, University of Delhi was the Guest of Honour. The

ceremony commenced with paying floral tributes to Dr B. R Ambedkar. Dr. Vaishali V. Shahare,

Convenor of the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Study Circle welcomed the guests and highlighted how the

study circle will work on various social, political, economic, and scientific arenas as well as

career prospects for the benefit of students. Dr Rajesh Giri enlightened the students by narrating

the story of how Dr B. R. Ambedkar used education as a tool to rise above the ordinary and

become one of the greatest leaders of modern India, an effective fighter against the

discrimination present in a caste-ridden society. Dr R. S. Kureel left the audience spellbound by

his motivational talk on Dr B. R. Ambedkar. He conceptualized Marginalization as resultant of

the social structure. He emphasised on following the path of Panchsheela. Prof. P. D. Sahare

shared his thoughts on the various movements led by Dr Ambedkar. He explained, how Dalit

Movement in India was started by great thinkers such as Jyotiba Phule and Bhimrao Ambedkar.

Dr Sunil Babu shared his views on the role of Dr Ambedkar in the development of modern India.

The motivating talks were accompanied by cultural performance by students. The event ended

with a vote of thanks by Dr. S.K. Dhaka, along with a tribute to our motherland, India, in the

form of a song "Maa Tujhe Salaam" performed by students.

The Annual Fest of the Study Circle was organized on 28 March 2018. Prof Balwan Gautam,

Ambedkar Chair, University of HP and Prof. Sheoraj Singh Bechain, University of Delhi graced

the occasion with their highly motivational talks on “Ambedkar’s Perspective on Education in

Modern India”. In the second session, events like poster making, Meri Kalam se, Me Ambedkar

Boltoye and Quiz-O-Mania were conducted. Students from different colleges of the University

of Delhi participated in large numbers. Exciting cash prizes were given to the best talents.

The Study Circle creates awareness regarding the relevance and teachings of Dr Ambedkar, the

architect of Indian Constitution by organizing regular activities for the students and faculty

members. The Study circle is a unique center of Rajdhani college, University of Delhi where

faculty from different disciplines are engaged and work as a cohesive team and participate

actively in various activities and events organized under the banner of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Study

Circle. The circle provides an excellent environment where each faculty and student is free to

interact with each other and contribute to the study circle. The circle works on interdisciplinary

areas of Sciences, Social Sciences and Commerce and aims to link academic research and

teaching with dispersed work on Community Knowledge.

Dr Vaishali V. Shahare

Convenor

Enactus

Enactus Rajdhani is a not for profit organization aimed at achieving the 17 sustainable

development goals. Formed in 2017, its major projects are Project Junoon and Project Mohalla

Clinic. Project Junoon aims at providing skills to underprivileged women to manufacture bags of

almost every kind. The project started with providing employment opportunities to 15 women

and is currently providing it to 100 women, with the aim of 1000 women this year. The society

has also had projects like Project Fal Hal and is currently working on Project Mohalla Clinic.

Enactus Rajdhani has also been engaged in organizing awareness campaigns such as Anti

Spitting and Anti Tobacco campaign and AWAZ- a women awakening zeal which was an online

campaign on women empowerment. In 2018, Enactus Rajdhani was successfully able to provide

free books to about 100 children through the book donation drive organized in the month of

April. Also, Enactus was a part of Daan Utsav- Each one feed one and provided free meals to

about 200+ slum women and children. In the month of October, Enactus organized Markcrypt,

a business event in collaboration with E- cell. In February 2019, Enactus Rajdhani organized its

annual fest with speakers such as Nikhil Chainani, Rahul Pandey, Rahul Kaushik, Salil Arora,

and Shivam Malhotra.

The fest also included games and also provided a platform for other Enactus societies to

showcase their products and cause. Through our fest, we also provided 15 children from slum

areas free access to our fest which included free food and games for them.

We continue to contribute our best to the society through our efforts and provide our small

contribution to the 17 sustainable development goals through our projects.

#WeallWin

Dr.Rajender Kumar

Convenor

Environment and Related Issues

In the beginning of the semester the Environment Issues committee installed a composting unit

which was inaugurated by Dr. Rajesh Tondon. This unit can produce 25 kg of compost daily and

has been operating daily ever since. In collaboration with Student Welfare Committee, we

organized a lecture by Dr. Anupam Joshi on the first day of the academic session 2018-19. The

objective of this program was to make students aware about general environmental issues as they

started a new chapter of their life.

The Environment and Related Issues Committee of Rajdhani College often organizes

environmental related programs. Various lectures were organized by the committee on 30

October 2018 under the series in which two speakers were invited. The first speaker of this

program was Dr. Anju Goyal, TERI. Dr. Anju has been associated with more than twenty air

related projects. She informed that due to air pollution, more than 3 lakh deaths occur worldwide

every year which is mainly due to the PM 2.5 pollutants. She also said that in India where there

were 17 Air Monitoring stations in 1982, there are more than 900 today. At least 70-80% areas

of Delhi are battling with increasing levels of PM10. The responsible reasons include vehicular

pollution, burning of substances generated from agriculture, pollutants produced from the

industry.

The second speaker of the program was Professor Yutaka Matsumi, Nagoya University, Japan.

Prof Matsumi has created many air quality testing equipments. According to him, PM 2.5 level

in India is 17 times more than Japan. This PM 2.5 going to the inner lungs of the human beings

affects the health. As a result, many people are suffering from diseases nowadays. Prof.

Matsumi’s Capital College has been associated with the Physics Department of our college for

many years. He is bringing these devices in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and rural areas in the coming

times. At the end, Dr. S. K. Dhaka gave a vote of thanks. Dr. Rajesh Giri, Principal of the

College expressed his concern over the rising air pollution and said that taking action for air

purification was most important task for coming generation.

As we entered into the new year, the committee organized two-day national conference on

Emerging Challenges of Environmental Health, Society and Policies in collaboration with

Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi on 15- 16 February 2019. The

programme was inaugurated by Prof. Inderjeet Singh, and Padmabhushan Shri Chandi Prasad

Bhatt delivered an inspirational speech for the participants and students. Prof. Radhey Shyam

Sharma was present as Guest of Honor with Prof. Inderjeet Singh as Chief Guest.

Shri Chandi Prasad Bhatt, who has been honored with the Gandhi Peace Prize, said that the

plains of the country were created from the soil brought out by the rivers emanating from the

Himalayas. There is a deep interconnect between the Himalayas and the plains. The father of the

Chipko movement in India further elaborated that the rivers bring large quantities of soil from

the Himalayas in the rainy season, causing the flood of rivers. If there is a flood in the rain, then

there is no water in the rivers in summer. The level of groundwater is getting low, the agriculture

sector is badly affected, the problem of drinking water has arisen. He said that due to the lack of

adequate water for irrigation, the agricultural growth rate in the year 2015-16 reached a low level

of 1.2 percent. The Magsaysay Award winner also opined that there is a need to understand

where and how much development is to be done. There is a need for protection of small plants

along with large trees. The rains will come, we can’t stop it, but we can reduce its effect. Small

flora gradually absorb water and prevent overflow. On one side the disaster is controlled, on the

other side rivers, streams and waterfalls are kept. This is the rule of nature, but this rule has been

rejected in modern development. Chipko emerged following Gandhi's path which solved the

problem and also showed the way to the world.

Welcoming all the speakers at the two-day national conference, Principal Dr. Rajesh Giri

described environment as the greatest concern for the future of human civilization.

More than 35 participants presented their paper on four sub-themes on the topic Climate Change

and Conservation of Biodiversity, Human Health and Environment, Environmental Law and

Policies, and Social Perspectives of Environment. Papers were presented with the help of oral

and poster presentations. The sessions were chaired by various scientists and professionals from

their respective fields such as Dr. Anupam Joshi, Dr. Sanjay K. Chadha, Dr. Rajesh Nair

and Prof. Saudamini Das. They also delivered lectures in their particular sessions speaking

about health, education and environmental policies in constitution, cultural and social aspects as

well as conservation prospects. In the valedictory session Dr. Sheetal Kapoor delivered a speech

on social perspective of environment. Prizes and certificates were distributed among participants

of the respective sessions. The best paper was also awarded in the different themes.

Dr. Pankaj Garg

Convenor

Equal Opportunity Cell (EOC)

Equal Opportunity Cell of the college is committed to make the college environment secure,

accessible and friendly for the differently abled students and those from deprived section by

providing necessary infrastructure and support.

In beginning of the academic session of 2018-19 on August 24, 2018, the cell organized

Orientation Programme for the newly admitted students in the Seminar Room. Through an

interactive session, the students were made aware of the differently abled friendly and accessible

environment of the college.

On August 31, 2018, another interactive session between Delhi Guardians of the Help the

Blind Foundation (HTBF) and visually impaired students of our college was arranged at the

College. After the session, the HTBF selected thirty three VH students for HTBF scholarship

to meet their hostel or mess or living expenses. In the month of October, Ms Ruby Kumari, BA

(Prog) III year was also selected for Marga Schulze Merit Scholarship (Germany). In the 7th

Indian Blind & Deaf Judo Championship held on 18-20 Jan, 2019 at Gorakhpur, Mr Ram

Bharosa (BA 1st Year) got the Bronze Medal. In the various Inter College Level Competitions,

participation of Nishant, Gorav, Aditya, Suraj, et al is also noteworthy.

Keeping in view the holistic development of the students, Para Athletics Championships,

Creative Writing Competition, Cultural Fest, etc were also organized by the Cell. On Nov. 01,

2018, from the perspective of sensitizing the students and staff of the college, the cell and unit

organized Awareness and Sensitization Programme-2018. During the programme, (1) Braille

Book Exhibition, (2) HTBF Scholarship Distribution Ceremony, and (3) Musical

Presentation by the Special Students were remarkable events.

On Feb. 21, 2019, Creative Writing Competition on “Sharing Experiences on Disability

(दिव्ाांग और मेरा अनुभव)” was organized. Total 46 students from different colleges participated.

On March 06, 2019, Interdisciplinary National Seminar on Dimensions of Disability Studies:

Evolution and Prospects was organized by the EOC of the College. As the chief guest Dr S K

Prasad, Dy. Chief Commissioner for Person with Disabilities, Govt of India, and the Guest of

Honour Prof. Anil Aneja, Nodal Officer, PWD, DU were present during the seminar. Among the

invited key speakers, Prof Kusum Lata Malik (Dept of Hindi, DU), Dr Boophati P.(Dept of

English, AMU, Aligarh), Dr Sandhya Kumari (Writer), Prof Renu Addlakha (IGNOU), Dr Renu

Malaviya (Dept of Education, Lady Irwin College, DU), et al were present. In the different

sessions, six papers on disability studies related issues were also presented by the scholars.

On the 6th March, Para Athletics Championship-2018-19 (Running Competitions for VH)

was also organized. More than 30 participants from different colleges of the University

participated in the competitions. Finally with the purpose of awarding the EOC volunteers, and

outstanding PWD students, the annual fest “Saksham-2019” of EOC is proposed on 15th April,

2019. With the unwavering support of the Principal, Dr Rajesh Giri, and active participation of

EOC members, all the requirements indicated by the University’s Equal Opportunity Cell were

adequately met during the whole academic session.

Dr Ved Mitra Shukla

Convenor

Extension Lecture Series Committee

The committee organized a lecture on Research in Electronic Information Environment Focusing

on Information Use, Ethics and Plagiarism by Dr. D. V. Singh, University Librarian, University

of Delhi, on 19 September 2018 in Rajdhani College. The lecture was attended by students and

teachers along with non-teaching and library staff of the college and appreciated by the Principal,

Dr. Rajesh Giri.

A National Seminar sponsored by the Indian Council for Social Sciences Research (ICSSR) was

also organized by the committee on 10-11 January 2019 on the theme Women Empowerment

in India: History and Politics at Rajdhani College which saw participation of intellectuals from

different institutes of higher education.

Dr. Sunil Babu

Convenor

Fee Concession Committee

The committee successfully conducted two meetings on 29 September 2018 and 22 November

2018. In the meetings, agenda(s) were discussed and approved by the committee members. The

committee received four applications out of which two were found suitable for fee concession.

The minutes and details of the applicants were submitted in the office.

Dr. Harish Kumar

Convenor

Gandhi Study Circle

With the purpose of spreading the idea of truth and non-violence as realized by Mahatma

Gandhi, Gandhi Study Circle of the college organized a series of events in the whole academic

session – 2018-19.

In the beginning of the session, the study circle formed the core team for the smooth conduct of

its forthcoming events and programmes. A team of 10 members was formed. Among the

members, Satyam Badgujar as the President, Abhay, Ahitisham and Adarsh as the Vice

Presidents, and Aakansha as the General Secretary were elected.

On 10 August 2018, Shree P.V. RAJGOPAL, former vice Chairman of Gandhi peace

foundation, and founding member of EKTA PARISAD was invited by Gandhi Study Circle

for the first lecture of the academic session on “Janandolan Aur Ahimsha.”

On 30 August 2018, Ms ARUNA RAY founder of MKSS was invited by Gandhi Study Circle

for the second lecture of academic session on Suchana Ka Adhikar Aur Bhartiya Loktrantra

On 18 September 2018, well known Gandhian scholar Dr. Raveendra Kumar Pathak, was

present for a talk on “RAJ SAMAJ AUR PANI.”

On 1 October and 2 October 2018, Gandhi Study Circle Members volunteered and participated

in two days national seminar at Gandhi Bhavan, DU.

On 31 October 2018, Well known Gandhian scholar P.M. Tripathi was present for a talk on

Ahimsha Ka J P Prayog.

Along with these remarkable events, a group of students of the college attended four day All

India University Camp, Wardha from 15 Nov to 18 Nov 2018. In the month of December,

another group of our college students attended another Wardha Camp from 23 to 30 Dec,

2018. Active member of the circle Ms Madhu (BA III) remarkably participated in Women’s

March from Sabarmati to Srinagar in the month of Oct, 2018. The members of the circle also

attended various Inter College Level Competitions. Among those, play titled Ek Tha Mohan

prepared by Gandhi Study Circle in collaboration the dramatic society of the college receveid

third prize at the Gandhi Bhavan on 2 Oct 2018.

Keeping in view fundamental objective of the Gandhi Study Circle, the study circle at the micro

level met four times in this academic session to discuss three different topics. “Sharing

Experiences of Wardha Camps” on 14th February, 2019, “Bad Effects of Digital Devices” on

22nd Feb. 2019, and “Discussion on the Volunteership and Cleanliness” on 29th March 2019

were the topics. To celebrate 150th Birth Anniversary of Gandhiji, a Fest is planned in the month

of April, 2019.

Dr. Ved Mitra Shukla

Convenor

Gardening Committee

The Gardening Committee of Rajdhani College has the objective to provide conducive

environment to the students by protecting and nurturing nature which is very important for their

mental as well as physical health and nourishment. That is why it is correctly said that “healthy

education is only possible in a healthy environment”. The Gardening Committee is making all

possible efforts to meet the above purpose and keep the College campus pollution free. The

Committee planted various plants of domestic and foreign breed and is taking good care of it. A

new variety of rose was planted during this winter session. Looking at the favourable weather,

time to time variety of flower seeds like Dahlia mixed seeds, Calendula mixed seeds, Marigold

yellow seeds, Aster mixed seeds, Pansy mixed seeds and Rose mixed seeds etc were planted.

The Gardening Committee participated in the Flower Show Competition organised by the

University of Delhi. The Committee participated in two categories namely, Gardening and Rose

Exhibition. The presentation from our college got wide appreciation by the visitors and

participants from across the University. Mr. Naresh Kumar won the Best Gardener Award and

received a cash prize of rupees 500. All the members actively participated in each and every

initiative taken by the committee and wholeheartedly extended their support.

Dr. Virender Kumar

Convenor

Health and Hygiene Committee

Health and Hygiene Committee worked actively throughout the year to maintain and improve the

health and hygiene standard of the college. The committee members volunteered to check that

the water tanks of the all the Blocks were cleaned and covered properly. All the RO systems

were brought under AMC for maintenance, servicing and smooth functioning. During the AMC

the quality of water was tested regularly in order to maintain safe drinking water supply.

Inspection of the entire campus was performed by the committee members on regular basis and

necessary recommendations were made for maintaining cleanliness in campus. Special attention

was paid towards maintaining the hygiene standards of the canteen kitchen, eating area and the

washrooms of the college. Teachers volunteered to make students aware of necessity of

maintaining hygiene in order to maintain good health.

A medical room was set up in the college last year to provide the first-aid to the students and

faculty members in times of emergency which is being looked after by a Staff Nurse appointed

by the college. In case of chronic disease, or emergency conditions, the college will take the

students to certified doctors at the nearby EOC Hospital.

The committee organized a free Dental Health Check Up program in collaboration with Kalra

Hospital, Kirti nagar, New Delhi on 6 February 2019, which included complete dental check up

and oral hygiene awareness. All the teaching and non-teaching staff members benefited from this

initiative.

Dr. Sonia Lumb

Convenor

Kavyanjali, The Poetry Society

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings recollected in tranquility-

Wordsworth

The society has been formed with a broader motive of multi-faceted and integrated development

of students. The hidden talent of poetry in students has been gaining impetus through

expression. The society aspires to inculcate among students the skill of expressing one’s feeling

through the art of poems. There is an incessant effort of the society to introduce new subjects of

new age for poetry writing. The participation of students is overwhelming which has been really

motivating. The society started with a couple of students and has now turned into a pack of

budding artists in their own terms. Among many other promising young poets, Abhishek

Tiwari’s poem has been selected for Kavita Kosh as number one in Muktangan: The

Navlekhan Pratiyogita. The society has been organizing several programmes throughout the

session. On 9 August 2018, Gili Hemovich, a modern Israeli bilingual Hebrew-English poetess

was invited to chair and flag the poetic year. The students were overwhelmed by her presence

and recited their masterpieces enthusiastically

On 5 October 2018, under joint efforts of Kavyanjali and Likhawat, a Poetry Recitation was

organized in which eminent poets, Shri Manglesh Dabral and Shri Mithlesh Srivastava graced

the programme. On 1 November 2018, an Intra-College Competition was organized in which

poems in three different languages were recited, Hindi, English and Punjabi. On 22 February

2019, a poetry session was organized to pay our heartfelt homage to the martyrs of Pulwama

attack. On 14 March 2019, an inter-college bilingual poetry competition was organized which

was attended by 24 colleges of University of Delhi. Besides these events, Kavyanjali regularly

organizes poetry recitations every fortnight, which has been appreciated by students and teachers

alike.

Dr. Madhu Verma

Convenor

National Cadet Corps (NCC)

The NCC cadets of Rajdhani college orgainised cleanliness drive under Swachh Bharat Swasth

Bharat Abhiyan on 18 May 2018. The main purpose of this programme was to create awareness

among the NCC cadets regarding cleanliness and its benefits. Our principal started the

programme by cleaning the corners of the playground. Then our NCC-In charges, PI staff and

cadets followed suit. Then all the cadets took pledge to clean our college campus and to make

our city smart and clean.

A Seminar on Drug abuse and HIV Aids was organized on 26th June 2018. he seminar was

conducted by Dr. Archana Joshi. In the end, the Principal also gave a motivational speech and

persuaded the students not to take drugs and the cadets took an oath that they would not take any

drugs in their life because drugs ruin lives.

A Tree Plantation Drive was conducted by NCC cadets on 5 June 2018. The purpose of tree

plantation is to save the endangered environment and to beautify our life. The students took the

oath that to plant a tree every month.

NCC cadets hoisted our National Flag on Independence Day. All the students and teachers

saluted the flag and sang the National Anthem. In the end, the Principal delivered an inspiring

speech in which he informed the cadets about the supreme sacrifice of the great martyrs who

gave their lives for the sake of freedom.

Swachha Bharat Abhiyan was organized on 17 September 2018 in which cadets cleaned the

areas such as parking area, corridors and sports ground.

Surakshit Bharat Abhiyan: a road safety drive was organized in which the cadets made people

aware of the importance of following traffic rules. This drive was conducted on Dwarka Sector

11 Sports Stadium on 24 September 2018. Rajdhani college NCC celebrated the victory of

surgical strike on 29 September 2018 which was conducted by Indian army officers. We paid

tribute to our brave soldiers.

NCC Day is celebrated on fourth Sunday of November month. On this day all NCC cadets took

pledge that they will uphold the unity of India and resolved to be disciplined and responsible

citizens of our nation.

Dr. Suman Meena Dr. Dhanraj Meena

Convenor (Girls Wing) Convenor (Boys Wing)

National Service Scheme (NSS)

The National Service Scheme unit of Rajdhani College has been working in various fields of

social development of the volunteers and society. The team of NSS consists 100 active

volunteers and about 130 total volunteers. These volunteers took part in various College and

University level activities.

The session began with Swachhta Pakhwada which included a cleanliness awareness campaign

in college and nearby area. The campaign started with an Oath ceremony and guidance session.

The sites that we targeted were College campus, ESI hospital, College bus stop, ESI underpass,

Shivaji Park, and slum areas of Punjabi Bagh club, Moti Nagar, and Shivaji Enclave.

This was followed by a Flood Relief Collection Drive. Due to the sudden flood in Kerala on 15

August the whole country was shaken. In order to help the people of Kerala we took some steps

at our own level and organized a collection drive. In this collection drive a total sum of Rs 12,

131 was collected along with cloths, eatables, grains, medicines, etc.

The National Disaster Response Force provided training to NSS volunteers on various disaster

like conditions and also instructed about various techniques that can be used to save lives in case

of a calamity or disaster. They also told about some easy precautions and first aid tips that are

very helpful in real life scenario. Throughout this session seminars on various topics were

organised. Different speakers were invited who shared their valuable thoughts with the

volunteers and students.

The Talks included, Water management and sustainability of Himalayan Region by Dr.Kaushal

Kumar Sharma, Chief Proctor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, JNU; Life is a

Game, play it by Mr. L.V.M. Kishor, Associate Vice President, Times of India; Mosquito Borne

diseases by Dr. Ravi Tandon, Assistant professor, JNU.

Other initiatives of NSS include, Blood Bond- A blood donor group of College Students; Each

one teach one- Initiative by NSS Rajdhani to teach children of nearby slums; Financial

patriotism.

NSS DAY like every year was celebrated on 24 September. It consisted of various activities like

Essay writing competition, Poster making competition, etc. Along with this a cultural program

was also held in which various performances were given by the volunteers. Mr. Parminder

Sehgal, Program Coordinator, University of Delhi was the chief guest.

Dr. Pawan Kumar

Convenor

Non-Collegiate Women’s Education Board (NCWEB)

NCWEB centre has reached many milestones. A total of 1297 students- 806 in B.A. Programme

and 491 in B.Com. Programme are enrolled in the centre. The pass percentages for various

batches in the last academic has been nearly 100% for all the courses. The centre also provides

Library facility for the students of the NCWEB centre. Further, DIKSHA Book Bank is run

through which students belonging to poor sections are provided free books which have been

collected through book donations. Among the 26 NCWEB centres ours is the only centre with

Girls’ Common Room (GCR) and Reading Room Facility. Some of the students of NCWEB

centre have achieved remarkable feats. For instance, Romica Dhawan won a gold medal in the

International Cricket Tournament organized in Phuket (Thailand). Another student Neha has

shown remarkable performance in the field of Athletics. Lecture series, annual fest, cultural

programmes and Sports meet have also been organized.

Dr. Anil Kumar

Convenor

North East Student’s Welfare Committee (NSEWC)

The North East Student’s Welfare Committee (NESWC), Rajdhani College, organised a two-

nights-three-days tour to Jaipur and Pushkar between 22 March 2019 and 24 March 2019. In

Jaipur, we visited historically significant places like Hawa Mahal, Jal Mahal, City Palace, Amer

Fort, Jantar Mantar, Nahargarh Fort, and Jaigarh Fort. The panoramic views of the Jaipur city,

the scene of the receding wall of the fort, and discussions evoked by the sight of Jaivana cannon

constituted some exciting moments. Interestingly, students showed immense interest in the

elaborate textiles and attires showcased in the City Palace and the architecture of the monuments.

On the second day of the trip we left for Pushkar. Pushkar is a town bordering the Thar desert.

We explored the local market where we came across exquisite metal handicrafts, Rajasthani

jewellery, Rajasthani attires with embellishments and intricate embroidery and camel leather

products. We even had the opportunity to experience the local cuisine comprising of dal, bhati,

and churma. It certainly was a unique experience for everyone's taste buds. In the morning of the

third day we visited one of the most prominent pilgrimage site that is the Jagatpita Brahma

Mandir. To everyone’s regret, photography was prohibited in the area. The temple dates back to

14th century, partly rebuilt later. The temple has distinct red pinnacle (shikhar) and bird motif.

The sanctum sanctorum houses the four-headed lord Brahma, the creator and his consort Gayatri

(goddess of milk). After seeking blessings, we headed to the Gau Ghat where people take dip in

its holy water to cleanse their body, mind and soul. After visiting the holy sites, we enjoyed a

thrilling camel safari through the sand dunes. We were left mesmerised by the beautiful

mountains, Aravalli hills and semi-desert landscape. In short, the students were introduced to

new dressings, language, food habits, architecture – a different culture and new ways of life. The

experiences will help them understand and appreciate the variety of Indian cultures more

meaningfully.

With the aim at orientating the students towards academic engagement with socio-political

issues, the NESWC organised a Panel Discussion on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, on 11

March 2019. Panellists included Prof. Amarjeet Singh, CNESPR, Jamia Millia Islamia, Dr. Saroj

Giri, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi and A.C. Kharingpam, Department of

English, Jamia Millia Islamia. Prof. Singh grounded the vehement resistance against the Bill in

the northeast on the history of immigration of the region. Dr. Giri drew attention to the important

of examining the Bill along with National Register of Citizens (NCR) and Sixth Schedule

provided in the Constitution for the hill tribes in the region. He also insisted on the importance of

creating a language to adequately describe the issue in particular and northeast experience in

general. Mr. Kharingpam problematized the issue by looking it from an ethical point of view and

he also examined the implications of the Bill on the hill tribes. The most satisfying and

impressive aspect of the Discussion is the interactive participation of the students. Besides

raising critical questions, they showed concern for the problem of immigration that the world

overall is facing. The Panel Discussion was held at the Seminar Hall and it was attended by 36

students and more than 10 teachers from different faculties. The college principal Dr. Rajesh Giri

opened the Discussion with an insightful brief introduction.

The NESWC organised an Orientation Programme on 13 Aug 2018. The highlight of the

Programme was the warm and encouraging words from Dr. Rajesh Giri, Principal Rajdhani

College. In the speech, Dr. Giri urged the students to participate in the various activities of

college functions and societies. He opened his door to the students for any suggestions to

improve the well-being of the students and even complaints to redress their grievances. After the

speech, the Principal gave away a small gift to each of the fresher. It was followed by words of

encouragement from the members of the Committee such as Dr. Sarangthem S. Singh, Dr.

Manisha Singhal and Dr. Sushi Kumar Azad. Dr. Azad identified language problem as a primary

hurdle towards fraternization and socialization of the Northeast students with others. Therefore,

he strongly advised the students to learn Hindi and went to the extent of offering free Hindi

lessons to the students. Dr. Singhal suggested that the college should arrange a trip to some

places or around Delhi so that students would have a sense of their place in Delhi. Dr.

Sarangthem gave a morale-boosting exhortation. The Students Executive Body took the

responsibility of arranging the programme.

Members of the North-East Student Welfare Committee are Yuimirin Kapai (Convener), Dr.

Sarangthem S. Singh, Dr. Mahendra Singh, Shafiqul Alam, Dr. Manisha Singhal, Dr. K. V.

Ferdinand, Dr. Sushi Kumar Azad, Dr. Athoi Kamai and Dr. Gideon Shadang. The Student Body

Executives includes Charingambou Pamai (President), Worchuisang Kasar (Vice-President),

Tanya Debharma (General Secretary), Masot Jajo (Cultural Secretary), Shonminao Kashung

(Cultural Secreary), C. Premananda Singh (PRS) and Koj Rinkey (PRS).

Dr. Yuimirin Kapai

Convenor

Placement Cell

Over the last few months, the team of placement cell in Rajdhani College has worked very hard

to set up the strong communication and network with several companies thus achieving a

landmark success. The team has kept a high standard for the placement drive, embedded with

professional touch students came forward to participate in the drive and to communicate to the

large community of students especially in Rajdhani college. On a few occasions, students from

different colleges were also encouraged to attend the placement drive in our college. University

placement cell has acknowledged our efforts by sending a appreciation letter to our college.

Senior students of placement cell have been capable of grabbing a start-up worth 2 crore rupees.

They have shown high skill and talent to begin a new journey in this highly competitive world of

IT-based solutions. The hard work of students team has placed this placement cell as one of the

most productive in the University. This is indeed a proud moment for Rajdhani College faculties

and staff.

About 165 students have received offer letters of jobs and internships. More than 45 companies

(25 companies for jobs and 20 for internships) have shown their interest in providing jobs and

internships to the students. Reputed companies such as Google, Tresvista, Wipro, NIIT and

ICICI Bank, Ashahi Glass, Genpact, and Skilling you, etc have been the part of placement drive

in 2018-19.

Until now, Rajdhani College was being selected and targeted by tier 2 companies, now onwards

we shall be looked into by the tier 1 companies suggesting that high package of like 10 lakhs or

more will be offered to our students.Efforts and mesasures are taken to happen it in coming

season of recruitment. A collective effort is made by the faculty members Mr. Mayur, Mr. Vinay

Babbar, Dr. Vivek Panwar, Dr. Vinay Kumar, Dr. Sonia Lumb, Dr. Rajendra Kumar, Dr. Arti,

and a team of most dedicated students with core members Ujjawal, Akshit, Sanchit, Palak,

Gitesh, and about a team of 25 students.

Dr. S K Dhaka

Convenor

Rajdhani College Alumni Association

The Alumni Association of Rajdhani College is an association of graduates or more broadly of

the former students of the college and the college teachers. This Association helps alumni

maintain a connection with their educational institution and fellow graduates and teachers of the

college and also provide a variety of benefits and services to the current students and their

institution.

The 2018-19 academic year added another chapter to the impeccable tradition of

enlisting/registering alumni to the Rajdhani College Alumni Association. In the success of the

various activities of the Association, the significant steps taken by the executive committee of

the Alumni Association, Rajdhani College were issuing the PAN card and opening the account

in the Central Bank of India, Rajdhani College branch so that the alumni can register and pay the

fee online.

For the smooth functioning of the association in completing the aims and objectives of the

Alumni Association, the Association constituted some committees like- Committee of Academic

Affairs, Cultural Committee, Committee for Workshops and Seminars etc. Now most of the

administrative formalities are over, the association with the help of well established alumnus in

their respective fields will start proper functioning of the above said committees from the coming

session with full swing so that we can contribute as much as possible.

The association expects from all the students that after passing out from the college they will also

join hands with the association and contribute in taking our premier institution to the top of the

institutions.

Dr. Y S Sharma

Secretary, Rajdhani College Alumni Association

Rangat, The Fine Arts Society

The Rangat-Fine Arts Society has participated in various competitions on the occasion of the

Annual Fest-TRANSCEND 2019, held on 13th and 14th March 2019. The 12 HOUR NON-STOP

PAINTING was done by an extremely talented student, Rajesh Kumar Rai, on 13 th March 2019.

Although this was not a part of the competition but several young artists across the University of

Delhi and other institutions participated in this event and congratulated Rajesh for sending the

message of social integration and harmony through his painting. It was a great learning

experience for our young artists and credit goes to Rangat-The Fine Arts Society of Rajdhani

College for providing such platform. It also organised Vagary-The Face Painting and Vanadey-

The Pattal Painting Competitions on 14th March 2019. Further, Rajesh Kumar Rai got an

opportunity to participate at the National Integration Camp, organised by the Regional

Directorate of NSS (Chandigarh) the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India

held at Mohali, Punjab from 24th to 30th March 2019, along with the other 13 students of the

different colleges of Delhi. It was a great moment for all the Rajdhanians to participate at the

National Level Camp.

At the first day of inauguration programme 24th March 2019, Rajesh Rai started Speed Live

Painting Performance (Lord Ganesha Painting) only in 7 minutes by leading Delhi Team in

Punjab. This paining was widely appreciated by the participants of the programme. On 26th of

March 2019, Rajesh Rai and the team won 2nd Prize in the Poster Making Competition. The

Team also participated in the Slogan Writing Competition (held on 28th March 2019) and the

Rangoli Competition held on 30th March 2019. The Rangoli of Flight Lieutenant Abhinandan

was made by Rajesh in this event. The team got 1st position in the Rally Competition. Another

talented member of Rangat who has brought laurel to the society as well as to the College by

winning many prizes in Rangoli and Poster Making Competitions of Delhi University Colleges

and other institutions across Delhi is Ajay. He received the 1st Prize in the Inter-College Rangoli

Competition held at SPM College, University of Delhi on 28th March 2019.

Dr. Anita Gaur

Convenor

Student Aid Fund (SAF)

The Students' Aid Fund (SAF) Committee is responsible for the task of recommending students

who are in real need of financial help and who will utilise this aid for a meaningful purpose.

The committee received a large number of applications from students and conducted rigorous

interrogation of the applicants to ascertain who really needs financial aid. Total 126 students

were scrutinised. The committee took around five months and had six sittings to complete the

whole exercise from 4 September 2018 to 29 January 2019.

The committee then recommended the names of four students to disburse their admission fee

who were unable to bear their fee expenses on the basis of personal interaction with the

committee.

Dr Sarangthem Santinath Singh

Convenor

Tasveer, Photography Club

In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.-

Alfred Stieglitz

Tasveer, the photography society of Rajdhani College has nurtured the talent among students

further. This is a great arena as an art as well as career option in today’s world .The society’s

many activities during this academic session are reflection of the students’ talent in this area.

Photography allows us to express ourselves through an art form. We notice a beautiful landscape

and we want to capture it. Each of us have a different reason to do so but, essentially, we want

to create something. The creation of an image makes us an artist. Photography Society of our

college has motivated a lot of students to follow their hidden talent.

Tasveer organized various activities like the Annual Photography Exhibition which was held on

21 January 2019. There were different categories in the exhibition, such as landscapes, portraits,

city-scapes and others.

The students went for many photo walks to places like India Gate, Humayun's Tomb, Chandni

chowk and exhibited all the pictures we clicked over there.

The exhibition response was very good and the people loved the work of our team members and

teachers column was also there.

After the exhibition TRANSCEND 2019 the annual fest of Rajdhani College,we organised two

events

• Online(Polaroid)

• Offline (Picturesque)

The event response was great and the we exhibited pictures of the winners.

Dr. Anil Kumar

Convenor

Women Development Cell

The Women Development Cell (WDC) of Rajdhani College has been active to promote gender

equality and contribute towards the gender sensitisation of the campus. The Cell has adopted

multi-dimensional approaches to sensitise on gender issues among students, faculties and non-

teaching staffs by organising Seminars, Workshops, Symposiums, Interactive Sessions, Lectures,

Poster Making Competitions, Debate Competitions, Essay Writing Competitions, and Self-

Defence Trainings etc. It has also taken initiatives to do counselling of those students who suffer

from gender biasness at various occasions and platforms from time to time. The Women

Development Cell (WDC) has been very active throughout the current session to meet above

objectives led by Dr.Anita with the support of Dr.Sapna Chamadia, Dr.Rachna Sethi, Dr.Rajni

Grover, Dr. Piyali Sen Ghosh, Ms. Sasmita Mohanty, Dr.Arti Rastogi and Dr.Pallavi Choudhary.

During the academic session 2018-19, the Cell organised innumerous events.

At the beginning of the session, Women Development Cell had organised the inaugural lecture

on 26th September 2019 at the College. The distinguished speakers of the programme were Dr.

Kiran Walia (Former Education Minister, Government of National Capital Territory

(NCT)) of Delhi), and Ms. Jagmati Sangwan (Social Activist). The programme inaugurated

with the lamp lighting ceremony by the Principal of the College Dr.Rajesh Giri, Convenor of

WDC Dr.Anita, Dr.Sapna Chamadia, Dr.Gayatri Bhagwat Sahu, Dr.Rachna Sethi and other

WDC members along with the Guest Speakers. While discussing the theme of the Lecture,

Dr.Sapna Chamadia gave a brief idea about the purpose of organising the lecture on “Women

and Politics”. She mentioned that it is being witnessed in politics; the women have given

subordinate position compared to their male counterparts. They are always denied of active

participation in politics which is not only witnessed in India but also across the globe. Though

the women have not been given equal opportunity however politics is happening around gender

issues in the name of ‘women empowerment’. To address gender issues in politics, landmark

decisions and laws are being made at the political realm where there is under representation of

women. This is one of the important reasons for inviting the two important women personalities

who made a mark in politics through continuous struggle and still facing challenges. She

reiterated this fact that only the active participation of women in decision making process can

bring change in the society. Then we can say in real sense ‘politics of women not politics for

women’. With this note, she gave a brief introduction of both the speakers.

The Principal, Dr. Rajesh Giri, while congratulating the Convenor for inviting the speakers

from diverse fields discussed about the importance of women participation in politics and how

women are showing courage to overcome the challenges at the political institutions. Dr.Kiran

Walia shed light on the adverse impact of the current situation in politics drastically reduced the

role of women. She also shared her personal experiences of facing derogatory remarks while

campaigning for election as a women candidate and even after that. She said even today women

cannot visit some places of Delhi and Haryana states for their political activism. Ms. Jagmati

Sangwan, a social activist known for her honesty, bravery and commitment for women cause,

emphasised that the real politics on women issues starts by denying women to access public

space, educational institutions, basic requirements in life etc. Amidst these experiences it may

not be possible to witness active participation of women in politics. While discussing her

experience in Haryana, she said for each small issues we women are compelled to go for protest

and dharna like; digging of tube well, establishing school for girl students etc. The prevailing

perception of the society indicates that the women should remain invisible at the public sphere.

She encountered with myriad criticism for being visible in the public sphere by raising critical

women issues. The Pradhans are playing dominant role at the State level for instance in Haryana.

They issue dictates for women bypassing the constitutionally constituted Gram Panchayats. They

consider themselves real thekedars of the society born to dictate women and no one can raise

voice against them. Overwhelming participation of students witnessed at this occasion and many

questions and queries raised by the faculties and students in and around these issues. The

speakers responded patiently to each and every question and interacted with the students. The

programme ended with the vote of thanks by the Convenor Dr.Anita.

The five day Workshop on Self-Defence organised by the WDC with the collaboration of Delhi

Police at the Sports Complex of the College. Around sixty girl students participated in this event.

They learned various techniques like; elbow attack, palm attack, finger attack and various

defence techniques. The trainers also discussed in detail how to use these techniques for self-

defence with examples of their personal experiences in life. Through this training, the students

learned how to live a healthy and disciplined life. It also proved as an imperative to increase self-

confidence among these girls. The students were instructed how to use “Himmat App”

introduced by the Delhi Police for the protection of women. The Principal of the College

Dr.Rajesh Giri appreciated the Delhi Police for taking such initiatives and making girls self-

dependant and secure at public space. At the end of the training, the Convenor Dr.Anita thanked

the Delhi Police trainers Ms.Suman, Ms.Kanchan and Ms.Nisha along with the volunteers Suraj,

Neha, Suraj Singh, Rupesh and Amrita etc.

International Women’s Day is a remarkable day in the life of not only women but also it is a

remarkable day for the entire humanity. It is a day to celebrate motherhood, to celebrate the

achieved rights of women, live a life of dignity after long struggle, celebrate, cherish and give

tribute to the women around the world who contributed and sacrificed their life for the cause of

women and gender equality. Women Development Cell of Rajdhani College organized Poster

Making and Debate Competitions to celebrate International Women’s Day. Dr. Arti Rastogi

gave a brief historical account of the International Women’s Day. The historical origins of the

day date back to 1907 and gradually the day went on to signify the struggle for equal role for

women in social, economic and political spheres. Dr. Rajni Grover & Ms Sasmita Mohanty also

pointed how "gender equality” is central to the entire idea of celebrating international women's

day across the globe.Dr Rajesh Giri Principal of Rajdhani College while congratulating the

WDC for organizing this programme emphasized on the need and importance of positive gender

experiences of gender relations in the world. Dr. Madhu Verma recited a poem on this

occasion, which beautifully gave the message of this day. Other Faculty members including

Dr.Marisha Singhal, Shri Jais Raj Yadav, Dr. Renu Gambhir, Dr. Pallavi Chaudhary and

Dr.Piyali sen Ghosh also participated in the programme. Faculty members pointed that the

objective of WDC is to make the students able to realize the importance of gender equality for

the development of society. Students enthusiastically participated in both poster making and

debate competitions. This wide participation was very encouraging and it showed that students

were able to not only understand but also articulate the significance of International Women’s

Day. Dr. Anita, Convenor of WDC gave vote of thanks. She once again reiterated the purpose

and intention of this programme. She also thanked Principal and faculty members for their

support and assured that WDC will continue with such endeavours in future as well.

Dr. Anita Gaur

Convenor

Yoga and Meditation Committee

Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom; this calmness is achieved through

meditation. A calm mind is the most helpful instrument in overcoming the stress, pressure &

challenges of daily life. A regular and sincere practice of meditation on daily basis is beneficial

for a healthy and balanced life. Yoga practices have proven quite helpful in developing a

wholesome personality. Keeping these factors in view, an initiative was taken by the Department

of Sanskrit to hold weekly sessions of meditation for one hour on every Friday at 4 p.m. in the

Seminar Room of the college. These guided sessions were held under the supervision of Dr.

Savita Nigam and Dr. Sachin Kumar of the Department of Sanskrit. Students were taught guided

meditation in group. The meditation included pranayam, tratak for concentration, yoga nidra and

shavasana for relaxation and stress free life. This noble endeavour saw participation in large

numbers from faculty as well as the student community.

This initiative has now been formalized as the Yoga and Meditation Committee. Antarman-

Inaugural session of the committee was held on 1 April 2019. The Principal elaborated on the

importance of self introspection. Shri Varun Arya of Arogya Yoga Kendra, yoga expert and

world record holder, held the practical session where he demonstrated some useful yoga asanas

to deal with the challenges of a stressful time which students face during exam. He also talked

about the benefits of several asanas to increase concentration stamina build up, and memory

retention, etc. The practical session was followed by an interactive session with students as well

as teachers. A guided meditation session with Om chanting was held towards the end of the

programme. The programme was successfully conducted with the support of all the committee

members, Dr. S K Dhaka, Ms. Mansi Y Chaudhary, Ms. Sasmita Mohanty, and Ms. Richa

Malhotra. A Vote of thanks was given by Dr. Sachin Kumar.

Dr.Savita Nigam

Coordinator

Yuva: The Social Welfare and Youth Development Society

युवा The Social Welfare and Youth Development Society of Rajdhani College held its first

annual event इनायत on 12 March 2019. The event was named इनायत as it stands for blessing

and we believe every creature is a blessing to the world be it humans, animals, or plants. इनायत

consisted of a day full of events.

A ‘Pet Adoption Campʼ in association with Sanjay Gandhi Animal Care Centre was organized.

The program took place in the college garden where the puppies were kept. A large number of

people came to take a look and play with the puppies. No one could resist the temptation of

clicking a picture with those adorable faces. Throughout the event the area was crowded with

students as well as teachers who were awed to see these little puppies playing, eating and even

sleeping. The volunteers took down names of the people interested to adopt a dog and briefed

them about the procedures. At the end of the day two students of our college adopted two of the

puppies and took them home. The camp served an important purpose of making people aware

about how adoption is better than buying a bred dog.

Youth of the world is so absorbed in being physically fit and looking perfect all the time that

they tend to ignore the mental aspect of their health. Keeping the same in mind, युवा in its first

fest इनायत organized a mental illness awareness session. The session was led by Mr. Manu

Singh who is a social activist, spiritual trainer and interfaith practitioner with more than a decade

of experience of working on issues of human rights, animal rights, peace-building and

sustainability. The session started with the intent to define addiction of all kinds. He explained

that addiction is not only of drugs and other intoxicating substances but also of cell phone,

games, overthinking, and addiction of all kinds is harmful for anybody’s mental health. Light

was also thrown on how today's youth have expertise in overthinking, unintentionally we over

think for about at least two hours a day. He defined 3 Ds which are Doubt, Debate and Dissent; if

there's a doubt, there should be a debate and dissent if you don't agree.

Following this engrossing session, a 5 min meditation session was held. Teachers as well as

students were a part of the session which turned out to be very refreshing. In the end, Mr Singh

highlighted how meditation is important to control thoughts and overthinking; and it should br

turned into a habit.

Bujho to Jane a quiz was organised by the society. The quiz took place in the Amphitheatre

area, and it was planned in such a way that it didn’t just test the intellect of an individual but also

their awareness to social causes. The quiz consists of three rounds, round 1 Kon Bola, round 2

Word!, round 3 Picture Description, respectively. The quiz witnessed a huge turnout of students.

A treasure hunt competition तलाश was held in the New Block area which which drew in huge

participation of teams with vim and zest. The event consisted of three basic rounds. There was

neck to neck competition between the five finalist teams but a group of four boys from Rajdhani

College itself emerged as the winner, whereas a team of girls from Bharti College bagged the

runner up position.

मेरे गली में, an ultimate rap competition was organized outside the canteen area of the college

which gave all the students a chance to showcase their talent in front of an audience. The

participants rapped about so many social issues and recent incidents in the country. Not just the

participants but the audience also took part. The event not just created a buzz in the college about

social welfare but also increased the popularity of rappers at initial level. Students from SOL and

other college bagged the positions.

पोषण is an initiative started by the युवा society of Rajdhani College. In February, worn out jeans

were collected and later turned into denim pouches in collaboration with a local boutique. On the

day of the fest, a stall was set up where we sold all the 50 pouches that were stitched. The profit

from the sale of the pouches was used to buy milk for homeless children who struggle to survive.

Milk for them is not a necessity but a luxury.

इनायत ended with zest and gratification with the prize distribution ceremony. The prize

distribution ceremony was held at the college Auditorium.

“इनायत है यह किन्दगी,

किन्दगी है यह इनायत।”

Dr. Anand Prakash

Convenor

STUDENT TOPPERS’ LIST

Undergraduate Courses

Year Roll No. Name Percentage/CGPA

B.A. Hons. English

I 2301 Abhinav Agarwal 7.91

II 2258 Mona Kumar 7.36

III 2185 Priyanka Priya 7.57

B.A. Hons. Economics

I 2601 Bhavika Paheja 7.91

II 2532 Ankush Garg 8.89

III 2464 Aditya Ranjan Singh 8.5

B.A.Hons. Hindi

I 1422 Kamini 7.82

II 1344 Poonam Sharma 7.89

III 1251 Shubham Rai 8.4

B.A.Hons. History

I 1737 Prakhar Tarsoliya 7.68

II 1615 Pratyush Mishra 7.75

III 1565 Vijay Antil 7.5

B.A.Hons. Political Science

I 2001 Abhay Kumar Shukla 7.82

II 1969 Nishank Bansal 7.86

III 1830 Tanisha 7.48

B.A.Hons. Sanskrit

I 8004 Ambrish Gupt 8.5

II 8232 Ekta Pathak 7.39

III 8102 Lalita 7.53

B.A.Programme

I 840 Nitish Kumar 7.59

II 460 Bhumika Khandelwal 7.77

II 565 Priyanka Kapoor 7.77

III 43 Vikas 7.97

B.Com Hons.

I 3629 Chirag Goel 8.36

II 3635 Gunjan Sharma 8.79

II 3678 Akash Kuma Jha 8.79

III 3197 Bhumika Aggarwal 8.4

B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics

I 5321 Abhishek Tiwari 9.09

I 5350 Priyam Jain 9.09

II 5134 Akhil Chahal 9.25

III 5175 Navneet Anand 8.93

B.Sc. (Hons.) Chemistry

I 5808 Anmol 8.91

II 5687 Simran 9.25

III 5507 Pratibha 8.77

B.Sc. (Hons.) Mathematics

I 7102 Karan Kumar Chugh 8.95

I 7107 Jitender Sharma 8.95

I 7118 Aniket Koushal 8.95

II 7340 Manish Kumar 9.68

III 7268 Akhilesh Badra 9.2

B.Sc. (Hons.) Electronics

I 6230 Devpriya Mondal 8.82

II 6308 Aditya Sharma 9.25

III 6105 Tanu Chaudhary 9

B.Sc. Applied Physical Science(I.C)

I 4836 Neelam 8.14

II 4917 Manoj Singh 8.68

III 4708 Hardik Singh 8.67

B.Sc. Physical Science (Chemistry)

I 4230 Arju 8.5

II 4319 Saksham Pakhriyal 9.14

III 4116 Abhishek Shukla 8.03

B.Sc. Physical Science (Electronics)

I 4523 K Shikha 8.5

II 4684 Lakhan Shanker 8.41

III 4427

Satyam Kumar

Choubey 7.94

B.Sc. Physical Science (Computer Science)

I 8507 Ram Nivas Yadav 8.68

II 8767 Anamika Barman 9.32

III 8623 Jatin Mehta 8.54

Postgraduate

Courses

Year Roll No. Name Percentage

M.A. English

Previous 2843 Poorvi Garg 66.13

Final 2810 Hemanth M 64.68

M.A. Hindi

Previous 2904 Rahul Verma 62.38

Final 2953 Ritanjali 62.43

M.A. History

Previous 2862 Pranab Chakraborty 64.63

Final 2884 Pushkar Kumar 60

M.Com.

Previous 2987 Dhun 78.1

Final 2931 Angana Katoch 76.5

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