Dr. Shashi Nijhawan
Former Principal
Dear students,
Shivaji College is a premier institution of higher education which has been accredited with grade “A” by NAAC. It is a co-educational constituent college of the University of Delhi with 3758 students consisting of 18 departments offering 26 undergraduate courses and 3 postgraduate courses. The college has garnered a reputation for academic rigour and for nurturing a vast gamut of talent. The college has been ranked 54 by NIRF 2019.
The college offers state-of-the-art laboratories, classrooms with multimedia projectors, a spacious and updated library, an auditorium and a vast and wellmaintained sports ground. The college has a smoke, drug, ragging, vehicle free and green eco-friendly campus. In addition, a new seven storey building—the Jijabai Academic Block—is under construction, and will hold new research labs, seminar halls, and audio-visual labs, among other facilities.
It gives me great pride to declare that Shivaji College is now funded by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, under the Star College Scheme. This is a programme initiated by the DBT to support select college/university departments to improve critical thinking and hands-on experimental work in modern scientific studies. I am sure, that the Star College Scheme will help us further boost the scientific temperament of students, and enable them to think out of the box, for creating solutions to various problems of the world today.
Keeping in mind the essence of college’s motto, Amritam Tu Vidya, the college provides a healthy and congenial environment which helps students undertake innovation and experimentation. The pedagogical processes aim at inculcating a fundamental, theoretical, and practical understanding of academic disciplines. National and international level workshops, talks, symposia, conferences and seminars are organized regularly to enable interaction between students and leading scholars.
With great pleasure I welcome all new entrants to this institution of learning and invite you to start an academic adventure among the lush greens of Shivaji College.
Dr. Shashi Nijhawan
Former Principal
