D.A.V. Post Graduate College, Dehradun

DAV (PG) College Dehradun
Dayanad Anglo Vedic Post Graduate College
Motto	"तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय"
Established	1948
Principal	DR.K.R JAIN
Academic staff	140
Students	12500
Address	DAV College Road, Karanpur, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001, India
Website	www.davpgcollege.in

D.A.V. (Post Graduate) College Dehradun is a government aided college in the city of Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

History

The Arya Samaj evening school was transferred from Meerut to the valley of Dehradun in the year 1892.^[1] It was later developed into the D.A.V. School. It became Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Postgraduate College, Dehradun, in 1948.

Affiliation

Agra University-1948^[2]
HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand.

Faculties

Arts
Science
Commerce
Education
Law

Courses

Bachelor of Arts

(Three-year degree course)

Economics
English Literature
History
Maths
Drawing & Painting
Indian Classical Music
Geography
Political Science
Statistics
Hindi
Sociology
Sanskrit
Psychology
Education^[3]^[4]^[5]

Bachelor of Science

(Three-year degree course)

Physics
Chemistry
Maths
Zoology
Botany
Statistics

Bachelor of Commerce

All subjects^[3]

Bachelor of Laws

Three-year degree course^[3]

Bachelor of Education

All subjects^[3]^[5]

Master of Arts

Two-year degree course

Economics
English Literature
History
Maths
Drawing & Painting
Geography
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
Sanskrit
Statistics
Hindi
Education

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Master of Science

Botany
Zoology
Physics
Statistics
Chemistry^[6]^[5]

Master of Commerce

All prescribed subjects^[5]

Notable alumni

Bachendri Pal (First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest)
Harbans Kapoor (8-Times and Current MLA for Dehradun Cantt. Constituency)
Ajay Kothiyal (Founder of Youth Foundation and member of AAP)
Sushil Chandra (Chief Election Commissioner of India)
Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi (Plant Biologist and Former Director of National Institute of Plant Genome Research)
O.P. Bhatt (Chairman of Tata Steel, former chairman of the State Bank of India)

References

^ Pioneer, The. "DAV (PG) college faces infrastructure woes, staff shortage". The Pioneer. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
^ "DAV PG College, Dehradun » History". Archived from the original on 10 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "DAV PG College, Dehradun » U.G. Programmes". Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
^ "HEMVATI NANDAN BAHUGUNA GARHWAL UNIVERSITY (A Central University) Srinagar (Garhwal) Uttarakhand-246174 : Courses". Davpgcollege.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Affilation of the following courses in the respective Institutes / Colleges are valid for the academic year 2014 - 2015" (PDF). Hnbgu.ac.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Davpgcollege Resources and Information". Davpgcollege.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

[1] Pioneer, The. "DAV (PG) college faces infrastructure woes, staff shortage". The Pioneer. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

[2] "DAV PG College, Dehradun » History". Archived from the original on 10 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

[davpgcollege.com-3] "DAV PG College, Dehradun » U.G. Programmes". Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

[4] "HEMVATI NANDAN BAHUGUNA GARHWAL UNIVERSITY (A Central University) Srinagar (Garhwal) Uttarakhand-246174 : Courses". Davpgcollege.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

[hnbgu.ac.in-5] "Affilation of the following courses in the respective Institutes / Colleges are valid for the academic year 2014 - 2015" (PDF). Hnbgu.ac.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

[davpgcollege.com1-6] "Davpgcollege Resources and Information". Davpgcollege.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

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