DU Admissions: Top 5 Commerce Colleges

Delhi University (DU) has earned a place for itself among the “Top 100 QS University rankings for Asia in 2014”. One of the oldest educational institutions in Delhi, DU boasts of great faculty for its programmes across streams. In 2014, DU is offering admissions to candidates to fill a total of 54,000 seats. Out of this number, 12,150 seats are reserved for ST/SC category candidates and another 14,580 are reserved for OBC candidates.

Enter any DU college during this admission season and you are sure to notice few things – red buildings, worried parents and confused students. So, to help parents and students zero in on the best colleges in the Arts stream, Commerce stream and Science stream, Shiksha.com brings you another piece in its series on the top five colleges in DU where you can pursue a course. Find out – which are the best commerce colleges in DU, and how the colleges became what they are today, the seats they have on offer in the commerce stream as well as famous alumni from the colleges.

Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC)

Commerce education in India began in 1886 and the Commercial School in Delhi introduced a post-matriculation diploma programme in Commerce under the supervision of R K Kumar. This Commercial College was later re-named to Shri Ram College of Commerce and was affiliation to Delhi University in 1926. The official website states, “In 1932, the College was upgraded to the status of a Degree College and started awarding its graduates the BA (Pass) (Commerce Group) Degrees of the University. The BA (Honours) (Commerce Group) Degrees were introduced in 1943. Closely on its heels, the same year saw the entry of MA (Economics), and in 1948 MCom was introduced. In 1949, when the B.Com (Honours) Degree was instituted in the University of Delhi, teaching the course seemed to be natural task of the College. The BA (Honours) Economics was introduced in 1958”.

Courses on offer

The most sought after course at SRCC is its Bachelor of Commerce honours programme.

Seats for admissions

SRCC offers a total of 624 seats in its commerce programme.

Famous alumni

Some famous alumni who pursued different courses at SRCC are:

• Arun Jaitley – Politician
• Lieutenant General Rajan Bakhshi – Senior Indian Army officer
• Rana Kapoor – Banker, CEO, YES Bank
• Sanjeev Sanyal – Economist, Environmentalist
• Pramod Bhasin – CEO, Genpact
• Gulshan Grover – Actor
• Rajat Sharma – Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India TV
• Atul Punj – Chairman, Punj Lloyd
• Jitin Prasada – Politician
• Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra – Filmmaker
• Ruchir Sharma – Head of Global Emerging Markets Equity Team, Morgan Stanley

Lady Shri Ram College

Sir Shri Ram, established Lady Shri Ram College (LSR) in 1956. The college had its modest beginning in a school building in Daryaganj located at Central Delhi, with 243 students along with nine faculty members, four members in the support staff and three courses which students could study. LSR was established with an aim to provide a platform to women to receive good quality higher education. “Today, the college is located in a beautiful 15 acre campus in South Delhi, has approximately 2,000 students, over 150 faculty, administrative and support staff and 16 courses of study”, states the official website.

Courses on offer

LSR offers degree courses in commerce and statistics to students.

Seats for admissions

LSR offers a total of 179 seats in its commerce programmes.

Famous alumni

Some famous alumni who pursued different courses at LSR are:

• Aung San Suu Kyi – Pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in Burma, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
• Sujatha Singh – Indian Foreign Secretary
• Maneka Sanjay Gandhi – Politician
• Konkana Sen Sharma – Actress
• Shweta Rajpal Kohli – Economic Affairs Editor, NDTV 24x7
• Kiran Walia – Ex-MLA, Ex-Minister of Health and Family welfare Department, Women & Child Development and languages, Delhi Govt.
• Niharika Acharya – Voice of America reporter, anchor
• Sakshi Tanwar – Actress
• Nidhi Razdan – NDTV Anchor
• Gauri Khan – Film Producer, Interior Designer

Hans Raj College

Hans Raj College was established by the DAV College Managing Committee in 1948 in the sacred memory of Mahatma Hans Raj. The official website reveals that, “In the academic year 2012-2013, the students of Hans Raj College won 05 Gold Medals for their academic achievements in the examinations conducted by the University of Delhi. In total 70 positions have been secured by our students, out of which there are 23 first positions, 27 second positions and 22 third positions. The College also won 8 Championships in sports this year and was awarded Chancellor’s trophy for the year 2012 -2013”.

Courses on offer

Hans Raj College offers bachelors in commerce (BCom) and masters in commerce (MCom) programmes to its students.

Seats for admissions

Hans Raj College offers a total of 332 seats in its commerce programmes.

Famous alumni

Some famous alumni who pursued different courses at Hans Raj College are:

• Aarti Bajaj – Film editor
• Abhinav Kashyap – Filmmaker
• Aditya Jha – Entrepreneur
• Ajay Maken – MP, Sports Minister
• Anurag Kashyap – Filmmaker
• Dr. Palash Sen – Actor, musician
• Gopal Subramaniam – Solicitor General of India
• Jai Prakash Agarwal – Member of Parliament, Chairman House Committee, Lok Sabha, party-Congress
• Lobsang Sangay – Kalon Tripa (Prime Minister), Tibetan Government-in-exile
• Manoj Srivastava – Founder and Chairman, Bollywood The Film City
• Naveen Jindal – Industrialist, politician
• Partha Dasgupta – Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics, Cambridge University
• Rabindra Narayan – Director/President PTC NETWORK of TV Channels
• Rajesh Chopra – CFO Mewah Group
• Rannvijay Singh – Actor, VJ MTV India
• Rohit Khanna – General Manager, IBM Corp.
• S Sriram Kumar – CEO, Anil Agencies, Ltd.
• Sabyasachi Chakrabarty – Actor
• Shah Rukh Khan – Actor
• Shiney Ahuja – Actor
• Subhash Saini – NASA scientist
• Susmit Sen – Musician, Indian Ocean
• Tarsem Singh – Hollywood Director
• Vijay Kumar Malhotra – Politician
• Vinod Dua – journalist

Hindu College

Founded by Shri Krishan Dassji Gurwale in 1899, Hindu College is presently located at DU’s North Campus and is spread across 25 acres of land with around 120 faculty members as well as more than 2,000 students pursuing various courses in arts, commerce and science streams. The college campus is well known for its well-maintained gardens and lovely trees, and a men’s hostel which can accommodate nearly 200 students.

Courses on offer

Hindu College offers BCom (Honours) as well as MCom programmes to students.

Seats for admissions

Hindu College offers a total of 153 seats in its commerce programmes.

Famous alumni

Some famous alumni who pursued different courses at Hindu College are:

• Vinod Rai – 11th Comptroller and Auditor General of India
• Venkatesh Kini – President, Coca-Cola India and South West Asia
• Shatrujit Singh – Prince of Kapurthala
• Mira Aggarwal – Politician (Mayor of Delhi, India)
• Manoj Kumar – Actor
• Meenakshi Lekhi – National spokesperson of Bhartiya Janta Party
• Arnab Goswami – Editor-in-Chief of Times Now
• Colonel Sonam Wangchuk – Maha Vir Chakra, Kargil War hero
• P N Dhar – Principal Secretary to Indira Gandhi Prime Minister's office
• Kadambari Murali – Editor-in-chief of Sports Illustrated India
• Loveleen Tandan – Director
• Abhishek Chaubey – Director
• Imtiaz Ali – Director
• Vishal Bhardwaj – Director
• Tisca Chopra – Actress
• Arjun Rampal, Actor
• Roshan Abbas, TV and radio host
• Gautam Gambhir, Cricketer
• Murli Kartik, Cricketer
• Ajay Jadeja, Cricketer

Kirori Mal College

Founded by American Jesuits during partition, Kirori Mal College (KMC) was earlier known as Nirmala College and was located on Qutub Road. Kirori Mal College is currently located at DU’s North Campus and is spread across 17 acres campus. The college’s official website states, “Various events are organized by Debate, MUSOC, FAPS, Players & Film Societies every year. The College is providing financial assistance to deserving students of the College. The College has about 5200 students on its roll out of which 170 live in the Hostel”.

Courses on offer

Kirori Mal College offers various courses in arts and science streams to students. However, the college is famous for its BCom and BCom honours programmes to students from the commerce stream.

Seats for admissions

Kirori Mal College offers a total of 234 seats in its commerce programmes.

Famous alumni

Some famous alumni who pursued different courses at Kirori Mal College are:

• Amitabh Bachchan – Actor
• Satish Kaushik – Indian film director, producer and actor
• Shakti Kapoor – Actor
• Sushant Singh – Film and television actor
• G P Koirala – Prime Minister of Nepal
• Naveen Patnaik – Indian politician, Chief Minister of Odisha, India and the chief of Biju Janata Dal, a regional political party in Odisha
• Madanlal Khurana – Former Chief Minister of Delhi
• Sanjivan Lal – Film maker
• Abhay Kumar – Poet, artist and diplomat
• M S Kohli – Indian mountaineer