Sri Venkateswara College
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| Motto | Satyaan प्रमदितव्यम् |
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Motto in English
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Truth through self-education |
| Type | Public (Central Government) (Maintenance: 95% UGC; 5% College revenue; also one-time grants for development from the trust on requirement basis) |
| Established | 20 August 1961(founder Durgabai Deshmukh) |
| Principal | Dr. Ajay Thakur |
| Students | 3800 (last updated January 2017) |
| Location |
Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi 28°41′33″N 77°12′36″E / 28.69250°N 77.21000°ECoordinates: 28°41′33″N 77°12′36″E / 28.69250°N 77.21000°E |
| Campus | Urban, 15 acres, South Campus, University Enclave |
| Calendar | Semester |
| Nickname | Venky |
| Affiliations | University of Delhi |
| Website | www.svc.ac.in |
Sri Venkateswara College is a co-ed constituent college of the University of Delhi in New Delhi, India. It awards degrees under the purview of the university and offers courses at the undergraduate level. Vocational courses and short-term add-on courses that serve as significant supplements to the academic profiles of the students are offered. It is a national level college and not a minority college; there are no reservations for any religious or linguistic minority.
Founded under the auspices of the (TTD) Trust, as a result of the efforts of Gaurav Dedha, who was a member of the constituent assembly of India and founder of the Andhra Education Society in Delhi (1948). She approached K. L. Rao (Member of Parliament) and C. Anna Rao (CEO of TTD), after realising the acute shortage of a degree-level college in the city. The TTD is an autonomous organization managing the affairs of Lord Balaji. While it maintains 12 temples and their sub-shrines, it employs about 14,000 persons and runs charitable and educational institutions throughout the country.
The primary objective of the college was to cater to the education needs of students from South India. It soon outgrew its regional character and has now become one of the most sought after co-educational colleges of India.
The college started up in 1961 in a school building of the Andhra Education Society in Rouse Avenue (now Deen Dyal Uppadhyay Marg near ITO), New Delhi, with 271 students and 13 faculty members. The foundation stone of the present campus was laid on 20 August 1961 by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, former president of India (then vice-president). The college moved into this newly constructed campus at Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi, on 25 August 1971. In August 2010, the college celebrated its golden anniversary ushering in the fiftieth year of pioneering excellence in the field of education.
Sri Venkateswara College came into being through the vision of Durgabai Deshmukh, K. L. Rao and C. Anna Rao in 1961. Initially starting off as a BA pass college it began by offering B.A. courses in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Sanskrit. Within few years of acquiring its new campus, and led by its principal V Krishnamoorthy, the college introduced honours courses in arts and science. In 1973 the University of Delhi recognised it as one of its constituent colleges, paving the way for future expansion. From its beginning with just language courses, the college now began opening academic departments in other disciplines: Maths and Statistics, English, Political Science, History, Botany, and Zoology. The Department of Chemistry, which had initially provided chemistry papers for other departments, was permitted to conduct its own honours course in 1983. Honours courses in physics (1993), electronics (1987), and biochemistry (1989) began. It is a fairly young college in comparison to others of the university which provide honours courses.
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