Acharya Narendra Dev College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi established in 1991 by the Delhi Administration. This college provided 13 UG courses in the fields of Science, Applied Science, and Commerce.
This college provides its students with a culture of interactive teaching-learning and in creating a space to affect the undergraduate life of the students. This college approach is to facilitate many new activities besides creating an ‘open’ space in the college for students to pursue activities as per their choice.
Educate and train its students to work in the field where they will be valued both for their ability to work in collaborative spaces using their specialised knowledge and for their ability to pursue research, communicate, and solve real-life problems. As institutions of higher learning, they adopt novel pedagogical techniques that involve inputs from theatre, filmmaking, debating, audio-recording, discussion, photography, etc. It provides a project-based learning process adopted in this college. Some of the novel articulations in the teaching-learning exercise include field and industrial trips to make education at ANDC an enriching and enjoyable experience.
Highlights:-
- Acharya Narendra Dev College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi and was founded by the Delhi Administration in 1991.
- Accredited ‘A’ Grade by NAAC, University Grants Commission with a score of 3.31.
- Acharya Narendra Dev (ANDC), University of Delhi, India was awarded highly commended status in the Award for Institutions.
- This college is today crowned with significant achievements that have resulted in it being listed amongst the top 10 science colleges in Delhi in the India Today Survey since 2010.
- The college currently offers nine undergraduate honours courses, two postgraduate courses, four certificate and three diploma courses in foreign languages, and one course in Bioinformatics and In-silico Drug Discovery.
- The college has always fused classroom teaching with hands-on training. Over the last few years, more than 50 workshops have been conducted.
- Faculty of the College have been consistently recognized for their work by various funding agencies.
- In 1997, ANDC achieved a significant milestone by becoming one of the first colleges in the University to provide internet access on 75 machines to students exclusively for learning purposes in all the three computer laboratories existing at that time.
- The college set up an Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC) sponsored by the National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board of the Department of Science & Technology in 2010.
- It promotes the culture of hands-on training amongst undergraduate students, the college offers 200 ELITE fellowships tenable during the summer break to students.
Courses & fees:-
Acharya Narendra Dev College (ANDC), New Delhi provides both undergraduate and postgraduate courses including Bachelor of Commerce, and Bachelor of Science honours in Zoology, electronics, physics, chemistry, and Mathematics. The college accepted the exams for UG courses based on Higher Secondary Education along with the scores of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET UG).
Fee Structure:- Course wise fee to be paid at the time of admission as follows:
| course | SC/ST | OBC/EWS | GEN | PwBD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.Com (H) | 9565 | 9565 | 9565 | 2555 |
| B.Sc (H) Biomedical Science | 20565 | 20565 | 20565 | 2555 |
| B. Sc. (H) Botany | 9565 | 9565 | 9565 | 2555 |
| B. Sc. (H) Chemistry | 10065 | 10065 | 10065 | 2555 |
| B. Sc. (H) Computer Science | 24565 | 24565 | 24565 | 2555 |
| B. Sc. (H) Electronics | 9565 | 9565 | 9565 | 2555 |
| B. Sc. (H) Mathematics | 9565 | 9565 | 9565 | 2555 |
| B. Sc. (H) Physics | 9565 | 9565 | 9565 | 2555 |
| B. Sc. (H) Zoology | 9565 | 9565 | 9565 | 2555 |
| B. Sc. Life Sciences | 9565 | 9565 | 9565 | 2555 |
| B. Sc. Physical Science with Chemistry | 9565 | 9565 | 9565 | 2555 |
| B. Sc. Physical Science with Computer Science | 9565 | 9565 | 9565 | 2555 |
| b. Sc. Physical Science with Electronics | 9565 | 9565 | 9565 | 2555 |
Number of Seats:-
| course | No. of Seats | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Com. (H) | 125 | 50 | 13 | 34 | 19 | 09 |
| B.Sc (H) Biomedical Science | 63 | 26 | 06 | 17 | 09 | 05 |
| B.Sc (H) Botany | 63 | 26 | 06 | 17 | 09 | 05 |
| B.Sc (H) Chemistry | 63 | 26 | 06 | 17 | 09 | 05 |
| B.Sc (H) Computer Science | 63 | 26 | 06 | 17 | 09 | 05 |
| B.Sc (H) Electronics | 63 | 26 | 06 | 17 | 09 | 05 |
| B.Sc (H) Physics | 63 | 26 | 06 | 17 | 09 | 05 |
| B.Sc (H) Zoology | 63 | 26 | 06 | 17 | 09 | 05 |
| B.Sc (H) Mathematics | 63 | 26 | 06 | 17 | 09 | 05 |
| B. Sc. Life Science | 56 | 23 | 06 | 15 | 08 | 04 |
| B. Sc. Prog. Physical Science with Physics, Mathematics | ||||||
| Chemistry | 56 | 23 | 06 | 15 | 08 | 04 |
| Computer science | 56 | 23 | 06 | 15 | 08 | 04 |
| electronics | 56 | 23 | 06 | 15 | 08 | 04 |
Admission:-
Acharya Narendra Dev College Admission for all UG and PG programs is based on the Government exam, the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) conducted by the National Test Agency (NTA). for be admitted to UG programs, candidates are required to appear for CUET UG, and for admission to PG programs, need to appear for CUET PG. The candidates who seek admission to various programs will have to appear in CUET-UG as well as fill the Common Seat Allocation System- UG of the University of Delhi. While Filling out the CSAS UG, the candidates will have to provide preferences for the combination of program and college. It may be noted that admissions at the University of Delhi are based strictly on the CUET merit score, and preferences opted by candidates.
Admission Process:-
- Candidates will be allocated provisional seats in a particular course/college by the University of Delhi.
- Candidates will have to “Accept” the provisionally Allocated Seat, concerned. The college will check the eligibility and documents uploaded by the candidates. The College will verify the following within the stipulated timeline:
- Minimum Eligibility of the Candidate.
- Program-Specific eligibility of the candidate.
- Subject Mapping: UoD will consider only those CUET subjects in which they passed class XII.
- Validity and authenticity of Documents/Certificates submitted by the Candidate.
- After verification, the College will either ‘Approve’ or ‘Reject’ the provisionally Allocated Seat of the candidates.
- Once the College approves, the candidates will have to pay the ‘Admission Fee’.
- Physical Verification of Documents by the College.
Documents to be Verified by the College of Admission:- The candidates shall be required to upload copies of relevant certificates/documents a the time of applying (as applicable) and produce the same certificates/ documents in original at the time of physical verification at the college.
- Class 10th mark sheet
- Class 12th mark sheet
- SC/ST/OBC-NCL/EWS/Minority/CW/KM/PwBD Certificate issued by the competent issuing authority.
- OBC-Non-Creamy Layer Certificate issued by the competent issuing authority.
- EWS Certificate from the competent issuing authority certifying the candidate can claim reservation under this category.
- Candidates claiming admission through ECA/Sports supernumerary quota must upload self-attested copies of the requisite certificates and produce the relevant required certificate when sought.
- For applying to BSc Physical Education, Health Education, and Sports candidates must upload the following
- Medical fitness certificate as per the prescribed format given in Annexure IV.
- Upto three Sports Proficiency Certificates.
- PwBD disability certificate should be in the name of the candidate and issued by a recognized government hospital.
- Candidates applying for the CW category must upload the Educational Concession Certificate (ECC).
- Candidates who wish to seek admission under the UoD Ward supernumerary quota must upload a valid employment certificate of his parents issued by the due official.
Criterion for Mid-Entry:
- For Mid-Entry, candidates may be considered for allocation only after all the candidates who had applied earlier and have a merit score higher than the lowest declared score have been allocated.
- A candidate who applied to CSAS mid-way will not hold any right to claim the seat allocated to candidates who had applied to CSAS during the initial application phase. Allocation of seats to such candidates may be considered for subsequent rounds, subject to fulfilment of eligibility criteria, availability of seats, and other CSAS rules.
- The seat allocated in a particular allocation round will be final and will not be upgraded in any subsequent allocation round. Mid-Entry will only be considered after successful remittance of the Mid-Entry fee.
- Mid-Entry will not be allowed for performance-Based Programs (B.A.(Hons) Music B.Sc Physical Education, Health Education, and Sports), and ECA, Sports Supernumerary Quota.
Eligibility:-
The candidate must have passed the XII, for admission to the University of Delhi, the candidates must appear in CUET in the subjects/Test papers mentioned in the Program-Specific Eligibilities given below in the table.
| Courses offered | Program-specific eligibility ( candidate must appear in CUET) |
|---|---|
| B.Sc. (H.) Biomedical Science | subjects: Chemistry+Physics Biology/Biotechnology/ Biochemistry, candidates must have obtained a minimum of 30% score in any one language of List A in CUET. |
| B.Sc. (H.) Botany | subjects: Chemistry+Physics Biology/Biotechnology/ Biochemistry, candidates must have obtained a minimum of 30% score in any one language of List A in CUET. |
| B.Sc. (H) Chemistry | subjects: Physics+Chemistry+Mathematics, candidates must have obtained a minimum of 30% score in any one language of List A in CUET. |
| B.Sc. (H) Computer Science | subject: any one language from List A+Mathematics, Merit will be based on the CUET score. |
| B.Sc. (H) Commerce | subjects:
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| B.Sc (H) Electronics | Subject: Physics Maths+ Computer Science+ Informatics Practice, candidates must have obtained a minimum of 30% score in any one language of List A in CUET |
| B.Sc Mathematics | Any one language from List A+Maths, merit will be based on the CUET |
| B.Sc (H) Physics | Physics Chemistry+ Mathematics, merit will be based on the CUET score with minimum 30% score. |
| B.Sc (H) Zoology | Physics+ Chemistry+ Biology/ Biological Studies/ Biotechnology/ Biochemistry, merit will be based on the CUET, Minimum 30% score |
| B.Sc Programme Life Science | Physics+ Mathematics Chemistry, merit will be based on the CUET, Minimum of 30% score |
| B.Sc Prog. Physical Science with Computer Science | Physics+ Mathematics+ Chemistry+ computer science/ Informatics practice, merit will be based on the CUET score, minimum 30% score. |
Ranking:
- Accredited ‘A’ Grade by NAAC, University Grants Commission with a score of 3.31
- Ranked 18th in the college category All India Ranking 2023 by National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF), MHRD, Govt. of India.
- Ranked 21st in the science college category in 2022 by India Today.
- Ranked 10th and 16th position in India in the Science and Commerce stream respectively by India Today-MDRA.
- Seven Departments of the College have been granted Financial support under the star status scheme of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt, of India.
placement:- The college has provided a placement cell to help the students to find suitable jobs by organising placement drives. Reputed companies such as
- Genpact
- HDFC Life Insurance
- WIPRO Wista and WASE
- IBM
- Libsys
- TCS
- Concentrix Daksha
- Millenium Auto System
- Convergys
- Bonanza
- Reliance Jio
Many students have received offers in the campus placement drive. Recently, the college has been empaneled under the Pradhan Mantri YUVA Yojna. The placement cell also acts in conjunction with the central placement cell of the University of Delhi. Scholarship: SAKSHAM (Student Aid for Knowledge, Success, Honour, and Motivation) is a scheme that gives financial aid to poor students for the duration of their college studies ( sometimes they get a monthly stipend and book banks). The scholastic merit of the students in the college is recognised by the number of scholarships/ fellowships that they receive.
Details of the Scholarships/ Fellowships available are as follows:
| Name (No.) of the fellowship | type | Award Amount (in Rs.) | Eligibility | Criteria |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. C. Arora Fellowship (4) | Meritorious | 6,000/- | All ANDC students | Marks secured in Ist and IInd years |
| Needy | 6,000/- | All ANDC students | At least 60% marks and 75% attendance in the academic year. Proof of family income is a must | |
| Teena Gupta Memorial Scholarship (6) | Meritorious | 6,000/- | B.Sc. (H) Electronics B. Sc. (Physical Science with Computer Science) | 60% marks in the previous year (cleared on the first attempt), 75% attendance |
| Dr. (Ms.) Usha Aggar wal Tejaswini Scholarship (3) | Meritorious | 3,500/- for each semester | B.Com. (H) | Class topper of B.Com. (H) in Semester I and II |
| Sri Sultan Chand Endowment Scholarship (1) | Meritorious | 3,500/- | B.Com. (H) | Second topper in the second year of B. Com. (H) |
| Pushpa Paul Memorial Scholarship (2) | Meritorious | 15,000/- | Girl students | Girl student/s with a vision for the future |
| Abhinav Halen Scholarship (2) | Needy | 15,000/- | B.Sc. (H) Electronics | Low family income. Proof of family income is a must |
| Krishna Toteja Memorial Scholarship (1) | Meritorious and needy | 6,000/- | Girl students of B.Sc. (H) Zoology | Meritorious girl student with a low family income. Proof of family income is a must |
| Asha Walia Memorial Scholarship (1) | Meritorious and Needy | 6,000 | BSc. Life Science | Meritorious student of B.Sc. Life Science with a low family income. Proof of family income is a must |
| Urmil Gupta Memorial Scholarship (1) | Meritorious and needy | 6,000/- | B.Sc. (H) Chemistry | Meritorious student of B.Sc. (H) Chemistry with a low family income. Proof of family income is a must |
| Professor Savithri Singh Research Award (1) | Best student researcher | 12,000/- | All ANDC students | Best UG student researcher at ANDC |
| Shraddhanjali: Dr. Saumya Saxena Students Endowment Scholarship (2) | Meritorious and Needy | 6,000/- | B.Sc. (H) Botany | Meritorious 2nd-year student (based on 1st year performance) and 3rd-year student (based on 2nd year performance) with low family income. Proof of family income is a must |
| Dr. Saumya Saxena Memorial Scholarship (1) | Meritorious and Needy | 10,000/- | Girl students of B.Sc. (H) Botany | Meritorious girl student with a low family income. Proof of family income is a must |
| Smt. Snehlata Gupta Fellowship (1) | Needy | 5,000/- | B.Sc. (H) Chemistry 4th Semester | Low family income. Minimum 60% score & 75% attendance till 3rd Semester |
| Sh. Ram Swaroop Gupta Scholarship (1) | Meritorious | 5,000/- | B.Sc. (H) Chemistry 6th Semester | Minimum 80% score, 75% attendance till 5th Semester. Active involvement in College activities |
| AND College Academic Awards | University of Delhi Positions | I – 10,000/ II – 6,000/ III – 4,000/ | All ANDC students | Ist, IInd, and IIIrd position in the University of Delhi in the semester examinations |
| South Campus Positions | I – 4,000/ II – 3,000/ III – 2,000/ | All ANDC students | Ist, IInd, and IIIrd position in South Campus, University of Delhi in the semester examinations | |
| Class Topper | 1,500/- | All ANDC students | Ist position with at least 75% marks in the class in the semester examinations | |
| Student Aid for Knowledge, Success, Honour, and Motivation (SAKSHAM) | Needy and deserving | 1. Full Fee Waiver (Except Security Deposit) 2. Rs. 800/- per month stipend for ten months 3. Book Bank Aid 4. Stationery + Photostat upto Rs. 3000/- for the whole academic year | All ANDC students | Low family income, 75% attendance. Proof of family income is a must |
| Best All-Round Student of the Year (1) | All Rounder | Rs. 10,000/- | All ANDC students | Final year student who is meritorious and actively participates in various committees of the college, active in research, and wins prizes/awards for the college |
| Santosh Bansal Me morial Scholarship (1) | Meritorious | Rs. 5000 | B.Sc.(H) Mathematics III year | student securing the highest cumulative score in I and II year |
| Saksham Puri Foundation Research Fellowship | Meritorious | Rs. 5000 | B.Sc.(H)/B.Sc. Program/ B.Com(H) III Year | minimum merit score of 8 CGPA and above and has an aptitude for research |
Conclusion:-
Acharya Narendra Dev College comes under a Government-Funded College and is a Constituent College of Delhi University. The college was established in 1991. It is accredited by the NAAC with grade ‘A’ with the rank 21st by NIRF Ranking 2023. It offers UG & PG courses, and diploma & certificate courses. They educate and train its students to work in the field where they’re interested. To take admission in this college, candidates should be eligible under their merit list. They provide top-notch facilities and infrastructure to their students, with placement and summer internship opportunities.
