Maitreyi College

Maitreyi College is a women's college in the South Campus of the University of Delhi, located in Bapu Dham, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-110021, India. It was established in July 1967 and named after the Vedic sage Maitreyi.[1] An all-women's college, it offers various courses in the fields of Science, Arts and Commerce. The college was recognised by DBT as a star college, conferring the star status to all four of its science departments namely Botany, Zoology, Chemistry and Mathematics. In 2020, it was ranked 35th among colleges in India by National Institutional Ranking Framework. The college has been accredited grade A by NAAC.[2]

Maitreyi College
TypeGovernment
EstablishedJuly 1967
Address
Chanakyapuri
,
New Delhi
,
Delhi
,
India
CampusUrban
AffiliationsUniversity of Delhi
Websitemaitreyi.ac.in

Rankings

It is ranked 35th among colleges in India by National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2020.

College rankings
General – India
NIRF (Colleges) (2020)[3]35

Academic courses and departments

Maitreyi College offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses.

  • Three-year undergraduate programme
  • Two-year post graduate programme

Three-year Undergraduate Programmes
  • Bachelor of Arts
  • Bachelor with Honours in English
  • Bachelor with Honours in Hindi
  • Bachelor with Honours in History
  • Bachelor with Honours in Political Science
  • Bachelor with Honours in Sanskrit
  • Bachelor with Honours in Sociology
  • Bachelor with Honours in Commerce
  • Bachelor with Honours in Botany
  • Bachelor with Honours in Chemistry
  • Bachelor with Honours in Maths
  • Bachelor with Honours in Physics
  • Bachelor with Honours in Zoology
  • Bachelor with Honours in Commerce
  • Bachelor of Commerce
  • Bachelor of Science Programme with Physical Science (Physics, Chemistry / Computer Science, Maths)
  • Bachelor of Science Programme with Life Sciences (Botany Chemistry, Zoology)

Two-year Post-Graduate Programmes
  • Master of Arts in Political Science
  • Master of Arts/Science in Mathematics

Awards

Maitreyi College has won many awards for its lawns. The college was awarded 'The Deshbandhu College Cup' for the Best Lawn and 'The Department of Persian Cup' for the Best Garden at the Delhi University Annual Flower Show 2018. The college won 17 prizes in different cut flower categories. The college's gardener, Shri Ram Bahadur was awarded the title of the Best Mali for the year 2018.[4]

Notable alumni

References
  1. Women in Hindu Dharma Archived 2006-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Maitreyi College". maitreyi.ac.in. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  3. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Colleges)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  4. (PDF) http://maitreyi.ac.in/Datafiles/cms/2021/AR-17-18.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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