Gargi College
Gargi College is a college affiliated to the University of Delhi. It was established in the year 1967 and offers education in Arts and Humanities, Commerce, Science and Education for women. History. Gargi College was established in the year 1967. Gargi College was named after an enlightened woman named Gargi Vachaknavi, figuring in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishada of the Vedic Age. Gargi College, one of the two colleges in Delhi to have been awarded the college with a Potential for Excellence grant, by the University Grants Commission in the year 2004–2005. The college has nine departments namely Botany, Chemistry , Commerce, Elementary Education, Microbiology, Physics, Psychology, Zoology and the Women's Development Centre. On 6 February 2020 around 6:30 pm, during the annual cultural fest of the college "Reverie", groups of intoxicated men mobbed the entrances and barged their way inside the campus of Gargi College. Reportedly, the students, were sexually assaulted, molested and groped by the mob. It was also reported that some of those perverts even masturbated in-front of some students. The police are investigating the Gargi College molestations case. Campus. It is one of the South Campus colleges of the University of Delhi. Gargi possesses great  infrastructural facilities. All the class rooms and laboratories are well-equipped. The whole campus is WiFi enabled and this facility is available to all students and staff members. An auditorium and seminar hall with a seating capacity of 750 and 150 respectively, exist. Academics. Academic activities. The college arranges inter-disciplinary seminars at national level every year. Research is encouraged even at the undergraduate level. Summer workshops are conducted regularly for science students. Students regularly make presentations in departmental activities. The result of the last two years University examinations records 99% pass and about 45-50% first divisions. On an  average about 10 students obtain positions within the top 3 of the University of Delhi and about 35 within the top 5 of the South Campus. Rankings. College ranked 16th among colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework during 2020.. Gargi has been ranked 9th among art colleges of India according to the India Today Survey, 2016. and 7th in the Department of Sciences. Student life. Sports programmes. Gargi College owns a sports field where students train in various sports. Its students have been selected to represent DU in state and national tournaments in Judo, Basketball, Taekwondo, Volleyball  and Tennis. In 2012, Gargi students emerged as chess champions of DU and the Judo team was runner up. In 2013, the college won gold medal in athletics and Judo and emerged second in tennis tournaments of DU and volleyball team also doing well. Social outreach programmes and fests. The NSS, NCC, Equal Opportunity Cell and Women's Development Centres of the college arrange events that sensitise Gargi's students to gender, economic and other issues. These create awareness about the social responsibility and provide the opportunity for rendering service to the society. The 2018 Fest - Reverie was noted to  be one of the biggest in Delhi University. Artists including Aman Bathla (Painter), Candice Redding and Myris (DJ), Monali Thakur (Singer), Rahul Makin (RJ) and Faridkot (Band) were present at the event.