Brochure Contents From The Principals Desk About The College Academic Courses and Ratio of Seats Strengths of The College Alumni Past Recruiters Placement Cell Team 2013-14 Contact From The Principals Desk As the Indian economy records appreciable growth in all the sectors, there has been an increase in the demand from the growing corporate sector for well trained and skilled manpower personnel. The philosophy of college education is translated into a mission of creating wholesome personality of human beings with a view to produce better employees with modern attitude, practical wisdom, knowledge and skills relevant to enable them to move forward confidently. We at PGDAV College, deeply ingrain the students to become competent and dynamic entrepreneurs and professionals in todays rapidly changing economic and industrial environment. We hope to receive your support in providing all our young and enthusiastic aspirants the apt platform for nurturing the talented corporate inside them. About The College Pannalal Girdharlal Dayanand Anglo-Vedic (PGDAV) College, founded in the year 1957 by DAV College Managing Society draws its traditions of excellence learning from- Delhi University and DAV Education Trust. This co-educational institution undertakes teaching in eleven departments offering both undergraduate and post graduate courses. Over the years, the college has emerged as an epitome of perfection under the stewardship of its highly qualified and experienced faculty which has led to the creation of extremely talented and academically bright students in all the disciplines. Apart from ensuring regularized learning platform, the college provides supportive vocational experience through a number of co-curricular societies and academic associations in various subjects. The college strives to provide an environment that nurtures qualities of humanism and inculcates values of team work, innovation and initiate. Academic Courses and Ratio of Seats Commerce 42% Political Science 8% Computer Science 6% Maths 6% Economics 7% English 8% Sanskrit 4% Hindi 8% History 4% Statistics 7% Undergraduate Courses M.Com 25% M.A (Hindi) 25% M.A/M.Sc (Maths) 25% M.A (Political Science) 25% Post Graduate Courses Strengths of The College The college excels in the performance of all the pillars of education namely- Academics- Our students have been portraying complete dedication towards their studies by - Providing our college with an average of 72.48%. In the year 2012, they provided the college appreciable results B.Com(H) 95%, Eng (H) 92%, Mathematics (H) 100%, B Sc Computer Science (H) 100% and so for other courses as well. Moreover, our students are also marking their presence as rank holders in various professional courses like CA, CS etc. Some highlights of the results of 2012-13 examination - Name of the Course Name of the Topper Aggregate Percentage Remarks B.Com.(Hons.) III year Shivam Kumar 91.63% With 100% score in the final exam of FOI,FM and Macro Economics B.Com.(Hons.) II year Himanshu Goel 82.2% With AIR 1 st and AIR 30 th in CS Foundation and CA IPCC respectively. B.Com.(Hons) I year Aman Sanghi 82% Strengths Continued Sports- PGDVians have also been proving themselves to be the best when it comes to stay fit and healthy by excelling in sports. In fact, sports has always been a very strong area of PGDAV. In the year 2013-14, our college teams participated in 21 different events and bagged various prizes like- Gold and bronze medals in the inter-college Taekwondo Championship Bronze in Delhi State Taekwondo Championship. Gold in the inter-college Wrestling Championship. Silver medal in Delhi State Para-Olympic games for visually challenged sports persons. Our students will be representing Delhi university in Taekwondo and Wrestling. Two students have been selected for Volleyball Mens Team of Delhi University. Strengths Continued Cultural-Under the umbrella of Hyperion, various cultural societies have been making us proud by winning various competitions like- Rudra (dramatics society) won 1 st prizes at IIT Mumbai, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Institute of Home Economics (DU), Keshav Mahavidyalaya(DU), Vivekanand Mahila College (DU) and Bhaskaracharya College. Conundrum (western music society) won 1 st prizes at SGND Khalsa College (DU), Faculty of Law (DU), Dyal Singh College (DU), Jagannath Institute of Management Studies. They also bagged the first prize in the prelims of IIT Kharaghpur and IIT Mumbai fest this year. This year also saw the photography society, Iris, win the national level online photography competition and the designer society, Aphrodite, get directly selected for the respective competition in the Bits Pilani organized fest on the basis of their remarkable talent and skills. Our students won the battles on the grounds of their debating skills by securing first and second position at Sri Venkateshwara College (DU) and Hindu College (DU) respectively. Moreover, NCC, NSS and the Academic societies of our college are equally active and competent. Alumni PGDAVians have made the college proud many a times by securing respectable position and status in the world. Out of the illustrious list of alumni, few of our past flag bearers are Mr. Amarjeet Chopra, Ex-president of ICAI Mr. Kamal Sabri, Musician Mr. Manoj Prabhakar, Former Indian Cricketer Mr. Raman Lamba, Former Indian Cricketer Mr. Atul Wassan, Former Indian Cricketer Past Recruiters Many established and reputed firms, organizations and companies have been knocking the placement cells doorstep like- Placement Cell Team 2013-14 Mentors- Dr. (Ms.) Shuchi Pahuja(Convener) Dr. S.C. Makani Dr. (Ms.) Anu Kapoor Dr. Indranil Choudhary Dr. Darvinder Dr. (Ms.) Ravish Sharma Dr. (Ms.) Ritambhara Dr. (Ms.) Anuradha Gupta(Ex-Officio) Student Coordinators- Deepa Halder-B.Com(H), 2nd Year Nihal Arora-B.Com(H), 2nd Year Prachi Pandey(Ex-Officio)-B.Com(H),3 rd Year Contact- We are reachable at :- College Address PGDAV College, Nehru Nagar, Ring Road, New Delhi, 110065 College Website www.pgdavcollege.edu.in Email pgdav.placementcell@gmail.com Placement Cell Contact- Convener - Dr. (Ms.) Shuchi Pahuja- shuchi_pahuja@yahoo.co.in Student Coordinators Nihal Arora- nihalarora5@gmail.com, +919711529071 Deepa Halder- deepahalder.94@gmail.com, +919971431616