Vision

To be a premier institute that nurtures creativity amongst students and instils moral values along with quality education to enable

them to take on real life challenges with confidence.

Governing Body Members

Dr. K. P. Chinda Prof. Madhu Pruthi Founder Principal Present Principal

Date of Appointment Chairperson Treasurer

11.11.1994 Sh. K.C. Aggarwal Sh. O. P. Sharma

10.02.1996 Sh. O.P. Sharma Sh. Shyam Lal Garg

10.06.1999 Km. Surendra Saini Sh. J. P. Shokeen

05.12.2000 Km. Surendra Saini Sh. Alok Gaur

28.03,2002 Km. Surendra Saini Sh. J. P. Shokeen

06.06.2003 Dr. S.C. Vats Sh. Alok Gaur

10.05.2006 Prof. Kashi Ram Sharma Sh. Yogesh Malik

10.12.2007 Prof. Rajiva Verma Prof. S. C. Panda

17.01.2008 Prof. S.C. Panda Sh. Yogesh Malik

18.09.2008 Sh. Yogesh Malik Sh. Arunesh Aggarwal

18.08.2009 Prof. A.K. Bakshi Prof. R. P. Tandon

09.09.2009 Sh. Ganesh Seth Sh. Bhopal Singh

23.06.2011 Prof. S. Annapoorni Prof. K. Sreenivas

15.06.2012 Sh. Ganesh Seth Sh. Bhopal Singh

30.11.2013 Prof. R.K. Saxena Prof. Anil Grover

06.09.2014 Prof. R.P. Tandon Prof. Anil Grover

19.01.2015 Prof. R.P. Tandon Prof. Rup Lal

11.08.2015 Sh. Samar Kumar Dr. Rakesh Garg

21.07.2017 Prof. Prakash Narayan Prof. Rita Singh

18.04.2018 Sh. Samar Kumar Dr. S. C. Gupta

25.02.2019 Prof. Daman Saluja Prof. Satish Awasthi

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It’s a great moment for any college to reach this milestone of completing 25 years of excellence in its service towards humanity. I feel very proud to be associated with this college of repute and on this auspicious occasion I extend my heartfelt congratulations to all those who have been a part of its remarkable journey. I also want to extend my heartiest congratulations to all the students and alumni of this prestigious college who have accomplished profound success. My best wishes to the college, staff and students for achieving newer heights.

It’s a matter of great delight for me to know that Keshav Mahavidyalaya, a constituent college of the University of Delhi, which was established in 1994, has successfully completed 25 years of excellent service in education and is now going to celebrate "Silver Jubilee" function which is to be held on Oct. 22, 2019. The college has reached great heights in a very short span of time. It also adds feathers in its achievements that one of the world-renowned Scientist, Prof. P. Balaram, Ex-Director IISc Bangalore, is the chief guest of this function. I congratulate Prof. Madhu Pruthi, Principal Keshav Mahavidyalaya and her team who are organizing the Silver Jubilee function. My heartfelt wishes to her for the grand success of the function.

With tremendous joy and pride, I write this message on the auspicious occasion of Silver Jubilee of Keshav Mahavidyalaya. I feel very fortunate to have been associated with this college as its Principal. Every change, whether big or small, has brought to the college the reputation it enjoys today. I express my sincere gratitude to all staff members and students for working hard to make the college a highly sought-after academic institution. Their dedication and efforts are greatly acknowledged and appreciated. I am immensely grateful to founder Principal, Dr. K. P. Chinda for establishing a strong foundation for the college and instilling great values and discipline among staff members and students. I also acknowledge the efforts and guidance provided by all the Governing body members, whose support has been helpful to the college at every stage. Additionally, my gratitude is extended to all those who have been associated with the college and contributed to the success of this institution. Let’s celebrate this grand moment and look back to learn all the lessons, good and bad from it. It is a moment to pledge that all of us will continue contributing for the good of the institution. Lastly, I would like to convey my best wishes to the college, staff and students for this milestone, and many more to come.

Messages

Prof. Satish K. Awasthi Treasurer, GB

Prof. Daman Saluja Chairperson, GB

Prof. Madhu Pruthi Principal

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Distinguished Guests Chief Guest: Padma Bhushan, Prof. (Emeritus) P. Balaram, Former Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Professor Padmanabhan Balaram obtained his B.Sc. (1967) from Poona University, M.Sc. (1969) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur and Ph.D. (1972) in chemistry from the Carnegie-Mellon University, USA. He worked as a Research Associate at the Harvard University (1972-73) with Prof. RB Woodward of the Department of Chemistry. On return to India, he joined the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore as a Lecturer (1973), and then became Assistant Professor (1977), Associate Professor (1982) and finally a Professor in 1986. He was Director of the Institute from 2005-2014. He has contributed extensively to the area of

molecular biophysics and chemical biology in a career spread over four decades. As the Editor of Current Science from 1995 to 2013 he authored over 300 editorials on a wide range of topics of interest to the scientific community in India. He has been associated with a number of advisory bodies of the government including the National Knowledge Commission (2007-2010), the Science Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (2005-2014) and the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Union Cabinet (SAC-C, 2001-2017). Professor Balaram is a recipient of several awards and honours, including Padma Shri (2002); Padma Bhushan (2014). He is a Fellow of Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore; INSA, New Delhi, National Academy of Sciences (Allahabad) and The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, Trieste, Italy (TWAS). He is currently Professor Emeritus, Molecular Biophysics Unit, IISc and DST Year of Science Chair Professor, National Centre for Biological Sciences (TIFR) Bangalore.

Guest of Honour: Shri Raj Shekhar Vyas, Additional Director General, All India Radio, Doordarshan, New Delhi

Shri Raj Shekhar Vyas is an internationally renowned writer, editor, director and producer who has written and published more than 63 books, 4000 articles, as well as produced and directed more than 2000 short films and documentaries in various languages. He has pioneered three documentaries on Ujjaini, his motherland, named Jayati Jaya Ujjaini, Kaal, and The Time. Amongst his accolades, meritorious fellowship ABU/ AIBD by the Ministry of Sanskrit, Government of France, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of India, find special mention.

Guest of Honour: Professor Tarun Das, Registrar, University of Delhi

Professor Tarun Das is presently, Registrar, University of Delhi. Prior to this position, he served as Joint Director, Cluster Innovation Centre, University of Delhi. Prior to joining University of Delhi, he was Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He had served the Baroda University for more than 20 years in various capacities including Head of the Department of Mathematics and Vice Dean, Faculty of Science. He is currently serving as Honorary Treasurer of the Indian Society for History of Mathematics and has served as Sectional President of Mathematical Section of ISCA.

Guest of Honour: Prof. Payal Mago, Joint Dean of Colleges, University of Delhi Prof. Payal Mago, Principal, Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women, University of Delhi currently holds the position of Joint Dean of Colleges, University of Delhi. She has 25 years of teaching and administrative experience in the field of education planning. She has also been a member in the committee for the purpose of control and supervision of experiments on animals (CPCSEA), Ministry of Environment and Forest and climate Change Government of India. As member standing committee (Ministry of Human Resource Development) she looked into the working of women studies. She has recently been awarded Lifetime Achievement Award by 'Women's Agency for Generating Employment'.

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The Journey Begins years are witness to the stellar path Keshav Mahavidyalaya has

traversed, reaching beyond its goalposts and carving a niche for itself in a very short span of time. The college began its beautiful journey under the guidance and vision of its founder principal Dr. K.P. Chinda. Since its inception, the college has dedicated itself to inspire and enable its students to meet the challenges of a knowledge-based society and to compete in a global scenario. It emphasises on seamlessly integrating theoretical concepts with practical knowledge anchored by an enabling infrastructure and environment of learning. The mission of the college is to achieve excellence in diverse fields of teaching and learning. The faculty and students have always endeavoured to fulfil their responsibilities of good citizenship and service in their chosen areas of study. The college firmly believes in the principle of inclusion and equal opportunities for all through its various endeavours. Keshav Mahavidyalaya

abides by the motto “_rs KkukUu eqfDr%”, without knowledge there is no

salvation and we move forward in a sustained direction to accomplish our vision.

Inauguration of Keshav Mahavidyalaya at C-7, Lawrence Road, Keshav Puram, Delhi, 1994

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Key Milestones

1994 Inauguration of college on 27th August, 1994. College started with two courses B.Com. (H) and B.Sc. (G) with

Computer Science. 1995 Introduction of B.Sc. (H) Electronics and PGDCA.

1996 Introduction of B.Sc. (G) Mathematical Science.

1997 Introduction of B.Sc. (H) Computer Science.

1998 B.Sc. (H) Computer Science got converted to BIS.

1999 Introduction of BCA which got converted to BIT.

2003 Late Smt. Sheila Dikshit, Hon’ble Chief Minister of NCT Delhi

laid the foundation stone for the new building at Pitampura on

March 23, 2003.

2005 Inauguration of new building on November 27, 2005 by Shri B.

L. Joshi, the then Hon’ble Lt. Governor of NCT of Delhi.

Dr. M. C. Jain was appointed as OSD for the period during

which Dr. Chinda was on leave.

2006 Inauguration of fully air-conditioned college auditorium on

September 19, 2006 by Late Smt. Sheila Dikshit, Hon’ble Chief

Minister of NCT Delhi.

2007 Four new courses namely, Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS),

B.Sc. (H) Mathematics, B.A. (H) Psychology and B.Sc. (H)

Physics added.

Certificate Courses in German and French Language

introduced.

On December 28, 2007 the founder Principal Dr. K. P. Chinda

superannuated, Dr. Ajay Arora took over as Acting Principal.

2009 Dr. Madhu Pruthi, joined as permanent Principal of the college

on October 22, 2009.

2012 Inauguration of Girls’ Hostel on September 21, 2012 by Late

Smt. Sheila Dikshit, Hon’ble Chief Minister of NCT Delhi.

2014 Establishment of Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC).

2016 Accreditation of college with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC.

NCWEB centre established.

Start of add-on course, Radio Broadcasting.

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2017 NIRF Rank 15 by MHRD’s National Institutional Ranking

Framework.

2018 Introduction of one-year Diploma Course in French and

German Language.

Formation of KMV Student Union in 2018.

2019 The college completed 25 years of its distinguished existence.

Continuing its legacy of excellence two students have yet again

secured I rank in University examination 2019.

University Toppers and Medal Winners

NAME COURSE YEAR

Amarjeet Kaur PGDCA 1996

Nitin Jain PGDCA 2000

Sapna Gupta B.Sc. (G) Computer Science 2000

Aditya Gupta BIS 2001

Mukesh Aggarwal B.Sc. (H) Electronics 2002

Deepti Goyal B.Sc. (G) Computer Science 2002

Nidhi Dutta Prashar B.Sc. (H) Electronics 2003

Divya Aggarwal B.Sc. (H) Computer Science 2005

Neha Garg B.Sc. (G) Mathematical Science 2005

Poonam Wadhwan PGDCA 2007

Sakshi Gupta B.Sc. (H) Computer Science 2008

Sufyan Haroon B.Sc. (H) Computer Science 2009

Snigdha Sharma B.Sc. (G) Mathematical Science 2009

Anurag Aggarwal B.Sc. (G) Mathematical Science 2011

Sakshi Rastogi B.Sc. (G) Physical Science 2011

Preeti Dabas B.Sc. (H) Computer Science 2015

Naman Sharma B.Sc. (H) Mathematics 2016

Jasmeet Singh B.A. (H) Psychology 2017

Manu Singh B.Sc. (H) Mathematics 2018

Kanishk Kala B.A. (H) Psychology 2018

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Academic Excellence

We proudly look back at the University Positions that the students achieved right in the initial years of each course that was started in Keshav Mahavidyalaya. B.Sc. (G) Computer Science that was started in 1994 witnessed I, II and III University position in 1995, 1996 and 1997 respectively. The course also had students with II University position in 1999 and I position in 2000. The University positions for the course continued thereafter in the years 2001 and 2002. B.Sc. (H) Electronics that was started in 1995, had students bagging II position in University in the second year in 1998. Year 2000 witnessed I position in first, second and third year. The course continued to have University positions in later years too. PGDCA which began in 1995 saw students bag I and III positions in its very first year in 1996, II position in 1999, again I position in 2000 and II in 2004. B.Sc. (G) Mathematical Science which was offered in the college in 1996, had students bag I University position in the first year and III University position in the third year in 1999. The academic merit continued to accrue with University positions in 2002, 2004, 2007 and 2011. B.Sc. (H) Computer Science became a highly sought-after course at Keshav Mahavidyalaya largely because of the meritorious results it produced year after year. The course was started in 1996 and was renamed as BIS in 1998. It witnessed a series of University positions, namely, I and II position in first year in 1998, II and III positions in first year in 1999, III position in second year in 1999, I position in third year in 2000, II and III position in third year in 2000, I position in fourth year in 2001 and I position in second semester in 2001. Later when the course was again converted to B.Sc. (H) Computer Science the University positions continued in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011.

Students from courses like BBS, B.A. (H) Psychology, B.Sc. Physical Science

and B.Sc. (H) Mathematics have also brought laurels to the college by wining

I University Positions over the years.

Excellence in Sports

The students of the college have been excelling on the sports front as well.

Three students have bagged gold medals in Netball and Taekwondo at

international level. Sixty students have bagged medals at national and inter

University level in different sports. Ninety students have bagged positions at

inter college level.

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Illustrious Alumni

➢ Mr. Pawan Rastogi, B.Sc. (G) Computer Science (1994-97), Manager

Accenture.

➢ Mr. Mayank Aggarwal, B.Sc. (H) Electronics (1995-98), Technical

Product Owner, Orange Business Services, Gurgaon.

➢ Ms. Veena Bhurani, B.Com. (H) (2000-03), Curriculum Manager,

Bharti Foundation.

➢ Mr. Piyush Kumar, B.Com. (H) (2001-04), Dy. Vice President, RBL

Bank.

➢ Mr. Rajat Jain, B.Com. (H) (2002-05), Chief Financial Officer, Spaze

Towers Private Ltd., Gurgaon.

➢ Ms. Sangeeta Tulsiyan, B.Sc. (H) Computer Science (2003-06), Senior

Software Developer, Reading, UK.

➢ Late Squadron Leader Meet Kumar, B.Sc. (H) Electronics (2004-07)

Indian Air Force Martyr.

➢ Ms. Aakriti Gupta, BBS (2008-2011), Vice President, Praxis Global

Alliance, Founder CEO, Unbound. Visiting Faculty, IIM Kolkatta.

➢ Mr. Ankit Kawatra, BBS (2009-12), Founder Feeding India, UN Young

Leader for Sustainable Development Goals, Queen’s Young Leader

Award, Forbes 30 under 30 and National Youth Award.

➢ Mr. Sajeel Kapoor, B.Sc. (H) Computer Science (2011-14), Hip Hop

producer making waves in Indian music.

➢ Mr. Ankit Kumar, B.Sc. (H) Computer Science (2012-15), Gold

Medalist II Asian Men’s Netball Championship held at Malaysia in

2017.

➢ Mr. Vishal Goyal, B.A. (H) Psychology (2013-16), Trainer and

Motivational Speaker.

➢ Ms. Ridhima Bhandari, B.Tech. Electronics (2013-17), Assistant

Manager-Operations, Logistics.

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The Path Ahead

The college seeks to be an exemplary institution for advancement of the knowledge base of students through excellent pedagogy. The college has always encouraged its staff members to pursue their academic goals of acquiring higher qualifications. Faculty members of the college are actively involved in research and have published their research papers in reputed international and national journals. Out of 47 permanent faculty members of the college, 39 have completed their Ph.D. and many are pursuing their Ph.D. degrees. Three teachers went abroad for post graduation under Faculty Training Program. Seven teachers of the college are supervising Ph.D. students and two teachers have been awarded UGC sponsored projects. Accolades have been won in sports by faculty. Many faculty members have been involved either in innovation projects or independent research projects. Participation in innovation projects has given a platform to the students and teachers alike for interacting, working together and enhancing research aptitude. The college actively supports the holistic development and progression of its students for higher education, employment or entrepreneurial ventures. The students from underprivileged sections, overseas students, differently abled and students with learning difficulties are provided special attention and care. Scholarships and financial aid are offered to all desirous and deserving students. By successfully synergizing the pillars of intellectual, spiritual, emotional and professional growth, the college has, over the years, built a reputation of being one of the best off-campus colleges of the University of Delhi. The college believes that a literate and educated society is important for the intellectual growth and development of the citizens and the nation itself. High-quality education is everyone’s right and only a dynamic education system can create an inclusive, equitable and productive economy in a global environment.

The college is committed to provide a concrete foundation for a lifetime of learning and to churn out students who are holistically developed to meet the challenges of the diverse and ever-changing world. The pursuit of excellence is never ending and it’s the endeavour of the college to keep striving towards the vision it has espoused.

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