THE COLLEGE
Gargi College was established in the year 1967 and is a leading South Campus college of the University of Delhi. It is a college for women and offers education in Arts and Humanities, Commerce, Science and Education.
Gargi College was named after an enlightened woman named Gargi, figuring in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishada of the Vedic Age. She emerges as an intelligent and bold person embodying the spirit of inquiry juxtaposed with faith as is shown by her penetrating and challenging questions to the great sage Yajnavalkya. In the Upanishad Gargi seems to represent the intellectual potential of the race of Homo sapiens, which continues to manifest itself , in quest of ever-widening fields of knowledge.
----
THE COLLEGE
Gargi College was established in the year 1967 and is a leading South Campus college of the University of Delhi. It is a college for women and offers education in Arts and Humanities, Commerce, Science and Education.
Gargi College was named after an enlightened woman named Gargi, figuring in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishada of the Vedic Age. She emerges as an intelligent and bold person embodying the spirit of inquiry juxtaposed with faith as is shown by her penetrating and challenging questions to the great sage Yajnavalkya. In the Upanishad Gargi seems to represent the intellectual potential of the race of Homo sapiens, which continues to manifest itself , in quest of ever-widening fields of knowledge.
Gargi believes in its mission statement that every student who passes through the portals of the college emerges as a wholly developed individual symbolizing the spirit of enterprise and inquiry that characterizes Gargi.
Gargi College, one of the two colleges in Delhi to have been awarded the prestigious College with a Potential for Excellence grant, by the University Grants Commission in the year 2004-2005, was chosen because of its holistic approach towards teaching and its excellent track record in academic and other aspects of college functioning. Nine departments namely Botany, Chemistry, Commerce, Elementary Education, Microbiology, Physics, Psychology, Zoology and the Women’s Development Centre are currently engaged in innovation and experimentation in the undergraduate programme, using modern methods of learning and evaluation. This award is in recognition of the endeavour of the college to engage in advanced research and socially purposeful projects over and above the regular college events.
OUR VISION & MISSION
It is a constant challenge for Gargi College, an institute of higher learning to define and update its vision. The spirit of Gargi, the woman scholar from the Upanishads, guides the mission of this college which is to produce women of substance, whose feet will be rooted while their hands reach out to steer change and progress. It is desired that every student who passes through the portals of the college emerges as a wholly developed individual symbolizing the spirit of enterprise and inquiry that characterizes Gargi. There is a paradigm shift taking place in the educational focus in this college. Teachers are now urged to move from imparting knowledge to becoming mentors encouraging self-learning, innovation and creativity amongst students. Further they are building leadership skills in problem solving and envisioning reforms
VISION
- To make this institute of higher education a center of excellence by promoting knowledge, creating new knowledge and finding its applications by tapping the potentials of staff and students.
MISSION
- To give equal opportunity of excellent education to students coming from diverse sections of society.
- To encourage innovative methods of teaching-learning for quality education.
- To promote innovative ideas in research among teachers and students.
- To sensitize and increase social responsibility among students toward deprived communities.
OBJECTIVES
- To improve the academic performance of the students.
- To build in students professional competence in order to acquire positions of leadership.
- To make young women complete human beings and inculcate in them mutual respect and appreciation of shared humanity.
- To expand alumni network for resource generation, students’ internships and placements.
- To promote collaboration with industries and other organizations for research and add-on courses for the students for skill development and enriching academics.
