Delhi University is planning to make 83 of its affiliated colleges “Smoke Free”. The Delhi University has already implemented this successfully in its north campus earlier.

Famous colleges like Kirori Mal, Ramjas and Hindu will now be covered under the new initiative. This decision has been taken after consulting with all the colleges.

This is a welcome step from the DU as I strongly feel that smoking in School or colleges should be completely restricted. But it’ll be interesting to see the effect of this “Smoke Free” initiative as I know there will be plenty of guys who might not be happy with this decision.

Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has admitted that no government measure could prevent the spread of H1N1 influenza in India, and according to WHO predictions, around one-third of the Indian population was likely to get infected with the virus over the next two years.
With Swine Flu spreading fast and recent cases of people tested positive for H1N1 influenza in New Delhi, some of the schools in Delhi have decided to remain closed for a week. Two schools Sanskriti and DPS (East of Kailash) will be closed for a week after their students, three and one respectively, tested positive for H1N1 influenza. Thirteen new cases were reported from the capital on Sunday five of them school children.

On one hand closing the school will help in curtailing the spread of Swine Flu among other students but on the hand it’ll create panic in the minds of people who hear about such news.

What do you think should be done to control this Swine Flu scare? Should the Delhi University colleges be closed?

The Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections will be held on September 4.

The last date for filling of nominations is August 25. Elections will be held from 8.30 am to 12.30 am in day colleges, while in evening colleges the timing will be from 3.00 pm to 7.00 pm.
The candidates for the DUSU polls who wish to withdraw their nominations can do so before August 27.

Top 10 Arts Colleges in India

1. Loyola College, Chennai
2. Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi
3. St.Stephen’s College, Delhi
4. St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai
5. St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata
6. Christ College, Bangalore
7. Presidency College, Kolkata
8. Madras Christian College, Chennai
9. Fergusson College, Pune
10. Stella Maris College ,Chennai
11. Fergusson College, Pune

Most of the Delhi University teachers went on the strike called by the Federation of Central Universities Teachers’ Association to protest against the UGC/MHRD circular on withdrawal of exemption from NET to PhD/M Phil holders on Thursday.


However the strike was not complete as some of the teachers thought that the reasons were not good enough to go on a strike. But this strike provided a much needed break to the freshers who had barely got over the exam stress. Students couldn’t have asked for more, with the rain acting as the topping on the cake.

Yesterday, when I reached my home after a hectic day at office, my roommate told me that one of his relatives is coming to meet him in half ‘n’ hour. He told me that his relative has done engineering in Electrical & Electronics (passed out in 2008) and was looking for a job. He belongs to Uttaranchal and came to Noida just to find a job.

He came with one of his friend who was also looking for a job (an engineer in I.T, passed out in 2008). We set down and started talking; he asked if we have some references that can help him in getting a job. Some of my roommate’s friends are working in good telecom companies. So he started calling each one of them to know if they can help in some way. But all of them said that their organization is not recruiting freshers and they could have helped if the guys had an experience of at least a year.

Both the guys seemed a little frustrated with their situation and said they were ready to do any job and don’t need high salary. I told them it’s not their fault they probably finished their engineering at the wrong time. As we were talking about the recession, one of the guys got a call from his friend. The person who called him said that there was an opportunity for freshers for some training in a telecom company. But they need to reach Ferozabad (near Agra) by tomorrow morning for attending the interview.

Without even giving a second thought the guys started to plan for leaving. He started calling his friends to enquire about any bus or train that they can take to reach there by morning. I was amazed to see their will, it was already 9:00 P.M and I was wondering how the guys gonna manage to reach there at that time.

I was amazed at their will and angered at their situation, how they must be feeling after having completed reputed courses. One of the guys who did engineering in I.T was very frustrated and kept on repeating that he didn’t want to make a career in IT or software.

I sat down and wondered how this bloody recession is killing the dreams of a young boy who dreamt of becoming a top-notch I.T professional.

Top 10 Science Colleges in India

1. Loyola College, Chennai
2. St.Stephen’s College,Delhi
3. St.Xaviers College, Kolkata
4. St.Xaviers College, Mumbai
5. Presidency College,Kolkata
6. Presidency College, Chennai
7. Madras Christian College, Chennai
8. Fergusson College, Pune
9. St.Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad
10. St.Josephs College, Bangalore

Out of the top 10 science colleges in India, only 1 college is from the Delhi University. St. Stephen’s College ranks at number 2 in this list of top 10 science colleges of India.

When Hillary Clinton had last visited India in 1995, a student of Lady Shri Ram College had presented her a short poem. Clinton was very impressed by that poem and even mentioned it in her autobiography.

This poem was written by Anasuya Sengupta, she was asked by the college Principal to write a poem to be presented to Hillary. On her visit to The Delhi University on Monday, Hillary even recited some lines of the same poem, written on the state of women across boundaries.


Anasuya Sengupta, who is a writer and activist now, was a special guest at the talk delivered by Clinton. And she was amazed to see such a public acknowledgement from Clinton.

Top 10 Commerce Colleges in India
1. Shri Ram College Of Commerce, Delhi
2. St.Xavier’s College, Kolkata
3. Loyola College, Chennai
4. Christ College, Bangalore
5. Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi
6. Symbosis Society’s College of Arts and Commerce, Pune
7. St.Josephs College of Commerce, Bangalore
8. Stella Maris College, Chennai
9. Hans Raj College, Delhi
10. Shri Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics,Mumbai

Out of the top 10 commerce colleges in India, 3 colleges are from the University of Delhi. Shri Ram College of Commerce, which is one of the best colleges of the Delhi University, is the number 1 commerce college in India.

A lot of readers of this blog have asked me about the list of top 10 Universities/colleges in India. So, I’ve decided to publish a series of posts concentrating on the list of top 10 Universities, Top 10 Colleges and many more. So here is the list of top 10 Universities in India for the year 2010 (sorted in the order of Asian University Rankings 2010).

Top 10 Universities In India
1. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
   Asian Rankings (2010) = 36
   World Rankings (2010) = 187
2. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
   Asian Rankings (2010) = 39
   World Rankings (2010) = 202
3. Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)
   Asian Rankings (2010) = 53
   World Rankings (2010) = 262
4. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IITKGP)
   Asian Rankings (2010) = 57
   World Rankings (2010) = 311
5. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)
   Asian Rankings (2010) = 66
6. University of Delhi
   Asian Rankings (2010) = 67
   World Rankings (2010) = 371
7. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)
   Asian Rankings (2010) = 74
   World Rankings (2010) = 249
8. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)
   Asian Rankings (2010) = 75
   World Rankings (2010) = 401-450
9. University of Hyderabad
   Asian Rankings (2010) = 81
10. University of Mumbai
    Asian Rankings (2010) = 96
    World Rankings (2010) = 451-500
11. University of Calcutta
    Asian Rankings (2010) = 99
    World Rankings (2010) = 501-550
12. University of Pune
    Asian Rankings (2010) = 109

Source: QS World University Rankings 2010

And the good news is our very own Delhi University ranks at number 6 in this list. According to the Asian University Rankings 2010, University of Delhi ranks at 67th position and at 371st position in the World University Rankings 2010.