Deshbandhu College
Constituent college of University of Delhi
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Deshbandhu College (Hindi: देशबंधु कॉलेज) is a college established in 1952 and affiliated to University of Delhi. Deshbandhu College was established in 1953 by the Ministry of Rehabilitation, as a memorial to freedom fighter Deshbandhu Gupta.[1]
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| Motto | "कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते" |
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| Type | Government |
| Established | 1952; 72 years ago |
| Accreditation | NAAC (A++ Grade) |
| Affiliations | University of Delhi |
| Principal | Prof. Rajendra Kumar Pandey |
| Location | Kalkaji Main Rd, Block H, Kalkaji , , 110019 , India 28.5401439°N 77.254214°E |
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| Website | www |
  Location within Delhi  Location within India | |
Rankings
It is NAAC A++ college and ranked 13th among colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2025.[2]
Student life
Societies
Following is the list of societies of Deshbandhu College (excluding Departmental societies) -
- MarkSoc:DBC - THE MARKETING SOCIETY OF DESHBANDHU COLLEGE
- Sharpshooters- The Photography Society
- Deshbandhu Dramatics Society - Stage players
- Oculis - Film society
- Deshbandhu Dramatics Society - Street theatre Society
- Dialecticians - English debating society
- Antdristi - Hindi debating society
- Art Meister - Art and craft society
- Physica - The Physics society
- Fiontrai - Entrepreneurship Cell
- Quizzards - Quizzing club
- YUVA - Youth United for Vision and Action
- Timbre - music society
- IGNIS - flashmob group
- National Cadet Corps
- National service scheme
- Enactus Deshbandhu
- Deshbandhu Express - College media channel owned and run by students
- DESH - college magazine
- Riwayat - The Classical Dance Society
- Leaders of tomorrow - NGO
- POLIENZ - The Political Science Society
- SPANDAN - Bengali literary and Cultural Society of Deshbandhu College
Events
Deshbandhu College organises its annual fest Sabrang in even semesters. Each department has their societies which organise seminars and lectures by eminent scholars and scientists.
Notable people
Notable faculty
- Om Prakash Kohli, former member of Rajya Sabha, Governor of Gujarat
- Ravish Kumar, Ramon Magsaysay Awardee
Notable alumni
- Prabhu Chawla; Editorial Director of The New Indian Express
- Gulshan Kumar; Founder of the T-Series, Bollywood movie producer
- Late Rajiv Goswami; Activist, President of Delhi University Students Union
- Ajay Dutt; MLA, Delhi Legislative Assembly
- Ashok Lavasa; Former Election Commissioner of India
- Ravish Kumar; Journalist and former news anchor at NDTV
- Late Major Udai Singh; Shaurya Chakra, Sena Medal
- Shantanu Moitra; Music composer,[3] National Film Award winner for music direction
- Raghu Ram, MTV's Roadies Producer
- Sahil Uppal, Actor
