Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College

Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College is a constituent college of University of Delhi located in Delhi, India. It is renowned for its culturally diverse atmosphere balanced with academically strong records. It has one of the best infrastructure among other colleges in the campus, being famous for its auditorium and the cricket ground. The college premises also bears a Gurudwara.

History and Evolution

Named after Guru Tegh Bahadur, the 9th Sikh Guru, Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College is a constituent of University of Delhi. It is a co-educational institution established in the year 1951 by Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee to instill ideals of self-sacrifice and service among the youth. It draws inspiration from the life of the Guru who laid down his life in Delhi to uphold freedom of belief and conscience and whose sacrifice and martyrdom for secular ideas are unique in the annals of our country.

The College had a modest beginning and was situated in four rooms in a school in Dev Nagar with 49 students and a faculty of 6 teachers. The College shifted to its present premises in the University Campus in 1973.

Principal: Dr. Jaswinder Singh

College Magazine: "The Tegh"; consisting of English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu sections along with photographs of the major college happenings of the academic session.

Excellence in Sports

The College has earned popularity for its excellence in sports and gaming activities. From time to time the students of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College has received invitation to participate in all the international competitions. To facilitate sports, the College authorities have built a spacious playground where students can play various games like Hockey, Cricket, Football, etc. Ample facilities are given for promoting indoor games like Table Tennis, Carrom, Chess and mini Gymnasium. A superb Sports Complex called Sant Harchand Singh Longowal Sports Complex has been built, consisting of sixteen up-to-date gymnasium, with facilities of treadmill and weightlifting. A squash racket room, 3 table tennis rooms, and changing rooms for players also are incorporated within this complex. There is also a seminar room that is delightfully decorated, providing excellent infrastructure for workshops, seminars and associated activities. The college has recently constructed a new floodlit Lawn Tennis court (120X120) at a cost of Rs 23 lakh. "The Khalsa Tennis Academy" has also been set up to utilize the infrastructure and nurture fresh talents. The academy is being supervised under former Indian Davis Cup Player, Balram Singh. The college, along with Ramjas College and Shri Ram College of Commerce has been identified to be as one of the training venue of rugby for the Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010, and hence the sporting facilities are under further upgradation.

College Societies

Academic Societies:
"Aakriti" - The Zoology Society
"BBE Society" - Bachelor of Business Economics Society
"The Commerce Society"; Fest: Comzone
"Ecotryst" - The Economics Society; Fest: Pinnacle
"English Literary Society"; Fest: Arabesque
"Hindi Sahitya Sabha" - The Hindi Literary Society; Newspaper: Aagaaz
"Punjabi Literary Society"
"History Society"
"Physics and Electronics Society"
"Prakriti" - The Botany Society

Co-curricular / Extra-curricular Societies:
"Ankur" - The Dramatics Society. Featuring among some of the best dramatics society in the campus, Ankur which was revived in 1995 with the efforts of Dr. Javed Mallik is quite active in producing both stage plays and street plays.Since its inception it has produced more than 15 short plays and 4 full length productions.The team has won several awards including best play,best actor,best direction,etc at many inter college theatre competitions around the country.Ankur was recently invited to Pakistan to represent the University of Delhi at the Second Pak-India Inter-varsity Theatre Festival at SAARC Students' Festival at the Government College University, Lahore and was critically said to be among the best plays of the festival. This year the society is under the supervision of Mr Saikat Ghosh (staff convener and teacher, Department of English) and Aditya Jain (President and student ,B.Com (Pass), III^rd year).
"DADS" - The Debate and Discussion Society
"Divinity Society"
"Environmental Club"
"Saaz" - Musical Society
"Vigour" - The Bhangra and Gidha Society
"Renaissance" - The Fashion Society
"Asmi" - Choreography and Dance Society

Noted Alumni

Vivek Mishra: Eminent theatre person; actor and director.
Jasjeet Singh Bagla : Astrophysist, HRI, Allahabad.
Pallavi Gogoi : Finance Correspondent, Business Week, New York.
Anil Kumar Singh : News editor, Star News; Also a writer of titles like India's Security Concerns, Ministry and Media, Insurgency in India; Political critic.
Siddharth Dutta : News Editor, Zee Sports; Also worked for Transworld International, Aaj Tak and Star News.
Rabbi Shergill : Famously known as just "Rabbi", famous singer and music director.
Maninder Singh: Former cricketer turned commentator.

Arjuna Awardees:
Shyam Lal : Former gymnast, Represented India twice in Olympics
Dalbir Singh : Former weight-lifter, Represented India twice in Asian Games
Vijay Mala Bhanot : Former athlete, Represented India twice in Asian Games.
Mohinder Amarnath : Former cricketer, Man of the Match for the semi-final and the final of the victorious Cricket World Cup 1983.

Courses Available

*B.A. (Hons) Economics
*B.A. (Hons) English
*B.A. (Hons) Hindi
*B.A. (Hons) History
*B.A. (Hons) Mathematics
*B.A. (Hons) Political Science
*B.A. (Hons) Punjabi
*B.A. Programme
*B.B.E. - Bachelor of Business Economics
*B.Com. (Hons)
*B.Com. (Pass)
*B.Sc. (Hons) Botany
*B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry
*B.Sc. (Hons) Electronics
*B.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics
*B.Sc. (Hons) Physics
*B.Sc. (Hons) Zoology
*B.Sc. Applied Physical Sciences (Computer Science)
*B.Sc. Life Sciences
*B.Sc. Physical Sciences

External links

* [http://www.sgtbkhalsadu.ac.in Official site]
* [http://dutalk.net Delhi University Talk] Students Forum