Srishti Manna's Review on Deshbandhu College, Delhi University, New Delhi
Placements and Internships
- In Deshbandhu placements were offered for courses like Economics students.
- Companies such as HDFC, ICICI, RBS, etc came every day in the final semester to take interviews and select students.
- Mostly companies were from IT, Finance, Marketing and Sales sector.
- Salaries ranged from Rs. 10k per month to Rs. 1 lakh per month depending on the position they hired.
- Delhi university has an online portal for all the students passed out from any college of DU.
College Infrastructure and Hostel Facilities
- Deshbandhu college did not have any hostels at that time, but construction had started.
- There were a lot of PG accommodations outside college ranging from Rs. 5,000 per month.
- The classrooms were very poorly maintained with rarely projector presence.
- There is a lab facility available for the students.
- There are a library and wifi facility available for the students.
Entrance Exams and Admissions
- Delhi university has courses which may or may not be through entrance exams. My course was solely merit based.
- Eligibility criteria for joining Deshbandhu College is passing the 12th in science stream with different cut off in every list that came out starting from 99% to as low as 50%.
- An online form was to be filled with all the courses you were interested in as soon as the list with your range of cut-off came out online on the Delhi university portal, the students had to reach their respective colleges to fill a form for enrollment with proper documents to be given to the authorities which were Marksheet photocopy, Migration certificate, Character certificate, address proof mainly.
Academics and Faculty
- There are assignments and projects given to the students at Deshbandhu College.
- The class timings are from 8 am to 4.30 pm.
- The quality of teachings is good.
- The overall experience is good.
Fees and Scholarships
- Course fee was around Rs. 13k per semester which was 6 months.
- A lot of Scholarship opportunities were given to the brightest students which were given a prize money ranging from Rs. 2,000 to full tuition fee scholarship.
- Students can apply for these on the Delhi university website. Forms available online but need to be printed and sent out by hand.
- At least 100 students on an average were given a scholarship from all the colleges of DU.
- Loans were not needed due to a low fee for all semesters.
Clubs and Associations
- There were two dance, two music, and two theater societies present at Deshbandhu College.
- All extracurricular activities were shown on Delhi university website but our college website was outdated.
- Science symposiums, trips, quizzes, etc were also very fun to attend.
- Fests were organized every February with some or the other celebrity singer being invited to perform.
- Department fests were also organized holding a lot of fun activities and food.
- Sports week was also average due to poor refreshment and seating arrangement.
- No festivals were celebrated but were off days for students.
- College life, in general, was amazing.
3.2
Placements & Internships
2.5
Fees & Scholarships
4
Academics & Faculty
4
College Infrastructure & Hostel Facilities
1.5
Clubs & Associations
4
