Miranda House: All you need to know
Miranda House College is a dream of many. The college is only for the women from faculty to everything is only for women. The vibe college holds is something that you can’t get anywhere else. No matter Miranda House offered courses only for women but still it is one of the topest colleges of Delhi University.
In terms of infrastructure it is just fabulous, you must have seen Kabir Singh. Kabir Singh movie shoot in Miranda house.
History
Miranda house college is a women college which is a part of North Campus, University of Delhi. Established in 1948, it offers degrees in the sciences and liberal arts. Everything you get in this college is something top class, from exposure to education and from vibe to food.
Number 1 college
According to the 2020 NIRF ranking Miranda house is the number 1 college of India. And this is not the first time Miranda House so many times archives the top position in ranking list.
Address
GC Narang Road, University Enclave, New Delhi, Delhi 110007
Email address
Contact
Courses offered
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
- BA
- BA Economics Hons
- BA English Hons
- BA Hindi Hons
- BA Political Science Hons
- BA Sociology Hons
- BA Geography Hons
- BA History Hons
- BA Philosophy Hons
- BA Sanskrit Hons
- BA Music Hons
- BA Bengali Hons
- BA Bengali and History
- BA Bengali and Political Science
- BA Economics and Geography
- BA Economics and History
- BA Economics and Mathematics
- BA Economics and Political Science
- BA English and Economics
- BA English and History
- BA English and Political Science
- BA English and Sociology
- BA Geography and History
- BA Geography and Mathematics
- BA Geography and Political Science
- BA Hindi and History
- BA Hindi and Political Science
- BA History and Philosophy
- BA History and Physical Education
- BA History and Political Science
- BA History and Sociology
- BA Philosophy and Physical Education
- BA Philosophy and Political Science
- BA Physical Education and Political Science
- BA Political Science and Sociology
- BA Punjabi and Philosophy
- BA Sanskrit and Geography
- BA Sanskrit and History
- BA Sanskrit and Political Science
Commerce
- BA Economics Hons
Computer Applications and IT
- B.Sc Physical Science with Computer Science
Education
Sciences
- B.Sc Mathematics Hons
- B.Sc Physics Hons
- B.Sc Chemistry Hons
- B.Sc Life Science
- B.Sc Physical Science with Computer Science
- B.Sc Botany Hons
- B.Sc Zoology Hons
Right Skill = Bright Future
Extra Curriculum Activities
The list of the curricula of any top college is big and deep. Miranda house is a also a one of the topest college so its focus on extra Curiculam activities. List of society is mentioned below.
- Music, dance and Chorograpgy society
- Debating Society
- Fine Arts Society
- Quiz Society
- MH Vatavaran – Environment Society
- Enactus
- Adventure Club
- NSS
- NCC
- Equal Opportunity Cell
Placement cell
Not just placement, Miranda house provides Internship so students can get prepared for placement itself. As Miranda houses its placement cell is also very active. Every year so many students from different courses get placement.
Alumni
List of the alumai is very big, in fact it is a top college so the list of alumni should be big. Mentioning a name of few, Sheila Dixit, Malika Sharawat, Anita Desai, Shovana Narayan, Mira Nair, Anjolie Ela Menon, Sheila Dikshit, Mallika Sherawat, Nandita Das, Brinda Karat, Urvashi Butalia, Ritu Menon, Anuja Chauhan, Mouni Roy, Rakhi Lochab and many more.
No. 1 College Miranda House, what are you Waiting for. Everything you get in college is fabulous with an affordable fee. Anyone can get into it. Let me remind you this college is only for women.
Scholarship
Golden Jubilee Awards: This award replaces the Silver Jubilee Award which was instituted with donations made by the Principal and members of the faculty in the Silver Jubilee Year 1973. The first Silver Jubilee Award was given in the academic year 1974-75. In the Golden Jubilee Year it was renamed as the Golden Jubilee Award. It was first given in the academic year 1997-98.
The Golden Jubilee Award is given to two third year students – one from Humanities and Social Sciences; and one from the Sciences including B.Sc. (H) Mathematics. Till 2014, the award was in the nature of a Rolling Trophy and a Certificate of Merit. From the academic year 2014-15, each award also includes a prize of Rs 7500.
Eligibility Criteria
Academic Performance: Applicants from Humanities and Social Sciences should have at least 55% marks; and those from the Sciences including Mathematics should have at least 60% marks. Applicants should have no academic backlog and also have the requisite 66.7% attendance as per University guidelines.
Extracurricular and Co-curricular Activities: Participation is necessary in at least two categories of activities from amongst (a) Cultural/ Extracurricular activities; (b) Organization of department/ College functions; and (c) Co-curricular activities NCC/ Sports/ Social Service.
By: Geetu Katyal
