Popular Colleges in Chandigarh

DAV College:

• Popular Courses: B.Com - 240 seats, BBA - 160 seats, B.Sc. Biotechnology (Hons) - 30 seats, B.Sc. Bioinformatics - 30 seats, M.Sc. in Bioinformatics and Biotechnology - 20 seats, M.Sc. Chemistry, Mathematics, Zoology (30 seats each). Those seeking admission to M.Sc. courses in Chemistry, Mathematics and Zoology have to appear in entrance exams conducted by Panjab University (PU).
• Hostel facilities: Four hostels have facilities for 700 boys. For girls, hostel accommodation is arranged on request.
• Famous alumni: As many as 56 DAV College alumni have donned national colors in international sports events. They include cricketers such as Kapil Dev, Dinesh Mongia and Yuvraj Singh, Captain Vikram Batra, who was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra for valor in the Kargil conflict of 1999.
• Achievements: DAV was rated as the best among 18,064 colleges in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, according to a survey by India Today. It was rated 21st in Humanities, 29th in Science and 46th in Commerce courses. For 36 years, it has been winning the Shaadi Lal Trophy for the best performance in sports among 143 PU colleges.
• Website:www.davchd.com
• Tel No.: 0172-2743980, 2742609
• Application forms: To be available by the first week of June.

MCM DAV College:

• Popular courses: B.Com (140), Vocational courses such as Food Science and Quality Control as well as Microbial Science and Food Technology (40 seats each)
• Recently introduced courses: Cosmetology and beauty care, Interior Designing and Decoration
• Admission: Forms will be available in the last week of May
• Hostel facilities: The college has hostel facilities for 600 students
• Famous alumni: International rower Gurnoor Kang, Golfer Irina Brar and shooter Harveen, who won a bronze at the 6th Commonwealth Shooting Championship in Melbourne
• Website:www.mcmdavcw.edu
• Tel No.: 0172-2603355

SD College:

• Popular Courses: B.Sc. Biotechnology (Hons) - 25 seats, BSc Bioinformatics - 25 seats. Admission to these courses is on the basis of merit. For M.Sc. in Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (15 seats), PU conducts an entrance examination.
• New Courses: Master's in Entrepreneurship and Family Business - 30 seats. Add-on courses in Computer Hardware and Maintenance, Animation and Graphics, French, Human Rights and Education Value, Entrepreneur Development were introduced two years ago.
• Hostel facilities: There is one boys' hostel with a capacity of 170 students and two girls' hostels with a capacity of 230
• Famous alumni: Fashion Designer JJ Valaya, Cricketer VRV Singh, Rajesh Bindle, the youngest judge at the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
• Highlights: The college library houses about 44,000 books, magazines and a digital library. SD is among 100 Panjab University colleges that have been given the status of 'college with potential for excellence'
• Website:www.gdsd.com
• Tel No.: 0172-613656, 600090
• Applications: Prospectus and admission forms will be available from May 25.

Govt College for Men:

• Popular Courses: B.Com - 140 seats, BCA -40, BBA - 40, B.Sc. Biotechnology - 30 and M.A. English - 60
• Hostel facilities: Three hostels have facilities for 400 students
• Famous alumni: Union Minister of State for Finance Pawan Kumar Bansal, Former Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy
• Tel No. 0172-2740957

(Courtesy: The Hindustan Times)