Maharaja Agrasen College


Maharaja Agrasen College is a college of the University of Delhi, located in Vasundhara Enclave, National Capital Region of Delhi.

Rankings

It is ranked 45th across india by National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2020.

Background

Maharaja Agrasen College was established in 1994 with the objective of catering to the educational requirements of a densely populated East Delhi. The college is fully funded by the Government of India. The college has now shifted to its modern and spacious building complex covering in Vasundhara Enclave, Delhi. It includes an auditorium, a computer centre, fully computerized library, laboratories, and a conference hall. The new building complex has acquired several new facilities like an Information and Communication Technology Center, a Language Laboratory, a Media Laboratory, an Indira Gandhi Open University Center, and a University Grants Commission Research Center among others. The college also provides residential facilities for girl students.

Recent achievements

Macinterns, the Internship Cell of College was set up in 2016 and since then it has been able to provide students with excellent internships through its internship drives both online and on campus, the last internship fair in April 2017 saw 15 companies coming up and offering numerous positions to the students.
Inquizitive, the Quiz Society of the college, was set up in 2017 and hosted 11 quizzes that year which was the most for any quiz society in the Delhi Quiz Circuit. It hosts the Annual Quiz Competition, the Maharaja Quiz in October.
In 2013, Maharaja Agrasen College was awarded with the Best College Award by the University of Delhi for its good practices towards creating the best academic environment amongst all the colleges of the University. The Award was given by the Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, on 24 February 2013, in the presence of Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi, Dinesh Singh. In the same event i.e. 'Antardhvani'. In 2014, it again won second position in ANTARDHVANI.

Academic programs

The College offers admission to the following courses :

Undergraduate programs

In 2013, Maharaja Agrasen College, as a constituent college of the University of Delhi, introduced a four-year undergraduate programme but in 2014, FYUP rolled back and Now College provides these Undergraduate Programs:

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Bachelor's with Mathematical science
Bachelor's with Physical Science in Computer Science and chemistry
Bachelor's with Electronics Honours

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)