Miranda House College | Admission Corner

Miranda House, residential college for women, is one of the premier Women's Institutions of Delhi University. It was founded in 1948 by the then Vice-Chancellor Sir Maurice Gwyer; its foundation stone was laid by Lady Edwina Mountbatten on March 7 in the same year. Located in the University campus, Miranda House is built in warm red brick with cool and spacious corridors. Its original design was by the renowned architect Walter George, the college shares an architectural affinity with other colonial educational institutions of the country. In the past five decades, as the college has grown, several other buildings have been added to its original design. It is now declared a heritage building and work is on to maintain its pristine glory.

Miranda offers liberal education in humanities and science to more than 2500 students. The faculty is renowned for their meritorious profile, versatile talent and dedication to the cause of education. The college has produced women who have excelled in various professions and have contributed in numerous ways to society at large.

The college has always maintained high academic standards. What is more important is the space it has provided to the students to freely express and develop views that help them respond to changes in society. Its proximity to other campus colleges enables students to participate in the academic and cultural events that take place around it.

The college hostel is amongst the oldest residential buildings of the University. The hostel has recently been renovated under the Heritage Building Project. The hostel section is laid out in a pleasing quadrangle, with gardens paced out by bottle palms. The design allows a spacious privacy within which residents can be as they like. The dining hall is one of the assets of the college with monastic tables and benches set inside a long hall. The stretch of ground curving around the hostel towards the cafeteria has been cleared away for a beautiful lawn and a rockery extending the special attractions of the Cafeteria, particularly on sunny winter days. It has also brought out the potential of the spacious verandah outside one of the classrooms as an elevated stage for cultural events

Courses offered
• B.A. (Hons) Bengali
• B.A. (Hons) Economics
• B.A. (Hons) English
• B.A. (Hons) Geography
• B.A. (Hons) Hindi
• B.A. (Hons) History
• B.A. (Hons) Mathematics
• B.A. (Hons) Music
• B.A. (Hons) Philosophy
• B.A. (Hons) Political Science
• B.A. (Hons) Sanskrit
• B.A. (Hons) Sociology
• B.A. Programme
• B.El.Ed.
• B.Sc. (Hons) Botany
• B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry
• B.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics
• B.Sc. (Hons) Physics
• B.Sc. (Hons) Zoology
• B.Sc. Applied Physical Sciences (Computer Science)
• B.Sc. Life Sciences

Institute Details

Established in:

1948

Fee Structure:

0 - 2 lacs

Domestic/International:

Domestic

Website:

www.mirandahouse.ac.in

Graduation

Available Courses:

B.Sc

M.A.

M.Sc

How to reach

Phone Numbers:

+91 11 27666983, 27667437, 27667367

Country:

India

City:

Delhi

Address:

Patel Chest Marg, Delhi-110007.

Other Details

Infrastructure:

The Miranda House Library acquired its first book on 22nd July 1948. In the beginning it was confined to one room. The present majestic double storied building, the foundation stone of which was laid by the Late Prime Minister Ms. Indira Gandhi on 7th March 1973, was constructed under the able guidance of the Founder Librarian Ms. P. Tandon. It occupies a vantage position in the campus. On entry one notices the aesthetic touches provided by paintings, which are a riot of color, and black and white college photographs. The greenery around the building enhances its inviting ambience. The readers have an easy access to books. The efficient and cooperative library staff carries out their duties with a professional attitude. The library boasts of a strong collection of nearly One Lac books, hundreds of periodicals and several newspapers and magazines that are available to the large student population and make the library rich in its assets. The different areas on different floors of library building are demarcated to perform specific functions. One of the reading rooms has an informal seating arrangement where, oblivious to the world, students can lounge engrossed in their pursuit of knowledge. The library is fully automated and has an audio-visual section. From this academic year, a Digital Resource Centre with several internet connected computers will also become functional. The library is open from 8.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. on weekdays and from 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. on Saturdays.

Faculty:

Faculties Principal: Kiran Datar, M.A. (Delhi), M.A. (University of Washington), Ph.D.(JNU) Vice-principal: V.Lyall, M.A.(Delhi) Ph.D.(Delhi) Bursar: S.K.Suneja, M.A., Ph.D (Delhi) Department of English Masooma R.Ali, M.A.(Aligarh) Angela R. Koreth M.A.(Madras), M.Phil.(Delhi). L.L.B.(Delhi) Svati U. Joshi, M.A. (Harvard), Ph.D. (M.S.U.Baroda) Manju Kapur Dalmia, M.A. (Canada), M.Phil. (Delhi) Saswati Sengupta, M.A.(Delhi), M.Phil. (Delhi) Gayatri D. Acharya, M.A. (Massachusetts),. Ph.D.(Tufts) Sharmila purkayastha, M.A. (Delhi), M.Phil(Delhi) Ramya Srinivasan, M.A.(Delhi), M.Phil (Delhi) - on leave Indra Prasad,M.A.(Delhi). M.Phil (Delhi) Shampa Roy. M.A. (Delhi), M.phil (Delhi)-on leave Deepika Tandon, M.A. (Delhi), M.phil (Delhi) Ira Singh, M.A. (Delhi), M.phil (Delhi) Department of Hindi Nirmala Hemant. M.A. Ph.D. (Delhi) Shail Kumari, M.A. Ph.D. (Delhi) Sontosh Goyal, M.A. (Pb.), Ph.D. (Delhi), Dip. Linguistics Archana Verma. M.A. (Allahabad), Ph.D. (Delhi) Usha Chopra, M.A. Ph.D. (Delhi) - on leave Urmil Singh,M.A. (Delhi). Ph.D. (Delhi) Anubha, M.A., M.Phil. (Delhi), Nisha Nag, M.A., M.Phil (Delhi) Rajni Disodia, M.A., M.Phil (Delhi) Department of Sanskrit Urmi B. Gupta,M.A. Ph.D. (Delhi) Urmil Rustagi, M.A. Ph.D.(Delhi) Shrada Shukla. M.A. (Delhi),Ph.D. (Delhi) Rekha Arora, Department of Modern Indian Languages Bengali Geeta Chattopadhyaya, M.A. (Calcutta), Ph.D. (Delhi) Roma Debabrata, M.A. (Calcutta) Srimati Chakravarti, M.A. (Delhi) Punjabi Swarn K. Vir, M.A. (Punjabi). M.A. (English) (Punjab) Tamil Vijayalakshmi Rajaram, M.A. (Madurai), Ph.D. (Delhi) Department of Economics Uma Kapila, M.A. Ph.D. (Delhi) Prabha Rao, M.A. (Andhra), M.A. (Ontario) Manisha vats. M.A. (Delhi), M.Phil. (Delhi) Smita Misra. M.A. (Delhi) on leave Alka Budhiraja, M.A. (Delhi) Ravinder Jha, M.A. (Delhi), M.Phil. (JNU) Meeta Kumar,M.A. (Delhi), M.Phil. (Delhi) Nandini Dutta, M.A., M.Phil (J.N.U.) Malvika Paul, M.A. (J.N.U.) Department of History Prabha Dixit, M.A. (Lucknow) Kiran Kaushik, M.A. Ph.D. (Delhi) Prem Chaudhary, M.A. (Delhi), Ph.D.(JNU)UGC (Research Scientist) Jhunu Deb, M.A. (Calcutta) Radhika Singha, M.A. (JNU), Ph.D. (cambridge) Srimanjari, M.A. (Delhi), M.Phil. (Delhi), Ph.D. (Delhi) Nonica Datta, M.A., M.Phil, (JNU), Ph.D. (Cambridge) Bharti Jagannathan, M.A., M.Phil. (Delhi) Department of Philosophy R.S.Sunder, M.A. (Delhi), B.T. (Punjab) Deepti Dutta, M.A. (calcutta), Ph.D. (Delhi) Chhanda Chatterjee, M.A. (Delhi), Ph.D.(Delhi) Uma Chandra, M.A. (Rajasthan) Indu Gandhi, M.A.(Delhi) Nisha Bala Tyagi, M.A. (Delhi),Ph.D. (Delhi) on leave Department of Mathematics Nilima, M.A. (Delhi) Vinod Lyall, M.A. (Delhi), Ph.D. (Delhi) Surjeet Kaur Suneja, M.A. (Delhi), Ph.D. (Delhi) Lalita Dhar, M.A. (J&K) vimla Kaushik, M.A.Ph.D.(Delhi) Shashi Bala Aggarwal, M.A. (Delhi) Ph.D. (Delhi) Manjari Kiran Srivastava, M.A. (Delhi), M.Phil. (Delhi) Ph.D. (Delhi) Sunila Aggarwal , M.A. (Delhi), M.Phil. (Delhi) Sapna Jain., M.Sc., M.Phil. (Delhi) K.V.Shantha, M.Sc., (Madras), M.Phil (Meerut) Department of Political Science Rajinder Gujral, M.A. (Punjab) Urvashi Dhamija, M.A.,(Delhi),Ph.D.(Delhi) Jayashree Pillai, M.A.,M.Phil. (Delhi) Purnima Roy, M.A.,M.Phil.(Delhi) Bijaylaxmi Nanda, M.A. (utkal), M.Phil. (Delhi) Shefali Jha, M.A. (JNU), M.Phil.(JNU), C.Phil. (california) on leave Department of Sociology Usha Khurana, M.A., M.Litt. (Delhi) Dinaz Mirchandani, M.A. (Delhi), Ph.D. (Delhi) Alka Mavlankar, M.A. Ph.D. (Delhi) Department of Geogaphy Nirmal Kandhari, M.A.(Punjabi), Ph.D. (Punjab) D.Chaudhuri, M.A.(Florida,U.S.A.), B.T. (calcutta), Ph.D. (calcutta) Punam Behari, M.A. (Delhi) Sudeshna Bhattacharya, M.A. (Calcutta), Ph.D.(Delhi) Ritu Ahlawat, M.A. (Delhi) Department of Botany Usha Tiku, M.Sc. (J&K). Ph.D. (Delhi) Anita Sehgal, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi) Ritu Mehrotra, M.Sc. Ph.D. (Delhi) Madhu Khanna, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi) Minakshi Sethi, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi) Sushma Moitra, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi) Janaki Subramanyam, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi) Madhu Bajaj, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi) Department of Chemistry Bala Rau, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi) R. Usha, M.Sc. (Delhi), Ph.D. (Delhi) Aruna Popli, M.Sc. (Delhi) Sunita Ahuja, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Pilani) Bhumitra Dhingra, M.Sc., Ph.D. (IIT. Delhi) Kiran Kapoor, M.Sc. (Jiwaji), Ph.D. (Delhi) Anita Tandon, M.Sc. (Kanpur), Ph.D. (Delhi) Bimla Kwatra, M.Sc. (Kanpur), Ph.D. (I.I.T. Delhi) Sunita Dhingra, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi) Adarsh Gulati, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi) Madhulika Johri Verma, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi) Bani Roy, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi) Amrita Tripathi Sheikh, M.Sc., Ph.D. (I.I.T. Kanpur) Department of Physics Kamesh Gupta, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi) Krishna Sengupta, M.Sc. (Gauhati), Ph.D. (Delhi) L. Rangaswamy. M.Sc. (Madras), Ph.D. (Delhi) Usha Malik, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi) Saroj Bala Mahajan. M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi) Rita Chandra, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Allahabad) Pratibha Jolly, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi) (UGC Research Scientist) Mallika Verma, M.Sc. (Delhi), Ph.D. (I.I.T. Bangalore) Rashmi Rakshit, M.Sc. (I.I.T., Delhi), Ph.D. (I.I.T. Delhi) Sanju, M.Sc. (Delhi) Vandana Verma, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi) Department of Zoology Alamelu Gopal, M.Sc. (Calcutta) Sharda Rakesh, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi) Tanima K. Bose, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi) N.A. Nirmala, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Mysore) Saroj kesar, M.Sc., Ph.D. (A.I.I.M.S.) Vimla Thareja, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi) Computer Science Anju Kant Chawla, B.A. Hons. (Delhi), M.C.A. (Delhi) Seema Agarwal, B.Sc. Hons. (Delhi), M.C.A. (Delhi) Physical Education O.P. Padma, B.Com. (Kerala), M.Ph.Ed. (Madras), NS NIS, Dip Hockey (Patiala) Amita Rana, M.A. (P.E.), M.Phil. (Jiwaji)