Lady Shri Ram College (LSR) is a constituent

women's college Women's colleges in higher education are undergraduate, bachelor's degree-granting institutions, often liberal arts colleges, whose student populations are composed exclusively or almost exclusively of women. Some women's colleges admit male st ...

, affiliated with the

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History

Established in 1956 in

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by the late Lala Shri Ram in memory of his wife Phoolan Devi (Lady Shri Ram), the college began in a school building in

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, Central

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with 299 students, nine faculty, and four support staff. The college is now located in a campus in

Lajpat Nagar Lajpat Nagar is a residential and commercial neighborhood in the South East Delhi district of Delhi. It was named in honor of Lala Lajpat Rai and is today most known for Pranav Dudani. This area is not to be confused with the Lajpat Nagar in ...

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. LSR's infrastructure includes a

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with internet access, 1200 books, 50 online journals and 12798 in-house journals and periodicals. Its Board of Governors is chaired by industrialist and philanthropist Bharat Ram.

Academics

Academic programmes

*B.A. (H):

Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

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Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

History History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

Philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...

Sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

*B.Com. (H) *B.A. Programme *BSc. (H):

Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

Statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a s ...

*B.El.Ed *Postgraduate Diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peace-building (CTPB) *

Journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree of accuracy. The word, a noun, applies to the journ ...

and

Mass Communication Mass communication is the process of imparting and exchanging information through mass media to large population segments. It utilizes various forms of media as technology has made the dissemination of information more efficient. Primary examples o ...

(H)

Rankings

LSR College was ranked 10th among colleges in India by the

National Institutional Ranking Framework National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a ranking methodology released annually by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, to rank institutions of higher education in India. The framework was approved by the former Ministr ...

(NIRF) in 2024.

Admissions

Admissions to all Undergraduate (UG) Programs in Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR) are based on the scores obtained in CUET (Common University Entrance Test) - UG.

Student life

Cultural festivals

Tarang is the annual cultural festival of Lady Shri Ram College in fields of music, dance, dramatics, debating, fine arts, quiz, and film.

Student clubs

LSR also has 20 other clubs for extra-curricular activities such as Hive for art enthusiasts, a Debating Society for debates, and Dramatics Society for drama. Other clubs include the LSR's choreography group, the Western Music Society and the classical music society. In addition to this, there is also compulsory enrollment in

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, National Sports Organisation or National Cadet Corps.

College magazine

The LSR College Magazine is an annual publication first established in 1956 that documents the college's events and activities as well as student and faculty voices and creative expressions in over 14 languages. The magazine includes themed and unthemed submissions, interviews,artworks and international and national news. It is a student-run publication.The college magazine is the earliest institutional record of the college in the public domain.

Notable alumnae

Politics and civil service

Tina Dabi Tina Dabi (born 9 November 1993) is an Indian civil servant in Rajasthan. Her scores on the Indian civil service exam attracted intense media and public scrutiny of her personal life, sparked criticism of the reservation system for scheduled c ...

, civil servant *

Gita Gopinath Gita Gopinath (born 8 December 1971) is an Indian-American economist who has served as the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), since 21 January 2022. She had previously served as chief economist of the IMF ...

, Chief Economist,

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Geeta Luthra Geeta Luthra is a Senior Counsel, Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India. Career Luthra began practicing law in the 1980s. For thirty years, she practiced law with Senior Advocate Pinky Anand. Luthra's legal practice experience includes ...

, Senior advocate in the Supreme Court * Gita Mittal, Hon’ble Chief Justice (Retd.), Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court *

Anupriya Patel Anupriya Singh Patel (born 28 April 1981) is an Indian politician, teacher and social worker from the state of Uttar Pradesh who is the president of Apna Dal (Soneylal) party since 2016 and the minister of State for Commerce and Industry of I ...

, Member of Parliament and Former Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare *

Preeti Saran Preeti Saran (born 5 September 1958) is an Indian civil servant of the Indian Foreign Service cadre 1982 batch. In December 2018, Saran was elected unopposed to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for a term from ...

, diplomat

Entertainment

Rasika Dugal Rasika Dugal (born 17 January 1985) is an Indian actress known for her roles in several Indian movies and television productions. She made her screen debut with a small role, in the film '' Anwar'' (2007) and went on to star in many criticall ...

, actress * Feroze Gujral, socialite * Sayani Gupta, actress *

Aditi Rao Hydari Aditi Rao Hydari (born 28 October 1986) is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi cinema, Hindi, Tamil cinema, Tamil, and Telugu cinema, Telugu films. Born into the Tyabji family, Tyabji–Hydari family, she made her acting debut with the Mal ...

, actress *

Priyamvada Kant Priyamvada Kant is an Indian actress, writer and the winner of MTV Splitsvilla Season 12. Career Priyamvada Kant debuted as Kaumudi with ''Bairi Piya (TV series), Bairi Piya'' in 2010. She worked as negative character Payal in 2011 ''Hamari Saa ...

, actress *

Gauri Khan Gauri Shah Rukh Khan (''née'' Chhibber; born 8 October 1970) is an Indian film producer and fashion designer who works in Hindi films and the designing industry. She has produced films including ''Main Hoon Na'', ''Om Shanti Om'','' RaOne'' ...

, film producer, interior designer *

Raashi Khanna Raashii Khanna (born 30 November 1990) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Telugu language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil films. She made her acting debut in a supporting role with the Hindi film ''Madras Cafe'' (2013) and subse ...

, actress *

Deepa Mehta Deepa Mehta, (; born 15 September 1950) is an Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996 film), ''Fire'' (1996), ''Earth (1998 film), Earth'' (1998), and ''Water (2005 film), Water'' (2 ...

, filmmaker *

Baisali Mohanty Baisali Mohanty (born 5 August 1994) is an international diplomat and United Nations official, author, Indian classical dancer and analyst of foreign and public policy. She is a regular contributor on foreign policy and strategic affairs to se ...

, classical dancer and choreographer; columnist *

Sandhya Mridul Sandhya Mridul is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films and television. She is most known for her roles in films like '' Saathiya'' (2002) and ''Page 3'' (2005) and was first runner up on the reality dance show '' Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Seas ...

, actress *

Darshana Rajendran Darshana Rajendran is an Indian actress and playback singer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. Darshana is best known for her performance in the 2022 films—''Hridayam'' and '' Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey''. The latter earned her Filmfare ...

, actress *

Jasmine Kaur Roy Jasmine Kaur Roy is a two time National Award-winning independent filmmaker from India, making short films and documentaries with Avinash Roy, under their banner Wanderlust Films. Her film '' Amoli'' is a documentary about the commercial sexual ...

, filmmaker *

Sanjana Sanghi Sanjana Sanghi (born 2 September 1996) is an Indian actress and model who works in Hindi films. She made her acting debut as a child artist in the 2011 film '' Rockstar'' and after appearing in a few supporting roles, she had her breakthrough w ...

, actress *

Tillotama Shome Tillotama Shome (born 25 June 1979) is an Indian actress known primarily for her work in independent films. She began acting with a supporting role in Mira Nair's film ''Monsoon Wedding'' (2001). She won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actr ...

, actress *

Archana Puran Singh Archana Puran Singh (born 26 September 1962) is an Indian actress and television personality. She is known for her comedy roles in several Bollywood movies and as a judge in the comedy shows ''The Kapil Sharma Show'' and '' Comedy Circus''. She ...

, television host, Bollywood actress, anchor and celebrity judge *

Sakshi Tanwar Sakshi Tanwar is an Indian actress and presenter, who primarily works in Hindi films and television. Tanwar is considered among the highest-paid television actresses in India. Tanwar is widely recognised for her portrayal of Parvati Agarwal in ...

, actress

Other

* Anasuya Sengupta, Senior Director of Grantmaking,

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, honoured with

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; founder of

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* Anshula Kant, Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, The World Bank *

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, pro-democracy activist and leader of the

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;

Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish language, Swedish and ) is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the Will and testament, will of Sweden, Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Nobe ...

laureate *

Chitra Subramaniam Chitra Subramaniam Duella (born 5 April 1958) is an Indian journalist. She is recognised in India for her investigation of the Bofors-India Howitzer deal which is widely believed to have contributed to the electoral defeat of former prime Min ...

, investigative journalist *

Chhavi Rajawat Chhavi Rajawat was the Sarpanch of her village Soda, from Jaipur. Though holding an elected post, Chhavi is not affiliated to any political party. The Panchayats are officially supposed to be non-partisan and Panchayat elected representative ...

, Sarpanch of village Soda * Divya Dwivedi, philosopher * Iqra Hasan Chaudhry, Member of Parliament Kairana, UP * Geetanjali Shree, Hindi writer and

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winner * Gurmehar Kaur, Young Activist, Writer, Leader * Indu Malhotra, Judge,

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* Jaishree Misra, popular fiction author *

Kiran Walia Kiran Walia is an Indian politician who is a former member of the Second Legislative Assembly of Delhi, Second, Third Legislative Assembly of Delhi, Third and Fourth Legislative Assembly of Delhi, Fourth Delhi Legislative Assembly, Delhi Legis ...

, Politician, Former Minister of Health and Family Welfare Department, Women & Child Development and Languages, Delhi Government. * Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, MP, Former Minister of Women and Child Development, animal rights activist, and environmentalist *

Manu Bhaker Manu Bhaker (born 18 February 2002) is an Indian sport shooter. She has won 2 medals at the Olympic Games, 7 medals at the Asian Games and Asian Championships, and 22 medals at the World Championships and World Cups. At the 2024 Olympics, she b ...

, Indian sport shooter * Meenakshi Gopinath, educationist, former principal and

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awardee * Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan, author *

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, Director,

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. *

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, Chief Executive Officer,

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India * Nabila Jamshed, author * Nidhi Razdan, Anchor - NDTV *

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, actress *

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, writer * Priya Prakash, businesswoman *

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, CEO

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India *

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, Indian Film Actress *

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, former

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* Uma Sharma,

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dancer *

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, Former Deputy Governor,

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, Managing Director,

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* Sunita Kohli, Interior Designer who restored Rashtrapati Bhawan * Vasundhara Sirnate, Indian political scientist and journalist. * Kavita Singh, Professor and Infosys Prize winner * Anjana Sinha, IPS officer * Parampara Tandon, Music Composer, Singer *

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, Bhutanese journalist *

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, Member of Parliament in

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representing Samastipur Loksabha Constituency

References

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History

Academics

Academic programmes

Rankings

Admissions

Student life

Cultural festivals

Student clubs

College magazine

Notable alumnae

Politics and civil service

Entertainment

Other

See also

References