Shyam Lal College, University of Delhi

Shyam Lal College is one of the prestigious co-educational colleges affiliated with Delhi University. The college was established in 1964 by Late Shri Shyam Lal Gupta. The college is recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and accredited by the NAAC. Shyam Lal College offers 11 UG programmes in the streams of arts, commerce, and, science, and 1 PG course in Hindi. There are 3,940 students and 132+ faculty members enrolled in the college at present. The campus is spread across 29,501 square meters of land and is located in Shahdara, Delhi. Apart from the regular courses, the Shyam Lal College courses also include Remedial and Spoken English courses for students from the underprivileged sections.  

Shyam Lal College campus is equipped with facilities like laboratories, a cafeteria, a library, a staff room, and, a seminar hall. Moreover, for the Shyam Lal College placements, the median package is Rs 3.8 lakh per annum, and the top recruiters are Bajaj Capital, Tommy Hilfiger, and, IDBI Federal Life. 

A wide range of scholarships and awards are available from Shyam Lal College to worthy, meritorious students with strong academic records. The institute provides several Shyam Lal College scholarships, such as: 

Sports Achievements :

• Hockey: The College Hockey Team became Champion of Inter College Hockey Tournament, the University of Delhi for the first time in the history of SLC.
• Netball: 
  • The Netball Team secured 2nd position in Inter College Netball Tournament, University of Delhi.
  • Netball Secured 3rd Position in Delhi Olympic Netball Championship.
• Baseball:
  • SLC Baseball Team secured 1st position in Delhi State Baseball Tournament. 
  • Baseball Team secured 2nd position in Inter College Baseball Tournament, University of Delhi.
• Kabaddi: The College Kabaddi Team secured 3rd position in Inter College Kabaddi Tournament, University of Delhi.

As per the guidelines of the University of Delhi, SLC has formed the Women Development Cell (WDC) in the academic year 2015-2016. WDC, in collaboration with Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), has conducted workshops, counseling sessions, film screenings, and nukkad naatak for both students and staff members. WDC and ICC also organized workshops separately for students, teaching faculty and the office staff on "Gender Sensitization" by Ms. Kamla Bhasin, the eminent social and gender activist. Both WDC and ICC teacher members regularly attend workshops and training programmes organized by the WSDS, University of Delhi and other such agencies. WDC has started gender counseling on bimonthly basis from 2016-17 session so as to provide a forum to students (both girls and boys) where they can unhesitatingly articulate and clear their gender and other behavioral related queries. WDC is also organizing UGC-ICSSR sponsored National Conference on "Gender and Popular Culture: Representations and Embodiment" on 14-15 Dec, 2016. The Conference aims at addressing the existing gender bias in the society as represented in the media and the cross-cultural context.