Dyal Singh College (Evening)

Dyal Singh College is a co-educational institute that is a constituent college of the University of Delhi, established in 1959 in Delhi, India. It falls under the South Campus of Delhi University and is regarded as a top-ranked college there, offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses in science, the humanities, and commerce. The college is centrally located at Lodhi Road in New Delhi, near landmarks such as Lodhi Gardens, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Safdarjung Tomb, Humayun's Tomb, India Habitat Centre, and India International Centre, and is often regarded as the most beautiful college of DU. It traces its origin to the estate of Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, who willed his estate in 1895 for a secular educational trust, leading to the original Dyal Singh College being established in Lahore in 1910. After Partition, colleges were established in Karnal and Delhi, with the Delhi college starting at Rouse Avenue in 1959 and moving to its present location in 1962. It was taken over by the University of Delhi as a university-maintained institution in 1978. The college offers courses across departments such as Botany, Chemistry, Commerce, Economics, English, History, Physics, and others, and was ranked 34th among colleges in India by the NIRF in 2024.