Pannalal Girdharlal Dayanand Anglo Vedic College

Motto	असतो मा सद्गमय (asato mā sadgamaya) (Sanskrit)
Motto in English	"From Ignorance Lead me to Truth"
Type	College
Established	1957 (66 years ago)
Chairman	Sh. T.N. Chaturvedi
Principal	Dr. Krishna Sharma(Morning college)[1] Dr. R.K. Gupta (Evening college)[2]
Undergraduates	B.Sc, B.Com, B.A
Postgraduates	M.A, M.Com
Address	Ring Road, near Vinobapuri Metro Station, Nehru Nagar, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi, Delhi 110065 , New Delhi , Delhi , 110065 , India 28°34′02″N 77°14′59″E / 28.5672882°N 77.249792°E / 28.5672882; 77.249792
Campus	Urban
Acronym	PGDAV
Colors
Nickname	DAV college
Affiliations	University of Delhi
Website	pgdavcollege.in (Morning-shift) pgdavecollege.in (Evening-shift)
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Pannalal Girdharlal Dayanand Anglo-Vedic (P.G.D.A.V.) College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi.^[3] Established in 1957, it offers various courses at the undergraduate, postgraduate level and open schooling.^[4]

P.G.D.A.V College is a part of the South Campus of Delhi University. The College is situated in Nehru Nagar, near Vinobapuri metro station, in New Delhi. The College complex has two seminar halls, a Computer Centre, a Bank, a library, laboratories for various departments, and playgrounds for Cricket, Football, Badminton, Basketball, Volleyball, Girls common room, medical room and also a gymnasium.^[5]

Departments

The college has twelve Departments which conduct B.Sc. / B.A. / B.Com. Honors as well as B.Sc. / B.A. / B.Com. Programme Courses.

List of Departments:

• Commerce
• Computer Science
• Economics
• English
• Hindi
• History
• Statistics
• Mathematics
• Physical Education
• Environmental Studies
• Political Science
• Sanskrit

Cultural societies of morning shift

• "Hyperion".^[6] It resembles the cultural diversity in its structure, being composed of multiple different societies, including:
• Information Technology Society: "Tech-Wiz" was established in year 2013. Members of Tech-Wiz deals with all technical projects for P.G.D.A.V. College.
• The Photography Society: "IRIS- The Film and Photography Society"
• The Theatre and Film Making Society: "Navrang" has been awarded with the P.G.D.A.V Society of the year award for its amazing performance during the year 2016–17. Its most famous play "JAN-E-MAN" won 32 awards in total across delhi and also won 1st prize at Mood Indigo –The annual cultural fest of IIT Bombay. It also won best production award at Sahitya Kala Parishad's annual theatre fest.^{[citation needed]}
• Dramatics Society: "Rudra" with its famous street play "YEH GANDI BAAT HAI" won the prize for the best play at 2012 IIT MUMBAI festival – Mood Indigo, second best play at Kamla Nehru college, 3rd best play at Dyal Singh evening college, best play at Jamia Millia Islamia and second best play at Faculty of Management Studies. The Society came into controversy with its play 'Dilli Desh Hai' in 2011 pointing out the flaws in federal funding structure of India, which focused on metros and big cities at cost of smaller cities and towns.^{[citation needed]}
• "Rapbeats"-"The Hip Hop Music Society" is the only Hip Hop Music Society in the whole of Delhi University.^{[citation needed]}
• "Impressions": the impact on the cultural arts society, which is responsible for decoration in all the events held within the College major or minor be it the cultural fest or freshers talent hunt.
• Indian Music Society: "Raagaa"
• Dance Society: "SPUNK" – morning "RIEVA" – evening
• Intellectual Society: "Chanakya" The Intellectual Society is one of the prominent societies of Hyperion, which in itself holds 4 different societies, including:
  • The Grey Matter: Debating Society As the name resembles it means matters which cannot be classified under the stereotyped 'black' or white and holds debatable aspects
  • Buzzer: (Quiz Society)
  • Qaafiya: A poetry forum was started in the year 2011.
  • Western Music Society: "Conundrum" secured the first prize in the college band competition at Mood Indigo 2013 (IIT Bombay) apart from having won prizes at many other colleges including Kirori Mal College, Faculty of Law (Delhi), Dyal Singh College, SGND Khalsa College and JIMS (Rohini) the very same year.

Notable alumni

• Manoj Prabhakar – Former cricketer
• Dheeraj Verma – Comic book artist/creator
• Arvind Babbal – Director and producer
• Vijay Raaz – Actor
• Parvinder Awana – Cricketer
• Shrikant Sharma - Politician