D.A.V. Post Graduate College, Dehradun

D.A.V. (Post Graduate) College Dehradun is a government aided college in the city of Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

History
The Arya Samaj evening school was transferred from Meerut to the valley of Dehradun in the year 1892. It was later developed into the D.A.V. School. It became Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Postgraduate College, Dehradun, in 1948.

Affiliation

 * Agra University-1948
 * HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand.

Faculties

 * Arts
 * Science
 * Commerce
 * Education
 * Law

Bachelor of Arts
(Three-year degree course)
 * 1) Economics
 * 2) English Literature
 * 3) History
 * 4) Maths
 * 5) Drawing & Painting
 * 6) Indian Classical Music
 * 7) Geography
 * 8) Political Science
 * 9) Statistics
 * 10) Hindi
 * 11) Sociology
 * 12) Sanskrit
 * 13) Psychology
 * 14) Education

Bachelor of Science
(Three-year degree course)
 * 1) Physics
 * 2) Chemistry
 * 3) Maths
 * 4) Zoology
 * 5) Botany
 * 6) Statistics

Bachelor of Commerce
All subjects

Bachelor of Laws
Three-year degree course

Bachelor of Education
All subjects

Master of Arts
Two-year degree course
 * 1) Economics
 * 2) English Literature
 * 3) History
 * 4) Maths
 * 5) Drawing & Painting
 * 6) Geography
 * 7) Political Science
 * 8) Psychology
 * 9) Sociology
 * 10) Sanskrit
 * 11) Statistics
 * 12) Hindi
 * 13) Education

Master of Science

 * 1) Botany
 * 2) Zoology
 * 3) Physics
 * 4) Statistics
 * 5) Chemistry

Master of Commerce
All prescribed subjects

Notable alumni

 * Bachendri Pal (First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest)
 * Harbans Kapoor (8-Times and Current MLA for Dehradun Cantt. Constituency)
 * Ajay Kothiyal (Founder of Youth Foundation and member of AAP)
 * Sushil Chandra (Chief Election Commissioner of India)
 * Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi (Plant Biologist and Former Director of National Institute of Plant Genome Research)
 * O.P. Bhatt (Chairman of Tata Steel, former chairman of the State Bank of India)