HOSTELS AND
CAMPUS LIFE
Hostel facilities available for postgraduate students
and doctoral students on the Main Campus include:
§ CIE Hostel
§ Department of Social Work Hostel
§ DSE & SC /ST Students House for Women
§ DS Kothari Hostel
§ Geetanjali Hostel for PG Women Students (South Campus)
§ Gwyer Hall
§ International Students' House for Women
§ International Students House
§ Jubilee Hall
§ Mansarovar Hostel
§ Meghdoot Hostel (Women)
§ North Eastern Students' House for Women
§ PG Men's Hostel
§ Saramati PG Men's Hostel (South Campus)
§ Teacher Transit Hostel
§ University Hostel for Women
§ VKRV Rao Hostel
§ WUS University Hostel
There are
individual college hostels for undergraduate students.
Cultural Council
There is diversity of cultural life around the campus.
The Delhi University Cultural Council organises group
trips for concerts, stage performances, recitals and art
shows in and around the Capital. It also organizes music
concerts, theatre workshops and other cultural events. It
runs three clubs: the Theatre Club, the Writer's Club and
the Cine Club.
The Cultural Council provides financial assistance for
holding cultural programmes in colleges. It organises
music and theatre festivals. It has been active in
supporting many initiatives for improving the cultural
milieu in the University.
Sir Shankar Lai Concert Hall
The Sir Shankar Lai Concert Hall was constructed more than
three decades ago. Important functions of the University
are held here. It is an ideal venue for public lectures
and concerts as it can accommodate about 450 persons. It
has recently been completely renovated, restructured and
modernised into a state-of-the-art auditorium. It has very
well maintained gardens and grounds.
Gandhi Bhawan
Situated in the heart of the campus, it provides a meeting
place for discussions, lectures, documentary films and
exhibitions for students and teachers on the life and
works of Mahatma Gandhi. In addition the Centre offers
programmes on Yoga, Nature-cure, discourses on the Geeta
and maintains a rich library of reading materials.
National Service Scheme
The National Service Scheme organises tree plantation,
literacy projects, community health programs, debates and
discussions on socially relevant issues (like dowry, AIDS,
drugs etc), campus beautification and other projects to
harness the energies of young students in constructive
pursuits during their free time.
It also organises compensatory coaching classes for
children of Class-IV employees living in the precincts of
colleges and for children living in neighbouring slums and
resettlement colonies.
Delhi University Students Union
The University of Delhi has a long history of student
political activity. DUSU is the representative body of
students from most Colleges and Faculties. Each College
also has its own students union to which elections are
held every year. Student elections are keenly contested.
Several of the office bearers of DUSU have gone on to hold
public offices at the Centre and in different States.
The election of office bearers of DUSU is by direct vote
by students of the University and its colleges. Elections
are usually held in September each year.