Kirori Mal College

Kirori Mal College, established in 1954, is a co-educational constituent college of the University of Delhi. Our college has acquired a Position of excellence in nearly all aspects of life. Its academic standing has been effectively and ably supported by excellence in the fields of sports, debating, dramatics, music, photography and fine arts; which has enabled the development of a distinct personality of its students. To quote former vice-Chancellor, Professor Deepak Nayyar: “Kirori Mal College is the jewel of Delhi University. It is one of the finest institutions and has in it all the requirements that a college need to have to strive ahead succeed”.

Over the years, the college has built up an impressive array of academic, spots and cultural facilities.  We have a fully computerized library, a state of the art computer centre, an active placement cell, a well equipped seminar room, a brand new gymnasium, sprawling eco-friendly lawns, and many other facilities.

There has been substantial improvement in the College infrastructure during the year 2007.08. At the same time there has been major renovation of Physics & Chemistry Lab under Heritage Programme.

The College has two Computer Labs. and the Library System of the College is totally computerised..

The College maintains its own tradition of celebrating Founders’ Day, Annual Day & Graduate Farewell Dinner. The College in honouring the staff members who have rendered 25 years of their services in the College. The Students participation was very enthusiastic & encouraging. The various events were organized by Debate, MUSOC, FAPS, Players & Film Societies.  The College is providing financial assistance to deserving students of the College. The College has 3200 students on its roll out of which 150 live in the Hostel.

Kirori Mal College Shines in NASA

A team comprising of two students from Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, Kamal Arora, 2nd yr B.Sc. Physics hons and Khyati Vardhan, 1st yr Phys hons, along with their faculty advisor Dr Sumitra Mohanty were invited by NASA to participate in the Moonbuggy event at the US Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama, USA on the 3rd and 4th April, 2009. The team had designed, fabricated and transported their own 'moonbuggy' for the competition to Huntsville. 

There were about 76 teams participating from all over USA, Canada, Germany etc. including eight teams from India. Among a total of eight awards for various categories in the competition, Kirori Mal College bagged two prestigious awards. One award was for 'Outstanding Efforts in Developing a Human Powered Lunar Rover’, while the other was for 'System Safety Engineering'. The 'System Safety Engineering' this year was a problem posed to the participating teams to suggest a design for tackling the menacing 'moon dust' problem, which occurs during  'day-time' on the surface of the moon caused by cosmic rays & solar winds.

The judges were extremely appreciative of the efforts made by this team, and are looking forward to seeing the Kirori Mal College team again next year with a new/improved design.

Incidentally, Kirori Mal College was the only team from India to have received an award. It was a great moment when they walked up the stage to receive their awards amongst chanting of 'Jai Ho' by all Indian students, in a PACKED Davidson Center 3-D Auditorium, dotted with top-notch NASA Scientists. 

The Kirori Mal College team was financially supported by the University of Delhi