Kirori Mal College

Kirori Mal College
Arts and Humanities Department Building
TypePublic
Established1954 (1954)
Academic affiliations
University of Delhi
PrincipalDinesh Khattar [1]
Location
North Campus, University Enclave
,
Delhi
,
India
Campus
  • North campus
NicknameKMC
Websitewww.kmc.du.ac.in

Kirori Mal College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi. Established in 1954,[2] it is located in the heart of North Campus of the university in Delhi, and offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the sciences, humanities and commerce. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council accredited it with a CGPA of 3.54 (A++)[3] in 2023, which is the third highest among all Delhi University colleges.[4][5] According to NIRF records, it had spent more than 300 Crores in 2021 for infrastructure development and salaries of teaching and non-teaching staff.

History

Dr. Rajendra Prasad laying foundation stone of Kirori Mal College

The college began as Nirmala College and was located on Delhi Road. Faced with problems relating to the staff in the period following the partition, the management of the college changed hands and the trust founded by Seth Kirori Mal took over. It shifted to its present campus on 1 February 1954.[6] The foundation stones of the college were laid down by the first President of India, Rajendra Prasad in the summer of 1955.[7] The campus infrastructure was designed by the famous architect duo Anand Apte and CSH Jhabvala.[8]

The first principal of the college was Ch. Hardwari Lal (1954–57). Kirori Mal College began its first full-fledged functioning from the academic session 1956–57. He was followed by Sarup Singh (1957–65) who later became the Professor-and-Head, Department of English, University of Delhi and then the Vice-Chancellor, DU, followed by becoming the Lt. Governor, Delhi and then the Governor of Gujarat.[9]

Kirori Mal College was one of the few institutions of the University of Delhi selected for sports training during the Commonwealth Games in 2010 which led to new facilities being created in the form of a new building and a gymnasium to facilitate sports and other activities.[10][11][12]

Rankings

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council accredited it with a CGPA of 3.54 (A++) in 2016, which is the third highest among all Delhi University colleges. The college was ranked 18th among colleges in India by the NIRF, Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2019 and 19th in 2020.[13][14] Kirori Mal College was ranked 4th among colleges in India according to the latest NIRF rankings by Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2025.[15]

Notable alumni

Kirori Mal College has a large alumni base. Notable members include:

Actors, directors and singers

Politicians

Others

Notable faculty

References

  1. ↑ "Administrative staff". Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "About KMC". Kirori Mal College. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "NAAC Accreditation". Kirori Mal College. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. ↑ Kar, Srivedant (12 November 2016). "KMC bags third highest NAAC score in Delhi University". Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "MoE, College Ranking". Home Page - MoE (in Kinyarwanda). Archived from the original on 4 September 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "All the world is a stage". Hindustan Times. 24 August 2012.
  7. ↑ ":: Welcome : Kirori Mal College, University Of Delhi Powered By : Redox Systems". www.kmcollege.ac.in. Archived from the original on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "A planner's sketches of Delhi | Delhi News - Times of India". The Times of India. 31 August 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  9. ↑ Desai, R.W. (29 April 2007). "Pride of Haryana". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  10. ↑ Chopra, Ritika (2 October 2010). "DU starts vacation in advance". India Today. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "CWG: DU hostels all decked up, but where are the visitors?". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "Accommodation tougher for DU aspirants as Games takes over hostels". archive.indianexpress.com.
  13. ↑ "MHRD, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)". www.nirfindia.org. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  14. ↑ "NIRF College Ranking Analysis 2020: LSR jumps to rank 2, Presidency drops to 5". news.careers360.com. 13 June 2020. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  15. ↑ "NIRF Ranking 2025". Archived from the original on 4 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  16. ↑ Singh, Ritika (23 August 2019). "Know How Singer KK, Kirorimal Graduate Make It To Bollywood: Birthday Treat". dailyaddaa.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  17. ↑ "I owe my success to the theatre society of Kirorimal College: Satish Kaushik". News18. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  18. ↑ Mukherjee, Aditya; Mukherjee, Mridula (29 March 2020). "Arjun Dev: a legendary historian passes away". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 31 March 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021 – via www.thehindu.com.
  19. ↑ "Remembering Historian Arjun Dev, Who Spearheaded the Effort to Create Modern Textbooks". The Wire. Archived from the original on 5 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  20. ↑ "Professor Arjun Dev, The Historian of 'Contemporary World' - Mainstream". www.mainstreamweekly.net. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
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