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Veer Savarkar College in Najafgarh: New DU college yet to start admission process, awaits approvals from Education, Finance depts
Months after the Delhi University (DU) announced the opening of Veer Savarkar College in Najafgarh – a DU college in nearly three decades – student admissions are now caught in a web of procedural delays, The Indian Express has learnt.
The admission process was expected to begin this summer, following a public announcement made in March by Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh, who had said that the college would begin enrolling students from the 2025-26 academic session. The announcement was made during the university's 92nd annual court meeting.
However, DU officials now say that key approvals are still pending from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance. 'We plan to start the admissions process as soon as we clear all these procedures,' DU South Campus Director Rajni Abbi told The Indian Express on Thursday.
'If we get all the approvals, we are planning to admit students and start the session, even 15 days late if needed, but all this is provided we clear all the pending procedures,' she added.
Abbi further said that the University Grants Commission (UGC) has already sanctioned faculty and staff positions for the college earlier this year.
The last time that DU had set up a new college was in 1995, when Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences had been established, funded by the Delhi government. As per a DU statement issued in March, Veer Savarkar College at Roshanpura village in Najafgarh – roughly five minutes from DU's West Campus – is to be developed at a cost of Rs 140 crore.
The college will have 24 classrooms, eight tutorial rooms, 40 faculty offices, as well as department libraries, conference facilities, and a canteen, spread over a built-up area of 18,816.56 sq m.
It will reserve two seats in each course for applicants from Roshanpura village, which had donated land for the college. One seat will be reserved for women
In January, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone for Veer Savarkar College, alongside two other major infrastructure projects for DU – a new campus in Surajmal Vihar and another in Dwarka. Together, these projects represented a combined investment of over Rs 600 crore, intended to modernise and expand DU's academic footprint.
The Eastern Campus in Surajmal Vihar, spanning 15.25 acres, will cost Rs 373 crore and house programmes such as LLB, LLM, and multi-disciplinary courses. Facilities will include modern classrooms, moot courts, computer labs, and cafeterias.
The Western Campus in Dwarka's Sector 22, to cost Rs 107 crore, will have 42 classrooms, digital libraries, and conference halls. The Veer Savarkar College, meanwhile, will offer state-of-the-art facilities across an 18,816 sq m area, located near the Urban Extension Road (UER) highway.
