Gandhi Memorial College, Srinagar: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Gandhi Memorial College, Srinagar, founded in 1943 is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and is located in Srinagar. This affiliated college has produced academics in the region for more than 70 years and offers various undergraduate courses. This college offers accreditation from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and does everything in its power to stay up to par with academic quality. As a micro college, Gandhi Memorial College occupies only 1.4 acres of ground area, with a student enrolment of 2, 443. It is currently home to 21 faculty members committed to the professional development of students across its four undergraduate degree programme offerings.

The college boasts of having made available a full range of various services and amenities which are oriented towards the improvement of students’ stay at the college. Resource Centre: The college has a sound library facility with more than fifteen thousand information resources, including books, journals, and the weekly and monthly magazines and newspapers by N-List Subscribing offered by the University commission, India. For the sports and games lovers, the college has various games facilities of cricket, football, hockey, carom, badminton and chess, besides modern gym. 

The newly constructed auditorium which was commissioned in the current academic year hosts most of the extra curricular activities hence encouraging student culture on campus. This is because science students get to practice in well equipped laboratories in Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology the computer laboratory for technical students. The college also pays much attention to students’ health through having a medical room where first aid is provided to any student, and a spacious dining centre meant for students and faculty to take refreshments and healthy foods.

Currently, there are four full-time courses in the college as a result of catering for diverse area of interest among students. These programmes are; Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com), Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), and Bachelor of Science (B.Sc). All courses are designed to be three year full time programmes that will give the students’ appropriate grounding in their specialisation. This is an indication of the colleges role in higher education intake in the region, as its total student intake capacity is 2, 443. It was not possible to get the latest detailed statistics of the graduates produced by the college; however, based on the college's history of existence, it would not be wrong to assume that it has been churning out a good number of qualified entry-level professionals or postgraduate students to meet market requirements.

The admission process of this institution gives prospects the best opportunity to gain an entry into Gandhi Memorial College. Regarding the particularities of the admission process for certain courses, no detailed information is given, however students who are interested in getting a place in this college are welcome to visit college’s website or simply contact the college administration in order to get the most recent information concerning the deadlines for application, requirements and etc. 

However, it will also be important to inform the reader that since the institution in question is affiliated to a parent university, the admission process may also be conducted in accordance to the rules of the parent university. Students are advised to keep abreast with any entrance examination or merit based system which are parts of the admission process. Here also the information about scholarships is not mentioned and those candidates who wants to get some scholarship must talk to the college authority.