Satish Chandra Dhawan Government College, Ludhiana: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Satish Chandra Dhawan Government College for Boys and Girls Ludhiana is a co-education college was established in 1920 situated at Punjab, India. The college occupies a vast piece of land of about 42 acres and offers 42 courses in 10 programs of degree. It is affiliated to the Mangalore University and was recognized by NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council) to help it become accredited to take quality education. The institution has a team of 27 members including the teaching faculty, who serve a large number of students. Hailing from Ludhiana, the college has successfully provided specialization in arts, sciences, and commerce stream in the college.

The college has a modern infrastructure as per the need of the college for each of its academic ventures. It has a fully automated computerized library named Shri Guru Arjan Dev Library keeping with its systematic collection of over one lakh and seventeen thousand books, six thousand three hundred e-journals and two lakhs eBooks. 

There are well established laboratories for practical works, a big hall of congregation named Sahir Auditorium which has a seating capacity of 450 members and very rich in its infrstructural facility for games and sports having international hockey ground. The college also has separate hostels for boys and girls for out-station students, so that they could live comfortably. The hostels have security throughout the day and night, and have cameras to monitor the activities while the buildings have solar power house on the roof.

The Satish Chandra Dhawan Government College comprises a host of academic departments and provides a numerous programs. This increases its course offering to 42, this include undergraduate and postgraduate programs. These include; BA with options in English, Punjabi, History and Economics, B.Sc – Medical and Non Medical, B.Com, BBA and BCA. At postgraduate level this college offers Master in commerce, Science in Information Technology, Mathematics Chemistry and Physics, Master of arts in Punjabi Hindi English Geography and Economics. Total admission capacity of this college is 3970 for all the courses offered by them and the course having maximum intake capacity is BA English Morning Shift with 480.

The intake of students at Satish Chandra Dhawan Government College follows admission by the procedure of merit system. Admission criteria for the undergraduate courses usually depend on the marks which are scored by some students in the qualifying exam or indeed the 10+2. For the postgraduate program, the college might look at the graduation score and do in take tests for certain programs only. The admission policy of the college also follows the general policies of the Panjab University to which this college is link. 

Future learners are encouraged to access the college website or contact the office of admission to find admission calendar and procedures for their fields of interest. It also has different scholarships to educationally and socially needy, meritorious students and deserving students, though detail information under this area could not be retrieved from the information given. Some of the college’s famous alumni are Sahir Ludhianvi the legendary poet for which the college auditorium has been christened after.