Maitreyi College, a constituent College of the University of Delhi, was founded in 1967 by Delhi Administration. The College community is proud to bear the name of Maitreyi, who was an eminent scholar of the Vedic period who was the wife of sage Yajnavalakya. Maitreyi chose knowledge over worldly possessions, when asked by her husband to make a choice between the two; the dialogue between Maitreyi and Yajnavalakya in Brihadaranyaka Upanishad shows her as an empowered woman,.......
The College started functioning in the capital as a constituent College of the University of Delhi in 1959 and was taken over by the University of Delhi as a University maintained College in 1978.
The College is centrally located at Lodhi Road in South Delhi in the vicinity of Lodhi Gardens, Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Stadium , CII , WWF, Safdarjung Tomb , Humayun Tomb, India Habitat Centre, India International Centre, CGO Complex and many other institutions of.......
With a firm commitment towards meeting the higher education needs of girls in the rural and semi urban areas of South West Delhi, BNC has come a long way since its inception in 1993. BNC now offers graduation courses in arts, commerce and science disciplines to over 1200 girl students.
Funded and supported by the Government of Delhi, BNC is making important strides. Plans have been approved to give BNC a modern campus equipped with high quality infrastructure and hostel.......