Shikha's Review On Miranda House, New Delhi

I am pursuing Botany Honours from Miranda. As my course is undergraduate level, there is no industrial exposure in it. Course Syllabus is very well updated. Syllabus updation is subjected to university decisions and it is recently updated last year. Course Curriculum and Academics:- Botany is basically the study of plants. All the subjects in the course provides a very good understanding of the main discipline. There are six semesters with 4 subjects in first and second semester, 5 subjects in third and fourth semester and 4 subjects in fifth and sixth semester. Each subject has four lectures and four hours lab in a week. Weekly tests or internals happen for each subject. Attendance is mandatory and 75% has to be maintained in theory and practicals both. there are various awards and prizes that university offers for good students. Faculty:- Faculty in botany department is extremely good and humble.All teachers are very well experienced and are alumni of the college. They all are strict but yet very helpful.

Miranda House does have a placement cell wherein at the end of the year many known companies are invited and after seminars and interviews the students are selected. Companies such as Vipro, the Oberoi group are invited and the packages start from fifteen thousand to twenty thousand.

Miranda is known for it's annual college fest i.e TEMPEST which is actually considered to be the most awaited fest of the North campus colleges. Besides this we used to celebrate our very own Founders day on which all the meritorious students are awarded with certificates and trophies. Not only this every department holds it's individual departmental fests.The placement cell of college also holds their placement fair which holds very good crowd. Every year, the college organizes diwali mela on the occasion of diwali which is one of the awaited mela of delhi university.

Miranda House has one of the best infrastructure in delhi university. The red brick walls with huge corridors, long stairs, well ventilated classrooms and heritage hall. The College has a very good cafeteria. Sports Facilities :- The college has a sports ground and gym. The facilities are provided for various indoor and outdoor games. Students actively participates in various competitions. Miranda House is the only college that has an Outdoor Bounce Back Shock Proof Surface Basketball Court. Wi-Fi:- The college has a very well maintained WI-FI network. There are seperate Wi-Fi networks for faculty and students. Library:- Miranda House library is spread over three levels, It has 6 special sections, (i) Textbook; (ii) General Books; (iii) Reference Tools; (iv) Reserves; (v) Periodicals; and (vi) Braille Books.The Library has two Digital Resource Centres. The first has 30 computers for all users to access e-resources; it also has a LCD Projector and the area can be used for orientation and training programmes. The second is the Amba Dalmia Digital Resource Centre for Visually Challenged (ADDRC). Laboratories:- The College has labs for all science courses. All labs are well ventilated and some have air conditioners. All equipments are there in labs to give students the practical knowledge of the subject.