Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, founded in 1984, as the second commerce college of the University of Delhi, is a premier institute, specializing in commerce, economics, business studies and computer science. The college is recognized for academic excellence. The emphasis is on provision of quality education accompanied with character development and cultural growth so as to prepare socially responsible citizens.
Strategically located near the T.V. Tower, Pitam Pura, New Delhi, the college is sponsored by the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee, a statutory body, constituted under an Act of Parliament. The college is named after the tenth Guru, Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji. Drawing inspirations from the teachings of Sikh Gurus, the college helps its students to imbibe moral and spiritual values having universal acceptance.
The College was initially housed in "barracks", with access to limited resources, a total strength of 129 students and only 6 teachers. The collective efforts of those associated with the college have made SGGSCC reach new heights of glory and success with a total student strength of about 2200 and teaching faculty comprising 70 teachers.
Sustained and concerted efforts accompanied with relevant policies, systems and infrastructure, conducive for meaningful and adaptive learning, play an important role in ensuring that the college successfully maintains its position amongst the finest institutes pan India. These efforts have culminated in securing an A grade ranking by National Assessment and Accreditation Council, NAAC. The college has also been placed amongst the top 100 Higher Education Institutions on Performance by the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the Ministry for Human Resource Development.
The college possesses modern infrastructure including spacious class-rooms, sprawling grounds, a well-equipped library, a state of the art auditorium, highly sophisticated computer labs, seminar hall and conference room along with disabled friendly ramps and a spacious eight person elevator in the teaching block. Apart from academic excellence, the thrust is also on personality development and group dynamism for which sports facilities of national standards for cricket, volley ball, basket ball, lawn tennis, table-tennis, a well equipped gymnasium named after Sahibzada Jujhar Singh ji and a world class shooting range have been developed. The college also has 35 societies and clubs to cater to diverse learning needs of students. The college building houses a girls' hostel in the name of Mata Sahib Kaur ji so as to provide a safe and quality dwelling to the outstation girls.
The college's emphasis on social responsibility is also apparent from the stress laid on environment friendly infrastructure initiatives undertaken in the form of setting up of a hybrid system of wind and solar panels for electricity generation and the recent laying down of ground work for rain water harvesting.
Gym The college has girl's hostel facility which provides good hostel accommodation for the students.
Library The college maintains a well-stocked library. The collection of the library at present consists of more than 42848 books, 400 bound volumes of important journals and about 500 CDs. The Library has the rich collection of books on Commerce, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Punjabi, Political Science, Journalism, Management and Sikhism. The library regularly subscribes to about 29 newspapers, 44 journals and magazines (Indian as well as International) on a variety of subjects.
Sports The college provides various sports facilities, which include both indoor and outdoor games. The college has a splendid cricket ground where day matches, as well as day and night matches, are played. Every year college organises Sahibzada Ajit Singh Cricket Tournament in the months of December and January. About twenty clubs participate in this tournament.
Cafeteria The college cafe is a popular joint for students. A variety of snacks and drinks are served here at reasonable rates.
Auditorium The college has 500 seaters, fully air-conditioned state of the art auditorium that is the nerve centre of cultural activities of the college.
Medical/Hospital The college has a medical room to cater to the first-aid requirements of students and staff. First-aid kit and a bed are available in the medical room. In case of an emergency, the student is taken to the nearest hospital.
Wifi The college has a Wi-Fi facility for the students and staff.
IT Infrastructure The computer infrastructure offers a truly heterogeneous range of hardware and software platforms for students to appreciate and gain wide-ranging experience. The desktop environment is dominated by “world-class” workstations from HCL and IBM two of the most reputed firms in the field of computer manufacturing.
Convenience Store Photocopying facility is available on the campus in the main building. It provides an invaluable service to the students at reasonable prices.
Banks Facilities A Branch of Punjab and Sind Bank is available in the college premises for the convenience of students and staff. The bank provides ATM facility for the convenience of students and staff. The Annual fee and other charges at the time of admission are to be deposited at the bank.