Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) admission information

VoiceTAP (what’s VoiceTAP?) experts for the call on Shri Ram College of Commerce were Arpana Chaturvedi (currently a first year MBA student) and Lohit Agarwal (currently an intern at Ernst & Young). Both of them studied B. Com. at SRCC and have now graduated from there. Listen to what they have to say about their alma mater.

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Map of the area near SRCC. Directions to SRCC are available here.

Basic Information

Shri Ram College of Commerce, more commonly referred to as SRCC, is considered to be the premier institute in India for B. Com. (Hons) and BA Eco (Hons) courses. Those are the only courses that the college has at the undergraduate level, but it’s well-known for that itself. There are post graduate courses in a few subjects, but we won’t go into that now.

SRCC is a North Campus college situated in Guru Tegh Bahadur Marg, North Delhi. Their official website is www.srcc.edu and they can be reached on phone at 011-27667905, 27666519. A history of the college is available here. Approximately 384 seats are available for B. Com. (Hons), and 94 seats for BA Eco (Hons). Out of these a majority of the seats are bagged by outstation candidates.

KK performing at SRCC

Entry Requirements

Admission cutoffs at SRCC are often termed as ‘ridiculously’ high. Last year for instance the cutoff was around 94.75%. Best of four subjects from a candidate’s class 12th Board marks are considered – out of which English and Maths are subjects have to be included when you’re mentioning your four subjects. Students from science and arts stream are in tough luck, because for them the cutoff is 1% higher than what it is for commerce stream candidates.

Reserved Category candidates (SC / ST / OBC etc): Candidates from the reserved category need a separate form to apply, not the common DU admission form. Information regarding this would be available at the college itself. There is a relaxation of cutoff percentage for reserved category candidates; for instance, OBC candidates get a 10% relaxation on the cutoff percentage. This step was taken because many seats in OBC category were going empty.

Sports Quota: 20 seats are reserved in SRCC for admission through sports quota. Trials are held and candidates are admitted on the basis of their performance. Certificates / achievements in sports for the past few years are also considered. Again, a separate form needs to be taken from the college itself for admission in the category.

Transfers: Transfer of a student to second year / any other semester is not allowed at SRCC.

Financial support / scholarships: Tuition fees (excluding hostel) are less than Rs 10000 per annum. However for students facing financial hardship and / or meritorious students, there are various scholarships on offer at SRCC.

Infrastructure

Infrastructure at SRCC is top-notch. All classrooms / lecture halls are air-conditioned and outfitted with LCD projectors, screens etc. A 300-seater library provides books and journals to students, along with being one of the first libraries in Delhi University to provide Wi-Fi access. SRCC’s auditorium has a capacity of seating 750 persons, and a modern seminar room is also available. On-campus bank, stationery store, health centre et al are also present. (A significant amount of the funding for all this was provided by SRCC alumni.)

Starting from 2009, all teaching in classrooms will be done with the aid of computers. Students will be expected to have their own laptops – if they don’t have one then it will be provided at subsidised cost and / or with financing options. SRCC aims to make it is whole campus completely Wi-Fi enabled. This is in addition to the computer centres to provide access to the Internet that it already has.

SRCC’s placement cell has a track record of providing guidance and getting students placed at major Indian and multinational companies.

Sports: SRCC is the only North Campus college to have a swimming pool (open during summers only). Facilities are available for badminton, cricket, tennis, table tennis, gym, etc. Further, sports facilities are being upgraded because SRCC is a venue for some events (such as rugby and wrestling) to be held in the 2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi.

Hostel: The colleges provides on-campus hostel facility for both boys and girls (but with a greater number of seats available for boys). Catering, laundry etc are also provided. In case a student doesn’t get a place in the college hostel then s/he can look for paying guest accommodation which is available in the North Campus area.

Western dance at Crossroads

Cultural / Extra-Curricular Activities

Crossroads, the SRCC annual fes

Contrary to what you’d expect after putting in a bunch of ~400 95%+ students in the same place, SRCC students do manage to have fun. There are different societies for dramatics, elocution, Koshish (a social service body), choreography, commerce, economics, maths, computers, debating etc. SRCC also organizes a national lectures series which has eminent personalities attending the event.

Crossroads is SRCC’s annual fest. Spread over four days, various cultural events are held, including music concerts where Indian rock bands such as Parikrama performed.

DCE rock band Arcane Deception playing at SRCC

Politics: National parties such as NSUI and ABVP are not allowed to field external candidates for college student union elections; only SRCC’s own student can participate in elections for SRCC student union. Canvassing for DU student union elections do take place though.

Famous Alumni

Arun Jaitley (BJP spokesperson), Vijay Goel (BJP politician), Gulshan Grover (actor), Rajat Sharma (founder of India TV), Rakeysh Mehra (director of films such as Rang De Basanti and Delhi-6)…to name a few.

Further Reading

• Yamuna: Yamuna is the SRCC student magazine. This link here leads to the blog of the SRCC magazine. Read it up for a feel of cultural events at the college.
• MyDU: Portal on Delhi University started by an alumnus of SRCC. Provides information on cutoffs, accommodation, etc.
• Channel V In Your Fest SRCC videos: Meet SRCC students featured on Channel V’s In Your Fest.