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Historical Perspective

Department of English

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Mrs. Kamala Rao 1948-1975 Lecturer Retired
Mrs. V.Krishna 1948 -1986 Bursar: 1976-1979 Vice-Principal: 1973-1976 Expired: 12.2.1986
Mrs. Lola Chatterjee 1961-1984 Lecturer Retired
Ms. C. Malathi Rao 1961-1984 Lecturer Retired
Dr. Ruth Vanita 1976-1996 Reader
Mrs. Shanti Dutt 1957-1982 Reader Retired
Ms. Vasantha Menon 1969-1991 Reader
Ms. Masooma R. Ali 1967-2003 Vice-Principal: 8.10.1993 - 30.11.1995 Retired:31.10.2003
Mrs. Angela R. Koreth 1967-2005 Reader Retired
Ms. Manju Kapur Dalmia 1982-2008 Reader Retired
Dr. Gayatri D. Acharya 1988-2006 Reader Retired
Ms. Ramya Sreenivasan 1991-1998 Lecturer Resigned
Dr. Svati U Joshi 1973-2013 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Saswati Sengupta 1986-2022 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Sharmila Purkayastha 1988-2022 Vol Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Shampa Roy 1992-2023 Associate Professor Retired

Department of Hindi

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Dr. Induja Awasthi 1960-1995 Reader Retired
Dr. Kamala Sanghi 1949-1969 Reader
Mrs. Mannu Bhandari 1964-1991 Reader Retired
Mrs. Shakuntala Sharma 1954-1996 Vice-Principal: 1983-1984 Retired
Mrs. Shanti Mathur 1951-1975 Reader Retired Expired: 27.10.1992.
Dr. Sudha Kumar 1956-1998 Reader Retired
Dr. Umesh Pyari Mathur 1966-1993 Reader
Dr. Vimla Gupta 1953-1993 Reader Retired Expired on 4.10.2009
Dr. Usha Kasturia 1956-1998 Reader Bursar : 1.1.1986 � 31.12.1988 Retired
Dr. Nirmala Hemant 1964-2003 Retired
Dr. Shail Kumari 1968-2005 Reader Retired
Dr. Santosh Goyal 1966-2003 Reader Vice-Principal: 1995-1997 Retired
Dr. Usha Chopra 1971-2006 Reader Retired
Dr. Anubha Sharma 1996-2002 Lecturer Resigned
Dr. Archana Verma 1966-2011 Associate Professor Retired, Expired: 16.2.2019
Dr. Urmil Singh 1977-2019 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Aparajita Sharma 2007-2021 Associate Professor Expired

Department of Sanskrit

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Dr. Aruna Verma 1956-1998 Reader Retired
Dr. Dipti Sharma Tripathi 1976-1997 Reader Resigned
Dr. Kaushalya Gupta 1948-1985 Reader Retired Expired: 6.3.1997
Dr. Sudesh Narang 1966-1993 Bursar: 1988-1990 Expired: 21.8.1993.
Dr. Urmi Bhushan Gupta 1962-2003 Reader Retired Expired: 27.10.1992.
Dr. R. Dikshit 1961-1974 Lecturer Retired Expired: 21.12.1990.
Dr. Urmil Rustagi 1966-2010 Associate Professor Retired on 30.04.2010

Department of Bengali

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Dr. Nandita Basu 1976-1985 Reader
Dr. Geeta Chattopadhyaya 1961-2000 Reader Retired
Ms. Roma Debabrata 1970-2012 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Sreemati Chakrabarty 1987-2019 Associate Professor Retired

Department of Punjabi

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Mrs. Prakash Kaur 1966-1993 Reader Retired
Mrs. Swaran Kaur Vir 1962-2004 Vice-Principal : 10.10.1990 - 31.7.1991 Retired

Department of Tamil

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Mrs. Vasuki 1964-1978 Lecturer Expired: 23.9.1978.
Dr. V. Rajaram 11979-2013 Associate Professor Retired

Department of Economics

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Ms.Kanti Sastri 1955-1986 Reader Retired
Ms. Jai Rani Bhalla 1956-1994 Reader Vice-Principal: 1987-1988 Retired Expired on 23.2.2011
Mrs. Jayalakshmi Jagannath 1957-1968 Lecturer
Mrs. Vimala Raghavachari 1956-1991 Reader Bursar: 1983-1985 Vice-Principal: 1985-1987 Retired
Dr. Uma Kapila 1960-2002 Reader Retired
Ms. Prabha Rao 1970-2005 Reader Retired
Dr. Nandita Mongia 1970-1995 Reader Joined: 1.8.1970.
Mrs. Smita Misra 1981-1998 Reader's grade Resigned
Ms. Swati Parkash 2006-2008 Lecturer Resigned
Ms. Manisha Vats 1981-2021 Associate Professor Retired 28.02.2021

Department of History

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Dr. Krishna Sharma 1954-1979 Lecturer Expired: 1989.
Dr. Omi Manchanda 1952-1992 Reader Retired
Ms. Roma Mitra 1949-1979 Lecturer Expired: May 1985
Dr. Shashi Joshi 1968-1990 Reader
Dr. Shiva Dua 1949-1969 Reader
Ms. Prabha Dixit 1959-2004 Reader's grade Retired
Dr. Kiran Kaushik 1964-2004 Reader's grade Retired
Dr. Prem Chaudhary 1980-1988 Reader's grade
Dr. Uma Chakravarti 1967-1998 Reader Retired
Ms. Jhunu Deb 1972-2006 Reader Retired
Dr. Radhika Singha 1983-2002 Reader Resigned
Dr. Shonaleeka Kaul 2006-2009 Assistant Professor Resigned

Department of Philosophy

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Dr. Bimla Saxena 1959-1992 Reader Retired
Mrs. Shobhna Sarin 1966-1988 Reader Retired
Mrs. Urmila Rani Gupta 1965-1991 Reader
Mrs. Usha Pal 1950-1986 Reader Retired
Mrs. Vidyawati Ahluwalia 1950-1985 Reader Bursar: 1979-1982 Retired
Ms. Rumma Shyam Sunder 1963-2000 Reader
Off. Principal: 1989-1990
Vice-Principal: 1988-1990
Bursar: 1987-1988		 Retired
Dr. Deepti Dutta 1966-2000 Reader
Vice-Principal: 3.9.1991-6.10.1993		 Retired
Dr. Chanda Chatterjee 1967-2008 Reader Retired
Ms. Uma Chandra 1967-2000 Reader's grade Retired
Ms. Indu Gandhi 1970-2002 Reader Retired
Dr. Manidipa Sen 2000-2004 Lecturer Resigned
Dr. Nisha Bala Tyagi 1992-2022 Associate Professor Retired

Department of Mathematics

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Dr. Mrs. Nagarathana Narayana 1963-1989 Reader Expired: 20.7.1995
Dr. Ramola Bhar 1950-1985 Reader Retired Expired: 15.6.1992
Dr. Sulaxana Kumari 1966-1997 Reader Retired
Mrs. Susheela M.Singh 1950-1986 Reader
Bursar: 1964
Vice-Principal: 1979-1982
Off. Principal: 1981-1982
Dr. Usha Asthana 1982-1996 Senior Lecturer Retired
Ms. Nilima Aggarwal 1968-2005 Reader
Bursar: 1.8.1990 - 28.12.1992
 Retired Expired on 16.9.2010
Dr. Vinod Lyall 1968-2002 Reader Bursar: 29.12.1992 - 31.3.1995
Vice-Principal: 1.2.1997 to 31.03.1999		 Resigned
Dr. Sapna Jain 1996-2007 Associate Professor Resigned
Dr. Surjeet Kaur Suneja 1969-2012 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Vimla Kaushik 1982-2013 Associate Professor Retired
Professor (Dr.) Shashi Aggarwal 1985-2023 Professor Retired

Department of Political Science

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Mrs. Shakuntala Vohra 1972-1994
Dr. Shanta Varma 1976-1991 Retired
Dr. Shefali Jha 1995-2003 Resigned
Dr. Purnima Roy 1986-2023 Professor Retired
Dr. Jayashree Pillai 1982-2023 Professor Retired

Department of Sociology

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Mrs. Khadija Ansari Gupta 1973-1995 Reader
Ms. Usha Khurana 1972-2007 Reader's grade Retired
Dr. Alka Malvankar 1983-2005 Reader Retired
Dr. Rowena Robinson 1997-1997 Lecturer Resigned
Dr. Dinaz Mirchandani Associate Professor Retired 31.08.2016

Department of Geography

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Mrs. Mamta Mayee Sharma 1967-1993 Reader's Grade Expired: 5.8.1993
Mrs. Surinder Sahi 1965-1994 Reader Retired
Dr. Nirmal Kandhari 1966-2006 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Daleep Chaudhuri 1967-1998 Reader Retired Expired
Punam behari 1976-2020 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Sudeshna Bhattacharya 1995-2021 Associate Professor Retired

Department of Physics

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Dr. Meera Singla 1972-1993 Reader Expired: 11.1.1993
Mrs. Nirmal D. Sagar 1973-1987 Reader Retired
Expired: 30.5.1996
Dr. Lakshmi Rangaswamy 1969-2006 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Krishna Sengupta 1973-2007 Reader Retired
Dr. Kamlesh Gupta 1973-2012 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Pratibha Jolly 1973-2019 Reader: 1973 - 1988
Principal: 2005 - 2019		 Retired
Dr. Mallika Verma 1985-2021 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Saroj Mahajan Associate Professor Retired 30.04.2017

Department of Chemistry

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Mrs. Suman Malhotra 1968-1978 Lecturer
Dr. Bala Rao 1967-2004 Reader Retired
Dr. Bhumitra Dhingra 1972-2006 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Bimla Kwatra 1974-2006 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Kiran Kapoor 1973-2012 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. R. Usha 1969-2012 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Sunita Dhingra 1976-2013 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Madhulika Johri Verma 1980-2020 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Amrita Tripathi Sheikh 1986-2022 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Adarsh Gulati 1980-2019 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Bani Roy 1983-2020 Associate Professor Retired

Department of Botany

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Dr. Manasi Ram 1965-1996 Reader Expired: 23.6.1996
Dr. Nirmal Kapil 1963-1980 Lecturer
Dr. Nirmala Maheshwari 1976-1990 Lecturer
Dr. Usha Tiku 1973-2006 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Sushma Moitra Associate Professor Retired 30 .09.2023

Department of Zoology

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Dr. M. Rajalakshmi 1969-1986 Reader
Mrs. N. Rajamannar 1963-1983 Reader
Ms. Chandra Kanta Sharma 1967-1998 Reader's grade Retired Expired on
Ms. Almelu Gopal 1970-2000 Reader Retired
Dr. N.A. Nirmala 1975-2007 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Sharda Rakesh 1974-2006 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Saroj Kesar 1975-2009 Associate Professor Retired
Dr. Vimal Thareja Associate Professor Retired 30.06.2016

Department of Physical Education

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Mrs. Indu Bulbul Gulati 1967-1987 Reader
Miss Sukhbir Dhillon 1955-1987 Reader Retired

Department of Computer Science

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Mrs. Anju Kant Chawla 1988-2001 Senior Lecturer Resigned
Dr. Vandana Verma 1991-1996 Senior Lecturer Resigned

Librarian

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Miss Prakash Vati Tandon 1956-1989 Librarian Retired
Miss Sukh Varsha Soni 1989-1997 Librarian Retired

Ele. Education

Name Service Period Post Held Remarks
Dr.Mukul Priyadarshini 2006-2022 Associate Professor Retired