Come June, Delhi University’s Veer Savarkar College to start ops. What will it offer?

Meanwhile, a proposal to create around 60 teaching posts for the new institution has reached the final stage of approval, an official familiar with the process said. “The construction of the college is about 30% completed and will be ready to open in June 2026, before the next academic cycle begins,” the official added.

Admissions to the college were originally slated to begin this summer, following a March announcement by Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh during DU’s 92nd annual court meeting. During that meeting, he had said that the institution would start enrolling students in the 2025–26 academic session.

However, procedural holdups stalled the admission process.

By August, senior DU officials told The Indian Express that key approvals from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance were still pending, eventually delaying the progress on faculty recruitment and academic planning.

The last time that DU had set up a new college was in 1995, when Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences had been established, funded by the Delhi government.

As per a DU statement issued in March, Veer Savarkar College at Roshanpura village in Najafgarh is set to be developed at a cost of Rs 140 crore.

The college will have 24 classrooms, eight tutorial rooms, 40 faculty offices, as well as department libraries, conference facilities, and a canteen, spread over a built-up area of 18,816.56 sq m.

It will reserve two seats in each course for applicants from Roshanpura village, which had donated land for the college. One seat will be reserved for women.

In January, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone for Veer Savarkar College, alongside two other major infrastructure projects for the varsity – a new campus in Surajmal Vihar and another in Dwarka. Together, these projects represented a combined investment of over Rs 600 crore, intended to modernise and expand DU’s academic footprint.

The Eastern Campus in Surajmal Vihar, spanning 15.25 acres, will cost Rs 373 crore and house programmes such as LLB, LLM, and multi-disciplinary courses. Facilities will include modern classrooms, moot courts, computer labs, and cafeterias.

The Western Campus in Dwarka’s Sector 22—set to cost Rs 107 crore—will have 42 classrooms, digital libraries, and conference halls.