Lady Shri Ram College for Women
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Lady Shri Ram College for Women is one of India’s finest institutions for Social Sciences, Humanities and Commerce, while also offering a B.Sc. Programme in Statistics. Professional courses like Elementary Education and Journalism are among its strengths.
Established in 1956 in New Delhi by the late Sir Shri Ram in memory of his wife, the college had its modest beginnings in a school building in Daryaganj, Central Delhi, with 243 students, 9 faculty, 4 support staff and 3 distinct courses of study. The aim of the institution was to provide access to higher education of quality to women. LSR is a testimony to the farsighted vision of its founder and his indefatigable enthusiasm to actualize his dream.
Today, the college is located in a beautiful 15 acre campus in South Delhi, has approximately 2000 students, over 150 faculty, administrative and support staff and 16 courses of study. The College became a byword for academic and extra curricular achievement, under the Chairmanship of industrialist and philanthropist, late Dr. Bharat Ram and under its visionary principal Meenakshi Gopinath. An enlightened and supportive Board of Governors, drawn from the fields of industry, law, journalism, academics and the bureaucracy, assists the Chairman in the running of the college.
After the demise of Dr Bharat Ram in July 2007, his successor Dr. Arun Bharat Ram became the Chairman of the Board of Governors.
All-India rank
2014: India's no.1 in Arts
All ranks below indicate the college's position among India's best Arts colleges and were determined by India Today
CITY: New Delhi
A centre for academic excellence and achievement, LSR is today one of the finest institutions for Social Sciences, Humanities and Commerce, while also offering a B.Sc. Programme in Statistics. Professional courses like Elementary Education and Journalism are among its strengths.
PARAMETER-WISE RANKING
Reputation: 3
Academic Input: 3
Student Care: 3
Infrastructure: 3
Placement: 3
Perceptual Rank: 3
Factual Rank: 1
2015: India's no. 2 in Arts
2015: India's no. 2 in Commerce
Placements
LSR student bags big deal: Rs 34L per year Nov 09 2016 : The Times of India
The placements at the college are held in two seasons--August to October and January to March. The top recruiters in 2016 were Ernst and Young India and Inshorts.
January to March, 2016
The highest salary offered was Rs 29 lakh per annum.
August to October, 2016
In this season, 45 out of about 180 students were placed.
DU's Lady Shri Ram College set a new placement record after a student was offered a domestic package of Rs 34 lakh per annum.
The college also touched a new high in average salaries, as well as in the number of students being offered Rs 10 lakh or more per annum.
Swavalamban
Meghna Dhulia, Nov 26, 2025: The Times of India
From: Meghna Dhulia, Nov 26, 2025: The Times of India
New Delhi : Steps towards inclusivity are turning into strides at Lady Shri Ram College for Women, with Swavalamban, its resource centre for students with disabilities, ready to redefine accessible learning. The revitalised centre is equipped with advanced assistive technologies for students, especially those with visual and low-vision impairments.
Arange of new accessibility tools has been introduced, including an AI-based reading and translation device with handwriting recognition and real-time interpretation, along with refreshable Braille displays that provide tactile access to digital texts. Students with low vision will benefit from portable hand-held video magnifiers while digital reading systems will allow fast, high-quality text scanning with audio output. The upgrades also include audiobook and AI-enabled voice-recording tools to support multimodal learning as well as enhanced computer systems with ergonomic accessories, large-print keyboards and specialised educational software. According to officials, the college currently has the highest number of students in Delhi University in the category of persons with disabilities (PwD). Among around 100 PwD students on the campus, 35 are visually impaired.
“I’m visually impaired and these new devices are helpful. Some devices can read out loud a paper kept in front of them and we can save it in any format we want. This is really helpful as it is not possible to convert everything into our script,” said Kafi, a first-year student of political science. Another student said, “The Braille display lets me read digital text directly through touch. It’s fast and accurate, and makes online material so much easier to access.”
Hark AI, an innovative artificial intelligence-powered accessibility tool that may well transform how students access information, has the ability to scan and read handwriting, translate text in real time, describe images and even identify barcodes. Its singlebutton operation makes complex AI-enabled functions simple, intuitive and fast, which is crucial for students navigating busy academic routines.
The centre’s technological arsenal doesn’t stop there. Refreshable Braille displays such as Orbit Reader 40 offer tactile access to digital text, portable hand-held video magnifiers from Clover assist students with low vision in reading classroom handouts or navigating fine print, and digital reading systems like Pearl with OpenBook allow rapid, high-quality scanning with clear audio output.
To support multimodal learning, the centre also includes audiobook creation tools, AI-enabled voice recorders and a fully upgraded computer lab fitted with ergonomic accessories, large-print keyboards and specialised educational software like JAWS 2026, Dolphin Supernova, Kurzweil 3000 and ABBYY FineReader 16.
Conceptualised in 2012 and formally set up in 2013 with support from KPMG, Swavalamban became a cornerstone of LSR’s disability support ecosystem. The centre was forced to close in 2020 due to lack of funding and briefly reopened in 2022 after the pandemic. In 2025, thanks to an LSR alumna, the centre underwent a complete technological upgrade.
“For years, Swavalamban has served as a lifeline for students with disabilities. Now, after a full technology refresh, it is poised to become even more indispensable,” said acting principal Kanika K Ahuja. “Barrier-free education isn’t an add-on at LSR, it’s integral to who we are,” she added.
The inauguration of the revamped centre on Tuesday was attended by Pankaj Arora, chairperson of National Council for Teacher Education who served as the chief guest. He spoke about the possibility of a collaboration between the centre and DU’s equal opportunity cell to cover a broader area of student welfare. “LSR has the potential to become a resource hub for the entire university’s ecosystem in this context,” he pointed out.
