College of Art, Delhi


Delhi College of Art, established in 1942 under the arts department of the Delhi College of Engineering now the Delhi Technological University, is an art college for advanced training in Visual Art i.e. Creative and Applied Art, under the Faculty of Music & Fine Art, University of Delhi, and run by Government of NCT Delhi. It is situated on Tilak Marg, New Delhi.

Courses offered

The college offers courses both at graduate and monstro levels; It offers courses in most mediums of Visual Art, both Creative and Applied Art. This includes Master of Fine Art in Applied Art, Printmaking, Sculpture, Visual Communication and Bachelor of Fine Art in Applied Art, Art History, Printmaking, Sculpture, Visual Communication. It imparts training in art techniques with emphasis on studio practicals, outdoor practicals, prescribed theory subjects and research in selected fields.

Overview

Art Education stalwarts such as Ramendranath Chakravarty, B.C.Sanyal, Biswanath Mukherjee, O.P.Sharma, have since its inception, headed and nurtured this institution. The present Faculty also includes from such members, Prof. B.S.Chauhan, Prof. Meera Sarvanan, Prof. Jyotika Sehgal, Dr. Amargeet Chandok, Sh. Ashok Ninawe, Sh. Kripal Singh, Sh. R.K. Mahajan, Sh. Ch. Omkarachari, Sh. Kandagiri Ramesh, Dr. Sumita Kathuria, Dr. Kumar Jigeeshu.
The Annual Art Exhibition of the college, put by students is held every year during the month of March, which is the only time students are allowed to stay back over night inside the college premises.
Hindustan Times and Times of India always cover these exhibition.
In 2008, the college added an auditorium, designed by architect as-well-as an artist Satish Gujral to its campus.

Notable alumni