Investing in secondary and tertiary education pays rich dividends,
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increased human capital can translate into steady economic growth...

The success of a company is known by what it gives back to the society. In 1945, Late Lala Shyam Lal Gupta established Shyam Lal Charitable Trust to help the cause of education and medicine. In 1964, the trust set up Shyam Lal College which was the first college to come up in trans-Yamuna area for formal education to cater to the educational needs of the student community.

Late Dr. Zakir Hussain, the then Vice President of the India and Chancellor of Delhi University, laid the foundation stone of what would become one of the finest institutes of learning in the country. In September 1969, evening classes were started at the college. At present, the college is has over 3000 students on its rolls. This year the college also received an award from Delhi University for providing the best facilities for computer science education for the undergraduate stream.

The trustees have identified the challenges of higher education and believe that many changes are required to bring relevance and focus meeting the needs of today and future.

The group is identifying new areas of reforms, expansion and building effective partnerships as its contribution to the institution. Mrs. Nirmala Gupta, Jt. Managing Director of S. Chand has been appointed as Chairperson of the Governing Body of Shyam Lal College, New Delhi. In addition, Dr. M. K. Razdan has joined the Shyam Lal College (Morning ) in the capacity of Principal and Dr. G.P. Aggarwal has been appointed as Principal (Evening).