The Veer Savarkar College in Najafgarh, which was set to admit its first batch of students in the academic session 2025-26, has now been delayed by pending government approvals. The opening might be pushed back to next year if approvals are not cleared by this month.
DU’s newest college, being established after nearly 30 years, is facing delays pending financial clearance by the Education Ministry. According to an earlier announcement by Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh in March, the Veer Savarkar College was supposed to open admissions in the academic session of 2025-26.
Earlier this month, The Indian Express confirmed that DU officials intended to begin the admission process and start the session even 15 days late given the procedural delays were cleared. According to DU South Campus Director Rajni Abbi, the faculty and staff positions for the college had been sanctioned by the University Grants Commission earlier this year.
However, the college’s admissions may instead be pushed back to the 2026-27 session if the approval does not come through by the end of August, as DU’s admission cycle is set to conclude by August 19 and the university does not intend to hold separate admissions to the college.
This comes as a major setback to Delhi University’s initiative to meet Delhi’s rapidly growing demand for higher education. Veer Savarkar College was built at Roshanpura village, Najafgarh, at a cost of Rs 140 crore on land donated by the Gram Panchayat. Part of an Rs 600 crore expansion project, also including plans to develop DU’s East and West Campuses at Surajmal Vihar and Dwarka Sector 22, respectively.
The college, located close to DU’s West Campus, will include 24 classrooms, 8 tutorial rooms, 40 faculty rooms, department libraries, conference rooms and a canteen. For this academic session, two four-year undergraduate programmes with 60 seats, namely B.Sc. Computer Science and Bachelor of Business Administration, are planned to be started. The college will also follow the reservation policy of 2 seats in each course reserved for students from Roshanpura village, with one of these seats reserved for female students.
The college’s journey to opening has been rocky since the beginning. Earlier this year Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stones for the Veer Savarkar College, along with the academic blocks for DU’s East and West campuses, an event which stirred controversy among political groups given that the event was held ahead of the 2025 Delhi Assembly Elections and that the college is named after Hindu Mahasabha leader V.D. Savarkar, a Hindu nationalist.
Even though this set of unexpected delays might cast some doubts, the future expansion plans of the university are in full throttle. Earlier in July, DU approved infrastructure development plans of Rs 1900 crore. Whether the plans stay on track remains to be seen.
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