Ludhiana is a municipal corporation and a city in the district of Ludhiana in Punjab. It is the largest city of the state of Punjab. Population in this city normally increases during the crop harvesting season because farmers from other states like Delhi, Orissa, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh immigrate to Ludhiana for crop harvesting. The city is located at a distance of about 100 kms from the capital of the state of Punjab being Chandigarh.

The city is the home for two popular medical colleges that are approved by the Medical Council of India and the city also has the popular agricultural University of Asia namely Punjab Agricultural University. The college of Veterinary Sciences of this university has presently been upgraded as a separate university in the name of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University. The names of government colleges operating in the city of Ludhiana are given below:

Arts, Science & Commerce Colleges:

• Satish Chander Dhawan Government College For Boys

• BSSG Government College

• Government College, Karamsar

• Government College for Women

Polytechnic College:

• S.R.S. Government Polytechnic College for Girls

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Arts, Science & Commerce Colleges:

Satish Chander Dhawan Government College For Boys is shortly called as S.C.D. Government College and this college is offering arts, science and commerce courses at the UG and PG level with affiliation from the Punjab University. UG Courses offered by the college are:

• Bachelor of Science

o Medical

o Non-medical

• Bachelor of Commerce

• Bachelor of Arts

• Bachelor of Computer Applications

PG courses offered by the college are:

• Master of Commerce

• Master of Science in Mathematics

• Master of Arts in

o Geography

o Hindi

o Punjabi

o Economics

o English

BSSG Government College is popularly called as Sidhsar College since the college is located in a place called Sidhsar in the district of Ludhiana. The college offers Bachelor’s degree course in subjects like physical education, computer science, political science, history, English and Punjabi.

Government College, Karamsar is also located in the district of Ludhiana and this college offers courses under arts and science stream.

Government College for Women is also affiliated to the Punjab University and this college offers. The college offers several UG, add-on, self-financing and PG courses and different subjects are offered under arts and science streams.

Polytechnic College:

S.R.S. Government Polytechnic College for Girls stands for Satguru Ram Singh College and this college is affiliated to the Punjab State Board of Technical Education. It offers three-year diploma course with specialization in:

• Modern office practice

• Fashion designing

• Garment manufacturing technology

• Electronics & communication

• Computer engineering

• Information technology

The college is approved by the All India Council of Technical Education and it offers the best quality education to women candidates.

Thus, the city and the district of Ludhiana have a number of top colleges apart from these government colleges. Several professional colleges are functioning in the city in the field of general medicine, dental medicine, engineering, etc…