East Delhi, which is also called as Trans Yamuna is an administrative district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the district is bounded by Gautam Buddha Nagar District of the state of Uttar Pradesh to the South, by the Ghaziabad District of the state of Uttar Pradesh to the east, by the district of North East Delhi to the north and by the River Yamuna on the Western side. The district is spread over an area of 64 km2 and the population density of the district is 22,638 persons per km2. The district of east Delhi is administratively divided into three subdivisions namely Vivek Vihar, Preet Vihar and Gandhi Nagar.

Education in East Delhi District:

As far as education in the district of East Delhi is concerned, there are a number of colleges in the district and the names of colleges that are fully funded by the Government of Delhi are given below:

Arts, Science and Commerce Colleges:

• Bhim Rao Ambedkar College

• Maharaja Agrasen College

Women’s College:

• Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women

Business Studies College:

• Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies

Get to know more information about these colleges from the content given below:

Arts, Science and Commerce Colleges:

Bhim Rao Ambedkar College came into existence in the year 1991 and the institute works as a constituent unit of the University of Delhi. The institute is fully funded by the Government of Delhi to meet the educational needs of trans-Yamuna region. In addition to the different courses offered by the institution, four professional courses were recently been launched by the university and they are Bachelor of Arts (hons.) in applied psychology, Hindi Journalism and mass communication, social work and business economics.

Maharaja Agrasen College is also fully-funded by the Government of Delhi and the institute is presently offering the following courses:

• Bachelor of Arts (hons.) in

o Political Science

o Journalism

o Hindi

o English

o Business economics

• Bachelor of Commerce (hons.)

• Bachelor of Science (honors) in

o Physical Science

o Electronics

• Bachelor of Science (general) in Mathematical Science

Women’s College:

Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women offers five important professional courses and they are:

• Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (hons.)

• Bachelor of Computer Science (hons.)

• Bachelor of Food Technology (hons.)

• Bachelor of Applied Science Instrumentation (hons.)

• Bachelor of Electronics (hons.)

Business Studies College:

Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies is a premier institution working under the Delhi University offering education in the fields of information technology and management. The institute was established in the year 1987 by the Delhi Administration according to the initiation of Ministry of Human Resources and UGC. The list of courses offered by the institute is given below:

• Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications

• Bachelor of Science (hons.) in Computer Science

• Bachelor of Financial and Investment Analysis

• Bachelor of Business Studies

Thus, the East Delhi District is served by these educational institutions with full financial support from the Government of National Capital of Delhi.