ABOUT US

KAMLA LOHTIA SANATAN DHARAM COLLEGE, is a premier post-graduate co-educational institute of the city, affiliated to Punjab University, Chandigarh, earlier Accredited (B+ +) by NAAC, Bengaluru. This institute has travelled a journey from a double faculty to multi-faculty post-graduate institution. The wings of its growth and prosperity has spread and citizens of Ludhiana are benefiitted not only academically but spiritually and intellectually as well. The college though unaided, a manifestation of quest for knowledge was founded by Shree Sanatan Dharam Sabha (Regd.) Ludhiana in 1992 in the golden jubilee year or Quit India Movement and centenary year of Swami Vivekananda’s  address to World Parliament of Religions at Chicago. Over the years, this institute has grown from a small building with just two courses to a sprawling campus with multi-faculty status comprising more than 16 different courses. Late Sh.Sudershan Kumar Aggarwal, the then President of Sh.Sanatan Dharam Sabha (Regd.) along with his friends laid the foundation of this college to propagate the values of Sanatan Dharam. The college which was established in the year 1992 with 134 students can take a legitimate pride with over 1700 students at present. It has Under-Graduate, Post Graduate, Post Graduate Diploma and Certificate Courses. As per the requirements of the society, the college introduced job-oriented subjects such as Information Technology, Computer Application, functional English, Bank Management and Foriegn Trade and Practices. The strength of the students has increased due to professional input given by the college. The college is continuously producing good academic results of the students. It has a well equipped library with a large collection of text books, which caters to the needs of development of professional skills. Students are actively engaged in sports and NSS. The college has also started efforts to develop professional links with other institutes providing professional competence. To inculcate ethical and moral values amongst students, the college has started two study centers :Gandhian Studies Centre & Guru Nanak Studies Centre under the guidelines of U.G.C. (Epoch Making Social Thinkers of India). The College is also concerned about the future of the students and therefore placement cell is working directly in connection with big industrial houses to place the students after the completion of their degrees. As far as the management is concerned. this institution is fortunate in having a leadership at the apex that blends vision with pragmatism.

Location

The college is located in the thickly populated part of the city in Subhash Nagar on Daresi Road. It has a large,beautifully designed impressive campus spread over five acres of land. It has spacious, well-furnished and airy class rooms, attractive and properly equipped library, Computer Laboratories equipped with all modern equipments, state of the art Functional English Laboratory, Conference Hall, Gymnasium, huge play-grounds (both indoor & outdoor) for all the major games with green lawns, furnished cafeteria and administrative block with ultra modern facilities. In the event of power failure, college has got its own high power generator facility for an uninterrupted power supply. It has water coolers fitted with Aqua Guard for providing clean and filtered water to the students. With the admission of girl students in all the Post graduate and Under-graduate classes, this college has become a full fledged co-educational institute. The college has an air conditioned seminar hall, a women hostel and a separate common room for girls equipped with modern facilities. Every teacher has been allotted a separate cabin and a computer with internet facility and networking for his/her academic growth.