B.A. in Hindi + History 

at Shyam Lal College, Shahdara

Candidates seeking admission to BA at Shyam Lal College are required to pass the Class 12. Apart from the eligibility criteria, candidates must appear for the CUET with the following subject combinations according to the specialisation as mentioned below:

Course Name	CUET Subject Combinations
BA	Combination I: Any one Language from List A + Any two subjects from List B1 + Any one subject from either List B1 or List B2 OR Combination II: Any one Language from List A + Any one subject from either List B1 or List B2 + Section III of CUET (General Test) BA combination, where Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Applications/ CS is one of the two core disciplines, it is mandatory that candidates must have passed Maths in Class 12. Similarly, wherever a language is being offered as one of the two disciplines, candidates must have a working knowledge of that language
BA (Hons) English	English from List A + Any two subjects from List B1 + Any one subject from either List B1 or List B2
BA (Hons) Hindi	Hindi from List A + Any two subjects from List B1 + Any one subject from either List B1 or List B2
BA (Hons) History/ Political Science	Any one Language from List A + Any two subjects from List B1 + Any one subject from either List B1 or List B2
BA (Hons) Economics	Any one Language from List A + Mathematics + Any two subjects out of which one should be from List B1

 

NAAC has accredited the institute with an 'A+' grade. According to the NIRF 2022 rankings, Shyam Lal College ranks 77th.

The average salary package offered for B.A in 2022 was 3.50 LPA. Many commerce and art students got placements.

The college provides good infrastructure. All labs are clean. Faculty members are very good. They are very helpful and caring. They are well-qualified and highly educated.

Shyam Lal College offers three-year BA and BA (Hons) programmes in five different specialisations. These specialisations include:

• BA (Hons) in English
• BA (Hons) Economics
• BA (Hons) in Political Science
• BA (Hons) in History
• BA (Hons) Hindi

Shyam Lal College BA admission 2024 is based on scores obtained by candidates in the CUET. Candidates who qualify for the entrance exam must register on DU’s CSAS.

Shyam Lal College (Evening) (like all DU affiliated colleges) adopted CUET UG exam for admission to its undergraduate courses. Shyam Lal College (Evening) admission for UG courses (as per DU) will be through Common Seat Allocation System of the University of Delhi. But, at first, it is necessary that aspirants opt for DU during CUET form filling and later apply on the CSAS portal to be eligible for admission. The admission process after CUET result declaration is explained below:

Step 1: After the declaration of the CUET UG exam, register on the DU CSAS portal in multiple phases.

Step 2: Submit Shyam Lal College (Evening) + Course combination preferences in the order of priority on the CSAS dashboard. Here, student must select their preferred course and college as the option. 

Step 3: The University will release the dates for three DU CSAS Seat Allocation Lists in August for all categories. 

Step 4: Once candidates "Accept" provisionally allocated seat, the Shyam Lal College (Evening) will verify the eligibility and documents uploaded by the candidate online. The college has an option to 'Accept' or 'Reject' the admission of the student basis the verification. 

Step 5: Once Shyam Lal College (Evening) accords the approval, candidates will have to pay the 'Admission Fee' to confirm their seat. 

The college comparison between SGTB Khalsa College and Shyam Lal College is based on the tuition fees charged, seat intake and NIRF rankings. Given below is the comparison between both colleges for the BA (Hons) programme:

College Name	Tuition Fees	Seat Intake	NIRF Rankings'23
BA (Hons) at Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College	INR 720 - INR 70,400	371	62
BA (Hons) Shyam Lal College	INR 540	817	68

Note: This information is sourced from official website/ sanctioning body and is subject to change.

At Shyam Lal College (Evening), more than 70% of seats are reserved for various reserved category students. A breakup for the same is mentioned in the below table:

Category	Percentage Reservation of Seats at Shyam Lal College (Evening)
SC/ST	22.5% 15% for SC and 7.5% for ST (interchangeable, if necessary)
OBC (non-creamy layer, central list)	27%
Economically Weaker Section (EWS)	10%
Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwD)	5%
Children/Widows of personnel of the Armed Forces (CW)	5%
Wards of Kashmiri Migrants	5%

The college does not have a mess but it does have a canteen. The food is of good quality and the taste is also good. The prices for everything varies from about Rs 30 for chinese food to Rs.70 for Veg Thali. You can also get chips, kulfi, soft drinks and other packed food in the canteen.

The following table provides the admission criteria for all the popular Shyam Lal College (Evening) courses along with their total tuition fee. This fee, however, is collated from various sources on the internet. Hence, is indicative.

Course Name	Total Tuition Fee
BA/ BA (Hons)	INR 540
BCom/ BCom (Hons)	INR 540

Candidates can check the step-by-step process for Shyam Lal College (Evening) DU UG CSAS registration mentioned below:

Step 1: Visit the official CSAS UG portal of DU and register as a new user. 

Step 2: Fill out the preference of Shyam Lal College (Evening) and course combinations. This portal will be used until the admission process of the candidate is not completed. 

Step 3: There is a one-time CSAS (UG)-2023 application fee that students are required to pay to get into any DU affiliated college, such as Shyam Lal College (Evening). This fee is non-refundable.

Category	CSAS (UG) - 2023 Application Fee
UR/OBC-NCL/EWS	INR 250
SC/ST/PwBD	INR 100

The applications for Shyam Lal College (Evening) that run simultaneously with DU registrations for undergraduate courses via CUET 2023 (for UG programmes) began on Feb 10, 2023, and were open till Mar 30. Interested students were able to apply online on the official website of CUET UG.

The CUET UG exam was scheduled to take place between held from May 21 to Jun 8, 2023, and the results were announced in June. Delhi University (affiliated university for Shyam Lal College (Evening) has also released the dates for the first, second and third DU CSAS Seat Allocation Lists which were Aug 1, Aug 10 and Aug 22, 2023,  respectively.