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The Department traces its origin to the establishment of the Y.W.C.A School of Social Work in 1946 at Lucknow. It was established by the Y.W.C.A of India, Burma and Ceylon, which later became National Y.W.C.A of India. It started a one year programme to give training in social work to the women who were demobilized by the Armed Services, known as the Womens Auxillary Corps of India, following the end of World War II in 1946.
The school started under the directorship of MS. Nora Ventura who was then the Secretary of Religious Education Committee of the Y.W.C.A, with two students - one from Sindh and the other from Bengal. Later in 1946 MS. Elmina Lucke, a noted social work educationist of considerable standing and experience, took over as Consultant Organizer of the School. In 1947 the school moved to Delhi and with the efforts of the then Vice Chancellor of University of Delhi Sir Maurice Gwyer; the old Air Force Barracks located on the corner of the Mall Road and 3 - University Road was given to the School.
Due to the initiatives and efforts of MS. Lucke, post-graduate programme was started which in 1948 was affiliated to the University of Delhi and the name was changed to Delhi School of Social Work. The school was then governed by a board, which included as members in the board were representatives from the Y.W.C.A, the Ministries of Education and Health and the University of Delhi. Dorothy Moses was appointed as the First Principal of the School. She was succeeded by M.S. Gore and S.N. Ranade as Principals of Delhi School of Social Work. D.S.S.W was taken over by University of Delhi in 1962 and became a post graduate institution maintained by the university. PhD programme was started in 1965 and in 1976 M. Phil Programme was introduced. In 1979 Delhi School of Social Work (DSSW) became the Department of Social Work, University of Delhi.
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Only University of Delhi: Department of Social Work, New Delhi offers MSW in Delhi University.
Admission to the Department of Social Work is open to both men and women having completed a Bachelor's Degree programme of 3 years duration from a recognized University. The eligibility criteria for admissions to the year 2011 12 are as follows: a) Any person with a Bachelors Degree or its equivalent (under the 10+2+3 year) in any discipline with minimum 55% marks from recognized university is eligible to apply. b) B.A. (H) Social Work student with a minimum of 50% marks from a recognized University are eligible to apply. c) Those candidates who are appearing in the final year examination of the Bachelors degree are also eligible to apply subject to the qualification listed above. d) Candidates belonging to SC/ST shall be eligible as per Delhi University rules to pass with the minimum marks. e) PWD candidates shall be allowed 5% relaxation in the eligibility requirement. Before applying for admission, the candidate should ensure that the minimum eligibility requirements are met and that he/she has attained the age of twenty years on or before the first day of October of the year in which admission is sought. Candidates whose result for the qualifying examination is awaited may also apply provisionally. They must submit a copy of their result latest by August 31, 2012 failing which the offer of admission shall stand cancelled.
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The level of difficulty in MA Economics is actually depends upon you. If you didn't have studied maths at 12th level or if you don't shows interest in mathematics then it would be very much difficulty for you (Difficulty level can be 09/10). Because maths is the essence part of economics. Without the knowledge of maths, you won't be able to find the 'Time Value of Money', Bond and Stock valuation, Price determination under different forms of market, Managerial Economics. All these requires higher level knowledge of calculus, algebra and probability. The concepts of differentiation and integration helps you to formulate the policies by knowing the maxima and minima. If you are from non-maths background, then I will recommend you take tuitions of advance maths for your better performance during college. Otherwise it will be very difficult for you.
I hope this helps.
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BSW is the standard academic program through which individuals become social workers. It represents the core social work academic program consisting of knowledge, skills, practice of social work in multiple settings and six practical methods of social work intervention. The BSW (I.e., Bachelor of social workers) program of KMCSM contains 32 subjects ranging from sociology for social work to human behavior and growth, psychiatric social work, community organization, social action, child right, rural and urban community development, family and social work, development communication, law and social work, management of voluntary organization, social development, gender studies, juvenile justice, social work in industry and case work and group work. The curriculum is designed to equip students with theories and hands on practices and evolves itself to the social and economical customs of the need of the era, running parallel to the classes are three social camps, research work, 350 hours agencies placement (field placement) and a month long block placement.
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When it comes to the admission in BA History Hons, students are highly rush for getting admission in University of Delhi. Because it offers a wide range of top notch faculties with other facilities. The good colleges in Delhi University of doing BA History Hons are:
(1) Hindu College.
(2) HansRaj College.
(3) Sri GuruTeg Bahadur (SGTB) Khalsa College.
(4) Miranda College.
(5) Kalindi College.
(7) Ramjas College.
(8) Aatma Ram Sanatan Dharm college.
These are the some pioneers college in Delhi University for history Hons. But out of these I would like to vote for "Hindu College". Because it is ranked as the 2nd Best college (in overall ranking) in Delhi university after SRCC. This college has 100+ books in their Library especially for history students. It has fully Wi-Fi equipped campus for E-Learning. It has the beat faculties for this department and what not. So, I'd prefer for Hindu college. However its cutoff is quite high (ranges from 95%-99%). Hope this helps.
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Fergusson College is the best college in Pune. It started off around last decade of nineteenth century. This college has a great reputation as repository of huge knowledge. It's instructors too do full Justice and teach with their hearts out. Academically it offers the best in fact due to this the college has been granted autonomy indicating trust in the management by the authorities.St Mira's college on the other hand was founded in seventees. Sadhu Vaswani mission operates this women only college in Pune. This college too has earned laurels for it's quality of teaching and making girls who enter into very good independent thinking women at passing out. To tell frankly, there is nothing to distinguish between these colleges. Both are excellent. However, some girls if preferring only women college can opt for this. I think only consideration should be easy commutation from home to the college everyday.

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History is a very important and interesting subject of study. It's offered for graduation in almost all the universities across India. Some subjects vary in each state but many of the subjects remain the same. The different subjects that are taught at undergraduate level are: History of ancient India, History of modern India, History of USA, history of USSR, history of Europe, world politics, English, sociology, etc.
This is the general list of subjects. At some places, some special subjects may be added. In the final year, students have to select some optional subjects out of the bouquet provided.
History is a subject which does not see changes on a day to day basis. But, of course, when there is a change of political party in the central government, there is invariably a glamour for change in contents and it indeed is affected.