The college has been awarded the Best Institution Award-2020, as part of the International Educational Institution Awards 2020, organized by Patanjali College of Yoga & Research Centre, recognized by Yoga Alliance International and affiliated to International Yoga Federation.
The college has been conferred Green Champion Award by Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education (MGNCRE), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India for its contribution to Swachhta Education and Practice.
At a glorious 58, BBK DAV College for Women stands tall as a provider of Quality Higher Education on the national horizon. With an invigorating ambience, state-of-the-art infrastructure and a committed and competent faculty, the college is ceaselessly striving to produce a workforce of the highest international standards. Impeccable in ethics and peerless in professionalism, the college offers a wide variety of programmes in consonance with the fast-changing world of today. Re-accredited with ‘A’ grade by NAAC, adjudged College with Potential for Excellence & as ‘Star College’ – status conferred by Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, and acknowledged as Model College for Vocational Education by UGC and acclaimed as a sterling example of holistic education by NUEPA (National University of Educational Planning and Administration), BBK DAV College for Women, Amritsar, is a top-ranking college of North India. In sync with the fast-moving times, the college is committed to providing the best combination of ancient Indian values and modern science and technology.
Nurtured by an ideal combination of facilities and facilitators, the college scholars, sports persons and artists have been winning the highest honours in their fields of interest. In the previous session, the college scholars won nearly 127 merit positions, including 12 First, 15 Second, and 7 Merit positions, along with 31 ‘O+’ grade and 62 ‘O’ grade distinctions.
The college enjoys the rare honour of having given to the nation one Arjuna Awardee, one Olympian, Asian Games medalists, and scores of players at the international level in Commonwealth Games, Asian Championships and World Cups. The college invests substantially in sports and provides the latest equipment for different games. In the inter-college competitions organized by Guru Nanak Dev University, our college participated in 18 games and bagged 15 positions out of which 1 team won Championship, 9 teams got First Runners-up position, and 4 teams got Second Runners-up position.
The college has made tremendous contribution to university sports, adding a major share to Guru Nanak Dev University’s exceptional feat of winning Maulana Abul Kalam Azad All India Trophy for Sports. College won Overall General Runners-up Sports Trophy (2023-24). Our 34 outstanding players won a huge amount of Rs.14,00,000 (Fourteen Lac) from Guru Nanak Dev University for their tremendous performance at international and intervarsity level. International Cyclists Ms. Agashe Sushikala Durgaprasad and Ms. Danole Pooja Baban got a cash prize of Rs. 6,00,000 (Six Lac) and Rs. 2,00,000 (Two Lac) respectively among women players.
In all the fields of cultural activity, the college artists remain at the forefront. In the Inter-Zonal Youth Festival of GNDU held in 2024, the college’s participants won First position in 5 events, Second position in 5 events and Third position in 8 events. The college also bagged Overall Fine Arts Runners-up Trophy 2024 in Inter-Zonal Youth Festival. In Zonal Youth Festival of Guru Nanak Dev University, the college participants won First position in 3 events, Second position in 2 events and Third position in 6 events. Kritika Rajput (BFA, Semester-8) won First position in on-the-spot Painting competition, and Nandini (B. Voc. Entertainment Technology, Semester-4) won fifth position in the Mehndi competition at the 38th AIU Inter-University North Zone Youth Festival held at Panjab University, Chandigarh. Kritika Rajput (BFA, Semester-8) won second position in on-the-spot Painting competition at 38th Inter University National Youth Festival held at Amity University, Noida.
The college NCC and NSS units have been decorated with the highest honours. Our cadets have won the honour of commanding the NCC contingent at the Republic Day parade in New Delhi. In this session, NCC and NSS cadets of the college zealously participated in various state level and national level activities to create awareness in society on the burning issues. The college takes genuine pride in pursuing its community service programmes and extensive activities most vigorously. To broaden the student’s horizons, the college provides them with abundant exposure through various seminars, guest lectures, exhibitions, etc.