Welcome to Ramanujan College!

Dear Students, Faculty, Alumni, and All Who Believe in the Power of Public Education,

The vastness of infinity might seem frightening to many, but Srinivasa Ramanujan, “the man who knew infinity” and who explored its great depth in his mathematical work, was fascinated by its very vastness. At the Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, the same spirit of fascination, exploration, and enquiry defines us, and rightly so. That spirit is shaped by not just our namesake but our ethos in this world changing fast.

If truth be told, my personal vision for the college is deeply, unapologetically, and infinitely ambitious, as public-funded higher education is neither charity nor pastime. It is a shared responsibility and a strategic investment that benefits every individual through enhanced career prospects and every society through an educated, capable, and ingenious citizenry.

In the modern economy, the significance of public-funded colleges like ours and higher education levels grows multifold, and more than that, what grows multifold is the responsibility we all carry to respond better to global shifts, intellectually, socially, and economically.

For that, we need to take a step from time to time and ask hard questions: As students, are we challenged to think critically? As educators, are we doing our best to ignite the spirit of enquiry and fascination? And as citizens, do we prioritise higher education as much as it should be prioritised?

Such vast questions are relevant, rather than rhetorical. If we fail to ask these questions, we fail the very idea of “Viksit Bharat”.

Just as Ramanujan pursued infinity with passionate fascination, all of us need to approach public-funded higher education. The return on this approach is, after all, a prosperous and equitable society.

With sincere commitment to our shared vision,

Sh. Ajay Gupta (Brief CV)

Chairperson