Jesus and Mary College is a girls college affiliated to the University of Delhi

University of Delhi

The University of Delhi is a central university situated in Delhi, India and is funded by Government of India. Established in 1922, it offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate level. Vice-President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari is the Chancellor of the university...

 located in New Delhi. The college awards bachelors degrees in commerce and arts stream. The college is located in Chanakyapuri

Chanakyapuri

Chanakyapuri ,is an affluent neighborhood and Diplomatic Enclave in New Delhi, established in 1950s, and located about 14 km. from Delhi Airport. Chanakyapuri, literally meaning "City of Chanakya", is named for Chanakya, a third century BC Maurya advisor and prime minister.Chanakyapuri plays...

  (Diplomatic enclave) in New Delhi.

It was founded by Religious of Jesus and Mary, a Roman Catholic Congregation founded by St. Claudine Thevenet or known as Mary of St. Ignatius (1774–1837) in Lyon

Lyon

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, France in 1818. Convent of Jesus and Mary, Delhi was established in 1919, and thereafter a college for women in Delhi and the college was founded in July 1968.

It is one of the few colleges in Delhi University, whose student body is not affiliated with Delhi University Students Union

Delhi University Students Union

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 (DUSU), besides St Stephens’ College, and Lady Shri Ram College for Women.

Notable alumni

• Priyanka Gandhi
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   (Vadra), Daughter of the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
• Neha Dhupia
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  , Bollywood Actress
• Hasleen Kaur, Miss India, 2011
• Namita Gokhale
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  -Early life:She was born in Lucknow, India in 1956 and spent her childhood between New Delhi and Nainital, in the foothills of the Himalayas. A Kumaoni by birth She married to Rajiv Gokhale when she was eighteen. Gokhale dropped out of college after a conflict over the bias against Indian...
  
  , writer
• Usha Sanyal
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  , historian
• Ambika Anand
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  , TV anchor NDTV Good Times
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External links

• Official website
• Jesus and Mary College at wikimapia
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