DAV College Chandigarh is a premier institution of North India. Students from all parts of the country and abroad vie with one another to find a seat in this institution. During more than fifty years of its existence we have produced great academicians, administrators and sports persons of international repute.

Cricketer : Yog Raj Singh, Yuv Raj Singh, Dinesh Mongia, Kapil Dev.
Golfer : Irena Brar, Abhijeet Chadha, Hema K.C.
Shooter : Chetanpreet  Nilon.
Football : Gurpreet Singh,
IAS : Sh. R.K. Rao, Sh. Surjit Singh, Justice Hon’ble M. Grover and Bhalla

Bollywood : Anshuman Khurana

This college works on the principles of Arya Samaj and inculcates in the young minds ethical and moral values. We have established high standards of excellence. The college was built from scratch with missionary zeal. Brick by brick, the early Principals and staff of the college put in super human efforts to launch the college. The college is accredited by the NAAC A+ and ranked No.1 in commerce in Northern India as per the survey by the India Today – AC Nielsen – ORG Marg.

STAR COLLEGE STATUS

Recently the Deptt. of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India has recommended this college for promotion of Life Science under the Star College Scheme.

NAAC's observations about DAV College, Chandigarh

“DAV COLLEGE is blessed with a visionary leadership of the Management, qualified and dedicated staff, and highly talented students drawn from different social, cultural and academic backgrounds. Over the years the College has set a commendable tradition of initiative and imagination, and has grown into an institution of significant stature in the educational scene. The diverse academic activities of the college all imbued with a sound value system are focused on a balancing of knowledge assimilation and skill acquisition. The College has succeeded in instilling a definite confidence in the society at large about the quality of the education it offers”.