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The Department of History is one of the oldest faculties at the Indraprastha College for Women established in 1924. Here we offer a vibrant environment to cultivate skills to do historians’ craft and develop employability. Our pedagogy stretches beyond regular lectures and tutorials to include aspects of experiential learning using classroom video projections, excursions to historical sites, and visits to museums and exhibitions. We also have dedicated programmes for engaging with heritage through collaborative projects and workshops with the INTACH, National Archives of India, and Archaeological Survey of India. Further, an Indo-German Students Workshop on Sufism in South Asia: A View from Delhi was organised in January 2020. 

These aspects of experiential learning are coordinated by the History Society, managed by elected student representatives. It organizes special lectures and conferences by eminent historians and conducts student paper presentations on dedicated themes to promote research methods and writing skills. Such research initiatives find a platform for online publication in the Department Journal Nazariyat and Students Magazine Reminiscence.

We are proud of the Department’s eminent faculty with diverse specialisations in histories and themes related to processes of state building, religion, literary and craft cultures, archaeology; architectural, urban and agrarian histories; histories of caste, marginalized groups, women, nationalism, and identity politics in contemporary India. Our faculty is committed to research and publishing; involved in curriculum development for universities; and skilled at innovative teaching.

Over the years we have created an illustrious alumni network with careers in civil services, judiciary, journalism, mass communication, teaching, research, archaeology, and museum studies. Some of our distinguished alumnae are professors and historians Narayani Gupta (JMI), Meena Bhargava (DU), Supriya Verma (JNU), Arundhati Virmani (EHESS, Marseille), Malavika Kasturi (University of Toronto), Ambika Soni (Indian politician), Nivedita Kukreti (IPS), Ambika Mehrotra (Civil Judge), Meenakshi Sarmah (Judicial Magistrate), Aparajita Singh (Senior Advocate, Supreme Court), Tannu Jain (IDES). 

We offer Courses determined by the University of Delhi under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Two streams of courses are offered, namely, B.A. Honours and B.A. Programme with History as Major/Minor in the discipline. These courses include a pool of specialised papers offered as Generic Elective. Besides, the Department offers special papers under the VAC and SEC streams.          

                                                                                                                                      Updated on 30.08.2025