[2] It is named after the great educationist and reformist of modern India, Acharya Narendra Dev.

On 12 November 2013, Creative Commons India was relaunched in New Delhi by the Union Minister for Human Resources Development Dr Shashi Tharoor.

Former principal, Savithri Singh, is an elected member of the International Community Council of the Wikieducator and its Vice Chair.

The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE),[7] an international society advancing an interdisciplinary approach to the science and application of light, has formally approved "University of Delhi at Acharya Narendra Dev College SPIE Student Chapter.

Student-run societies include ones on gender sensitization, dramatics, debate, electronics, adventure, sports, social outreach, think lab, and others.