The college various faculties - Arts, Science, Commerce, Diploma in Management, etc.

The college was founded in 1958, when the city of Chandigarh was in its infancy.

The college belongs to the family of DAV institutions, founded by Mahatma Hans Raj.

It is ranked - Commerce 45, BCA 21, Arts 35 and Science 33, as per a survey by India Today, June 2020.

It has launched postgraduate programmes in I.T., Commerce, English, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Maths, Zoology, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Business Economics; and postgraduate diplomas.