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New Delhi, June 13, 2007 : St Stephen’s College, Delhi - the best College in India has increased 10 per cent of seats for Dalit Christians, reported NDTv

(In the Picture is the areal view of St Stephen’s College, Delhi)

New Delhi, June 13, 2007 : St Stephen’s has upheld its status as a minority Christian educational institution by going ahead with its decision to reserve 10 per cent of seats for Dalit Christians.

This means that the Christian quota has gone up from 30 to 40 per cent. The move has come in for strong criticism, as the college has decided to increase its quota for Christian students.

This new admission policy will push up total seats reserved for Christians to 40 per cent of the 400 seats available, which means the number of seats for general category students will go down by 40. Read more from the Source: NDTv.com

This is good news for Chritian students from Northeast who are mostly Schedule Tribes and Scheduled Castes.

Note for ST/SC Students:
Admission to St. Stephen’s College for ST/SC students is not done by a centralized admission from Delhi University, one must apply from the college directly.

Founded on 1 February 1881, St. Stephen’s is the oldest college in Delhi. It was first affiliated to Calcutta University, and later to Punjab University. Finally with the establishment of Delhi University in 1922, it became one of its three original constituent colleges.

College was established by a Christian mission from Westcott House, Cambridge. The Rev. Samuel Scott Allnutt was its Founder and first Principal. The anniversary of his death is observed as Founder’s Day on 7 December every year.

St Stephen’s College got new Principal on May 21, 2007: Rev. Dr Valson Thampu (w.e.f May 21, 2007) is the new Principal after the infamous exit of Mr Anil Wilson. The Supremed Council and governing body of the College has appointed him as Officer on Special Duty (OSD), to allow him to officiate as the Principal of the College.

Who is Rev. Dr Valson Thampu?
Rev. Valson Thampu is an author, lecturer, theologian and minister/Pastor of the Church of North India (CNI). He is also a member of the “Religion for social justice” forum and National Minorities Commision, Gov’t of India.

He also serves as the Executive Secretary of TRACI (Theological Research and Communication Institute), New Delhi [Email: traci@vsnl.com], which is an inter-denominational research community committed to the unity of the Church.

Rev. Dr. Valson Thampu is also the founder of Christian Mind Series (CMS) which has two-fold purpose of :

1. To highlight the contemporary relevance and power of the biblical faith.
2. To promote the discipline of thinking biblically on all aspects of life.

St Stephen’s College website : Ststephens.edu