MIRANDA HOUSE

'Miranda House' is a college for women, forming part of Delhi University, India. It was founded in 1948 by Sir Maurice Gwyer, then Vice-Chancellor of the university. It has nearly 3,000 students in sciences and arts, and is the ''alma mater'' of a number of eminent women in or from India. It includes college hostel accommodations for a small number of students, but the majority are day-scholars.

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Notable Alumni

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Notable Alumni

★ Anita Kaul Basu (Director of Synergy Communications, married to television personality Siddhartha Basu)

★ Shonali Bose (Film-maker)

★ Urvashi Butalia (Feminist and historian)

★ Mona Chadha (Motorola Executive)

★ Nisha Da Cunha (Author) (more information)

★ Nandita Das (Actress)

★ Anita Desai (Author)

★ Sheila Dikshit (Chief Minister of Delhi)

★ Shabnam Dutta (Broadcaster)

★ Madhur Jaffrey (Actress, author of cookbooks)

★ Jaya Jaitley (Activist)

★ Brinda Karat (Political leader)

★ Sneh Lata Kaur (princess of a former princely state)

★ Meira Kumar (Member of Parliament, India) (Official profile)

★ Madhu Kishwar (Activist)

★ Sujata Madhok (Activist and journalist)

★ Anjolie Ela Menon (Artist)

★ Mira Nair (Film maker)

★ Shovana Narayan (World-renowned Kathak dancer, Indian government officer, awarded Padma Shri)

★ Rita Payne (BBC World, Asia Editor, London)

★ Anita Pratap (TV and print journalist) (Information)

★ Ritu Sarin (Film-maker) (Information)

★ Mallika Sherawat (Actress and model)

★ Savithri Singh (Principal, Acharya Narendra Dev College)

★ Romila Thapar (World renowned historian)

★ Ruth Vanita (Author and editor)

External links

★ Official site

★ Profile