The Gargi Pathfinder Award, in the streams: Science, Commerce and Humanities has been instituted to encourage research and innovation among our students. Contestants have to submit an original project guided and certified by a faculty supervisor and supplemented with an audio-visual presentation to a panel of external judges, followed by a viva-voce. This Award promotes originality and encourages the innovative spirit of undergraduate students. The students of the three streams put forward their ideas and, after stringent selection, are encouraged to research on their topics. The award comes with a cash-cum- certificate award, one each in Humanities, Commerce and Sciences. As individuals or in teams, contestants can present original research on significant issues, innovative business proposals or new scientific experiments. Details are continuously updated on the college website.
2024-25
Pathfinder Award –Science
Winners
                            Topic: Zoochosis, a mental anguish in captive animals of National Zoological Park, New Delhi. A case study.
                            
                            Students: Anjali Bhargava and Kameli Jamatia; BSc (H) Zoology III year
                            
                            Mentors: Dr. Tenzin Nyibum Bhutia (Department of Zoology)
                        
2023-24
Pathfinder Award –Science
Winners
                            Topic: Identifying areas of inventions for Enhancing
                            student’s mental well-being through questionnaire data collection.
                            
                            Students: Aanchal Sharma, Anushka, B.Sc. (H) Zoology I
                            year, Kritika Sharma, B.Sc. (P) Life Science, I year, BSc. (H)Zoology, I
                            year
                            
                            Mentors: Dr. Shivani Tyagi, Dr. Thoudam Regina
                            
                            Selected for Stipend
                        
                            Topic: DES as the New-Age Solvent: The Extraction of
                            Purple Lavender Essential Oil Using Green Deep Eutectic Solvent Reline, and
                            Other Applications.
                            
                            Students: Priyank and Nikita Giri; BSc (H) Chemistry, III
                            year
                            
                            Mentors: Dr. B. Vaijayanthi, Dr. Tripti Kumari
                        
                            Topic: Comparative Analysis Of Psychotropic Drugs And
                            Phytochemicals Through Machine Learning.
                            
                            Students: Rakshita Dhyani, Shubhra Pandey and Trisha
                            Mazumdar; BSc (P) Life Science, III year
                            
                            Mentors: Dr. M. Divya Gnaneshwari, Dr. Smriti Sharma
                        
                            Topic: Comparative analysis of natural water bodies of
                            Delhi NCR region.
                            
                            Students: Manisha Ahirwar, Krishna, Anushka kumari; BSc
                            (H) Botany, III year
                            
                            Mentors: Dr. Chaitali Ghosh, Dr. Thoudam Regina
                        
                            Topic: Effective Sanitization of Solid Organic Waste
                            and Comparative Analysis of Organic Manure and Chemical Fertilizers .
                            
                            Students: Dhiseka Pawaiya, Jyoti Kumari; BSc (H) Botany,
                            II year
                            
                            Mentors: Dr. Pritam Kaur, Dr. Preeti Agarwal
                        
2022-23
Pathfinder Award –Science
                            Topic: Synthesis of bioplastic from starch: Incorporated
                            with silver nano-particles using Cocoa powder and turmeric.
                            
                            Students: Pranshu Jain, Prachi Gupta, Vishakha; B.Sc. (H)
                            Chemistry, III year
                            
                            Mentors: Dr. Chingrishon Kathing, Dr. Poonam kumari
                        
2021-22
Pathfinder Award –Commerce
Topic: Impact of Telemedicine on Consumers, Medical Professionals, and Government Services in the Pandemic Era
Students: Deepti Narang, Prerna Rana, Yashika Kedia; B.Com (H) II Year
Mentors: Mr. Siddharth Rathore
Topic: Impact of Indian Election System on its Economic System and Growth
Students: Tripty Wig, Tripti Bansal, Radhika; B.Com II Year
Mentors: Dr. Manju Sahai, Dr. Varun Bhandari
Topic: Impact of Automation on Future of Work for Women
Students: Simran Kaur, Shreshtha Bhattacharya; B.Com III Year
Mentors: Ms. Mohini Rajput
Topic: An Empirical Study on Bank Frauds and Scams in India
Students: Karuna Aggarwal, Manomita Das; B.Com III Year
Mentors: Dr. Mandakini Das, Dr. Payal Jain
Pathfinder Award –Science
                            Topic: Comparative Analysis of TP53 Gene Encoding for
                            Tumor Protein p53 in different organisms to understand the Molecular
                            Mechanism of Cancer Resistance.
                            
                            Student: Yashasvi Saini, B.Sc. (H) Botany II Year
                            
                            Mentors: Dr. Geeta and Dr. Shweta Sharma
                        
                            Topic: Beyond Conventional: Managing Floral Waste as a
                            Social Welfare Project
                            
                            Students: Shraddha R Bhat, Swati Sharma,B.Sc. (H)
                            Chemistry, III Year
                            
                            Mentor: Dr Geeta Saini
                        
2020-21
 Pathfinder Award –Humanities
                    Topic: Educational Inequality during School Closure
Students: Disha Peswani, Mehak Aggarwal, Niral Jain and Pretty Srivastava; Bachelor of Elementary Education III Year
Mentor: Dr. Jyoti Raina
Topic: Impact of COVID-19 on Democracies of the World
Students: Disha Peswani, Mehak Aggarwal, Niral Jain and Pretty Srivastava; B. A. (Hons.) Business Economics III Year
Mentor: Mr. Ganesh Manjhi
 Pathfinder Award – Commerce
                    Topic: Advertisements on Social Networking Platforms and their Impact on Consumers' Buying Behaviours
Students: Chhavi Agarwal, Pragya Modi and Shruti Jain; B.Com (Hons.) II Year
Mentors: Dr. Mandakini Das and Dr. Payal Jain 
2019-20
Pathfinder Award –Humanities
Topic: Health and Disability - A Problematic Equation?
Students: Afnan Mohammad and Aastha Singh; B. A. Prog. II Year
Mentor: Mr. Sahin Shah
 Pathfinder Award – Commerce
                    Topic: Online Payment Failures and Profit of Commercial Banks under RBI Regulations
Students: Aditi, B. A. (Hons.) Economics II Year
Mentors: Mr. Ganesh Manjhi
2018-19
Pathfinder Award –Humanities
                    Topic: Mitigating the Kashmir Conflict using the Prisoner’s Dilemma
Students: Mahuri Salpekar; B.B.E (Hons.) II Year
Mentor: Mr. Ganesh Manjhi
Topic: Economics of the #MeToo Movement
Students: Anamika Pandey, Ananya Chhabra, Muskan Goel
Mentor: Mr. Siddharth Rathore
 Pathfinder Award – Commerce
                    Topic: Climbing the Corporate Ladder: A Gender Analysis
Students: Yukti Nagpal, Shubhangi Srivastava
Mentors: Dr. Geeta Kichlu & Dr. Sangeeta Jerath
Topic: Beating the Curve and Fostering Innovation: A Study of Entrepreneurial Traits in Delhi University Students
Students: Kritika Baluja, Riya Shankar, Sikta Pandit
Mentors: Ms. Anjali Siwal
Pathfinder Award –Science
                            Topic: From Waste to Essentials -Studying the Potential of
                            Sawdust & Waste Tea Leaves, for the Removal of Heavy Metal
                            Ions: A Case Study of Contaminated Soil from the Yamuna River Basin.
                            
                            Students: Muskan Gill and Divya Saini
                            
                            Mentor: Dr. Tripti Kumari
                        
                            Topic: Effect of chemicals on stone monuments and ways to
                            prevent the corrosion of monuments.
                            
                            Students: Priyanda Giri, Dorothy Sachdeva and Shilpi Lamba
                            
                            Mentor: Dr. Chandana Mukherjee and Dr. Himani Chauhan
                        
2017-18
 Pathfinder Award –Humanities
                    Topic: Menstrual Cups- Break the Taboo!
Students: Aditi Chawla And Kanishka Singhal, B. A. (Hons.) Economics I Year
Mentor: Mr. Ganesh Manjhi
Topic: Negative impact of aluminium foil paper on youth's health and environment
Students: Jayantika Kalani; B. A. (Prog.) III Year
Mentor: Mr. Ganesh Manjhi and Dr. Taruna Singh
 Pathfinder Award – Commerce
                    Topic: Mitigating the Kashmir Conflict using the Prisoner’s Dilemma
Students: Mahuri Salpekar; B.B.E (Hons.) II Year
Mentors: Mr. Ganesh Manjhi
Pathfinder Award –Science
                            Topic:From Waste to Essentials- A Green extraction of
                            Limonene Oil from Waste Fruits Peels and Studying ts Larvicidal, Insect
                            
                            Student: Nandana Pal Chowdhury
                            
                            Mentor:Dr. Tripti Kumari
                        
2016-17
 Pathfinder Award –Humanities
                    Topic: Media Constructed Humour Among Youth
Students: Chitali Kohli and Sanskriti Trivedy; B. A. (Prog.) II Year and B. A. (Hons.) Political Science II Year
Mentor: Mr. Ganesh Manjhi
 Pathfinder Award – Commerce
                    Topic: Protecting Youth from Depression
Students: Chitrali Daw, Mehak Mehrotra and Aarushi Gupta; B. Com. (Hons.) III Year
Mentors: Dr. Geeta Kichlu and Dr. Sangeeta Jerath
Topic: Menstrual Leave as a HR Policy – Impact & Solutions
Students: Mallika Raj, Isha Uttam and Meghna Jain; B. Com (Hons.) II Year
Mentors: Dr. Mandakini Das and Ms. Aakriti Chaudhry
Pathfinder Award –Science
                            Topic:Understanding the Role of Photosynthetic and
                            Sunscreen Pigments in Anabaenasp. under UV B Stress
                            
                            Students: Ankita, Rozy Yadav, Shivani, B.Sc. (H) Botany II
                            Year
                            
                            Mentor:Dr. Garvita Singh
                        
                            Topic:Synthesis and characterization of Starch:PVA:NanoAg
                            based completely biodegradable polymeric blends-An alternative to
                            conventional polymers.
                            
                            Students:Gunjan and Witty Tyagi, BSc. (H) Microbiology III
                            Year
                            
                            Mentor:Dr. Geeta Saini
                        

