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.
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
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
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: Effects of chemicals on stone monuments and ways to prevent the corrosion of monuments
Students: Priyanda Giri, Dorothy Sachdeva And Shilpi Lamba; B. Sc. (Hons.) Chemistry II Year
Mentor: Dr Himani Chauhan and Dr. Chandana Mukherjee
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: From Waste to Essentials : A Green Extraction of Limonene Oil from Waste fruit peels to study its Nematicidal, Antifungal and Antibacterial Properties
Students: Nandana Pal Chowdhury B. Sc. (Hons.) Chemistry III Year
Mentor: Dr. Tripati Kumar
