SCD Government College

SCD Government College, whose full name is Satish Chander Dhawan Government College, is a government college in Civil Lines, Ludhiana, Punjab, affiliated to Panjab University, Chandigarh. The college was established in 1920, and its heritage building dates from that year. NAAC accredited it at grade A (CGPA 3.20 on a four-point scale) in a certificate dated 19 February 2016, valid up to 18 February 2021. The campus has a central library of over 1,07,400 books, hostels for about 150 boys and 100 girls, a Finishing School run under the RUSA scheme, NCC Army and Air Wing units, an NSS unit, and an evening college for students who work full time.

Academic work is spread over 20 departments plus the Evening College, including Botany, Chemistry, Commerce, Computer Science, Economics, English, Geography, Hindi, History, Mathematics, Music, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sociology and Zoology. For 2026-27 the college lists B.A., B.Sc. (Medical and Non-Medical), B.Com., BBA and BCA classes, with the B.A., B.Com., BBA and BCA first-year classes open to boys only, and postgraduate classes in M.A. (English, Economics, Hindi, Punjabi, Geography), M.Com., M.Com. (Business Innovations), M.Sc. Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, and M.Sc. (IT). First-year admission to most undergraduate and postgraduate classes is through the Punjab government admission portal; M.Sc. Physics, M.Sc. Chemistry and M.Com. (BI) apply on the college website.