Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Chandigarh popularly known as MCM DAV, was established in 1968 by the DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi, to commemorate the meritorious services rendered by Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan, former Chief Justice of India, a distinguished legal luminary, great patriot, administrator par excellence, committed educationist, social reformer and humanist. MCM is highly reputed for its superior academic programmes, intellectual vigour, cultural and moral sensitivity, dedicated faculty and achievements of the students The aim of the college has always been to produce enlightened and potential women, the future decision and policy makers who would repay the society through maximum utilization of their educational input The college mission is to adopt an academic programme which ensures quality enrichment sustenance in higher education in the quest for excellence MCM in the service of Quality Education in the region for the last 43 years stands fully prepared today to meet the challenges of the changing times Remarkable reputation of being a 'Zero-Pollution Zone owing to our unstinted efforts in the direction of environmental preservation.