S.S.D. KANYA DEGREE COLLEGE

OUR FOUNDERS

Sheila Devi was born in 1967 in the village of Vijay Naglia, P.O. Bailon, Distt. Bulandshahar, to a simple family. Her father Sri Mawasi Singh was a farmer and her mother a housewife. Her childhood was one of extreme struggle. She had a strong desire to study but due to social pressure could not complete her studies beyond Middle School.

In 1984 she was married to Dr. H.Singh, son of Sri Rajpal Singh. Her husband came from the village Gangapur and was already in the acadaemic field being Head of the Department of Chemistrry, Dharam Samaj College, Aligarh. He was selected as a member for the administration and running of the primary and middle level Digambar P.G. College

Prior to her marriage she was interested in the upliftment of girls through the medium of education. To achieve this she established a primary school in her father's village of Naglia. It was after her marriage and with exposure to a world of education through her husband she decided to bring higher education to women. To achieve this she decided to set up a college for women in Dibai. This became a reality in 2008 when she established S.S.D. Kanya Degree College and opened the doors to women for higher education with classed for both B.A. and B.Sc..

Her objective of seeing women independent and standing on their own feet is fast becoming a concrete truth and her own efforts towards that is no small contribution.

Sri Rajpal Singh was born in 1914 in the district of Bulandshahar, state of Uttar Pradesh, in the village of Gangapur. He was born to a very simple family. His father, Tulsi Singh, was a farmer and his mother a housewife. Sri Rajpal Singh was married to Shrimati Prem Vati Devi. His education was done in Dibai. One of his sons Dr. H.Singh was Head of the Department of Chemistry, Dharam Samaj College, Aligarh, and later on became Chairman of Digambar P.G. College Dibai. During his life time Sri Rajpal Singh devoted his life to the education of children, in particular girls. He was a staunch Arya Samaji and a philanthropist within his limits. To achieve his desires he spent a good amount of his time in travel and prayers. Having seen his dreams slowly become a reality he breathed his last in 2007.

Shrimati Prem Vati Devi was born in 1919 in the village of Kheda Khurd District Aligarh. Her father Sri Chandan Singh was a farmer but who believed in the education of women and saw to it that she was educated till the middle school even during the period of British rule in India. She was married to Sri Rajpal Singh of Gangapur village. She mothered two children, one a son and the other a daughter. Her entire life was centered around her children and her sole aim was to see them achieve success, which she did. Shrimati Prem Vati Devi breathed her last in 2004.