St. Stephen's College is a religious foundation drawing inspiration from the life and
teachings of Jesus Christ. It aims at helping its members realise spiritual and moral as
well as intellectual and aesthetic values.
Founded on 1 February 1881, St. Stephen's is the oldest college in Delhi. It was first
affliated to Calcutta University, and later to Punjab University. Finally with the
establishment of Delhi University in 1922, it became one of its three original constituent
colleges.
Poonam Kalra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi. She obtained M.A. in Economics from DelhiUniversity and specializes in Statistics and Econometrics. She teaches undergraduate courses in Statistics, Econometrics and Research Methodology.