Hindu College Gazette

What Hindu College Gazette does

Hindu College Gazette is a bimonthly digital magazine published under the aegis of The Symposium Society, Hindu College, University of Delhi. Founded in 2020 by Akshaya and Amitoj, it produces open-access issues containing 15-20 articles each, covering politics, economy, society, geopolitics, history, and culture through editorials, op-eds, long-forms, and photo essays. The publication is structured around several dedicated content verticals: HCG Review for long-form scholarly essays, Eccentric Epistles for literary and personal writing, Politik Perspectacles for political analysis, Vox Populi for opinion pieces, and Suni Ansuni for cultural exploration including Hindi-language content. Guest submissions have drawn contributors from more than 15 institutions including the University of Cambridge, Hyderabad University, NUJS, Christ University, and the Indian Institute of Psychology and Research.

The platform is built on standard web infrastructure: a Wix-hosted website for content presentation and Google Drive for distributing downloadable PDF issues. Distribution is organic, relying on social media presence across Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, supplemented by an email mailing list. There are no APIs, SDKs, integrations, AI features, or software products; the publication functions as a traditional editorial outlet. The current 2026-27 Editorial Board comprises Yug Singh Chauhan (Publisher), Inika Choudhary (Editor-in-Chief), and Simran Jangra (Head of Operations), with annual board succession.

Hindu College Gazette operates as a non-commercial, non-profit student initiative. All content is freely accessible, and the only revenue mechanism is one-time voluntary donations submitted through the website. There is no subscription, advertising, sponsorship, or licensing model. The entity is not formally incorporated as a commercial company; it is an informal student publication hosted under The Symposium Society, an academic society of Hindu College. Headcount is approximately 10-15 active core team members, with the broader network of around 21 contributors and guest scholars operating on a voluntary, unpaid basis.

Name

Hindu College Gazette

Legal name

Hindu College Gazette

Website

https://hinducollegegazette.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hindu College Gazette is a non-profit, student-run bimonthly digital magazine published under The Symposium Society at Hindu College, University of Delhi, offering free open-access articles on politics, economy, society, and culture to students, faculty, and general readers across India and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Student Digital Magazine

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed) (MPAJABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Scholarly Societies & Conference Proceedings Publishing (MPAJABAK)

Keywords

• Student digital magazine
• Bimonthly editorial publication
• Academic opinion journalism
• Campus content publishing
• Nonprofit student media

Headquarters

HQ city

Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Revenue model

1. Donations and Support: The publication accepts one-time donations from supporters through its website. No formal paid subscription model exists - content is freely accessible to all readers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Hindu College Gazette is a bimonthly digital magazine published under the aegis of The Symposium Society, Hindu College, University of Delhi. It produces opinion editorials, essays, long-forms, photo essays, and analytical articles covering politics, economy, society, geopolitics, history, and culture. Issues are distributed free of charge via the publication's Wix-hosted website and Google Drive-hosted PDF downloads.

Product overview

Hindu College Gazette is a bimonthly digital magazine published under the aegis of The Symposium Society, Hindu College, University of Delhi. The publication offers a unified platform for academic discourse through multiple interconnected content sections: the core Hindu College Gazette magazine, HCG Review for long-form scholarly essays, Eccentric Epistles for literary and personal essays, Politik Perspectacles for political analysis, Vox Populi for public opinion, and Suni Ansuni for cultural exploration. Content is distributed digitally through the website and as downloadable PDF issues via Google Drive. The publication does not operate as a software product with integrations, APIs, or AI capabilities, but rather as a traditional editorial publication leveraging standard web infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hindu College Gazette

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The Symposium Society, Hindu CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Symposium Society is the parent organization of Hindu College Gazette. The magazine is published under the aegis of The Symposium Society, Hindu College. This is the founding and primary institutional relationship that enables the publication's operations.

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Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• DU Beat: Delhi University's largest independent student newspaper covering campus news, politics, and culture. It is a direct peer given its similar student-run, Delhi University-anchored editorial model and digital distribution.
• St. Stephen's College Magazine (The Stephanian): The student publication of St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi. It is a direct peer as a DU-affiliated student magazine covering politics, culture, and society through an academic lens.
• NUJS Journal of Regulatory Studies: An academic student-edited journal from the National University of Juridical Sciences, which contributes guest submissions to HCG. It is a direct peer as a student-edited scholarly publication with comparable editorial scope.
• The India Forum: An online academic journal publishing essays on contemporary political economy, policy, and society. It is a direct peer given its scholarly register, online distribution, and thematic overlap with HCG's editorial coverage.

Broad incumbents

• The Caravan: India's leading long-form journal of politics and culture. It is a broad incumbent peer with overlapping editorial scope (politics, society, culture) and a similar commitment to in-depth narrative journalism.
• Economic and Political Weekly (EPW): India's premier peer-reviewed academic journal on economics, politics, and society. It is a broad incumbent peer addressing a similar intellectual audience with comparable thematic coverage.
• The Print: A professionally edited Indian digital news outlet covering politics, policy, and society. It is a broad incumbent peer with thematic and audience overlap, though operating at a much larger scale.
• Seminar Magazine: A long-running Indian monthly magazine focused on ideas and public discourse across politics, society, and culture. Comparable as a broad incumbent with similar essay-driven editorial scope.

Emerging players

• Live History India: A digital media platform publishing long-form history and culture content for an Indian and global audience. Comparable as an emerging player in the online long-form Indian non-fiction space that overlaps with HCG's history and culture verticals.
• Yale Daily News (Historical reference peer): A flagship student-run university publication. Comparable as a structural analogue given its student-led editorial model, though at a much larger scale and outside the Indian market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hc_gazette
• Facebookfacebook.com/Hindu-College-Gazette-100544655103949
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hindu-college-gazette-2020
• Instagraminstagram.com/hinducollegegazette

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