Women's Christian College, Chennai
Interdenominational women's college in Tamil Nadu, India
13°4′8.76″N 80°14′55.36″E / 13.0691000°N 80.2487111°E / 13.0691000; 80.2487111
Women's Christian College is a reputed interdenominational women's college on College Road, Nungambakkam, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
History
The Women's Christian College was founded in 1915 with 41 students and 7 faculty members, as a result of the joint venture of 12 missionary societies of interdenominational and international nature located in England, in Canada and in U.S.A., with a mission to provide higher education to women of India in liberal arts and sciences.The motto of the college is "Lighted to lighten". It was affiliated to the University of Madras and was given recognition as an autonomous college in 1982.[2][3] At present it is a government-aided minority institution. It has grown to a strength of over 4252 students and 209 members of faculty in the aided and self-financing sections.
India's first female political prisoner and freedom fighter Rukmani Lakshmipathy was a first batch student.
Principals
- Eleanor McDougall,
- Eleanor Rivett, 1938–1947
- Elizabeth George, 1947–1950
- Eleanor D. Mason, 1950–1956
- Renuka Mukerji, 1956–1965
- Anna T. Zachariah, 1965–1971
- Renuka Somasekhar, 1971–1981
- Indrani Michael, 1981–1994
- Kanmani Christian, 1994–1998
- Glory Christopher, 1998–2003
- Rita Jacob Cherian, 2003–2006
- Ridling Margaret Waller 2006-2017
- Lilian I Jasper, 2017- Present
Sister college
Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, U.S., has been Women's Christian College's sister college since 1920.[4] Both Mount Holyoke Culturals[5] and Mount Holyoke Hostel (dormitory) at Women's Christian College refer to this.
Rankings
| College rankings | |
|---|---|
| General – India | |
| NIRF (Colleges) (2022)[6] | 72 |
The college was ranked 72 among colleges in India by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2022[6]
Notable alumni
- Megha Akash, actress
- Subhashini Ali, politician
- Regina Cassandra, actress and model
- Andrea Jeremiah, singer and actress
- Anaswara Kumar, actress
- Rukmini Lakshmipathi, freedom fighter and first women minister in Madras Presidency
- M. Sarada Menon, psychiatrist and Padma Bhushan awardee
- Reshmi Menon, actress
- Sonajharia Minz, vice-chancellor at Sido Kanhu Murmu University
- C. B. Muthamma, India's first woman civil servant
- Shoba Narayan, journalist
- Thangam Philip, nutritionist and Padma Shri awardee[7]
- Saranya Ponvannan, actress
- Heera Rajagopal, actress
- Latika Saran, Commissioner of Police for Greater Chennai
- Mallika Srinivasan, industrialist
- Roopa Unnikrishnan, sports shooter
- Vibha Batra, author, poet, adperson
- Sudha Kongara Prasad, director.
- Shamlee, Indian Actress
References
- ^ "Womens Christian College ‹ Lighted to Lighten". wcc.edu.in. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "campus/pages/college/wcc_pro". learning.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "Home Science Colleges In India, Top Home Science Colleges in India conducting Home Science courses, Regular Colleges or Educational Institutions list Count -". Webindia123.com career. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ "Women's Christian College papers, 1919-". asteria.fivecolleges.edu. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "learning/campus/pages/college/wcc_res". etinvest.com. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ a b "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2022 (Colleges)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 15 July 2022.
- ^ "Padmashree Thangam E. Philip". Kerala Tourism, Government of Kerala. 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
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