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.
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women, christian, college, chennai, women, christian, college, reputed, interdenominational, women, college, college, road, nungambakkam, chennai, tamil, nadu, india, women, christian, collegecollege, gate, 2011mottolighted, lightentypeaidedestablished1915, ye. Women s Christian College is a reputed interdenominational women s college on College Road Nungambakkam in Chennai Tamil Nadu India Women s Christian CollegeCollege gate in 2011MottoLighted to LightenTypeAidedEstablished1915 109 years ago 1915 PrincipalDr Lilian I Jasper 1 Academic staff156Undergraduates2646LocationChennai Tamil Nadu India13 4 8 76 N 80 14 55 36 E 13 0691000 N 80 2487111 E 13 0691000 80 2487111AffiliationsUniversity of MadrasWebsitewcc edu in Contents 1 History 1 1 Principals 2 Sister college 3 Rankings 4 Notable alumni 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe 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 nbsp College name in Tamil at the entrance Principals edit nbsp Nirmala Sitharaman at the Centenary Celebrations of Women s Christian College 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 PresentSister college editMount 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 editCollege rankingsGeneral IndiaNIRF Colleges 2022 6 72 The college was ranked 72 among colleges in India by National Institutional Ranking Framework NIRF in 2022 6 Notable alumni editMegha 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 ActressReferences edit 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 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Women s Christian College Chennai Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Women 27s Christian College Chennai amp oldid 1200773503, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
