Women’s Christian College was founded on 7th July 1915 as a joint venture of 12 missionary societies from England and USA. In 1916 it was declared a first grade college and was shifted to its present campus on College Road in Nungambakkam located in the heart of Chennai City. It fulfills its mission to provide higher education to women of India in liberal arts and sciences. It is affiliated to the University of Madras and was given recognition as an autonomous college in 1982. At present it i...
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The Scott Christian College enjoys continuity with a village-church school founded in 1809 at Mylaudy by the Revd William Tobias Ringeltaube, the pioneering missionary of the London Missionary Society in South Travancore. This Central School or Seminary was shifted to Nagercoil in 1818 by the Revd Charles Mead. The Revd Dr James Duthie took charge of the Seminary in 1860, and played a vital role in raising it to a College.
S.T. Hindu College (STHC), situated at the heart of the town, was established in the year 1952. It is a co-educational institution affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University and approved by the UGC and AICTE, New Delhi. It has been recognized and Re-accredited with ‘A’ by NAAC. The institution is offering U.G., P.G., M.Phil. and Ph.D. courses and aspires to emerge as one of the top institutions in the District and the University.
Holy Cross College, Nagercoil established in 1965, is the first women's College in Kanyakumari District, a fulfillment of a long-felt need of the district. The college under the religious jurisdiction of the Catholic Bishop of Kottar was inaugurated on 2nd August 1965 and is administered by the Congregation of the Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod which has its head quarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Rt.Rev. Dr. Agniswamy, the then Bishop of Kottar was the motivator and mastermind behind this in...
The C.S.I Institute of Technology is a Christian Minority Engineering College, established in 1995 by the church of south India (C.S.I), Kanyakumari Diocese. It is a pioneer in the field of education and successfully running Arts and Science Colleges, Polytechnic Colleges, Industrial Training Institutes, Nursing College, Pharmacy College, Number of Primary and Higher Secondary Schools, Hospitals, Deaf and Dumb School, Blind School and Day Care Centers in Kanyakumari District.
Pioneer Kumaraswamy College, Nagercoil was established in 1967. Pioneer Kumaraswamy College, affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University and later to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, is a state-aided College of Arts and Science.
The South Travancore Hindu College Association, with temple trusts and individuals as shareholders, was registered as a company on 9th January 1952 with a view to promoting the cause of higher education in South Travancore, now known as Kanyakumari District.The College was granted affiliation on 14th March 1952 by the University of Travancore. On 7th April 1952, Sri. A.Ramaswamy Mudaliar, the Vice-Chancellor, laid the foundation stone, and on 11th July 1952, Sri. P.G.N.Unnithan, President, Tr...