Type Private Academic staff 156 Website wcc.edu.in Principal Ridling Margaret Waller Motto Lighted to Lighten Principal Ridling Margaret Waller | Established 1915 Undergraduates 2646 Phone 044 2827 5926 Founded 1915 Total enrollment 3,083 (2010) | |
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Location Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Address College Road, Opp Standard Chartered Bank, Nungambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600006 Notable alumni Andrea Jeremiah, Heera Rajagopal, Shoba Narayan, Rukmini Lakshmipathi, Sunalini Menon Similar Stella Maris College, Madras Christian College, Ethiraj College for Women, Loyola College - Chennai, Presidency College - Chennai Profiles | ||
Women's Christian College, or WCC, is an interdenominational women's college on College Road, Nungambakkam, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India,
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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. It was affiliated to the University of Madras and was given recognition as an autonomous college in 1982. At present it is a government aided minority institution. It has grown to a strength of over a 2712 students and 141 members of faculty in the aided and self-financing sections.
India's first female political prisoner and freedom fighter Rukmani Lakshmipathy was a student of the first batch.
It has been autonomous since 1982, but is affiliated with the University of Madras.
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Sister college
Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, U.S., has been WCC's sister college since 1920. Both WCC's Mount Holyoke Culturals and Mount Holyoke Hostel (dormitory) refer to this.
Ranking
WCC received an "A" grade from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council of the University Grants Commission in May, 2005.