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{{infobox university<br />
| name= St. Joseph's College of Commerce (Autonomous)<br />
| established = {{Start date and age|1882}} <br />
| religious_affiliation = [[Jesuit]], ([[Roman Catholic|Catholic]])<br />
| image_name = sjcc.logo.jpg<br />
| image_size =<br />
| image_alt =<br />
| caption =<br />
| motto= Fide et Labore<br />
|mottoeng= Faith and Toil<br />
| principal = Fr. Charles Lasrado SJ<br />
| address = 163, Brigade Rd, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560025<br />
| city= [[Bangalore]]<br />
| state= [[Karnataka]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.sjcc.edu.in/}}<br />
| affiliations = [[Bengaluru City University]]<br />
| coor = {{coord|12.9627|77.5971|display=inline,title|type:edu}}<br />
| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''St. Joseph's College of Commerce''' (SJCC) is a [[Bengaluru City University]]-affiliated college operated by the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]]. It is autonomous and has an independent examination and recognition system. St. It is situated in central [[Bangalore]] at Brigade Road.<br />
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==History==<br />
The college traces its history to 1882, when the [[Paris Foreign Missions Society|Missions Etrangeres' de Paris]] established St Joseph's European High School.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} Its operations were handed to the Jesuits in 1937 and the Department of Commerce created in 1949. In 1972 [[St. Joseph's College, Bangalore|St. Joseph's College]] was divided, with its College of Arts and Sciences and its College of Commerce becoming independent, although both remain under the administration of the Bangalore Jesuit Educational Society. St Joseph's College of Commerce (SJCC) and St Joseph's College of Business Administration (SJCBA)<ref>{{cite web| title =Business| url =http://www.sjcba.edu.in/| accessdate =4 October 2015 }}</ref> moved to 163, Brigade Road, and St Joseph's Evening College became an independent college.{{fact|date=June 2018}}<br />
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In 1996 SJCBA started offering two-year, full-time Postgraduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) with recognition from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Govt Of India. By an order of the government Karnataka, the pre-university sections from both St Joseph's College of Arts & Science and St Joseph's College of Commerce were bifurcated to form into one junior College, [[St. Joseph's Pre-University College]].<ref>{{cite web| title =History| url =http://www.sjcc.edu.in/heritage.html| accessdate = 4 October 2015}}</ref><br />
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In 2014 SJCBA signed a [[MoU]] to cooperate with the global body of professional accountants [[Association of Chartered Certified Accountants|ACCA]] in offering a joint BCom program.<ref>[http://www.accaglobal.com/in/en/qualifications/why-acca/university-partnerships/st-josephs-college-commerce.html ACCA Global on collaboration with SJCBA. Accessed 28 November 2016.]</ref><br />
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==Student life==<br />
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Intercollegiate fests conducted annually:<br />
* Spiel - Sports Fest<br />
* Dhwani - Cultural Fest<br />
* Virtuoso - Business Fest For BBM Students<br />
* Chanakya - Business Fest for BCom students<br />
* Kalarava - Kannada Language Fest<br />
* Turas - Travel & Tourism Fest featuring a myriad of events<br />
* CIPHER- Intra-college business fest<br />
* Kalotsav - Intra-college cultural fest<br />
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==Notable alumni==<br />
{{alumni|date=March 2018}}<br />
* [[Rahul Dravid]], cricket player and coach<br />
* [[T.V. Mohandas Pai]], Chairman of Manipal Global Education <br />
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* [[Shivil Kaushik]], cricketer, [[Gujarat Lions]]<br />
* [[Noyonita Lodh]], [[Miss Diva]] Universe 2014<br />
* [[Prakash Raj]], actor<br />
* [[Ramya (actress)|Ramya]], actress and politician<br />
* [[Vinay Rajkumar]], actor<br />
* [[Amritha Aiyer]], actress<br />
* [[Salil Shetty]], Secretary-General of Amnesty International<br />
* [[Devdutt Padikkal]], Cricket Player<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Jesuit sites]]<br />
*[[St. Joseph's Institute of Management, Bangalore|St Joseph's Institute of Management]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://sjcc.edu.in/ SJCC official website]<br />
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{{Jesuit Colleges in India}}<br />
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[[Category:Jesuit universities and colleges in India]]<br />
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