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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Autonomous college located in Bangalore, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox College<br />
| name = Mount Carmel College<br />
| logo = <br />
| motto = ''Ad Jesum Per Mariam''<br />
| mottoeng = To Jesus through Mary<br />
| established = '''1944''' at [[Trichur]], [[Kerala]]({{years ago|1944}} years ago);<br/> '''1948''' relocated to [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]]({{Start date and age|1948}}) <br />
|founder = [[Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa]], [[Ernakulam, Kerala]]<br />
|affiliation = [[Bengaluru City University]]<br />
|religious_affiliation = [[Roman Catholic]]<br />
| city = [[Bangalore]]<br />
| state = [[Karnataka]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| coor = {{coord|12|59|35.5|N|77|35|17.4|E|type:edu_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| campus = 58, Palace Road, Bangalore<br />
| website = {{url|http://mccblr.edu.in/}}<br />
| image = File:Mount Carmel College Bangalore logo.png<br />
| caption = <br />
}}<br />
'''Mount Carmel College''' ('''MCC''') is a [[Catholic]] institution of higher education located in [[Bangalore]], [[India]], affiliated to [[Bengaluru City University]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=MCC About Us – Mount Carmel College, Bangalore |url=https://mccblr.edu.in/mcc-about-us/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |language=en-US}}</ref> It was established with the aim of empowering women through education and operated exclusively as a [[women's college]] for over 75 years. In 2021, it began admitting male students to postgraduate courses and in 2024, it transitioned to a fully [[co-educational]] institution as part of its efforts to become a deemed-to-be university.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=2024-01-08 |title=A diverse turn: Mount Carmel College to transition into co-ed |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2024/Jan/08/a-diverse-turnmount-carmel-college-to-transition-into-co-ed-2648874.html |access-date=2025-10-16 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rajendran |first=Samrah Attar,Dhanya |date=2024-01-09 |title=Why Bengaluru Mount Carmel college decided to become a co-ed institute |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/why-bengaluru-mount-carmel-college-decided-to-become-a-co-ed-institute |access-date=2025-10-16 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2024-02-06 |title=The boys of Mount Carmel & THE CO-ED RUSH |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/the-boys-of-mount-carmel-the-co-ed-rush/articleshow/107452149.cms |access-date=2025-10-16 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
The college was founded on 24 April 1887 by Mother Teresa of St Rose of Lima in [[Ernakulam|Ernakulum]] in [[Kerala]]. It is owned and administered by the [[Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa]]. As a minority institution, it enjoys the rights and privileges guaranteed by the Indian Constitution.<br />
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After over seven decades, the college which was only for girls, opened its post graduate courses to boys in 2016 and started enrollment in 2021.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=2024-01-04 |title=Mount Carmel opens up all courses to boys; eyes university status |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2024/Jan/04/mount-carmel-opens-up-all-courses-to-boys-eyes-university-status-2647840.html |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> The college completed 75 years during the academic year 2022-2023 and following a decision taken at the Bangalore University Academic Council meeting, the college declared on 4 January 2024, that all courses are open for both boys and girls. Dr.Prof. George Lekha is the principal of the college <ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-01-04 |title=Mount Carmel College in Bengaluru to offer admissions for boys for all UG and PG courses from 2024 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/mcc-to-offer-admissions-for-boys-for-all-ug-and-pg-courses-from-2024/article67706156.ece |access-date=2025-02-19 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-05 |title=After 75 years, Bengaluru’s Mount Carmel College to open its doors for male students |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/bengaluru-mount-carmel-college-admission-boys-9095951/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> The decision is line with the college's aspirations to achieve a deemed to be university status.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mount Carmel opens admissions for boys into all courses |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bengaluru/mount-carmel-opens-admissions-for-boys-into-all-courses-2835799 |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Academics and accreditation==<br />
The college offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes in arts, science and commerce. The college is Re-Accredited with an A+ Grade (5th Cycle) by [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council|NAAC]]. A College with Potential for Excellence by UGC, Star College Status by DBT, Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India. The college has a sister institution Mount Carmel Institute Of Management which offers a post-graduation diploma in Business Management for women. The Centre for Education Growth and Research has declared MCC as the Best Women’s College in Karnataka for its ‘outstanding and exemplary contribution towards education, skill development and research’.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mount Carmel College, Bangalore – MCC Bangalore |url=https://mccblr.edu.in/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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In 2025, it was ranked by ''[[India Today]]'' as one of the top three colleges in Karnataka in the fields of arts, science and commerce.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.karnataka.com/education/ranking-2008.html |title=Ranking 2008 of Colleges in Karnataka |date=4 June 2008 |access-date=26 October 2016}}</ref><br />
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== Student festivals ==<br />
Cul Ah is the cultural fest of the college that includes events such as dance, drama, music and academically driven contests like quizzes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mount Carmel campus turns into a cultural melting pot|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_mount-carmel-campus-turns-into-a-cultural-melting-pot_1493482 |newspaper=[[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]] |date=12 January 2011 |access-date=26 October 2016}}</ref> Cross Currents is a national level Commerce Fest and Carpediem is a national level management fest, along with Manan which is a national level Humanities fest.<br />
These are to name a few of the fests hosted by the college.<br />
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==Notable alumni==<br />
{{see also|Category:Mount Carmel College, Bangalore alumni}}<br />
* [[A. J. S. Lakshmi Shree]], visual artist<br />
* [[Anjali Jay]], British-Indian actress and classical dancer<br />
* [[Amulya]], actress<br />
* [[Anu Prabhakar]], actress<br />
* [[Anushka Sharma]], actress <br />
* [[Anushka Shetty]], actress<br />
* [[Aparna Popat]], badminton player<br />
* [[Deepika Padukone]], actress <br />
* [[Disha Ravi|Disha Annappa Ravi]], environmental activist<br />
* [[Evangeline Anderson Rajkumar]], theologian<br />
* [[Faye D'Souza]], journalist<br />
* [[Joanne Da Cunha]], Pond's Femina Goa 2013 / Actress, Model, Singer<br />
* [[Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw]], businesswoman, technocrat, innovator, and the founder of [[Biocon]]<br />
* [[Mamta Mohandas]], actress and playback singer<br />
* [[Margaret Alva]], governor of [[Rajasthan]] and former governor of [[Uttarakhand]]<br />
* [[MILI (singer-songwriter)|MILI (Mili Nair), singer-songwriter, composer, producer]]<br />
* [[Monisha Unni]], actress<br />
* [[Nicole Faria]], model and Miss Earth 2010<br />
* [[Nithya Menen]], actress<br />
* [[Nirupama Rao]], Indian ambassador to the United States<br />
* [[Pooja Umashankar]], actress <br />
* [[Priya Pereira]], actress <br />
* [[Radhika Pandit]], actress<br />
* [[Rajini Rao]], Indian-American physiologist and professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, principal investigator of the Rao Lab<br />
* [[Roshmitha Harimurthy]], Miss Diva-Miss Universe India (2016)<br />
* [[Sharmiela Mandre]], actress<br />
* [[:de:Teresa_A._Braggs|Teresa A Braggs]], filmmaker<br />
* [[Shreya Sharma]], analyst<br />
* [[Dr.Nitu Sharma]], Professor of Commerce (2008)<br />
* [[Vaishali Desai]], model and actress, winner of Indian title of Miss International<br />
* [[Vasundhara Das|Vasundahara Das]], singer, actress<br />
* [[Suparna Rajaram]], distinguished Professor of Psychology at Stony Brook University<br />
* [[Shubha Chacko|Shubha Chako]], feminist, gender and sexual minority rights activist and founder of Solidarity Foundation.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of institutions of higher education in Bangalore]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.mccblr.edu.in/ Official website]<br />
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[[Category:Colleges in Bengaluru]]<br />
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1948]]<br />
[[Category:1948 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Carmelite educational institutions]]<br />
[[Category:Colleges affiliated to Bangalore University]]<br />
[[Category:Catholic universities and colleges in India]]<br />
[[Category:Women's universities and colleges in Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Academic institutions formerly affiliated with the University of Mysore]]<br />
[[Category:Academic institutions formerly affiliated with the University of Madras]]<br />
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