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{{ Infobox university
|name = Women's Christian College
|image_name=WCC chennai.jpg|
|caption= College gate
|logo=Women's Christian College, Chennai logo.jpg
|motto = ''Lighted to Lighten''
|established = {{Start date and age|1915}}
|type = [[Private school|Private]]
|principal = Lilian I Jasper<ref name="wcc.e">{{cite web|url=http://www.wcc.edu.in|website=wcc.edu.in|title=Womens Christian College ‹ Lighted to Lighten|access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref>
| head =
|city = [[Chennai]]
|state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
|country = [[India]]
|campus =
|undergrad = 2646
|postgrad =
|postgrad_label =
|faculty = 156
|mascot =
|free_label =
|free =
|affiliations= [[University of Madras]]
|website = [http://www.wcc.edu.in wcc.edu.in]
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'''Women's Christian College''', or '''WCC''', is an inter denominational [[women's colleges|women's college]] on College Road, Nungambakkam, in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].

==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 4252 students and 209 members of faculty in the aided and self-financing sections.

India's first female political prisoner and freedom fighter [[Rukmini Lakshmipathi|Rukmani Lakshmipathy]] was a student of the first batch.

It has been autonomous since 1982, but is affiliated with the [[University of Madras]].<ref name="indiatimes">{{cite web|url=http://learning.indiatimes.com/campus/pages/college/wcc_pro.htm|website=learning.indiatimes.com|title=campus/pages/college/wcc_pro|access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.webindia123.com/career/Home%20science/list_details.asp?uname=The+Women's+Christian+College&action=B.Sc+Nutrition+and+Dietetics|title=Home Science Colleges In India, Top Home Science Colleges in India conducting Home Science courses, Regular Colleges or Educational Institutions list Count -|website=Webindia123.com career|access-date=2018-03-15}}</ref>
[[File:WCC chennai2.jpg|thumb|College name in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] at the entrance]]

===Principals===
[[File:Nirmala Sitharaman lighting the lamp at the Centenary Celebrations of Women’s Christian College, in Chennai. The Vice Chancellor, University of Madras, Prof. R. Thandavan and the Principal, Women’s Christian College.jpg|thumb|Nirmala Sitharaman, Prof. R. Thandavan the Vice Chancellor, University of Madras and Dr. Ridling Margaret Waller, the Principal 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- Present

==Sister college==

[[Mount Holyoke College]] in [[South Hadley, Massachusetts]], [[United States|U.S.]], has been WCC's sister college since 1920.<ref name="fivecolleges">{{cite web|url=http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/mountholyoke/mshm256.html|website=asteria.fivecolleges.edu|title=Women's Christian College papers, 1919-|access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref> Both WCC's ''Mount Holyoke Culturals'' <ref name="etinvest">{{cite web|url=http://www.etinvest.com/learning/campus/pages/college/wcc_res.htm|website=etinvest.com|title=learning/campus/pages/college/wcc_res|access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref> and ''Mount Holyoke Hostel'' ([[dormitory]]) refer to this.

==Ranking==
{{Infobox India university ranking
|type=College
|NIRF_C_2019=32}}
WCC received an "D" grade from the ''[[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]]'' of the University Grants Commission in May 2005.<ref name="hinduonnet">{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2005052615660400.htm&date=2005/05/26/&prd=th&|website=hinduonnet.com|title=www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2005052615660400.htm&date=2005/05/26/&prd=th&|access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref> Women's Christian College received an "A+" grade from NAAC in the year 2019.

==Notable alumni==
* [[C. B. Muthamma]], India's first woman [[civil servant]].
* [[Mallika Srinivasan]] ,Industrialist
* [[Shoba Narayan]], Journalist
* [[Latika Saran]], former Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai
* [[Heera Rajagopal]], Actress
* [[Saranya Ponvannan]], Actress
* [[Megha Akash]], Actress
* [[Andrea Jeremiah]], Singer and Actress
* [[Regina Cassandra]], Actress and Model.
* [[Reshmi Menon]], Actress.
* Deeptha Chitrapu, Pilot<ref name="wcc">{{cite web|url=http://www.wcc.edu.in/alumni/alumni_distinguished.php|website=wcc.edu.in|title=alumni/alumni_distinguished|access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref>
* [[Thangam Philip]], Nutritionist and [[Padma Shri]] awardee<ref name="Padmashree Thangam E. Philip">{{cite web | url=https://www.keralatourism.org/leadinglights/padmashree-thangam-e-philip/22 | title=Padmashree Thangam E. Philip | publisher=Kerala Tourism, Government of Kerala | date=2015 | access-date=22 June 2015}}</ref>
* [[M. Sarada Menon]], Psychiatrist and [[Padma Bhushan]] awardee
* [[Anaswara Kumar]], Actress
* [[Roopa Unnikrishnan]] ,Sports shooter
* [[Subhashini Ali]] ,Politician
* [[Rukmini Lakshmipathi]] ,Freedom fighter and first women minister in Madras Presidency
* Rajalakshmi Genguswamy , Philanthropist, industrialist & former correspondent of GVG Visalakshi college for Women
* [[Sonajharia Minz]], vice-chancellor to the [[Sido Kanhu Murmu University]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links==
{{commons category|Women's Christian College, Chennai}}
* [http://www.wcc.edu.in/ Official website]

{{Education in Tamil Nadu}}
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[[Category:University of Madras]]
[[Category:Mount Holyoke College]]
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