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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox university
{{Infobox university
|name           = Stella Maris College
| name                   = Stella Maris College
|image         = STELLA MARIS COLLEGE , CHENNAI.jpg
| image                 = STELLA MARIS COLLEGE , CHENNAI.jpg
|logo=Stella Maris College logo.png
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|motto         =''Truth''
| motto                 = ''Truth''
''Charity''
''Charity''
|established   = {{start date and age|15 August 1947}}
| established           = {{start date and age|15 August 1947}}
|principal     = Rosy Joseph<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stellamariscollege.edu.in/assets/documents/PrincipalBiodata.pdf | title=Arts & Science College for Women - Stella Maris College|date=27 December 2020|access-date=27 December 2020}}</ref>
| principal             = Dr. Sr. Stella Mary fmm
|city           = [[Chennai]]
| city                   = [[Chennai]]
|state         = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| state                 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
|country       = [[India]]
| country               = [[India]]
|students       = 5500
| students               = 5800
|type           = Autonomous
| type                   = Autonomous
|campus         = [[Urban area|Urban]]
| campus                 = [[Urban area|Urban]]
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|affiliations   = [[University of Madras]]
| affiliations           = [[University of Madras]]
|website       = [https://stellamariscollege.edu.in https://stellamariscollege.edu.in]
| website               = [https://stellamariscollege.edu.in https://stellamariscollege.edu.in]
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It has five hostels – Snehalaya, Our Lady's, Klemens, St. Josephs and Nava Nirmana.
It has five hostels – Snehalaya, Our Lady's, Klemens, St. Josephs and Nava Nirmana.
It is ranked 30th among colleges in India by the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 NIRF Ranking |url=https://www.nirfindia.org/nirfpdfcdn/2024/pdf/Report/IR2024_Report.pdf}}</ref>


==Introduction==
==Introduction==
{{unreferenced section|date=December 2016}}
{{unreferenced section|date=December 2016}}
Beginning in a small one-storey building on 15 August 1947, with an enrollment of 32 students, the college has at present over 5,500 students housed in large buildings on the campus of "The Cloisters", Cathedral Road, Chennai. The college became autonomous in 1987 and has 19 undergraduate and 12 postgraduate programmes. Research programmes such as M.Phil, PhD, and postgraduate diploma courses are part of the academic curriculum.
Beginning in a small one-storey building on 15 August 1947, with an enrollment of 32 students, the college has at present over 5,500 students housed in large buildings on the campus of "The Cloisters", Cathedral Road, Chennai. The college became autonomous in 1987 and has 19 undergraduate and 12 postgraduate programmes. Research programmes such as M.Phil., PhD, and postgraduate diploma courses are part of the academic curriculum.
[[File:Francis Hall.jpg|thumb|right|Exterior of St Francis Hall, Stella Maris]]
[[File:Francis Hall.jpg|thumb|right|Exterior of St Francis Hall, Stella Maris]]


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==Conservation==
==Conservation==
As of 2014, the college has undertaken around twelve environmental initiatives including [[light-emitting diode]] cluster lights, [[Solar street light|solar-powered streetlights]], source segregation, [[Vermicompost|vermi-composting]], and waste water recycling plant. In January 2014, the college opted for green energy with the installation of a 50-kilo watt roof-top solar power plant on its campus. The plant, installed by Omega Natural Polarity Private Limited at a cost of {{INR}} 5 million, has 200 solar panels and caters to six percent of the total power requirement on the campus, powering lights and fans in the college.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Stella Maris goes green with solar power plant|newspaper=The Hindu|location=Chennai|date=26 January 2014|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/stella-maris-goes-green-with-solar-power-plant/article5618153.ece|access-date=27 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-educationplus/a-pr-course-that-rivals-an-mba/article3213418.ece|title=A PR course that rivals an MBA|website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
As of 2014, the college has undertaken around twelve environmental initiatives including [[light-emitting diode]] cluster lights, [[Solar street light|solar-powered streetlights]], source segregation, [[Vermicompost|vermi-composting]], and waste water recycling plant. In January 2014, the college opted for green energy with the installation of a 50-kilo watt roof-top solar power plant on its campus. The plant, installed by Omega Natural Polarity Private Limited at a cost of {{INR}} 5 million, has 200 solar panels and caters to six percent of the total power requirement on the campus, powering lights and fans in the college.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Stella Maris goes green with solar power plant|newspaper=The Hindu|location=Chennai|date=26 January 2014|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/stella-maris-goes-green-with-solar-power-plant/article5618153.ece|access-date=27 March 2014|archive-date=30 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330175341/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/stella-maris-goes-green-with-solar-power-plant/article5618153.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-educationplus/a-pr-course-that-rivals-an-mba/article3213418.ece|title=A PR course that rivals an MBA|website=[[The Hindu]]|date=16 July 2006|access-date=2 March 2017|archive-date=27 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627144022/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-educationplus/a-pr-course-that-rivals-an-mba/article3213418.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Notable alumni==
==Notable alumni==
<!--Alphabetical-->
<!--Alphabetical-->
* [[Alarmel Valli]], Indian classical dancer<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review|title=Friday Review|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=17 September 2016|access-date=14 December 2016}}</ref>
* [[Alarmel Valli]], Indian classical dancer<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review|title=Friday Review|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=17 September 2016|access-date=14 December 2016|archive-date=8 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108220104/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Anita Coleman]], researcher
* [[Anita Coleman]], researcher
* [[Anju Bhargava]], political operative
* [[Anju Bhargava]], political operative
* [[Anuradha Menon]], Comedian
* [[Bala Devi Chandrashekar]], Bharatanatyam dancer
* [[Bala Devi Chandrashekar]], Bharatanatyam dancer
* [[Brindha Sivakumar]], Singer  
* [[Brindha Sivakumar]], Singer  
* [[Divya Ajith Kumar]], Captain Air Army Defence {{citation needed|date=May 2017}}
* [[Divya Ajith Kumar]], Indian army officer
* [[G. Thilakavathi]] [[Indian Police Service|IPS]], police officer and Tamil writer<ref name="thehindu.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Stella-Maris-turns-60-today/article14816252.ece|title=Stella Maris turns 60 today|date=15 August 2007|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=17 June 2018}}</ref>
* [[G. Thilakavathi]] [[Indian Police Service|IPS]], police officer and Tamil writer<ref name="thehindu.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Stella-Maris-turns-60-today/article14816252.ece|title=Stella Maris turns 60 today|date=15 August 2007|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=17 June 2018|archive-date=25 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425151258/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Stella-Maris-turns-60-today/article14816252.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Geeta Menon]], academic, educator; Dean of [[New York University]]
* [[Geeta Menon]], academic, educator; Dean of [[New York University]]
* [[Jayalalitha]], Politician, Actress; [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]]
* [[Jayalalithaa]], actress-turned-politician, former [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]]
* [[Malini Parthasarathy]], editor, ''[[The Hindu]]''
* [[Malini Parthasarathy]], editor, ''[[The Hindu]]''
* [[Lekha Washington]], actress
* [[Lekha Washington]], actress
* [[Manjima Mohan]], Indian Actress, Award winner.
* [[Manjima Mohan]], Indian Actress, Award winner.
* [[Preetha Reddy]], managing director of [[Apollo Hospitals]]<ref name="business-standard.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/the-sister-quartet-of-apollo-hospitals-114070200976_1.html|title=The sister quartet of Apollo Hospitals|first=B. S.|last=Reporter|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=2 July 2014|publisher=Business Standard}}</ref>
* [[Preetha Reddy]], managing director of [[Apollo Hospitals]]<ref name="business-standard.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/the-sister-quartet-of-apollo-hospitals-114070200976_1.html|title=The sister quartet of Apollo Hospitals|first=B. S.|last=Reporter|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=2 July 2014|publisher=Business Standard|access-date=4 June 2015|archive-date=7 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107215114/http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/the-sister-quartet-of-apollo-hospitals-114070200976_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Pushpa Kandaswamy, film producer [[Kavithalaya Productions]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/vivek-made-people-laugh-and-think-at-the-same-time-pushpa-kandaswamy/articleshow/82115220.cms|title = Vivek made people laugh and think at the same time: Pushpa Kandaswamy - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
* [[Samantha Ruth Prabhu]], actress<ref name="tamilsam2">{{cite web|author=Chowdury, Sunita Y|year=2010|title=Poised on the edge|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=1 March 2010|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/article124253.ece|archive-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004220840/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/article124253.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Rama Ravi, [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] vocalist<ref name="ChennaiOnline">{{cite web|url=http://archives.chennaionline.com/musicseason99/profile/ramaravi.html|title=Rama Ravi - Uncompromising Traditionalist|publisher=Chennai Online|access-date=5 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006201341/http://archives.chennaionline.com/musicseason99/profile/ramaravi.html|archive-date=6 October 2013}}</ref>
* [[Samantha Ruth Prabhu]], actress<ref name="tamilsam2">{{cite web|author=Chowdury, Sunita Y|year=2010|title=Poised on the edge|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=1 March 2010|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/article124253.ece}}</ref>
* [[Savitha Sastry]], dancer
* [[Savitha Sastry]], dancer
* [[Shweta Mohan]], singer<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article550048.ece|title=A timeless melody|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|access-date=14 December 2016}}</ref>
* [[Shweta Mohan]], singer<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article550048.ece|title=A timeless melody|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|access-date=14 December 2016|archive-date=2 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002042725/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article550048.ece|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Christabelle Howie]], Miss India 1991<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timescontent.com/syndication-photos/reprint/fashion/264810/christabelle-howie.html|title=Christabelle Howie, Fashion Photo, Christabelle Howie, winner of ...|website=www.timescontent.com|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=25 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425151225/https://www.timescontent.com/syndication-photos/reprint/fashion/264810/christabelle-howie.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Sheela Murthy]], U.S. immigration attorney<ref name=rediff>{{cite news|last=Haniffa|first=Aziz|title=Attorney Sheela Murthy wins top awards|newspaper=[[India Abroad]]|date=23 October 2009|pages=A42, A49}}</ref>
* [[Sheela Murthy]], U.S. immigration attorney<ref name=rediff>{{cite news|last=Haniffa|first=Aziz|title=Attorney Sheela Murthy wins top awards|newspaper=[[India Abroad]]|date=23 October 2009|pages=A42, A49}}</ref>


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Stella Maris College
MottoTruth Charity
TypeAutonomous
Established15 August 1947; 78 years ago (15 August 1947)
PrincipalDr. Sr. Stella Mary fmm
Students5800
Location
Chennai
,
Tamil Nadu
,
India

13°2′49″N 80°15′13″E / 13.04694°N 80.25361°E / 13.04694; 80.25361
CampusUrban
ColoursBlue and Gold    
AffiliationsUniversity of Madras
Websitehttps://stellamariscollege.edu.in

Stella Maris College is an institution of higher education for women in Chennai, India. It is an autonomous college affiliated to the University of Madras and is partly residential. The college, which is under the direction of the Society of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, is a minority institution.

It has five hostels – Snehalaya, Our Lady's, Klemens, St. Josephs and Nava Nirmana.

It is ranked 30th among colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024.[1]

Introduction[edit | edit source]

Beginning in a small one-storey building on 15 August 1947, with an enrollment of 32 students, the college has at present over 5,500 students housed in large buildings on the campus of "The Cloisters", Cathedral Road, Chennai. The college became autonomous in 1987 and has 19 undergraduate and 12 postgraduate programmes. Research programmes such as M.Phil., PhD, and postgraduate diploma courses are part of the academic curriculum.

Exterior of St Francis Hall, Stella Maris

History[edit | edit source]

The college is under the management of the Institute of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. It was founded on 15 August 1947 with an enrollment of 32 students in the intermediate class. Stella Maris was granted permanent recognition in 1951. The college has the unique credit of having initiated bachelor's degrees in Western Music and History of Fine Arts, as well as master's degrees in Social Work and Indian Music, at the University of Madras.

Additionally, it was the first women's college in Madras to offer M.A. degree courses in English, economics, and fine arts. In 1960, the college moved from Santhome to a more spacious campus, "The Cloisters", Cathedral Road, Chennai. The following few decades saw tremendous growth and development in the college with several firsts and distinctions. The college was one of the few chosen to start the pilot project of the National Service Scheme in 1968. A spacious library was erected on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of the college in 1972 and occupies a place of pride on the campus as well as in Chennai.

From 1978 onwards there was a shift in the admission policy, keeping in mind the thrust of the college towards social justice. Conscious of the growing need for academic freedom, the college launched into autonomy in 1987; the 1990s saw the college offering several new job-oriented courses as well as additional sections for the departments of B.Com. and mathematics. On the occasion of the Golden Jubilee, the St. Clare's Centre- a four-story building that houses the administrative offices, an audio-visual room, computer laboratories, and several classrooms- was erected. With ten years of experiential learning processes behind it, the college restructured its system of education by introducing a credit-based system in 1997, offering many new academic programmes that encourage interdisciplinary associations.

Coaching for the civil services exams was launched in November 2009. The college also conducts coaching classes for both faculty and students who are preparing to appear for the NET and SLET exams.

Departments[edit | edit source]

  • Advanced Zoology and Biotechnology
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biotechnology
  • Business Administration
  • Chemistry
  • Commerce
  • Computer Applications
  • Economics
  • English
  • History & Tourism
  • Information Technology
  • International Studies
  • Languages
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology
  • Psychology
  • Public Relations
  • Religion and Value Education
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Visual Arts
  • Vocational Programmes:
    • Sustainable Energy Management
    • Food Processing and Quality Control
  • Diploma Courses:
Computer Science
Medical Laboratory Technology

Conservation[edit | edit source]

As of 2014, the college has undertaken around twelve environmental initiatives including light-emitting diode cluster lights, solar-powered streetlights, source segregation, vermi-composting, and waste water recycling plant. In January 2014, the college opted for green energy with the installation of a 50-kilo watt roof-top solar power plant on its campus. The plant, installed by Omega Natural Polarity Private Limited at a cost of ₹ 5 million, has 200 solar panels and caters to six percent of the total power requirement on the campus, powering lights and fans in the college.[2][3]

Notable alumni[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "2024 NIRF Ranking" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Stella Maris goes green with solar power plant". The Hindu. Chennai. 26 January 2014. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "A PR course that rivals an MBA". The Hindu. 16 July 2006. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Friday Review". The Hindu. 17 September 2016. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Stella Maris turns 60 today". The Hindu. 15 August 2007. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  6. ↑ Reporter, B. S. (2 July 2014). "The sister quartet of Apollo Hospitals". Business Standard India. Business Standard. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Chowdury, Sunita Y (2010). "Poised on the edge". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  8. ↑ "A timeless melody". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "Christabelle Howie, Fashion Photo, Christabelle Howie, winner of ..." www.timescontent.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  10. ↑ Haniffa, Aziz (23 October 2009). "Attorney Sheela Murthy wins top awards". India Abroad. pp. A42, A49.
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