Jamal Mohamed College Explained

Jamal Mohamed Mens arts and science College (Autonomous)
Address:7, Race Course Road, Khaja Nagar
Motto:اهدِنَــــا الصِّرَاطَ المُستَقِيمَ
Mottoeng:Show us the right path
Academic Staff:494
President:M. J. Jamal Mohamed Bilal
Chairperson:A. K. Khaja Nazeemudeen
Principal:D.I. GeorgeAmalarethinam
Dean:S. Kareemullah (Arts)
A. R. Mohamed Shanavas (Science)
Postalcode:620020
Coordinates:10.7863°N 78.6957°W
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Jamal Mohamed College is a Government-aided and self-financed institution founded in 1951 by M. Jamal Mohamed Sahib and N.M. Khajamian Rowther. The college campus is located in Tiruchirappalli, India and is affiliated to Bharathidasan University. The Day session is for male students and the Evening session is for female students.

History

The college was started in 1951 and it was affiliated to University of Madras. Later, Since 1982 it is affiliated to Bharathidasan University.[1] The college is administered by the Society of Jamal Mohamed College. It is established in a sprawling land area of 87 acres, as a religious minority institution. Janab M. Jamal Mohamed Sahib and Janab N.M. Khajamian Rowther were the founding fathers of this institution.

In 1963 the college was elevated to the status of a post-graduate college.

In the year 1972, the college was recognized by UGC New Delhi, for the purposes of Grants under section 2(F) and 12(B) of the University Grants Commission Act 1956. In 1977, on the recommendation of the University of Madras, the UGC recognized the college as one of the ten "Lead colleges" in the university area.

The college was accredited at Five Star Level by NAAC during 2002 and conferred with Autonomous Status by UGC, New Delhi and Bharathidasan University in 2004–2005. In January 2009, the college was accredited by NAAC with A-Grade (2nd Cycle) - CGPA 3.6 out of 4.0. Our College was bestowed with the unique honour of "CPE" status Phase-I and Phase-II by the University Grants Commission under the Scheme "Colleges with Potential for Excellence" in 2011 and 2016 respectively. We retained the ‘A’ Grade awarded by NAAC during the third cycle of accreditation in 2015.

The college is moving ahead with a sporting spirit by securing prestigious top rankings in the NIRF Assessment for the Higher Educational Institutions in India. The college has raised its status from 59th to 54thrank in the NIRF Ranking 2020. It is remarkable to state that the college has been recognized with Three Star status by the Institutions Innovation Council (IIC), MHRD innovation cell, Government of India in 2019. Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India has accorded FIST Scheme to the Departments of Zoology, Botany and Physics in 2004 and to the Department of Mathematics in 2008. Again DST FIST Scheme has been extended to the Departments of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology and Computer Science in 2019. Five Science Departments viz. Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology have been awarded the Star College Scheme by the Department of Bio Technology (DBT) in 2020.

Over a period of 70 years the college was able to raise to the present status as a multi-faculty institution with 23 UG and 20 PG programmes. 19 departments of the college are functioning with the status of approved research centres. The college has a strength of around 12,000 students. There are 145 Government Aided teaching faculty and 354 staff members are working under the self-finance stream. The college celebrated its silver Jubilee in 1971, subsequently the Golden Jubilee and Diamond Jubilee in 2001 and 2011 respectively.[1]

Academics

The college was able to become a multi-faculty institution with 11 UG programmes, 11 PG programmes and 2 M.Phil. Programmes under Government Aided stream and 11 U.G. programmes, 13 P.G. programmes, 17 M.Phil. and 16 Ph.D. programmes under self financing stream. The college also offers 13 U.G., 14 P.G. programmes, 16 M.Phil. and 15 Ph.D. programmes exclusively for women as part of women empowerment during the second shift of the college. During 2021–22, the college offers 23 Under Graduate, 20 Post Graduate, 7 UGC Sponsored Career-Oriented programmes, 17 M.Phil. and 16 Ph.D., programmes. The present student strength is around 12,000, of which 4605 are women students. There are about 494 Teaching and 297 Non-teaching staff.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Us. Jamal Mohamed College. 2017-04-01.

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