Jesus and Mary College

Jesus and Mary College (JMC) is a women-only college of the University of Delhi located in New Delhi, India. The college offers bachelor's degrees in Commerce, Arts and Mathematics. The college offers honors degrees in Elementary Education, History, Sociology, Political Science, Vocational Studies, Hindi, English, Economics, Psychology, Mathematics and commerce. The college is located in the Chanakyapuri diplomatic enclave in New Delhi.

Jesus and Mary College
Motto"Thou art light, fill me with thy light"
TypePublic
Established1968
PrincipalDr. Sandra Joseph
Location
Delhi
,
India
CampusUrban
AffiliationsUniversity of Delhi
Websitewww.jmc.ac.in

History

The college was founded by Religious of Jesus and Mary, a Roman Catholic congregation founded by St. Claudine Thevenet or known as Mary of St. Ignatius (1774–1837) in Lyon, France in 1818. The Convent of Jesus and Mary, Delhi was established in 1919, and thereafter a college for women in Delhi and the college was founded in July 1968. At the time of opening, the college offered only two degrees: English (Hons.) and BA (Pass), but quickly expanded to offer degrees in other subjects.[1]

Jesus and Mary College is one of the few colleges in the University of Delhi whose student body is not affiliated with Delhi University Students Union (DUSU).[2]

Academics

Rankings
College rankings
General – India
NIRF (Colleges) (2020)[3]37

It is ranked 37th across India by National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2020.

Admission

The admission to the college is based on a competitive cut-off percentage in senior secondary exams.[4] The college also reserves a certain number of seats for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) candidates. As a minority institution, the college also has a 50% reservation for Catholic or other Christian students.[5]

Courses

Undergraduate Courses-

  • Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Economics, English, Hindi, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology
  • B.A. Programme : Discipline Subject Combination
  • Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.)
  • Bachelor of Commerce
  • Bachelor of Science (Hons.) Mathematics
  • Bachelor of Elementary Education (4 Years Course)
  • Bachelor of Vocational Studies (B.Voc:-Health care Management & B.Voc:-Retail Management & IT)

(Note : All undergraduate degree courses except B.El.Ed shall be taught in three years, semester mode)

Postgraduate Courses-

  • Master of Arts - English
  • Master of Arts - Hindi

Placement

JMC was the pioneering college of Delhi University to start a Placement Cell. Many leading Corporates like Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, Bain, Accenture, Wipro, ICICI Bank, PWC, Cvent, Tata Consultancy Services, Macquarie, Teach for India, The Oberoi etc. recruit a substantial number of students from this college.

Projects[6]

Student involvement in projects as part of curriculum is given below:

  • Departments like B.El.Ed. (IIIrd year) and Psychology have 100% student involvement in in-house projects over the past four years.
  • The Department of Economics has 83% of its students work as interns in institutions and companies like DMRC, Ernst and Young, German National Tourists Services, HUDCO, Kings College London, Lucid Solutions, the Planning Commission, Reliance Securities, Smilyo, Toxics Link, United Nations Projects. The department has also worked with NGOs like Kalpavriksha and Samavesh.
  • The Department of English has 100% student involvement in in-house projects related to academic topics of English.

Student life

Societies[7][8]
  • English Debating Society
  • JMC-MUN Society
  • Curiosus, the English Quiz Society
  • E-Cell, The Entrepreneurship Cell
  • Enactus
  • 180 Degree Consulting
  • Finance and Investment Cell
  • The Equal Opportunity Cell
  • Panorama, the film-making and film appreciation society
  • Iris, the Fine Arts Society
  • Cauldron, the English Magazine Society
  • Echo, the western music society
  • Kahkasha, Hindi Dramatics society
  • Puzzle society
  • Mercatus, the Marketing Society
  • The Photography Society
  • Mudra, the Western Dance society
  • Sunny Mugs, the Poetry Society
  • Management Interaction Cell
  • The Mercurian Times
  • Neev, Training and Development Centre
  • Dastaan - the art and architecture society
  • Tarannum - Indian culture society
  • Manthan- Hindi debating society
  • Troubadours, the English theatre society
  • Green Society
  • Peace Society
  • All India Catholic University Federation
  • Ethinic Eight, the North east society
  • Jesus and Mary College Education Programme
  • Women's Study Centre
  • National Sports Organisation
  • National Cadet Corp
  • National Service Scheme[9]

Notable alumni[10]

References
  1. "History". Official website.
  2. "Non-affiliated colleges: need less chaos, more work in union". Indian Express. 2 September 2009.
  3. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Colleges)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  4. Smilyo 2014, p. 14.
  5. http://www.jmc.ac.in/portal/cutoff.aspx
  6. Self Study Report 2014 (PDF). Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi. p. 93. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  7. https://www.jmc.ac.in/cultural-societies
  8. https://www.jmc.ac.in/compulsory-societies
  9. "National Service Scheme (NSS) - JMC". Smilyo. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  10. https://www.jmc.ac.in/alumnae/distinguishedalumnae
  11. "Distinguished alumni".
  12. Self Study Report, JMC. (PDF) http://www.jmc.ac.in/docs/jmc-self-study-report--1-.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. "Manthan Award South Asia Grand Jury 2010 Profile: Rini Simon Khanna". Manthan Award. 2010. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012.

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