ABOUT US
History of the College
Mount Carmel College for Women, managed by the Congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of St. Teresa, was established in 1948, to meet the escalating demand for women’s education in India.
We are a minority institution primarily for Catholic students but open our portals for those form all other castes and creeds, in the spirit of service. The college derives inspiration from the Person and teaching of Jesus Christ, Universal Master and Model of Education, in its mission of empowerment of the girl child through education.Initially affiliated to Mysore University, the college was later affiliated to Bangalore University, which was established in 1964. Honours courses were offered from 1961 to 1974, when Bangalore University decided to abolish them.
The college has been offereing Pre-University programmes in Arts, Science and Commerce with outstanding results, Our students have been recipients of State Government’s scholarships, prizes and medals. They have kept our flag flying high by continuing to secure top ranks in the Pre-University Board exams. Today, the student strength of the Pre-University College is 2200, which is a remarkable testimony of our vision and mission.
VISION
Mount Carmel College Bangalore, envisions a life-oriented education that empowers the students through a humanizing and liberative process, to be agents of transformation and development at different levels of life. Enabled and empowered, they respond pro-actively to concerns and conflicts inherent in today’s reality, specially those of women and persons who are unable to exercise their freedom to be human, to work for the integrity of creation. The trust is in the light of ‘civilization of love’, the kindgdom of God, as envisaged and promoted by the Foundress, Mother Teresa of St.Rose of Lima.
MISSION
To promote a value-based education. To contribute to the transformation of society through being socially conscious and responsible. To synergise women and the less privileged regarding their basic human rights. To promote inter-cultural and inter religious harmony and concern for the human family. To facilitate leadership among the students enabling them to pro-actively involve themselves in societal liberation. To provide quality, integral, vocational and career-oriented education and create a climate for human and educational excel lence. To work towards the integrity of creation and foster inter-connectedness, kinship and eco-justice.
Application Forms for the year 2011 will be Issued as per the Notification of the PU Board.