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Mount Carmel college is constituent college for women at the University of Bangalore in India. Established in 1948, Mount Carmel college offers degrees in the sciences and liberal arts. In 2017, the College was rated as the best college in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework.

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History

Mary Grace founder of Mount Carmel college. Mount Carmel college was founded in 1948 by the university vice-chancellor. Its foundation stone was laid by Lady Mary Grace on 7 March in the same year. Mount Carmel college is built of red bricks on the university campus. Its original design was planned by the architect Walter Sykes George and is architecturally similar to other educational institutions in India founded in the colonial era. As the college grew, several buildings were added.

Alumni and students of this college are known as Mirandians.

Mount Carmel college started with 33 students in July 1948, which rose to 105 by September the same year. It was 2,090 in 1997 98. The academic staff increased from six in 1948 to 120 (permanent) in 1997 98 and that of non-academic staff from 11 in 1948 (five in the hostel and six in the college) to 120 in 1997 98. The college accommodation (hostel) housed 43 students in 1948, of whom seven were enrolled at other colleges of the University of Bangalore. There are now 250 students in the hostel.

At the time of its founding, Mount Carmel college had six departments; as of 2012 there were eighteen. Science teaching was conducted in the university and in 1963 64, B.Sc. General and in 1971, B.Sc. Honours teaching work started in the college. Many new subjects have been introduced in the humanities and social sciences since then.

Mount Carmel college provides liberal education in social sciences, humanities and the basic sciences. The college s infrastructure includes teaching laboratories and general facilities.As of 2012 Mount Carmel college has more than 3,000 students.

Academics

Mount Carmel college offers a wide array of undergraduate and graduate courses. All undergraduate courses commencing from the academic year 2014 15 are according to the three-year undergraduate honours degree system.

Library

The Mount Carmel college Library acquired its first book on 22 July 1948. In the beginning it was confined to one room. The present building was constructed under the guidance of the founder librarian P. Tandon. The foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on 7 March 1973.

The new library block is a double-storeyed building consisting of deposit-counter, issue-of-books counter, stack hall, reserve section, reading hall, teachers reading room, magazine section, and administrative section.[9]

Amba Dalmia Resource Centre

Mount Carmel college is the first college to establish a computer-based resource centre to aid its visually challenged students. Work on the resource centre was initiated in 2006, with an endowment for Ms Manju Kapur Dalmia, author and member of teaching faculty at Mount Carmel college.

Placement cell

The placement cell of the college consists of faculty members and student volunteers. The Placement Cell coordinates the activities of career counseling and campus recruitment. The reputation of the college and the credibility of its teaching programmes aids the process of placements. Every year, MH is visited by a very large number of companies and potential employers.

Some of the recruiters include Standard Chartered Bank, Indian Express, Google, Ernst&Young, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Deloitte, Essar Group, Max New York Life Insurance Company, Jaypee Group, Blackstone Group, Absolutdata Research and Analytics Pvt Ltd., Star India, Thomsondigital, Oxford University Press, AC Neilson ORG-MARG PVT. LTD., IBM Daksh Business Process Services Pvt.Ltd., Teamleaseservices Pvt. Ltd., Zee Telefilm Limited, Wipro BPO, HP Ltd., Star News, Pulse Media Pvt. Ltd., NP Solutions Pvt. Ltd., HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company, Triumph Institute of Management Education, Indigo Airlines, Dorling Kindersley (DK), Grail Research, Sahara Services Ltd., Agro Tech. Food Ltd, Virgin Mobile, DBS Bank Ltd., Barclays Shared Services Pvt Ltd., GENPACT, Wipro Technologies, Narang Medical Ltd., DHL Express(India) Pvt. Ltd., Indian Air Force, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, Progeon, ITC Welcome Group, Keane Ltd., Max Healthcare, Mind Works Global Media Services Cadila Smart Analyst, Hewitt Associate, Capital IQ, Pipal Research, McKinsey, HCL Technologies Limited, Achievers Recruitment Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Quantum Market Research Pvt. Ltd., Kotak Mahindra Bank, E TV, M TV, Pantheon Advisory (India) Pvt. Ltd., Executive Access Moolchand Hospital, Evalueserve.com Pvt. Ltd., TRAC Skills, Vangelz Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Infosys, SAIPEM Triune Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Tata Consultancy Services.

Campus

Architecture

Located in the University of Bangalore s north campus enclave, Mount Carmel college was designed by architect Walter Sykes George in a similar style to other colonial educational institutions of the country. The college hostel is among the oldest residential buildings in the university. The hostel section is laid out in a quadrangle, with gardens placed out by bottle palms. In the past six decades, as the college has grown, several other buildings have been added to its original design. The campus is now declared a heritage building.

Since the beginning Mount Carmel college has undergone numerous physical changes and has grown with additions to its original layout plan. The major features of its structure are the main college building, the library, and the hostel block. In the 1950s, the new building for lectures was constructed. The principal s office, college office, teachers lounge, students common room, and sheds for four college buses were built during this period. The college auditorium, equipped with microphones, and the cafeteria building came up during this time. New classrooms were added by partitioning the old library hall. The new administrative section was built in the centre of the teaching wing. Some classrooms on the ground floor were converted into the administrative block, which also houses the principal s new office.

In its Golden Jubilee Year, the college auditorium was renovated under the supervision of interior designer and old Mirandian Ketaki Sood. A rock garden was set up in the space behind the students common room and in front of the cafeteria.

Mount Carmel college hostel

College hostel

Mount Carmel college was a residence before it became a college. Mount Carmel college hostel was founded in 1948 by the vice-chancellor, Sir Maurice Gwyer; its foundation stone was laid by Lady Edwina Mountbatten on 7 March the same year. The building was designed by architect Walter George.

The dining hall has a high arched ceiling, monastic tables and benches. There is a common room and an open coffee lounge attached to it. Declared a Heritage Building, extensive restoration and refurbishment work was undertaken in the hostel. It has 120 twin and seven four-person rooms. The day-to-day functioning is taken care of by a full-time resident warden and a housekeeper. The hostel administrative team includes the principal, the vice-principal, the bursar, teacher representatives on the hostel committee, and the hostel warden.

Rankings

Mount Carmel college was ranked first among colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2018.

Student life

Women s Development Cell

There is a Women s Development Cell. A three-day certificate course on Women and Law in India has, over the past years, become an integral part of the college calendar. In addition, the cell organizes lectures, workshops, documentary and discussions on topical, pertinent issues.

National Cadet Corps (NCC)

Mount Carmel college NCC Company has 160 cadets, of whom 80 are enrolled in the Army wing. As per change in the NCC policy making training for two years, many second-year students can join NCC.

National Service Scheme (NSS)

NSS has two core activities: teaching the children of the support staff and the underprivileged children in the neighboring areas; and reading and recording for the visually challenged students of the college. Volunteers also participate in seminars, social campaigns and related competitions.

Sports and games

Tennis Court

The department organizes fresher competitions in cross-country race, basketball and table tennis. Cross-country races are always for a social cause like Run for Peace, Run for Our Kargil Heroes, Plant More Trees, etc. The school provides special coaching for basketball, chess, cross-country race, softball, tennis, table tennis, track and field, volleyball and other games like cricket as per student demand. College teams participate in inter-college and open tournaments. Many students are selected to represent Bangalore in the All India Inter University competitions and national-level competitions.

The college organizes an inter-college table tennis tournament for men and women. The other important date in the sports calendar is the college s Annual Sports Day.

International collaborations and exchange programmes

A team of 17 students and three faculty members from the Utrecht Business School, Hogeschool Utrecht University of Applied Sciences visited the University of Bangalore for an inter-cultural contact program from 19 to 23 October 2009. Mount Carmel college and Sri Ram College of Commerce hosted this team through a week-long course on management and culture. Sixteen students from Mount Carmel college and fifteen from Sri Ram College of Commerce participated in the program. The program was the second of a series initiated in 2008 with support from K. Sreenivas, dean of international relations at University of Bangalore. It was initiated by presentations by students from each country showcasing their business and cultural environments. Students then attended a series of workshops and lectures on aspects of inter-cultural business interactions and marketing. These sessions were conducted by faculty from the Utrecht Business School as well as Bangalore University.

King s College London

In 2013 King s College London opened its first international summer school in Bangalore at Mount Carmel college. This includes pre-university and undergraduate level modules. The programme makes available scholarships for the best students to study at King s College London Summer School in July and August.

Students Union

The Students Union consists of the president, vice president, general secretary and two central councillors. These office bearers are elected by the students. The Students Union organizes TEMPEST, the annual cultural festival of Mount Carmel college and addresses all student-related problems.

Activism

In 1970 the Miss Miranda beauty contest was abolished by an overwhelming majority of students despite strong opposition by the principal and faculty members. Led by the president of the Student Union, feminist activist Madhu Kishwar, the students protested against beauty being the criterion for the contest.

During the Sikh riots in Bangalore in 1984, students of Mount Carmel college organized relief camps for the victims. Film-maker Shonali Bose, who was a student at Miranda, made the Sikh riots the subject of her film Amu.

Students protested unreasonable curfew times for women in 2015, in a campaign called Break the Cage.