Christ University

Christ University

Other names	Christ College
Motto	Excellence and service
Type	Private, Deemed University
Established	15 July 1969; 55 years ago (1969-07-15)
Affiliation	Carmelites of Mary Immaculate Syro Malabar Catholic[1]
Chancellor	Fr. Varghese Vithayathil, CMI [1]
Vice-Chancellor	Fr. (Dr.) Joseph C. C., CMI[2]
Registrar	Dr. Anil Joseph Pinto[2]
Academic staff	1100+[3]
Students	23,821(2021)[4]
Undergraduates	16,456(2021)[1]
Postgraduates	5,589 (2021)[1]: 15
Address	Hosur Rd, Bhavani Nagar, S.G. Palya, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560029 , Bengaluru , Karnataka , India
Campus	Urban
Language	English
Colours	Blue, White and Canary[5]
Website	christuniversity.in

Christ (Deemed-to-be) University - Main Campus Gate

CHRIST, also known as Christ College and Christ University, is a deemed-to-be-university located in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.^[6] Founded in 1969 as Christ College, the UGC conferred autonomy to the college in 2004. On 22 July 2008, it was declared as an institution deemed to be university under section 3 of UGC Act 1956 by the Ministry of Education, Government of India.^[7]

Christ is under the management of the priests of the Catholic religious order, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), part of Syro Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church. In 2016, the university was accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council with A+ Grade.^[8]

History

Christ (Deemed to be University) was born out of the educational vision of St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara, an educationist and social reformer of the nineteenth century in South India.^[9] Chavara founded the first indigenous Catholic congregation Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) in 1831, which administers Christ (Deemed to be University).^[9] Established in 1969 as Christ College, the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India conferred autonomy to Christ College in 2004^[10] and identified it as an "institution with potential for excellence" in 2006.^[11] In 2008 under section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India, declared the institution a "deemed to be university" in the name and style of Christ University. Later in 2018, upon the direction of Supreme Court of India, the word university was removed, thus making it Christ (Deemed to be University).^[12] Christ was one of the first institutions in India to be accredited in 1998 by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), and subsequently in 2004, 2016 and 2022 had been awarded Grade 'A+' on 4-point scale.^[13]

Campus

• Bangalore Central Campus

CHRIST (Deemed to be University) during Christmas

The university's main campus is spread over 25 acres (10 ha) and is part of the 100-acre (40 ha) Dharmaram College Campus in the central part of Bangalore city. It is on the extension of Hosur Road (NH 7) opposite the Bangalore Dairy Circle Flyover. The city campus is close to residential localities such as BTM Layout, a residential and commercial area; Koramangala, another large neighborhood; and Jayanagar, one of the largest residential neighborhoods in Bangalore.

• Bangalore Kengeri Campus

In 2009, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) opened its Kengeri campus, which is spread over 90 acres at Kengeri on the Bangalore-Mysore Expressway NH 275 and houses the School of Engineering and Technology; the PU Residential College; the School of Business and Management, which offers Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) programs; the School of Social Sciences offering Bachelor of Science in psychology with Honours; as well as the School of Architecture, which was started officially from 2017.^[14]

• Bangalore Bannerghatta Road Campus

CHRIST (Deemed to be University) also has a campus in Hulimavu on Bannerghatta Road, inaugurated in May,2016.^[15]

• Bangalore Yeshwanthpur Campus

CHRIST (Deemed to be University) opened its campus in Yeshwanthpur in July 2022, which started functioning from August 2022. The campus is 10 stories tall and spread over 1.6 million square feet of space.

• Delhi NCR Campus

This is the off-campus of CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Located in Sewa Nagar, Ghaziabad, Delhi NCR established in 2013.^[16] The campus is located near to Shaheed Sthal metro station of Delhi Metro.

• Pune Lavasa Campus

CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Pune Lavasa Campus

The Pune Lavasa Campus also known as the Analytical hub of CHRIST (Deemed to be University) is an off-Campus Institution of CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Bangalore, located within the Sahyadri mountain range in Lavasa, Pune which was established in 2014, the Campus is spread over 28 acres. ^{[17] [18] [19]}

Organization and Administration

The university is managed by the CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Trust, which in turn is organized by the CMI congregation, under the Syro Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church. The chancellor of the university is always the rector of the Dharmaram Pontifical Seminary.^[20] The present vice-chancellor is Dr. Fr. Joseph C C.

Academics

The university has over 30,000 students and more than 1200 faculty members across all campuses.^[21][22][23] It has a foreign student community of about 700 from 58 nationalities.^[24] The university offers nationally and internationally recognised undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes.

Academic programmes

Undergraduate programmes

BGR Campus Front view

The university offers over 50 undergraduate programmes in humanities, social sciences, science, commerce and management, education, law and engineering. Undergraduate programmes are of three-year duration except in the case of Bachelor of Education (BEd, two years), Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM, four years), Bachelor of Laws (LLB, five years), Bachelor of Technology (BTech, four years) and an integrated BTech/MTech or MBA (five years). Except for Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BSc) programmes follow a Triple Major system.^[23]

Wikipedia in the undergraduate programme

Wikipedia workshop for second language students

The institution entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore to make article writing on Wikipedia a core exercise for the continuous internal assessment of its 1600 undergraduate students in Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Sanskrit and Urdu.^[25] The Hindi and Kannada articles may be found at collection of Hindi articles and collection of Kannada articles.

Post-graduate programmes

The university offers 47 master's, 17 Master of Philosophy and 21 PhD degree programmes in Humanities, Social Sciences, Science, Law, Education, commerce and management, and Engineering. Masters programmes are of two years duration, except for Master of Computer Science and Master of Law which are three years and one-year duration, respectively.

Publications

The university has published over 220 books in Kannada, through Kannada Sangha, a non-profit organisation of the university promoting Kannada.

Membership

The university is a member of the Association of Indian Universities,^[26] International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU)^[27] and Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).^[28]

Notable alumni

Name	Field of notability	Notes
Anjana Menon	Malayalam film actress
Ankur Betageri	poet, fiction writer, art activist
Anne Amie	Playback singer and voiceover artist	Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer 2023
Annu Antony	Malayalam film actress	Debuted in Aanandam
Apurva Kasaravalli	Kannada Film Director
Arvind Venugopal	Playback singer in Malayalam Film Industry
Chandy Oommen	M.L.A, Kerala	Chairman of the National Outreach Cell, Indian Youth Congress
Francis George	former Member of Parliament	represented the Idukki Constituency, Chairman of Janadhipathya Kerala Congress
Gautham Karthik	Tamil film actor [29]
Gokul Suresh	Malayalam Film Actor [30]
Gouri G. Kishan	Malayalam film actress
Jahnavi Kamath	film actress
K M Chaitanya	Kannada film maker, theatre director
Krishna Byre Gowda	M.L.A. Karnataka	President, Karnataka Youth Congress
Leona Lishoy	Indian film actress and model
M. N. Reddi	senior officer in the Indian Police Service
Madhukeshwar Desai	CEO, Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA)	National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Madonna Sebastian	Malayalam film actress	debut in the Malayalam film Premam
Meghana Raj	South Indian actress
Nanditha Shwetha	Kannada actress and South Indian model
Nicole Faria	Miss Earth 2010
Nidhhi Agerwal	Bollywood and Telugu actress,	Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva 2014 finalist
Pearle Maaney	actress and model	D 4 dance anchor [31]
Pradeep Hegde	Wildlife Filmmaker [32]
Prateik Jain	Model
Priya Vadlamani	Model and Telugu Film Actress
Raja Krishna Menon	film writer, director and producer[33]
Rajeev Ravindranathan	Actor and Comedian
Reba Monica John	South Indian actress	debuted in the movie Jacobinte Swargarajyam [34]
Rima Kallingal	Malayalam film actress [35]
Roysten Abel	Indian theatre director and playwright
Sabbah Haji	Director of Haji Public School[36]
Sabu Varkey	Indian Hockey Team Member
Samyukta Hornad	Kannada film actress [37]
Shilpi Neha Tirkey	Youngest MLA from Jharkhand
Shwetha Srivatsav	Kannada Film Actress
Sruthi Hariharan	South Indian Actress	Debuted in the movie Cinema Company [38]
Vijay Suriya	actor [39]
Vineeth Vincent	Beatboxer [40]

World records

On 10 January 2011, Christ Junior College, Bangalore, under ensemble director Vineeth Vincent, in an event titled 'Can You Say Beat Box?' created the largest human beatbox ensemble in the Limca Book of Records with 2136 participants.^{[41][42][43][44]} According to the Guinness World Records, the previous record for the largest human beatbox ensemble involved 1,246 participants and was achieved by Vineeth Vincent and Christ University (India) in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, on 5 February 2011.^[45] This record was broken by Shlomo on 14 November 2011 with 2,081 participants.^[46] The record was broken by Booking.com on 10 December 2013 with 4695 participants.^[47]

See also

• Christ College, Irinjalakuda
• List of deemed universities
• Dharmaram College
• Bangalore

References

1. "Self Assessment Report for NAAC" (PDF). Christ University. p. 15. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
2. "About Us - Administration". Christ University Official Website. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
3. "Self Assessment Report for NAAC" (PDF). Christ University. p. 26. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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29. "Never knew my dad was a big deal in Tamil cinema then: Gautham Karthik". Cinema Express. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
30. "'I just want to be a good actor'". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
31. "Big Boss Malayalam contestant - Pearle Maaney". IB Times. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
32. "Short film on frogs set for online". Times of India. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
33. "Airlift's Kerala connection". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
34. "Malayalam actress is Rishi's leading lady". Times of India. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
35. "BBA course at Christ University helps students develop their entrepreneurial instincts". India Today. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
36. "Sabbah Haji". Haji Public School. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
37. "Dudette doodles in aid: Artistic side of Samyukta Hornad". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
38. "Sruthi Hariharan". Filmi Beat. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
39. "The chocolate boy who became a star!". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
40. "Just beat it, beat it…". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
41. "This world record will be a mouthful". Retrieved 1 June 2011.
42. "Christ College Sets National Beatboxing Record". Archived from the original on 29 January 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
43. "CHRIST (Deemed to be University) students attempt record in beatboxing". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 11 January 2011. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
44. "Christ Junior College beatboxers aim to set a new record". Retrieved 2 June 2011.
45. "This world record will be a mouthful". archive.mid-day.com. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
46. "Largest human beatbox ensemble". Retrieved 27 March 2012.
47. "Largest human beatbox ensemble". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

External links

• Official website