Jamal Mohamed College is a Government-aided and self-financed institution founded in 1951 by M. Jamal Mohamed Sahib and N.M. Khajamian Rowther.[1] 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.
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.
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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.
2008 Department of Technical Education approved Type Writing Institute - Started
2008 Received Permanent Affiliation orders for Govt. Aided 11 UG, 11 PG and 2 M.Phil Courses
2008 13 UG & 15 PG Additional Sections Started
2009 Accredited by NAAC at ‘A’ Grade (CGPA 3.6 out of 4.0)
2009 3 UG & 1 PG Additional sections started
2009 MBA second section started with AICTE Approval
2009 Ph.D in Computer Science and Management Studies started
2009 Received Permanent Affiliation orders for Self Finance MA (English), M.Com, MBA, MCA, M.Sc(IT), M.Sc(CS), BA (English- 2 sections), B.Com(4-sections),B.Sc., Mathematics, 13 M.Phil, 12 Ph.D and 7 Carrier Oriented Programmes (COP).
2010 Additional Section in M.A., English, M.Sc., Mathematics for Men, 4 Year B.S., Biotechnology and additional section in B.Sc., I.T for Women, PG Diploma in Fermentation Technology and UGC approved COP course in E-Mathematical Tools.
2010 Diamond Jubilee Inaugural Function on 11.07.2010
2010 Received Permanent Affiliation orders for 2 sections of M.Sc., Biotechnology
2010 Extension of Autonomous status for 6 more years conferred by UGC and Bharathidasan University
2011 Received Permanent Affiliation orders for M.B.A., Additional section-I and M.Sc., Chemistry (2 sections)
2011 Declared open Diamond Jubilee arch
2011 Diamond Jubilee Valedictory function on 07.02.2011 on completion of 60 Years with a students strength of 9625.
2011 Awarded “College with Potential for Excellence Status” with a financial grant of Rs. 1.5 Crores by the UGC, New Delhi
2011 Awarded Accreditation for 3 Years for M.B.A., Programme by National Board of Accreditation of AICTE, New Delhi.
2012 B.Sc., Biotechnology, M.Phil and Ph.D in Biotechnology and Microbiology, Ph.D in Physical Education, Advanced Diploma in Computer Applications with Arabic courses were started.
2012 Inauguration of the Indoor Stadium constructed with partial UGC funding.
2013 PG Diploma in Bio Diversity Informatics under UGC Sponsored innovative scheme was introduced.
2013 College is identified by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) as one of the 45 Colleges in India to be accorded the power to grant degrees in the status of a state University.
2014 Jamal Institute of Management has been Ranked in Category ‘A’ by the All India Management Association (AIMA), New Delhi, Business Standard B-Schools Ratings.
2014 Additional Section in B.Sc., Hotel Management and Catering Science for Men and B.Sc., Physics for Women were started.
2015 B.Com additional section (VIII) for men introduced
2015 B.Sc. Microbiology section started for Women Section
2015 B.Sc. Mathematics additional section (III) fro Women Started
2016 Visit of UGC expert committee to evaluate the performance and academic attainment and to recommend the extension Autonomous status of 6 more years (upto 2021 - 2022)
2016 Visist of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) Peer Team for Re-accreditation (3rd Cycle) process.
2016 The UGC has granted extension of Autonomous status for the further period of six years from 2016-17 to 2021-2022
2016 The College is Re-accredited by NAAC in the Third Cycle with 'A' Grade
2016 B.C.A. additional section (VII) for men introduced
2016 B.Com. additional section (IX) for women introduced
The Conferement of Muslim Minority Status was given by the Government of Tamil Nadu for the period of five years from 2017-18 to 2021-22.
During the academic year 2018-19, B.A. Arabic and B.Sc., Zoology for women and M.Phil., Social Work Programmes were started. The Affiliation was also granted for UGC sponsored B.Voc., Food Processing and Safety and B.Voc., Apparel and Fashion Design programme under NSQF.
During 2018-19, Innovation and Incubation Centre and Intellectual Property Rights Cell were established.
DST sort listed our College to sanction FIST Level “O” grant under the PG Colleges for College as a whole
Under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Scheme (from IIT, Delhi), our College was granted permission to transform local communities through participating envisioning sustainable growth, healthy practices among the public and private sectors to make better India.
DST sanctioned FIST Level "O" grant of Rs. 1,10,00,000/- (Rupees One Crore and ten lakhs) for a period of 5 years to support financially 6 Departments of our College namely Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology and Computer Science in 2020.
Thiru Edappadi K. Palaniswami, Honble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, presented The New Indian Express "Think Edu Award" to our College on 9th January 2020 for our consistent efforts in providing quality education.
Five Science Departments such as Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology have been short-listed after a meritorious presentation, among many competing institutions and awarded the Star College Scheme by the Department of Bio-Technology (DBT) in 2020.
During the academic year 2020-2021, Our College was ranked as one of the Top hundred Colleges (65th rank) in the National Institutional Ranking Framework -2021 by MHRD, New Delhi.
The syllabus was revised with the introduction of Outcome Based Education for all UG, PG and M.Phil Programmes to be implemented from the academic year 2020-2021.
B.Voc Tourism and Hospitality Management and B.Voc Media Production were started during the academic year 2020-2021. Besides, Diploma programmes in Aquaculture, Horticulture and Insurance and Actuarial Science were also started for men students in this same academic year 2020-21 under UGC NSQF Scheme.
JMC Alumni Association Chapters were formed in UK, USA, Tenkasi, Kongunadu and were inaugurated through online in the academic year 2020-2021.
Global Alumni Job Search Engine exclusively for Jamalians was created with the support of the alumni spread all over the globe during the academic year 2020-2021.
