Milestones

Bishop Cotton Women’s Christian College started on 15/09/1987 in Bishop Cotton Girls’ School Campus
• The independent college building was inaugurated on 16/12/1989
• Dr.Nalinakshi Nirmal was appointed as the first Principal of the college
• A carnival ‘COTTON SPREE’ was held in Bishop Cotton Boys’ School in 1992 to raise funds for a new building
• Six students of the first batch of Bangalore University Rank were holders in 1992
• Moved to the present location at CSI Compound, Mission Road in 1999
• ‘TANA BANA’ an ethnic fashion show was held to raise funds for the second phase of the college in 2000
• Inauguration of Y – Women’s unit of YWCA
• Launch of the Human Rights Education Program
• The First Law College for Women in the State of Karnataka – Bishop Cotton Women’s Christian Law College inaugurated in 2002
• A new program of Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) was introduced in the year 2004
• NAAC accreditation with ‘A’ Grade in 2005
• Semester System was introduced according to Bangalore University in 2005
• Inauguration of the third phase by the Bishop of UK Rt. Rev. Roberta Raminga in 2006
• Inauguration of the Women’s Cell in 2007
• First College in Karnataka to get UGC Centre for Women’s Studies Empowerment and Social Research in 2008
• Bangalore University Evaluation Centre in 2009 and 2011
• Two UGC Sponsored career oriented courses were introduced in 2011
• The National Entrepreneurship Network unit of the college collaborated with TATA for an All India Start-up Competition
• The theme of the Silver Jubilee Celebration was: ‘A Quarter Century of Nurturing and Celebrating the Girl Child’ in 2011
• The first post graduate program (M.Com.) was started in 2013
• Reaccredited with ‘A’ Grade in 2014 by NAAC
• The second post graduate program (M.Sc. Psychology) was started in 2017