Year

Milestones

1923

Established as a College

1928

Upgraded to Second Grade College affiliated to University of Madras

1964

Attained the Status of a Post Graduate College

1973

Golden Jubilee Celebrations

1976

Adoption of Semester System

1982

Affiliated to Bharathidasan University

1983

Institute of Rehabilitation Science for Multi-disability

1983

Celebrated Diamond Jubilee

1987

Conferred Autonomous Status

1998

Celebrated Platinum Jubilee

1999

Accredited with Five Stars by NAAC

2000

Launched Choice Based Credit System

2003

Adopted the Cafeteria Mode of CBCS

2004

Launched RESCAPES – an Extension Programme

2005

Re-accredited with A Grade (88.5%) by NAAC

2006

Launched Holy Cross Campus Community Radio 90.4 MHz

2010

Established Womens Studies Centre

2011

Awarded College with potential for Excellence status

2012

Nationally Accredited (3rd Cycle) with A grade by NAAC with 3.5 on a 4.0 scale

2014

Received “Healthy Work Place Gold 2014” Award from Arogya World

2016

College with Potential for Excellence Phase II

2017

College secured 26th place at the national level in the college category in NIRF 2017 (National Institutional Ranking Framework)

2018

Established Holy Cross Innovation & Incubation Council (HCIIC)

HCC – ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning were updated and automated from admission tograduation processes

Introduced School System and School of Management Studies

Introduced Bachelor of Arts in Commerce (BPO), and Bachelor of Arts in Commerce Voc. BFSI

Secured 42nd rank in NIRF out of 1807 colleges that participated in the college category

2019

Secured 85 th rank in NIRF out of 1304 colleges that participated in the college category

Introduced Bachelor of Science and Fashion and Costume Designing

2020

Nationally Accredited (4 th Cycle) with A++ Grade with CGPA 3.75 on 4 point scale by NAAC

HC- Flamingo YouTube Channel launched to facilitate online sharing of resources and conductof live webinars during Covid’19 Pandemic

In ARIIA (Atal Ranking for Institutions on Innovation Achievements) by MHRD for the year2020 ranked between 6th – 25th in the category of Institutes and Colleges (Government andGovernment Aided).

Our Institution was placed in significant positions in Outlook- I Care Ranking 2020

Secured 66th rank in NIRF out of 1659 colleges that participated in the college category

Introduced Bachelor of Vocational Studies in Software Development B. Voc. SD)

2021

College secured 49th rank in NIRF 2021 out of 1802 colleges that participated in the college category

Secured 5 th Rank in ARIIA in the All-India General Non-Technical Category in 2021

School system was extended – seven schools which included 21 departments.

Introduced Outcome Based Education with Learning Outcomes Based Curriculum Framework(LOCF)

Introduced M.Sc. Environmental Science and M.Sc. Data Science

2022

Secured 67th rank in NIRF 2022 out of 2270 colleges that participated in the college category.

2023

Secured 40th rank in 2023 out of 2746 participating college

Inauguration of HCIIC Centre