| 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) |
| 2018 |
HCC – ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning were updated and automated from admission to graduation processes |
| 2018 |
Introduced School System and School of Management Studies |
| 2018 |
Introduced Bachelor of Arts in Commerce (BPO), and Bachelor of Arts in Commerce Voc. BFSI |
| 2018 |
Secured 42nd rank in NIRF out of 1807 colleges that participated in the college category |
| 2019 |
Secured 85th rank in NIRF out of 1304 colleges that participated in the college category |
| 2019 |
Introduced Bachelor of Science and Fashion and Costume Designing |
| 2020 |
Nationally Accredited (4th Cycle) with A++ Grade with CGPA 3.75 on 4 point scale by NAAC |
| 2020 |
HC- Flamingo YouTube Channel launched to facilitate online sharing of resources and conduct of live webinars during Covid’19 Pandemic |
| 2020 |
In ARIIA (Atal Ranking for Institutions on Innovation Achievements) by MHRD for the year 2020 ranked between 6th – 25th in the category of Institutes and Colleges (Government and Government Aided) |
| 2020 |
Our Institution was placed in significant positions in Outlook- I Care Ranking 2020 |
| 2020 |
Secured 66th rank in NIRF out of 1659 colleges that participated in the college category |
| 2020 |
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 |
| 2021 |
Secured 5th Rank in ARIIA in the All-India General Non-Technical Category in 2021 |
| 2021 |
School system was extended – seven schools which included 21 departments |
| 2021 |
Introduced Outcome Based Education with Learning Outcomes Based Curriculum Framework (LOCF) |
| 2021 |
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 colleges |
| 2023 |
Inauguration of HCIIC Centre |