Milestones of Holy Cross College
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 Women's 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
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
2019
Secured 85th rank in NIRF out of 1304 colleges
2019
Introduced Bachelor of Science and Fashion and Costume Designing
2020
Nationally Accredited (4th Cycle) with A++ Grade with CGPA 3.75 on a 4 point scale by NAAC
2020
HC- Flamingo YouTube Channel launched to facilitate online sharing of resources and conduct live webinars during Covid’19 Pandemic
2020
Ranked between 6th – 25th in ARIIA for Innovation Achievements
2020
Placed in significant positions in Outlook- I Care Ranking 2020
2020
Secured 66th rank in NIRF out of 1659 colleges
2020
Introduced Bachelor of Vocational Studies in Software Development (B. Voc. SD)
2021
Secured 49th rank in NIRF out of 1802 colleges
2021
Secured 5th Rank in ARIIA in the All-India General Non-Technical Category
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 out of 2270 colleges
2023
Inauguration of Happiness Square – 19th January 2023
2023
Inauguration of HCIIC Centre – 4th February 2023
2023
Valediction of Centenary Celebration – March 2023
2023
Secured 40th rank in NIRF 2023 out of 2746 colleges that participated in the college category
2023
Opening of Rapha@10 Health Centre
2023
Centennial Sports Meet
2023
Eight Trademarks registered on 22nd November 2023 and Seven Trademarks advertised in the Trademarks Journal as accepted, in December 2023
2024
Four Patents granted in February, March, April & July 2024
2024
Vizhuthugal 100 Centenary Fund for Education of 100 students initiated (September 2024)
2024
Started New Programs – B.Sc. Psychology, Bachelor of Social Work, and B.Sc. Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
2024
Secured 41st rank in NIRF 2024 out of 3378 colleges
2024
Holy Cross College launched its own HCC ERP
2024
Crossian Live Wire, Centre for Suicide Prevention, providing 24X7 Psycho-Social Support launched
2024
Centre for Rural Development and Extension (CRDE) Rescapes initiated
2024
Started Crossian Sports Academy at Ayaikudi
2024
Registered in Hi-Bi (Host Institute to act as Business Incubator) under Ministry of Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises (MSME), Govt. of India
2024
DigiLocker app, a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) under the Digital India program inaugurated. Students from the following batches can now access their data (Mark sheets) online:
- 2021–2025 Audiology Batch
- 2022–2025 Undergraduate Batch
- 2023–2025 Postgraduate Batch