St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli
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| Motto | Pro Bono Et Vero |
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Motto in English
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For the Good & the True |
| Established | 1844 |
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Religious affiliation
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Jesuit (Roman Catholic) |
| Location | Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Campus | 76 acres |
| Affiliations | Bharathidasan University |
| Website | sjctni |
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St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli (SJC) in Tamil Nadu, India, was established in 1844 by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). It was affiliated to Madras University in 1869 and is currently an affiliated First Grade College of Bharathidasan University.
St. Joseph's College celebrated its centenary in 1945 and sesquicentenary in 1995. It acquired Five Star status awarded by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in 2000, was recognised by UGC as a College with Potential for Excellence (CPE) in 2004, and was accredited with A Grade [3rd Cycle] by NAAC in 2012. The college is owned by the Society of St.Joseph's, a body registered under Societies Regulation Act(1860), having its office at Tiruchirappalli. And it has the heritage college status as one among 12 colleges in India in 2016, which is given by the Government of India. Around 30 Jesuits serve on the staff.
Milestones of St.Joseph's College
The college blazon is not the heirloom of an ancient and noble family handed down with pride of name and glorious memories of the past. It is only a distinctive badge expressing its aim and ideal. It bears azure, with the Trichinipoly rock and the college church for distinctive features. The conspicuous palm tree in the middle is the emblem of the East. It bears in fesses a bow and above it is the monogram of the Society of Jesus. Its crest is a royal crown and a lily issuant, both in honour of the College patron, St. Joseph. The crown signifies that he was of David’s royal blood and the lily to signify his spotless purity. Thus the whole in ordinary language would read: the College of St. Joseph is conducted by the Society of Jesus, at Trichinipoly in the East. The motto “PRO BONO ET VERO” (For the Good and the True) indicates the idea which the teachers and the taught should ever keep before their eyes as the goal of their efforts in the field of education, namely moral and intellectual formation.
Biochemistry – The Biochemistry Department was started in 1993 at a postgraduate level and became a separate department in 2002. It was one of the first independent departments of biochemistry in India. By 2015 the department had trained over 400 biochemists.
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