Patna Women’s College

About

Patna Women’s College is a premier institution, whose hallmark has always been Quality and Excellence. It was the first institution of higher learning opened to cater to the educational needs of women in Bihar. Bishop Sullivan, the founder, named it Patna Women’s College and presented it as a gift to the Women of Bihar, thereby placing at their disposal an opportunity for higher education.

The college was granted the status of Degree College in July 1941. The site for the college building was offered to the then Principal, Mother Theodosia by the Governor of Bihar Lord Rutherford in 1945. Thousands of motivated and empowered women have passed through the portals of this college and have entered various fields of life, many making a mark in our country and abroad.

The college has come a long way from the time the pioneers envisioned and undertook the difficult task of establishing a women’s college at a time when only a few truly enlightened and far-sighted persons were prepared to support this infant project in a place where higher education for women was frowned upon, if not rejected outright.

In the year 1952, a Special Status was given by the Government of Bihar and it became a ‘Constituent College’ of Patna University. On 25 July 2007, the Government of Bihar, officially declared Patna Women’s College as a ‘Religious Minority College’.

The college has been accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ grade for three consecutive cycles with CGPA 3.51/4 in 2010 and CGPA 3.58/4 in 2015. The college also has been accorded as ‘College with Potential for Excellence (CPE)’ status from UGC in three phases in 2004, 2010 and 2015.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has conferred Autonomous status to Patna Women’s College in January, 2018 which was further notified by the Parent University (Patna University) in July, 2018.

Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) and Semester System have been introduced in July 2018. This is the only college in the state to have taken this initiative for UG courses.

Vision

Rooted in the life, vision, and teachings of Jesus Christ and inspired by Mother Veronica, the foundress of the Apostolic Carmel, Patna Women’s College strives to become a center of academic excellence in higher education, social responsibility, and empowerment of women.

Mission

Patna Women’s College, the first college for women in Bihar, is committed to the holistic development of women so as to make an effective contribution to the creation of a better society. To this end, we strive

• To become a center of excellence in higher education for women in an atmosphere of autonomy.
• To excel in teaching-learning, research, and consultancy.
• To provide education that promotes capacity building and holistic development of a person.
• To offer subjects for competency building and motivate/animate a workforce imbued with human values.
• To promote patriotism, communal harmony and cultural integration to maintain a free and peaceful atmosphere on the campus.
• To train the students in creative arts, social service, critical thinking, and leadership in order to make an effective contribution to the creation of a new and value based society.
• To create women leaders and to make them agents of social change.
• To develop skill oriented and value based courses, for the all-round development of individuals.
• To promote academic exchange and academia-industry interface.
• To form young women who are ‘always wise’ and who will dare to ‘go ahead and conquer knowledge’ through, competence, commitment, delicate conscience, and compassion.