St. Joseph's College of Commerce

Jesuit college in Bangalore, India

12°57′46″N 77°35′50″E / 12.9627°N 77.5971°E / 12.9627; 77.5971CampusUrbanAffiliationsBengaluru City UniversityWebsitewww.sjcc.edu.in

St. Joseph's College of Commerce (SJCC) is a Bengaluru City University-affiliated college operated by the Jesuits. It is autonomous and has an independent examination and recognition system. It is situated in central Bangalore at Brigade Road.

History

The college traces its history to 1882, when the Missions Etrangeres' de Paris established St Joseph's European High School.^{[citation needed]} Its operations were handed to the Jesuits in 1937 and the Department of Commerce created in 1949. In 1972 St. Joseph's College was divided, with its College of Arts and Sciences and its College of Commerce becoming independent, although both remain under the administration of the Bangalore Jesuit Educational Society. St Joseph's College of Commerce (SJCC) and St Joseph's College of Business Administration (SJCBA)^[1] moved to 163, Brigade Road, and St Joseph's Evening College became an independent college.^{[citation needed]}

In 1996 SJCBA started offering two-year, full-time Postgraduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) with recognition from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Govt Of India. By an order of the government Karnataka, the pre-university sections from both St Joseph's College of Arts & Science and St Joseph's College of Commerce were bifurcated to form into one junior College, St. Joseph's Pre-University College.^[2]

In 2014 SJCBA signed a MoU to cooperate with the global body of professional accountants ACCA in offering a joint BCom program.^[3]

Student life

Intercollegiate fests conducted annually:

Spiel^[4] - Sports Fest
Dhwani - Cultural Fest
Enact - National Level Theatre Fest
Virtuoso - Business Fest For BBM Students
Chanakya - Business Fest for BCOM students
Kalarava - Kannada Language Fest
Turas - Travel & Tourism Fest featuring a myriad of events
CIPHER- Intra-college business fest
Kalotsav - Intra-college cultural fest
Animum - Short Film Fest.^[5]
Citadel - National Level Business Fest for UG students by the Erudition Club of Department of Commerce

Notable alumni

Rahul Dravid, cricket player and coach
Shivil Kaushik, cricketer, Gujarat Lions
Noyonita Lodh, Miss Diva Universe 2014
Prakash Raj, actor
Ramya, actress and politician
Vinay Rajkumar, actor
Amritha Aiyer, actress
Salil Shetty, Secretary-General of Amnesty International
Devdutt Padikkal, Cricket Player

References

^ "Business". Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ "History". Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ ACCA Global on collaboration with SJCBA. Accessed 28 November 2016.
^ "Fun and games at Spiel; Rajesh stamps his seal". The Times of India. 4 September 2001. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ "ST JOSEPH COLLEGE OF COMMERCE". sjcc.edu.in. Retrieved 3 April 2023.