Christ PU College is an educational initiative of Dharmaram College under Christ Educational Society.
Dharmaram College is a major study house of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), a Catholic religious congregation, started in Bangalore on 1 June, 1957. The name 'Dharmaram' is a combination of two Sanskrit words, dharma (virtue) and aram (garden), which together mean 'GARDEN OF VIRTUES'. Dharmaram College is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the motto is Ishabhakti Paramjnanam (Love of God is the Supreme Wisdom).
It aims at educating people who are prepared to commit themselves to the service of the Church and the world. Following the tradition of the CMI congregation, Dharmaram College extended and expanded its activities into the field of education.
It has established the Christ Educational Society with the vision of providing quality education to all. Christ college was the brainchild of the late Bishop Rt. Rev Jonas Thaliath CMI (1919-1981), whose vision was to establish a Catholic University in Bangalore. Christ PU College, an integral part of this academic legacy of the Christ Educational Society is recognized by the Department of Pre-University Education, Karnataka. Christ College was established in the year 1969-70; Bangalore University granted permission to the Christ Educational Society to start Pre-University courses in Arts, Science and Commerce. The foundation stone for the college was laid on September 24, 1966 by Rt. Rev. Joseph Caprio, the then Pronuncio to India. The main block of the college building was blessed and inaugurated on July 15, 1969.
Academic growth was heralded in the year 1969-70 as a boys' college with Rev. Fr. Mani Giles as the Principal. In 1970-71, Bangalore University approved four combinations to be taught in the college
There were four Science sections offering Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics (PCM) and Physics, Chemistry, Biology (PCB) combinations, one Commerce section offering History, Economics, Commerce (HEC) and one Arts Section offering History, Economics and Logic (HEL). This year also marked the bifurcation of the Pre-University Course from Bangalore University, under the Department of Pre-University, Government of Mysore. The combination changed from three to four subjects (PCMB, HECA and HELP). In the year 1987-88, the college began offering co-education. In the year 2001, the Department of Collegiate Education, Karnataka sanctioned the bifurcation of the Pre-University sections from the degree courses that were being offered by Christ College. The Degree and Postgraduate programmes continued in Christ College which later developed into Christ College (Autonomous) in 2005, and since 2008 it is Christ Deemed to be University. It has expanded in academics with a greater number of courses giving importance to research with a strength of more than 20,000 students.
It aims at educating people who are prepared to commit themselves to the service of the Church and the world. Following the tradition of the CMI congregation, Dharmaram College extended and expanded its activities into the field of education. ...
A separate Pre-University college came into existence as Christ Junior College in 2002 and to cater to increasing demands for an evening batch for Pre-university students, Christ PU College was established in the year 2005. The college functions in the Block 4 of present Christ Deemed to be University Main Campus. Currently, the college offers three combinations in the field of Commerce(CAMS, HECA, and CAME) with second language choices of Kannada, Hindi, and French.
Keeping in mind the ideals of Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara, the college undertook visionary initiatives to inculcate moral and ethical values and to ensure social justice to its stakeholders. Keeping in view that a human being is a positive asset and a precious natural resource which needs to be cherished, nurtured and developed with tenderness and care, coupled with dynamism (National Policy on Education 1986), Christ PU College, entered the era of new challenges with a vision of "EXCELLENCE AND SERVICE". The institution evolved its Mission Statement in the year 1997. The current process of the college in implementing the Vision and Mission is a commitment that reflects Holistic education. It is achieved in four areas namely Academic Excellence, Personal Skills, Interpersonal Skills and Societal skills.