26 years after establishment, Bengaluru's Kristu Jayanti gets university status

Bengaluru: Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous), Kothanur, has been declared a Deemed to be University by the Union Ministry of Education, effective July 8. 

The institution, run by the Bodhi Niketan Trust of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), received the status under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956 (General Category), 26 years after its establishment.

"With this new status, Kristu Jayanti Deemed to be University is empowered to broaden its academic horizons, foster interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary learning, and contribute to global knowledge creation with enhanced autonomy and accomplish the vision of NEP 2020," said Augustine George CMI, Principal.