Patna Womens College (PWC) Patna

Patna Women’s College was founded in 1940 by Bishop B.J. Sullivan S.J., Bishop of Patna and Mother M. Josephine A.C. Superior General of the Apostolic Carmel. 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. It was Bishop Sullivan’s firm belief that the upliftment of Bihar lay in liberating its womenfolk by providing them with opportunities for higher education, in other words, by empowering them. In the early years the College and the hostel were housed in the Bishop’s own resid-ence at Bankipur, which he vacated for this great work.

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. The Governor was concerned that the College building should match in beauty the High Court opposite which this site was located. Hewasnotdisappo-inted. Father Gaerhart and Father Loesch saw an ‘architect’s dream’ for the new building of Patna Women’s College, a unique synthesis of Hindu, Islamic, Norman and Gothic styles. The College moved into the new building in July 1948.
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.

Vision

In the name of Jesus Christ and following His teaching and example, we the sisters of the Apostolic Carmel, founded by Mother Mary Veronica in 1868, offer at Patna Women's College, the service of value based Higher Education to youth through academic pursuit for excellence, community involvement and empowerment of women.

Mission

Patna Women’s College, the first college for women in Bihar, is committed to the holistic development of women to make effective contribution to the creation of a new society.

Objectives

In the light of the Vision and Mission Statements, Patna Women’s College with its lay collaborators, leads its students to:

• nourish a deep faith in God
• relentlessly search for truth and justice
• foster an on-going urge to reflect and act in accordance with their convictions
• rely on themselves and courageously face the challenges of life
• respect the rights of every individual
• cherish fidelity to their duties and responsibilities
• love their neighbour, irrespective of status, caste and creed and live in peace and in harmony
• be willing to forgive and forget the wrongs done to them
• be committed to selfless service of the economically, psychologically and spiritually deprived, especially women.
• be loyal to their country, prepare themselves to take leadership roles for the good of their country and of society.

Departments:-

• Department of Arts
• Department of Science
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Vocational

For more details about admission please contact :-

Call : +91 612 2531186
Email : info@patnawomenscollege.in