Sacred Heart College, Thirupattur
Sacred Heart College, Tirupattur is a general degree college located in Tirupattur, Vellore district, in Tamil Nadu, India. It was established in 1951. The college is affiliated with Thiruvalluvar University. This college offers courses in arts, commerce and science.
History of the Institute
Very Rev. Fr. Joseph Carreno SDB, a far-sighted missionary from Spain founded Sacred Heart College in the year 1951. It started functioning with 10 teachers and 81 students and in a short period of six decades, it has grown into a postgraduate and research institution. With the view to cater to the needs of the deserving local students, the college also offers undergraduate courses and postgraduate courses in the Evening College on self-financing basis.Recognizing its academic contributions, the University of Madras conferred the autonomous status on the postgraduate courses of MSW and M.Sc. from the academic year 1987–88. Subsequently, in the year 1988–89, autonomous status was conferred on the postgraduate course of M.A. and on all the undergraduate courses. Meanwhile, the Evening College affiliated to Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, was functioning in the non-autonomous mode. The College received the approval from AICTE to commence MCA programme on self-financing basis from the academic year 1998–99.
In the same year, the College was accredited for the first time by NAAC with Four Stars. In 2000, the College initiated evening study centres for the poor students in different villages around Tirupattur. The economically poor students were chosen to teach in these study centres and they were given work-scholarships. The golden jubilee of the College was celebrated in 2001 and a memorial building was opened to accommodate additional departments which were started. In 2003, the Madras University was bifurcated and Sacred Heart College came under the Thiruvalluvar University. In the same year, Amalgam hostel was started to accommodate the post graduate girl students in the campus.
In 2006, NAAC reaccredited the College with ‘A’ Grade. ‘Guezou Hostel’ for men was inaugurated to accommodate the increasing number of men students. In 2007 Autonomous Status was conferred on to the entire College and the College opened itself to admit girl students in UG programmes. In the very next year we introduced Choice Based Credit System. Besides many Undergraduate and postgraduate programmes from the Thiruvalluvar University, the AICTE approved MBA programme. In 2012, the College focused itself on research and a research centre was created and it was named as Abraham Panampara Research Centre. In 2013, the College was once again accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ Grade. From the year 2015, digitalization of administration began and it is very successful mainly due to the in-house development of software.
The year 2016 saw a new entrance and a well furnished new building to accommodate more number of departments. In the same year restructuring of all the courses were done after a long process of consultation and academic audit of all departments. In 2017, the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India has ranked our College as 95th College in India. Over these years the College included additional degree courses and diploma courses to provide quality education to more young people. As we see the College undertook a forward march and never turned back. We continue to march together with our staff and students towards excellence.
Motto of the Institution
The Coat of arms itself is clear in its significance. The lotus stands for purity and integrity. It is resting on a sea of blue, a colour denoting the Blessed Virgin Mary, the chosen Mother of Jesus Christ. The heart inside a cross is the Heart of Jesus who was crucified to redeem the humankind. The ring of thorns around the Heart tells us that the Heart of Jesus loves us even to the point of suffering. The open book is the symbol of knowledge that the college imparts. Sacred Heart College is named after the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ Himself.The College Motto and its Objectives
AD OMNE OPUS BONUM INSTRUCTI is the college motto. Various translations, are possible. 'Ready for every Good Work' is one. Another highly significant translation is that given by Rev. Ronald Knox.. 'Every noble task will find him ready for it'. The general end of education at Sacred Heart College is the total development and the integral growth of the human person. To help the young people entrusted to our care to attain their personal growth we strive at:
- Developing the intellectual capacity of the students to search for truth and knowledge.
- Offering possibilities by which the students discern their calling in life.
- Forming a social consciousness that will make them
- Capable of fostering good relationships with others
- Open to other cultures and religions
- Possess an attitude of solidarity and dialogue, a sense of participation and co-responsibility
- Become agents of social change with a preferential option for the poor and the downtrodden.
Courses offered
| Aided Section | Self - Financed Section |
| M.A. Economics | M.A. Tamil |
| M.Sc. Mathematics | M.A. English |
| M.S.W. | M.Com. |
| M.Sc. Mathematics | |
| M.Sc. Physics | |
| M.Sc. Chemistry | |
| M.Sc. Computer Science | |
| M.C.A. | |
| M.B.A. | |
| M.Sc. Software Technology | |
| M.Sc. Biochemistry | |
| M.Sc. Counselling Psychology |
PG Diploma Programmes
| Diploma Programmes | Department |
| Diploma in Computer Software Applications | Computer Applications |
| Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology | Bio Chemistry |
| Diploma in Human Resource Management | Management Studies |
| Diploma in Import and Export Management | Management Studies |
| Diploma in Logistics Management | Management Studies |