PROFILE
Jamal Mohamed College was founded in 1951, as an affiliated college to the University of
Madras and then affiliated to Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, when it was formed
in 1984.
The college is administered by the Society of Jamal Mohamed College. It is established in a
sprawling land area of 87 acres, as a religious minority institution. Janab. M. Jamal
Mohamed Sahib and Janab N.M. Khajamian Rowther, of revered memory, were the
founding fathers of this institution.
In the year 1957 the college got the single honor of being bracketed with the thirty best
colleges in India when Dan forth Foundation of USA selected the college for the award of
study fellowships in U.S.A. In 1963 the college was elevated to the status of a post-graduate
college.
In the year 1972, the college was recognized by UGC New Delhi, for Grant purposes under
section 2(F) and 12(B) of the University Grants Commission Act 1956. In 1977, on the
recommendation of the University of Madras, the UGC recognized the college as one of the
ten “Lead colleges” in the university area. During 2004-2005, the UGC, Government of
Tamil Nadu and Bharathidasan University conferred Autonomous status for all the
programmes.
The college was awarded the coveted Five Star Status by NAAC, an autonomous body of
UGC, during the Golden Jubilee year 2000-2001. The college was re-accreditated, by
NAAC at ‘A’ grade with CGPA of 3.6 out of 4.0 in January 2009. The college celebrated its
Diamond Jubilee during 2010-2011.
The college completed sixty years of its very useful service in higher education with
maximum student strength of 10640 and 383 teaching faculty.
Many of our past students now occupy covetable positions in India and abroad in the field of
Science and Technology, in Indian Administrative Services, Judiciary, Police Services,
Information Technology, etc., all vouchsafing to the quality of education to which they were
exposed in this campus.
EMBLEM & MOTTO
The emblem of the college consists of a shield divided into four parts with a circle in the
middle. On the top left, there is a crescent and a star, a symbol of Islamic culture and faith in
future prosperity. On the right, there is an open book symbolizing knowledge. At the bottom
right, there is a lotus, the symbol for purity and prosperity. The bottom left represents a
replica of Golden Rock standing for strength and striving. Inset in the mid-circle is the
frontage of the college main building with a dome and minarets representing the essence of
Islamic culture: The present is a preparation for the Hereafter. Underneath the shield is a
ribbon containing a verse from the Holy Quran in Arabic Script followed by its translation in
English that reads: ‘Show us the right path’, which is the motto of the college.
Thus the emblem of Jamal enshrines the ideals of cultural integration and guidance of
learning and striving to succeed in the Here and the Hereafter, tempered with constant
prayers to the Almighty to guide us on the straight path. The four figures in the shield are
diagonally placed with green and yellow backgrounds, stranding prosperity and happiness.