Madras Christian College

Coordinates: 12°55′17″N 80°07′19″E / 12.921293°N 80.121971°E / 12.921293; 80.121971

Madras Christian College
Motto	In Hoc Signo (With this as your banner, you shall prevail!)
Established	1837
Type	Private (Minority Institution)
Academic staff	220 full time
Students	5500
Location	Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India
Campus	Suburban, 375 acres
Website	mcc.edu.in

The Madras Christian College, commonly known as MCC, is a liberal arts and sciences college in Madras (Chennai), India. Founded in 1837, MCC is one of Asia's oldest extant colleges. Currently, the college is affiliated to the University of Madras, but functions as an autonomous institution from its campus in Tambaram, Chennai. The [[National Assessment and Accreditatit an accreditation grade of A+, the highest grade level for education institutions according to its methodology. The India Today Magazine in its June 2007 survey places MCC among the Top Ten Arts and Science Colleges in India in all the three streams— Arts, Science and Commerce.,^[1] a position the institution has retained through 2009, as per the magazine's 2009 survey.^[2]

History

175^th year

Beginnings

MCC has its roots in a small school for boys established in 1835 when two Chaplains of the Church of Scotland in Madras, Rev George James Laurie and Rev Matthew Bowie founded the St. Andrew's School on Randalls Road in Egmore, Madras. At their request, the Church of Scotland sent a missionary to India to govern it. The missionary, the Rev. John Anderson, set up the institution as The General Assembly's School, conducting classes in a rented house on the east side of Armenian Street in Georgetown, Madras, The Headmaster and 59 boys from St Andrew's School moved to this institution. It was named after the supreme governing body of the Church of Scotland, and aimed at attracting students from the Hindu higher castes with the aim of "conveying as great as an amount of truth as possible through the channel of a good education especially of Bible truth". The college grew from the school into a 375-acre (1.52 km2) wooded campus under the leadership of educationalist Dr.William Miller, who created hostels and several academic and cultural associations, which shaped MCC into a premier educational institution in South Asia.[3]

The rapid expansion of the College and the paucity of the space necessitated moving the college campus to a more spacious location. Accordingly, the College under the leadership of Rev. William Skinner (Principal 1909-1921) initiated the Tambaram Project in 1919. Rev Gordon Matthew as the Town Planning secretary negotiated with the Government, which set aside 390 acres (1.6 km²) of the former Selaiyur forest land in Tambaram. While Mrs and Prof. Edward Barnes meticulously planted rare tress and worked out the physical landscape, the Swiss architect Henry Schaetti, then based in Kodiakanal, India, designed the buildings on the new campus. After 100 years of life in the heart of the city, the college moved to the sprawling, green campus in Tambaram on the outskirts of Madras in 1937.

On 30 January 1937, Governor of Madras, Lord John Erskine declared open the first campus buildings. The Hostel gave way to three Halls of Residence-Selaiyur, Thomas' and Heber, active today as semi-autonomous student communities. Women students were admitted on a regular basis from 1939, and a hostel for them came up in Guindy, Madras in 1950. This too evolved into an on-campus hall of residence for women, Martin Hall, named after Mrs Agnes Martin, in 1968.

Tambaram Conference 1938

In 1938 MCC hosted the Tambaram Conference (also called The Madras Conference or Tambaram 1938), the third World Missionary Conference which eventually created the World Council of Churches. The same buildings were used again in 1988 (Tambaram 1988) to commemorate this landmark event which focused contemporary thought into ecumenism, Christianity's engagement with world religions and traditions. In the words of Bishop Stephen Neill, this event was "the most international gathering held up to that point in the entire history of the Christian Church.^[4]" William Miller's vision in creating an educational institution that prepared the largely Hindu students to a Christward direction through education, rather than just conversion of their faith, was lauded.^[5] Lesslie Newbiggin, the famous missionary and theologian who attended the 1938 conference spoke at the 1988 event at MCC as well.^[5]

Governance and Leadership

MCC's leadership in governance and education has arguably evolved its familial culture and values-driven education. The Rev. Dr. A.J. Boyd led the college for 18 years (1938–56). General Krishnaswamy Sundarji's autobiography reveals that Dr. Boyd knew each student personally. Sundarji relates in his book that when he expressed his intention to join the army, discontinuing his studies, Dr. Boyd advised him against it as he believed Sundarji would make a good doctor rather than a good soldier.

After Dr. Boyd, Prof MacPhail became Principal, who was then succeeded by the first Indian Principal of the college, Dr.Chandran Devanesan in 1962. A man of Gandhian principles, Dr Devanesen involved the faculty and students in working with the neighbouring community in Tambaram. This decade (1962–72) is affectionately referred to by MCCians as "The Devanesan Decade". Several Principals of MCC have been appointed Vice-Chancellors of Universities across India and have distinguished themselves as successful educationalists and administrators.

Distinction

The college was one of the first in India to be granted Autonomy in 1978 and the first batch of Autonomous graduates passed out in 1981. The year 2006 marks the Silver Jubilee of Autonomy for Madras Christian College.

Academics

The college offers over 30 regular courses within undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Arts, Sciences, and Commerce, besides Under Graduate programmes in vocational streams of Archaeology, Musicology and Industrial Fish and Fisheries; and Post Graduate programmes in Social Work (MSW) and Computer Applications (MCA). A number of departments at the college also offer M. Phil and PhD programmes.

Besides the regular programmes, MCC offers Under Graduate programmes and Post Graduate programmes in the Self-Financed Stream, including courses in Journalism, Geography, Tourism, Travel Management, Microbiology, Physical Education, Visual Communication, Plant Biology & Plant Biotechnology, Marine studies and Coastal Resource Management,Computer Oriented Business Applications and Social Work (BSW), besides regular course in Arts, Commerce and Sciences.

The college has 38 departments including day and evening streams, with over 5,000 students. Half the student body are women and several faculty members are women teachers.^[6] The institution has 220 odd faculty members, over half of whom are Doctorate-holders.^[7] The Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology apart from regular teaching and research is also assisting students through websites like Phycolab and Center for Floristics Research created and managed by their staff. Several new species and new varieties in flowering plants, fossils and algae have been described by the staff of the department. Two newly discovered plants of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Aidia livingstonii Karthig et al. and Liparis livingstonii Jayanthi et al. are named in honour of Prof. Dr. C. Livingstone for his contributions to plant taxonomy. A species of whitefly namely Aleurocanthus livingstonii is also named after Dr.C.Livingstone. Two new species Anoectochilus narasimhanii and Orophea narasimhanii have been discovered by researchers of the department pursuing angiosperm taxonomy. Department of Biotechnology has funded a Multi-Institutional project for species recovery. Associate Professor Dr. D. Narasimhan is the Principal Investigator for this project DBT Species Recovery Project . The Department of political science is rated highly in the country and has notable professors like M. Abel and W. Lawrence S. Prabhakar.

Aided Stream - Humanities

• Languages
• English
• Tamil
• History
• Economics
• Philosophy
• Social work
• Political Science
• Public Administration
• Commerce

Aided Stream - Science

• Botany
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Zoology
• Statistics
• Maths
• Social work
• Political Science
• Public Administration

Self-financed Stream - Humanities

• Languages
• English
• Social work
• Communication
• Visual Communication
• Journalism
• Commerce
• Business Administration
• Physical Education
• Geography, Tourism and travel management

Self-financed Stream - Science

• Mathematics
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Microbiology
• Marine studies and Coastal resource management
• Computer Science

Campus

The 365-acre (1.48 km²) campus is known for its flora & fauna, its deer and trees. The college is distinguished by a lake encompassed within the campus. It is curator's duty is to maintain the natural resources of the campus by offering protection to flora and fauna. This involves ensuring that no damage is done through unauthorized cutting of plants or grasses. The first curator of the campus was Prof. Edward Barnes. Several people of Botany department served as curators of the campus. among this, notable are Dr. P. Dayanandan, Dr. C. Livingstone and the present one is Dr. G. Abraham Immanuel Ebenezer. It is the second largest scrub jungle in Asia, actively used by various departments like Botany and Zoology for their practical work.^[8] The Scrub Society at Madras Christian College, along with other departments and units in the campus, strives for the development, preservation and protection of this campus for the future generations. It was headed by Prof. Dr. C. Livingstone from inception to his superannuation in the year 2007. The college is well known for encouraging student leadership and governance among students through the College Union Society in which, all students are members.

The most recognizable building is the 'Main Building' to which the main entrance leads. It houses administrative offices and some departments as well as lecture rooms. The Miller Memorial Library is another landmark building on campus, built in anticipation of then Prim Minister Rajiv Gandhi's visit in 1987.

The college has five resident hostels (Halls) called St. Thomas's Hall , Selaiyur Hall, Bishop Heber Hall, Martin Hall earlier known as Women's Hostel; and Margret Hall (Inaugurated in the year 2009), each with their own activities. Yet the most famous of these traditions is the inter-collegiate cultural programme titled "Deep Woods"organised by the College Union Society which attracts students from around the country for three days and is famous for the Creativity, Rock Shows, Light Music and Fashion Show.

The campus also houses a working farm, many outdoor sports fields and a shooting range, besides faculty residences and an international guest house.

Halls

St. Thomas' Hall

Main article: St. Thomas's Hall

St.Thomas's Hall is one of five residential Halls at Madras Christian College in Tambaram, Chennai. St. Thomas's Hall was built in 1937, named after St. Thomas who brought Christianity into India. The first warden of St. Thomas's Hall was Rev. J.R. Macphail, and the first General Secretary was A. Mohammed Nabi. Following the Indian Constitutional and Parliamentary system, the Hall is run by resident students who hold 8 Ministerial positions and the post of Speaker and by the rest of the students who form the General Body. While the functioning and governance is based on the Indian Constitutional and Parliamentary System, the philosophical outlook and governance was influenced and based on the system of Anarchy.

Hall Emblem

St.Thomas's Hall also inculcates equality and equal treatment of each of its resident student and has a culture that helps establish a strong fraternity.

Hall Motto - For God and Country

Hall Emblem

• The top of the emblem is a lamp signifying enlightenment divided by a cross which signifies the Christian foundation of the college.
• Top Left - Crucified palm of Jesus
• Top Right - Elephant reaching out to a tree signifying striving for higher ambition
• Bottom Left - Maize signifying India's dependence on agriculture
• Bottom Right - Dove signifying Peace

Selaiyur Hall

It was founded in the year 1937, and was named after the old Selaiyur forest, part of which was set apart for the hall.

Hall Emblem - Selaiyur Hall reminds us of the Selaiyur reserve Forest, on which the College stands. The emblem shows the Lotus of India, a wreath of victory and the torch of learning above the anchor of the college arms.. The motto "esse quam videri" means "to be, rather than to seem" or "Sincerity not Sham".

The Hall boasts of a prestigious line of alumni including T.N Seshan and K.Mathew. It is the only hall on campus that has organised an alumni meet up namely Selaiyur Hall Old Boys Assosciation.

The Hall has as in house Integrated Knowledge Centre (IKC) , a unique of its kind in the college

Bishop Heber Hall

Main article: Bishop Heber Hall

The history of Bishop Heber Hall could be traced back to a similar school started by a German missionary Christian Frederick Schwartz at Trichy in 1762. The school at Trichy grew and became a college in 1878. It was named Bishop Heber College after Reginald Heber (1783–1826) the hymn writer and Bishop of Calcutta. In 1932 this college was closed and merged with the Madras Christian College. The teachers and students who shifted to Madras formed the Bishop Heber Hostel at Vepery. After a short stay at Vepery and later at Royapettah, the hostel finally moved out with the rest of Madras Christian College to Tambaram in 1937. The beautiful Chapel, the Hall library and the Hall Coat of Arms are reminders of the transformation of the college at Trichy to the Bishop Heber Hall at Tambaram. Heber Hall, as it is known, has several features that are unique to it- the natural pond in its courtyard, the Bishop Heber Chapel and the bridge across the facade of this chapel.

Coat of Arms - The Hall Coat of Arms, originally of the Bishop Heber College, bears the Rock at Trichy, a cross and a Bible, surmounted by a pelican, feeding its young with its own life-blood, symbolizing sacrificial giving.

Motto - The Motto, in Latin, is "Nisi Dominus Frustra". This means, "In vain, without God", This motto is from the first verse of Psalm 127 which reads "If the Lord builds not the house, the builders labour but in vain".

Martin Hall

Established in 1968, Martin Hall was the only hall for women on campus until 2009, when Margaret Hall was set up. The halls has facilities like The Agnes Martin Auditorium, a library, an Indoor Games and Recreation Centre and outdoor badminton and throw-ball courts. Martin Hall is home to 210 women students from not only India but from other places like Tibet and Sri Lanka.

Vatika - This inter hall garden competition was first hosted by Martin Hall in 1997-98, to commemorate 30 years of women residency on campus. It has been held every alternate year since then.

Margaret Hall

This is a new hall established in 2009 for women students on campus. The hall has the capacity to house 140 students.

Music

MCC has been known and acclaimed for its tradition in choral and instrumental music in numerous genres. Notable musicians who have been MCC alumni include pianist and composer Prabhu Handel Manuel, Timmy Madhukar of the erstwhile college rock band Burn, and later Moksha, BAFTA and Academy award winning composer A.R. Rahman who attended the MCC School and Dr. Gift Siromoney whose work in composing sacred Christian music in the Carnatic genre is followed today in churches through Southern India. The Bishop Heber Chapel sustains a choir in the Western tradition, comprising students of both sexes, who serve the weekly Sunday services as well as the daily prayers, evening compline, special services such as on Christmas, Good Friday, Easter Sunday as well as College-specific occasions. The college choir, comprising students, serves to support the daily morning worship services at Anderson Hall, as well as numerous other events at the college. MCC has been known for its student rock bands, members of which have gained prominence nationally.

Public Spaces

Anderson Hall

MCC's largest auditorium was built in anticipation of the third World Missionary Conference which was held here in 1938. In the words of Bishop Stephen Neill, this event was "the most international gathering held up to that point in the entire history of the Christian Church.^[4]" The hall also hosted evangelist Billy Graham's visit to the campus in 1956. He delivered his address in this auditorium. The hall is used for a variety of events and has hosted several notable people- the nation's highest leaders, politicians, theologians, preachers, educators, businesspeople, civil servants et al.; and continues to be the predominant indoor public space on campus.

MCC Quadrangle

The quadrangle or diamond directly in the front of the main building is the largest outdoor public space, used primarily for large student gatherings, such as the shows hosted during the annual Deepwoods intercollegiate cultural festival.

Boxing Ring

The Boxing Ring doubles as an outdoor stage with green space in the front for a sizeable audience, primarily used for student gatherings.

Cafeteria and Gutters

The Cafeteria and Gutters are the spots students congregate during breaks or free hours during the course of the day. The gutters are popular hangouts for intellectual conversation and often the birthplace of several artistic or culturally significant initiatives by students.

Macphail's Arts Centre

Miller Memorial Library

An extensive library that was established in 1863, it is now housed in an elegant building, designed in anticipation of a visit by then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, in 1987. Ahead of its time, this is an eco-friendly design, housing shrubs within arboriums within its walls, enclosed by glass walls. The library has several thousand of books and periodicals in every course administered by the college and many others. A section of these books and journals are now being digitized for use by the students. The library has facilities for the visually handicapped students to read in Braille. Several volunteer students assist them in this exercise, especially under the 'National Service Scheme' (NSS) program.

Computer science Library

The department of Computer Science, since its inception, has been allotting a large amount in its annual budget every year to build up its own library. The library now has a collection of more than 2000 books. The library is an air-conditioned facility, located near the class rooms for easy accessibility throughout the day. The students can borrow books from the library or do the reference work in-house. Very rare and expensive books are shelved for reference only. The Computer Center where students do their practical work maintains a library of books and manuals for the software used, such as Novell Netware, Novell Unixware, Oracle7, Visual Basic, Power Builder, MS Windows NT, MS Office, Linux, Multimedia software and also CDs on VB5.0, JAVA, VC++5.0, MS Office, MS Visual Studio 97, etc. These books and manuals are made available to the students during their laboratory classes. A digital library is slowly growing with approximately 250 CDs available now. Theses tutorial and supplementary materials are available for students' use at the Kibble computer center for study and reference.

Affiliations

The College is associated with the Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School in Chetput, and three others schools in Tambaram - the Oxfam, RSL and the Campus Schools.

Notable alumni

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Statesmen

Sir S.Radhakrishnan, former President of India, Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar

Independence Movement Leaders

Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya, S. Satyamurti, Nyapathi Subba Rao, K.P.Kesava Menon, K. Kelappan, M. C. Rajah, Konda Venkatappaiah, Quaid-e-Millat Muhammad Ismail Sahib

Gandhians

Kumarappa Brothers, Khasa Subba Rao, S. K. George, P. P. Ummer Koya

Services

Krishnaswamy Sundarji - former Chief of Army Staff, INDIA

Puchimada Kuttappa P.I. - Bench magistrate of Coorg State

Union Ministers, Politicians

Sir R. K. Shanmukham Chetty

John Mathai

T.T. Krishnamachari (the above three are also three of the first four Finance Ministers of India)

Kishore Chandra Deo, Union Cabinet Minister of Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj

Prakash Karat, General Secretary, CPI(M)

M. Thambi Durai MP, Karur (Former Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha & Former Union Cabinet Minister)

R.Velu (former Minister of State for Railways)

S Rajendran (MP, South Chennai)

State Governors

B.Gopal Reddy (Madhya Pradesh)

Sir Mohammed Usman (Madras)

K. C. Abraham (Andhra Pradesh)

M.M. Rajendran (Orissa)

State Chief Ministers

P. Subbarayan (Madras Presidency 1926-30)

B. Munuswamy Naidu (Madras Presidency 1930-32)

Diplomats and Civil Servants

K.Vijay Kumar ips- Director General- Head - Central Reserve Protection Force of India

Sardar KM. Panikkar

K.P.S. Menon - former Foreign Secretary

A.P. Venkateswaran - former Foreign Secretary

K. Raghunath - former Foreign Secretary

FV Arul - former Chief Officer, Interpol

K Lal Nghinglova - Secretary to Government of Mizoram

T.N.Seshan - former Chief Election Commissioner

Vijaya Rama Rao - former Director, CBI

T.P. Seetharam - former Press Secretary

S. Narayanan - Finance Secretary, Government of India

R.J.B.Frederic - former Joint-Director of Municipal Administration, TN Govt

R. Subrahmanyam - Principal Secretary to Government of AP

M.K. Narayanan - former National Security Adviser.

H.V. Lalringa - former Chief Secretary, Mizoram.

Wilfred Davidar - Principal Secretary to Government of TN - Energy & IT

Parliament and State Assembly Speakers

P.T.R. Palanivel Rajan - former speaker, Tamil Nadu Assembly

A.Easwara Reddy - former Speaker, Andrha Pradesh Assembly

N.Gopala Menon - former Speaker, Madras Legislative Assembly

Tambi Durai - former Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha

Scientists

Raja Ramanna - Nuclear Science

George Sudarshan - Physicist and Winner, Third World Prize

R. Y. George - first Indian Scientist to land on Antarctica

S. Umesh Kumar (Food Microbiology)

B. Nagarajan (Plant Biotechnology Division)

Nicodemus Abel (Forest Genetics & Tree Breeding)

T. N. Ananthakrishnan - Entomologist

Dr. A. Carmalin Sophia - Environmental Scientist at National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) Government of India

Athletes

Eric Prabhakar - represented India in the 1948 Olympics and a Rhodes Scholar

C.D.Gopinath - Captain, Indian Cricket Team

K.E.Kaliah - Indian Hockey team

T.Sunder Raj - represented India in Athletics

P.Sankar - the only Indian to officiate at the FIFA 2002 World Cup in Football

Puchimada Lala Poonacha-Cricketer and Cricket promoter in the district of Kodagu

M.Ramakrishnan - Beach Volleyball Coach , Tech.Committee in FIVB Chennai Challangers , Chennai

Business Leaders

D.C.Kothari - Kothari Ltd.

Mammen Mappilai - MRF Limited

Suresh Krishna - TVS

Vikram Reddy - Nutrine

Jagadish Chandran - Premier Mills

Prakash Kuruvilla - HSBC

Ashok Narasimhan - LT

Indra Nooyi - Chairperson, PepsiCo World

Gopal Vittal - Exec Director , Hindustan unilever ltd

Sai Giri Bopanna K - CEO, Maday Holidays

Vice Chancellors and Academicians

John Mathai (Bombay)

R.Venkataratnam Naidu (Madras University)

Mahomed Usman (Madras University)

A.Lakshmanasami Mudaliar (VC, Madras University for 26 years)

C.Ramalinga Reddy (Andhra University)

Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed (Kashmir, and founder of New College and SIET, Chennai)

Govidarajulu (Sri Venkateswara University)

D.Sadasiva Reddy (Osmania University)

S.P.Adinarayana (Annamalai University)

Chandran Devanesen (North Eastern Hill University, Shillong)

Micheal Abel (Sri Krishnadevaraya University)

Legal Professionals

• Mohammed Shahabuddin - former Chief Justice of Pakistan.^[9]
• Alladi Krishna Swami Iyer - Member, Constituent Assembly
• PV Rajamannar - former Chief Justice, Madras High Court.
• Bopanna - former Chief Justice, Karnataka High Court
• V. Balakrishna Eradi - former Judge, Supreme Court
• N. Santosh Hegde Justice^[10]

Economists

K.N.Raj

Raja J.Chelliah

Media and Entertainment

M.S.Kamat - Journalist

K.Nageswara Rao - founder Andhra Patrika

Gemini Ganesan - Cinema Actor

Prathap Pothan - Cinema Actor

Handel Manuel - Musician

Ajit Ninan - Political Cartoonist

T.N.Ninan - Chief Editor, Business Standard

Sashi Kumar Menon - Asia Media Foundation

David Davidar - CEO, Penguin India

Benny dayal-playback singer

Poets and Authors

Manjeswara Govinda Pai(Kannada)

Srirangam Srinivasa Rao (Telugu)

Healthcare

Sudarshan Devanesen - Member of the Order of Canada for Community Health

Dayalan Devanesen - Member of the Order of Australia for work among the Aborigines

K.Mani - Nephrologist

Pratap C.Reddy - Chairman, Apollo Hospitals

Ravi Santosham - Pulmonologist

Theologians

Vedanayagam Samuel (VS) Azariah - the first Indian Bishop of the Church of South India

KT Paul - former president, Y.M.C.A.

P Chenchiah, V.Chakkarai, D.G.Moses, A.J.Appasamy - Well-known Indian theologians

DT Niles, Wesley Ariarajah - former officers at World Council of Churches. Geneva

Canon Ivor Smith Cameron - One of the Chaplains to her Majesty, the Queen of England

K Rajaratnam - former President, N.C.C.I.

Paul Sabapathy, Lord Lieutenant to her Majesty, the Queen of England

V. C. Samuel - Rev.Fr. World renowned theologian and Church historian

Historians

Prof. K.A.Nilakanta Sastri

Prof. M.G.S.Narayanan

Recent news

The 170th year (2006–07) was celebrated by the college, with His Excellency The President of India, Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam participating in the concluding function on 23 February 2007. As a renowned scientist, Dr.Kalam paid an eloquent tribute to the history of the college starting his speech with, "MCC is 170 years old, which means that it has gone around the Sun 170 times."

In the year 2012 Madras Christian College will be celebrating 175 years of glorious existence. The College has lined up a variety of events for the celebration including setting up a full time MBA Programme. This prestigious organisation is a heavenly destination for the academic aspirations of any student

Notes

1. ^ See India Today Magazine dt 4 June 2007
2. ^ India Today June 13, 2009-India's Best Colleges
3. ^ Pathfinders of the world missionary crusade By Sherwood Eddy
4. ^ ^{a b} Bishop Stephen Neill: from Edinburgh to South India By Dyron B. Daughrity
5. ^ ^{a b} Edinburgh to Tambaram: A Paradigm Shift in Missions
6. ^ See Madras Christian College Magazines and MCC Calendar for 1940
7. ^ See The College Calendar for 2007-08
8. ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Madras-Christian-College-is-a-living-lab-for-students-zoology-botany-and-just-anything/articleshow/8401136.cms
9. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Shahabuddin
10. ^ "Biodata of Justice Nitte Santosh Hegde". www.kar.nic.in. http://www.kar.nic.in/lokayukta/newlok.pdf. Retrieved 2009-09-07. 

See also

• St.Thomas's Hall
• Bishop Heber Hall

External links

• Official Site
• NAAC
• Official Website of MCC School, Harrington Road, Chetpet
• Website of Department of Botany, MCC, Chennai

Other links

• Deepwoods 80s — A Campus Walk Down Memory Lane
• The Official website of Martin Hall (Womens Hostel), Madras Christian College
• The Official Website of The Class of 81 MCC - the 1st Autonomous Batch
• The Official Website of The Class of 83 MCC
• The Official Website of The Class of 84 MCC
• The Official Website of The Class of 85 MCC
• MCC USA Alumni website
• MCC Europe Alumni website
• MCC Alumni Association of North India and New Delhi