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Vimala wins the Aggregate Sports Championship for the first time | |
| 1974 | |
Vimala wins the Aggregate Sports Championship | |
| 1978 | |
Vimala selected as the ‘Lead College’ by the UGC | |
| 1980 | |
Lakshmi Award to Sr. Stella Maria for her outstanding socio, cultural and educational achievements | |
| 1982 | |
Vimala’s athlete Leelama Thomas participates in the Asiad Games | |
| 1985 | |
Vimala wins the ‘Best College’ Award in Spots and Athletics | |
| 1987 | |
Vimala’s sports star Dolly K. Joseph wins the Bronze Medal for India in Jakarta | |
| 1988 | |
Vimala is awarded the Aggregate Sports Championship for the 10th year in succession. | |
| 1990 | |
Vimala adjudged the ‘Best College in Sports’ in Kerala | |
| 1991 | |
Bini Abraham represents India in Junior Asian Games in China | |
| 1991 | |
Ancy Joseph represents India in Athletics at China | |
| 1992 | |
Vimala bags 25 ranks during the Silver Jubilee year | |
| 1992 | |
Dr. Sr. Lina, Reader, Dept. of Home Science, receives the Theo Mathias Award for the most innovative teacher | |
| 1993 | |
Lekha Thomas wins the Bronze medal and Bobby Aloysius the fourth place in the Junior Asiad at Delhi | |
| 1993 | |
Mother Stella Maria receives the AIACHE Silver Jubilee Award for the Eminent Ecumenist Educationist | |
| 1994 | |
Rajeena Beegum, Mini M. R., and Bini K. Abraham represent India in the Hand Ball Championship at China | |
| 1995 | |
Vimala wins the Kerala State Inter Collegiate Overall Championship in College Games | |
| 1995 | |
A choir of two thousand singers took part in the opening ceremony of the College Games | |
| 1995 | |
Principal Dr. Sr. Chrisologa wins the Theo Mathias Award for her distinguished performance in Academic and Social Commitment | |
| 1997 | |
The Xavier Board of Higher Education in India confers Sr. Hedwigs Award 1996-97 on Vimala for conducting programmes on spiritual welfare and value formation | |
| 1997 | |
Smt. Anne Mary Varghese wins the Ghani Award for the Best Teacher in Physical Education | |
| 1998 | |
Kerala Citizens’ Forum confers on Vimala the Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Trophy 1997 for the Best College in Calicut University | |
| 1999 | |
Vimala receives the Trophy for the Best College in the district in connection with the closing of Golden Jubilee Celebration of Indian Independence | |
| 1999 | |
Vimala selected second best from 74 nominations for the Rajiv Gandhi Award 1998-99 by the State Committee of Rajiv Gandhi Campus Cultural Forum | |
| 2000 | |
Vimala wins the Aggregate Sports Championship for the year 1999- 2000 | |
| 2001 | |
NAAC honours Vimala with Five Star accreditation | |
| 2001 | |
Dr. Sr. Omer, the Principal was awarded the Theo Mathias Award for innovative college principals | |
| 2002 | |
Vimala wins the R. Shankar Award instituted by the Govt. of Kerala for the Best College | |
| 2003 | |
Vimala wins the “Fr. Thannipara Award” for the Best Women’s College in Kerala for the year 2002- 2003 | |
| 2003 | |
Vimala felicitates former outstanding sports stars of the college Anju Bobby George, Jincy Philip, Rosakutty K. C. Bobby Aloysius and Manjima Kuriakose | |
| 2004 | |
Vimala felicitates Gayathri Asokan our former student of English Literature for winning the State Award for the Best Playback singer for 2003 | |
| 2006 | |
Vimala wins the Overall Athletic Championship | |
| 2006 | |
All India Commerce Congress 2006 conducts an International Seminar on “Changing Scenario of International Trade Regime and Developing Countries” at Vimala | |
| 2009 | |
Vimala College Reaccredited with A Grade, CGPA : 3.30 on a 4 point scale by NAAC | |
| 2009 | |
VC acclaimed the Second Best Women’s College under Calicut University | |
| 2010 | |
VC secured aggregate Third position in Calicut University D Zone Competition | |
| 2013 | |
VC adjudged Best Women’s College in Calicut University D Zone Competition | |
| 2013 | |
Women Development Cell awarded the ‘Best Women Cell Unit’ in Calicut University | |
| 2013 | |
The VC ASAP Unit bestowed Five Star Rating | |
| 2014 | |
VC secured the First position among Women’s Colleges in Sports and Games & Third among all the colleges | |
| 2014 | |
Vimala College Reaccredited with A Grade, CGPA : 3.5 on a 4 point scale by NAAC | |
| 2016 | |
Declaration of Autonomous Status | |
| 2016 | |
ASAP programme was awarded the Five Star statusby the State Government | |
| 2016 | |
Inaugurated of the Golden Jubilee Memorial Marian Hall | |
| 2016 | |
College conferred the status of College with Potential for Excellence | |
| 2017 | |
Golden Jubilee Celebration of Inception | |
| 2017 | |
Vimala was adjudged the Best Women’s College in the Calicut University D-ZoneArts Festival. | |
| 2017 | |
Dr.Sr Marriette A Therattil received the prestigious Dalit Sahitya Academy Award instituted by the Bharatiya Dalit SahityaAkademi, New Delhi | |
| 2017 | |
Dr. Sr. Beena Jose received the fellowship by the Scholarship andChristianity in Oxford (SCIO), United Kingdom. | |
| 2017 | |
Aswathy P.R represented India in theWorld University Judo championship held at Chinese Taipei. | |
| 2017 | |
Intercollegiate Aquatic Championship | |
| 2018 | |
Mentor College under UGC PARAMARSH scheme | |
| 2018 | |
UGC recognized centre for vocational programmes under NSQF (National Skill Qualification Framework) | |
| 2018 | |
77thposition in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) conducted by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt of India | |
| 2018 | |
Selected as a participating institute for Unnath Bharath Abhiyan (UBA). The college adopted 5 villages to improvise and expedite the progression. | |
| 2018 | |
Chomsky Convergence Centre- a fully furnished, air-conditioned, digitised Language Lab Inaugurated | |
| 2018 | |
Best Women’s College in the Calicut University D-Zone Arts Festival. | |
| 2018 | |
7 Kerala girls battalion was adjudged the best battalion 2018-19 by the directorate of Kerala and Lakshadweep | |
| 2018 | |
Best Anti-Narcotic Cell of the State | |
| 2019 | |
Supported Under RUSA & DBT STAR College Scheme | |
| 2019 | |
Student Exchange Programme: Two International Students from St Xavier’s College, Kathmandu, Nepal completed Internship at the department of Social Work, Vimala College. | |
| 2019 | |
The College has an Institutional Membership for United Nations Academic Impact which is an initiative that aligns institutions of higher education with the United Nations. | |
| 2019 | |
The College runs completely on the Solar power with 100 Kilowatt power Grid Solar power plant. | |
| 2019 | |
College implemented UGC programmes: Unnath Bharath Abhiyan, Fit India Movement, Ek Bharat Shresht Bharat and Swchchata Pakhwada. | |
| 2019 | |
The Euphrasia block of the College was renovated with class rooms, an Amphitheatre and the State -of -the -Art Conference Room | |
| 2020 | |
99th in NIRF 2020 by MHRD | |
| 2020 | |
The College was recognised as ‘Social Entrepreneurship, Swatchhta & Rural Engagement Institution by Higher Education Department of Government of India for its Post COVID Action Plan |
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| 2020 | |
The Women Development Cell of the College has been selected for the Best Women Development Centre Award this year by the University of Calicut |
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| 2020 | |
The NSS units of Vimala college won the 2019 Swachch Bharath Summer Internship award instituted by the Department of Drinking water and sanitation, Ministry of Jalsakthi, Govt. of India | |
| 2021 | |
College is certified as ISO 9001:2015 institution | |
| 2021 | |
College is honoured withThree Stars for Innovation by Institution Innovation Council, MHRD | |
| 2021 | |
Our Sports stars accliamed as the champions of the First Asian Softbaseball Games, 2022 held at Nepal | |
| 2022 | |
The college is funded by DST (WISE - KIRAN Division) Govt. of India under Consolidation of University Research for Innovation and Excellence in Women Universities (CURIE) programme | |
| 2022 | Collage reaccredited with A+ grade in the Fourth Cycle of NACC Accreditation | ||
| 2022 | College Secured `Kerala Biodiversity Conservation Award` | ||
| 2022 | Institution's Innovation Council (IIC) secured 3.5 star rating for the activities for the promotion of Innovation and Start-up in Campus. | ||
| 2022 | Awarded the Best Women's College in Sports under the University of Calicut. | ||
| 2022 | College was endowed with CURIE-PG-Grant by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India | ||
| 2022 | Recognized as NPTEL-SWAYAM Local Chapter, Students and Faculty pursue online MOOC courses. | ||
| 2022 | College secured 26 th position in Social Work, 59 th position in Arts, 40 th in Science and 34 th in Commerce in the India Today National Level Ranking. | ||
| 2022 | Initiated a startup venture, Mitra an innovative environment friendly sanitary napkin | ||
| 2022 | Secured A+ grade with CGPA of 3.45 in the Fourth Cycle of NAAC Accreditation. | ||
| 2022 | College was placed in the 101-150 band among the Arts and Science Colleges of India, in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF-2023) conducted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. | ||
| 2022 | In the India Today national level Ranking 2023, Vimala College secured 25th position in Social Work, 59th in Arts, 36th in Science and 37th in Commerce. | ||
| 2022 | MSW Programme ranked 5th; and B.A. Programmes ranked 10th, in the country for „Lowest Fee‟. | ||
| 2022 | B.Com. and MSW Programmes ranked 9th, in the Country, in the category of „Best Value for Money Programmes‟. | ||
| 2022 | Institution‟s Innovation Council (IIC) of the College secured 3.5-star rating, by MHRD, Govt. of India, for the activities, for the promotion of Innovation and Start-up in the College campus. | ||
| 2022 | The College was granted extension of Autonomous status, for a period of ten years, till 2031-32. | ||
| 2022 | DST-FIST grant of 84 lakhs was sanctioned to Vimala College in November 2023. | ||
| 2022 | The College has filed a Patent at the Indian Patent Office for “Biodegradable Sanitary Napkin Absorption Core, made from Cotton Comber waste, and preparation process thereof” with the innovators Dr. Binu Ann Kuriachan, Asst. Professor, and Ms. Sari T.C., Alumna, from the Dept. of Economics. | ||
| 2022 | The College was selected as Nodal centre for ISRO-START Programme--„Space science and Technology Awareness Training‟. | ||
| 2022 | International resource persons like o Rev. Dr. Andrew Pinsent, Research Director, Ian Ramsay Centre for Science & Religion, University of Oxford, the United Kingdom o Prof. Damian Lodge, Deputy Vice- Chancellor, Student Life, ….and….. o Ms. Annie Goh, Director of International Recruitment, University of Lincoln, New Zealand o Prof. Peter De May o Prof. Benedicte Lemmelijn o Pro. Hans Ausloos from the Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium o Ms. Pam Bettner from the United States…and…. o Ms. Lisa Li, from the University for Creative Arts, the United Kingdom, ……….visited the campus this year. |
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| 2022 | Two international sports stars of the College, secured Gold medal, in the Second South-Asian Soft-baseball Games, held at Bhutan. | ||
| 2022 | Emerged as the Champions in the Calicut University intercollegiate Women Wrestling, Rugby and Softball Championship. | ||
| 2022 | College secured 2nd position in the Calicut University Intercollegiate Women Fencing, Judo, Weightlifting, Athletics, Cross-Country and Wushu Championship and Secured third position in the Calicut University Boxing Championship. | ||
| 2022 | Bagged the title of Best Women‟s College in Calicut University D-Zone Arts Fest 2022-23. | ||
| 2022 | Shri. Arif Mohammed Khan, the Honourable Governor of Kerala, graced the Annual Alumnae Award function, “Alumnae Accolades”, as the chief guest. | ||
| 2022 | Got certified as „Eat right campus‟ by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. | ||
| 2022 | The Department of Social Work was recognised by the „Annamanada Grama Panchayat‟ for its research contributions and social services that enabled the Panchayath, to achieve the position of the Best Old-age Friendly Panchayat in Kerala. | ||
| 2022 | College is part of Jeevani, a new initiative by the Department of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala, to provide mental health services to college students | ||
| 2022 | Secured second prize in the World AIDS Day District level Public awareness rally, organized by the District AIDS control society, Thrissur. | ||
| 2023 | The college achieved the following positions in the India Today - MDRA Best Colleges National Ranking 2024: 29th in Social Work, 64th in Arts, 39th in Science, and 40th in Commerce. | ||
| 2023 | The Outlook ICARE Ranking 2024 places the college at 26th in Social Work, 61th in Arts, 37th in Science, and 36th in Commerce. | ||
| 2023 | Awarded the Best Women's College in Sports under the University of Calicut. | ||
| 2023 | Our College has proudly attained the 80th position in the NIRF ranking of the academic year 2023 - 24 in College Category. | ||
| 2024 |
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