▸ SJCC came into existence with
Fr. Alexis Menezes as the first principal.
▸ The Hindi Parishad and Kannada
Sangha were formed.
▸ The old building got a facelift and the
hall was renovated.
▸ Fr. Francis Rebello took over as
principal.
▸ Hindi and Kannada language
associations were revived after a
period of dormancy
▸ The library was renovated and 2
classrooms were constructed above
it.
▸ Fr. Walter Andrade took over as
principal
▸ Fr. Eugene Lobo took over as
principal.
▸ SPIEL was organized for the first time.
▸ Varsha - an inter-collegiate PUC
cultural festival was held
▸ ENACT, the inter-collegiate theatre
festival was held for the first time
▸ The Business Club came into
existence
▸ Fr. Walter Andrade returned
as principal
▸ Construction began on the new
building (the present-day main
building)
▸ A full-time 2-year PGDM course
(equivalent to MBA) started
▸ The college got its first email address
(sjcc@giasbg01.vsnl.net.in), and
website
(http://www/IndiaInternet.com/SJCC)
▸ 25 years of SJCC was celebrated
▸ The new Building was inaugurated
on College Day with facilities and
new rooms.
▸ India Today magazine rated SJCC as
one among the top 10 Commerce
Colleges in the country.
▸ A new basketball and table tennis
room was opened, along with an
Audio Visual Room and a Computer
Lab
▸ 22 January, 2000, SJCC got the five
star accreditation by the National
Assessment and Accreditation
Council, NAAC
▸ Hindi Plays were staged for the first
time at Enact
▸ Fr. Aveline D'Souza took over as
principal.
▸ The Business Club launched its
exclusive website in this academic
year:
http://www.sjccbusinessclub.org
▸ India Today proclaimed SJCC as the
Number One College for commerce
studies in Karnataka.
▸ SPIEL-2K, was held on the very
grounds of SJCC after 5 years
▸ Dhwani, the Inter-Collegiate Cultural
fest was held for the first time.
▸ AICUF got affiliated to a National
body and conducted its first ever
inter-class fest "Theophilus".
▸ SJCC, in collaboration with NIIT
organized an inter-collegiate Cyber
Fest called Cybernetics 2000
▸ PUC sections were moved out of
SJCC with the formation of SJPUC.
▸ The college celebrated 30 years
since the bifurcation from
St. Joseph's College
▸ Commencement of a twinning
arrangement with Jesuit University in
United States; followed by a website
launch at the end of this program to
facilitate the world wide network.
▸ Parent Teacher Association
was formed with the parents who
had volunteered to be a part of the
Executive Committee
▸ SJCC gets wired,
www.sjccbangalore.org was
launched
▸ River of Dreams: The college choir
presented, a full concert at a public
auditorium
▸ Fr. Daniel Fernandes took over as
principal
▸ M.Com started with 30 students
▸ The Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India recognized the
college as the Centre for Professional
Education Part-I (PE-I).
▸ Honors Courses: Tally, Inter Personal
Relationship, Security Analysis and
Portfolio Management, Neuro
Linguistic Programming,
International
Trade and Finance were offered in
an attempt to make the college
multi-disciplinary
▸ The students council pattern
changed to include Academic,
Sports and Culture representatives
▸ The Women's Cell conducted the STRI
fest
▸ A new multi-purpose hall for indoor
activities with table tennis, chess and
carrom facilities was opened.
▸ The SPIEL logo was designed as part
of an inter-class competition. The
same logo is being used even today.
▸ BBM was introduced.
▸ Commencement of new facilities, an
Audio Visual Room, and full-fledged
computer lab with 90 computers
with broadband Internet connection.
▸ SJCC granted Autonomous status by
NAAC with 'A' grade.
▸ Clairvoyance '09 was the first ever
PG fest hosted in Oct 2009.
▸ First ever collaboration was done in
this year, with Swansea University
(UK), IESEG France.
▸ Recognition of the college as 'Centre
for Potential Excellence' in March
2010.
▸ Grant of extension of Autonomy from
NAAC until 2015-16.
▸ Recognition of the college as a
Research Centre by the Bangalore
University.
▸ Visit of the Superior General of the
Society of Jesus Rev. Fr. Adolfo
Nicolas, SJ on 27th February, 2011.
▸ English Theatre Association
introduced in SJCC for the purpose of
performing on Rabindranath Tagore
Day.
▸ FIESTA, a special social initiative
taken up by the Student Council in
collaboration with CSA and AICUF to
promote sports and cultural for
under-privilege students.
▸ 40th anniversary of SJCC.
▸ The Platinum Jubilee of Jesuit
presence in SJC institutions.
▸ B.Com - Travel and Tourism was
started
▸ The Josephite Business Club was set
up to improve soft skills and enable
Josephites to become better
employees.