HOLY CROSS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) TIRUCHIRAPALLI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA a famous higher educational Institution in India has been in the forefront of women’s education close to a hundred years. It was started for the benefit of young girls of Tiruchirappalli as early as 1923 when higher education for women was considered almost a transgression. Incepted by the Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod, France, the history of the college dates back to 1901. From its humble beginning, it has grown steadily, attained the status of a College in 1923, and became a Second Grade College in 1928 and a Post Graduate College in 1964.