Holy Cross College (Autonomous)

Holy Cross College, Nagercoil established in 1965, is the first women's College in Kanyakumari District, a fulfillment of a long-felt need of the district. The college under the religious jurisdiction of the Catholic Bishop of Kottar was inaugurated on 2nd August 1965 and is administered by the Congregation of the Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod which has its head quarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Rt.Rev. Dr. Agniswamy, the then Bishop of Kottar was the motivator and mastermind behind this institution