Nirmala College, Ranchi, affiliated to Ranchi University, is a Christian Minority Institution founded by the Society of Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary. The Society exercises its responsibility over Nirmala College through a Governing Body.Established in 1969, the Post Graduate College offers opportunity of higher learning to empower young women of all communities. The college is located in Ranchi, the capital of the state of Jharkhand. Awarded with the status of College with Potential for Excellence (CPE) by UGC and accredited by NAAC with Grade ‘A’, the institution is constantly ascending towards the actualization of its goal to be a Centre of Excellence. The College has a qualified and dedicated faculty, good infrastructure, well equipped laboratories, sports facilities, hostel, canteen, medical assistance, barrier-free environment for Divyangjan, a Wi-Fi enabled campus, ICT-enabled classrooms and laboratories, uninterrupted power supply, and an enriched automated library with free access to e-journals and e-books under the UGC-INFLIBNET N-LIST programme. The college runs UG courses in Arts, Science, and Commerce and PG courses in 5 Arts subjects (Economics, Geography, Hindi, History & Political Science). With a focus on employability, the College runs Bachelor Programme in Vocational subjects like Computer Application, Information Technology, Fashion Designing and BBA, UGC approved Add-on Course in Computer Application, EXCEL Programme (TISS), Spoken Tutorial Programme (IIT-Bombay), short term courses in DCA and Tally. The College is a recognised Social Entrepreneurship, Swachhta Rural Engagement Cell (SESREC) Institution certified by Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education (MGNCRE), Ministry of Education, Govt. of India. The College had received the Best Missionary Institution Award, Infrastructure grant under Component – 7 of MHRD-Rashtriya Uchhatar Shiksha Abhiyan and became the first college in Jharkhand to be awarded with a Project by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India under the Star College Scheme for strengthening of Undergraduate Science. The institution has Research Projects under UGC-STRIDE, ICSSR-IMPRESS Scheme, and Indian Association for Women’s Studies to promote research and innovation. The College regularly conducts Skill development and career counselling programmes for students, seminars, workshops, conferences, and faculty enrichment programmes, and orientation programmes for non-teaching staff. The college has signed several MoUs with National and International organizations to achieve academic excellence. The institution continues to empower young women through training in Netball and Self-Defense. The College has received numerous awards in District & State Level Sports Championships and had also won the overall Championship in Ranchi University Inter College Youth Festival. The College also has active NSS and NCC units. What remains unchanged since its establishment till date is the institution’s relentless effort to educate and empower underprivileged women, focusing on their holistic development and preparing them to face the challenges of the dynamic world.
OBJECTIVES
Nirmala College Ranchi is established with the primary purpose of providing young women of this area the opportunity of higher learning offered in a spirit and atmosphere of simplicity, sincerity, concern, and faith. Nirmala College strives to attain the following objectives:

1. To offer students a milleu conducive to their integral development in which they will find respect for desirable personal and social values of life,
2. To train students to become capable and responsible citizens,
3. To foster and promote the ideas of unity in diversity, harmony, peace, and justice among students who hail from all sections of Indian Society,
4. To strive for academic excellence and ensure the fullest development of the individual personality,
5. To satisfy all applicable requirements of stakeholders, 6. To continually improve the overall management system in the institute.