TRINITY COLLEGE

Trinity College affiliated to GNDU, is the only college run by Christian community in the city of Jalandhar and in fact whole of the district of Jalandhar imparting quality higher education to hundreds of young men and women who pass out of its portals year after year.

The idea of a degree college in the city of Jalandhar was conceived and contemplated by His Excellency Rt. Rev. Dr. Symphorian Keeprath, the missionary Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of  Jalandhar, who is the founder of the college. The college is the supreme expression of the Bishop’s prophetic foresight and enterprising initiative which he spearheaded for over a period of 30 years.

The college was formally blessed and inaugurated on March 5, 2002 by His Eminence Cardinal Creseenzio Sepe, the delegate of the Pope from Rome and his Excellency Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, the Vatican Ambassador to India in the presence of 150 catholic bishops from all over India. The ceremony was attended by 30000 people from Punjab held in connection with the national assembly of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India in the college campus from 1st March to 8th March 2002.

With just 51 students spread out into first year degree classes of B.A., B.C.A and B.Sc. (IT) and seven teaching staff and eight non-teaching staff, college was set into motion on 8 July 2002. The first academic session of 2002-2003 was formally inaugurated by Dr. S.P Singh, hon’ble Vice chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar on 24 July 2002.The college building was blessed by Bishop Rt. Rev. Dr. Symphorian Keeprath at the prayer assembly held at main entrance of first floor.

By 2020, students spread in three years of degree classes of  B.Com ,  B.Sc. (Eco)., B.Sc (Medical), B.Sc (Non-Medical), B.Sc (Computer Sc.) B.C.A, B.A, B.Lib., Diploma in Cosmetology, M.Com, M.A (Pol. Sc.) and Senior Secondary Classes in all streams (Arts, Commerce, Medical, Non Medical), Trinity college has successfully completed its eighteen academic sessions.