The Infant Jesus College of Arts and Science in Mulagumoodu, Kanniyakumari District, is a Catholic Minority College for women run by the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, commonly known as ICM Sisters. It was started as a response to the appeal of the local people as well as the Congregation’s search for relevant and meaningful ministries that would empower the less privileged and the excluded groups in the society, women in particular.
The journey towards the birth of the College was long. It took six years of serious reflections, consultations and discernments at all levels to reach a decision. These were initiated by the then District Superior Sr. Rachel Oommen and her Council, and culminated in the approval by the General Team headed by Sr. Saveria Jeganathan, the Superior General. With the dynamic leadership of Sr. S. Dominic Mary and her Team, with endurance and determination to reach the goal, and with deep faith that if it is God’s mission it will come through, holding on to Truth and Christian values, all necessary requirements were obtained and was affiliated to the Manonmaniam Sundaranar University at Tirunelveli. On June 21, 2016, the Feast of our Mother Foundress, the College was blessed and inaugurated.