Carmel College Autonomous, Mala, evolved from the farsighted vision and undying perseverance of her foundress Sr. Aurea CMC, who had the will and optimism to take up a challenge and actualize it into an exceptional reality. Having laid the foundation in 1981, Carmel College, a Post Graduate Women’s College affiliated to the University of Calicut, Kerala, has a remarkable history in pioneering the cause of women education and empowerment. The institution got recognized as a 1st- grade college by 1984 and was upgraded to PG College in 2001. It is a Christian Minority College administered by the CMC Udaya Province, Irinjalakuda, and is included in section 2(f) and 12B of the UGC Act of 1956.In 2018, the college was sanctioned Rs. 2 crore for infrastructural augmentation under RUSA. The college got accredited with A grade by NAAC in the fourth (3.23 CGPA) cycle of NAAC accreditation in 2021. Carmel College, which stands proudly in the field of higher education, which is always a platform for decisive changes, has been elevated to Autonomous Status by the UGC on June 14, 2022.