Motto & Emblem

The current emblem was adopted by the college  in 1939. It comprises a flaming torch, sheaf and an open book. The torch indicates the light of truth , conveying the idea of enlightenment. The sheaf marks the harvest of fruits from the pursuit of knowledge. And the book signifies the liberative quest for truth and knowledge.

The college motto is ‘The truth shall make you free’.

The College motto is drawn from Jesus Christ’s statement recorded in the Holy Bible:” If you continue to obey my teaching, then you are truly my followers.Then you will know the truth and the truth will make you free“.( John 8:31-32).

The great thinkers and sages of the world always acknowledged that the way to ultimate freedom was through the realization of ultimate truth. The Rigveda proclaims: “Truth is the support of the earth”.

Buddha exhorts: “Hold to the truth within yourselves as to the only lamp”. The Quran declares: “God is truth”. For Gandhiji,  life was both  the pursuit of and  experimentation  with truth. His life demonstrated that truth was the way to freedom.

Traditionally, Truth has been considered, along with the Good and the Beautiful, as one of the supreme values. The pursuit of truth is in practice indistinguishable from the pursuit of knowledge. True knowledge sought in a spirit of enquiry matures into wisdom and reverence for God.

The College is a community of teachers and students bound together in partnership in the pursuit of truth, and those who assist them in this pursuit.