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{{Short description|Private deemed university in Karnataka, India}}
{{distinguish|Christ College (disambiguation){{!}}Christ College}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Christ (Deemed To Be University)
| image = Official_Logo_of_CHRIST(Deemed_to_be_University),_bangalore.jpg
| image_size = 180px
| image_upright = 1.0
| image_alt = Christ University Emblem
| caption = Emblem of Christ (Deemed University)
| latin_name = Christus Universitas
| other_name = Christ Deemed University, Christ (Deemed to be University), CU
| former_name = Christ College (Autonomous)
| motto = ''Excellence and Service''
| motto_lang = en
| type = Private, Deemed University
| established = {{start date and age|1969}}
| founder = [[Carmelites of Mary Immaculate]] (CMI)
| parent =
| accreditation = NAAC ‘A+’<ref>{{cite web|url=https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/index.php/grade_sheet_rpt/eyJpdiI6Ik9ZZm1lQ1M5M2xtRlZzZHhORnIvaEE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoidmRYd1VGMERGbXVHL0VIYjYxYjlidz09IiwibWFjIjoiNjMxNGViNjBlNjk4ZWUwNGZiYTA4YWEzOTZkOTczZDVjYWMzMmFiZmM2M2VlNDFkYWUyZjRmYWZkN2IwMzExMiIsInRhZyI6IiJ9|title=NAAC Grade Sheet}}</ref>
| affiliation = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]], [[AICTE]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/index.php/admin/get_file?file_path=eyJpdiI6ImdvdGtQL2ZoOFlQY0xucWo4UVptWFE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoia1E0SGExZU1wMzkvNGQyNGs2NUJVV0g5RlpKWmF1Q0c4STlkczdLZkFSMEFvR3BGNklEcGFqVkdiMEQvejdDZTFyZVlXbHcveThhUHdkUk1OSjlCT2c9PSIsIm1hYyI6IjBhMzFmMWUwOTExMTFjN2UxNmY5N2Y5ZmRjNjcyMGFhNDY3OGQ1MmJmZmZiY2YxZWE1YjFjMTZmOWI2MGVmMzAiLCJ0YWciOiIifQ==|title=AICTE Affiliation Document}}</ref> [[National Council for Teacher Education|NCTE]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/index.php/admin/get_file?file_path=eyJpdiI6IlR1dDBqdmlzekNsTUM3dUZXcTVqK2c9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiWHRMcnlhaWtTTTlFeHEyaGlJeWVPbzBzeEh5SlkvSnVRQzZoNGJWQk5WTzc4UEJib3VwZ0tqUzllTjhRb0RvazJKa3hkS3FvVzlmckRoQ1NDdHFLUFE9PSIsIm1hYyI6ImUzYWJhN2EyNmU1MWY3OThhNGIyMzAzOTIzNmI2N2MyMDA2YjJmMGExNDU5MzU5NDkwMzQ0N2VmYjZiY2Y0OTgiLCJ0YWciOiIifQ==|title=NCTE Affiliation Document}}</ref>[[Council of Architecture|COA]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/index.php/admin/get_file?file_path=eyJpdiI6InZ1bDlBcjhtdjRFYWMrNHp5S0tEREE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiSGQvZ0pOTnhGTVJoQlo4UmQ1WnNIS3hrdi9rU3NGTU1PK2lrOUQ2OXlQcUt0WWQzbUNiVVVicjVUVkdJSnhwQUxZdk1ldlZ4ejg2dEs2QkJITGp0c3c9PSIsIm1hYyI6ImZhMWZmOWMzOTFiNWM5ZDU5MzUyMzAzY2Q2ZmQwYjU1YTgyNTYzOWUxOTQzZjk2MjA5MDkyM2UwYmQzNGU1MTgiLCJ0YWciOiIifQ==|title=COA Affiliation Document}}</ref> [[Bar Council of India|BCI]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/index.php/admin/get_file?file_path=eyJpdiI6IjdKZnNYRlBaMEZGY0trVXExSTJoNFE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiSFZQMEVuMFlzUHhWUnRLc2ZtRys4dXZ5VVQ0dXRFdzFEeWFGNlpPK1lnRUh1NlpzYld1R0FlYS9Wdk95WU0zZlgwbGEvV3JZNSs2TWFTNzJYWUlGSlE9PSIsIm1hYyI6IjlmOGJiMDFmOWRjODFhYzA1NTZkYTJmNTI4ZjllMDVhOWQ5MWJkODQ1ZmMzNjA5MWZmODU5NTViMGMwNzhlZmEiLCJ0YWciOiIifQ==|title=BCI Affiliation Document}}</ref>
| religious_affiliation = Christian ([[Syro Malabar Catholic Church]])
| chancellor = [[Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram|Varghese Vithayathil]] (ex officio)
| Executive Director =
| vice_chancellor = Jose C. C.
| head_label = Registrar
| head = Anil Joseph Pinto
| academic_staff = 1148<ref>{{cite web|url=https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/index.php/ssr_report/eyJpdiI6IkdrbnErelNmNHZ1aWpvelZudk9HWUE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiaVg1Y0R3REtTd0QzaGJENXE5SHhBUT09IiwibWFjIjoiZTU2MWJkNjZjMmI3MDBhNmNmYzY0MTcxYWM5MDVkYjFmOGJlNmQxZjIxZWI4ZDZlMWNiMTg3MDY4NjA4ZmE3YyIsInRhZyI6IiJ9#page=11|title=Details of Teaching Faculty}}</ref>
| administrative_staff = 400+
| students = 30,777<ref name="NIRF">{{cite web|url=https://www.nirfindia.org/nirfpdfcdn/2024/pdf/Overall/IR-O-U-0217.pdf|title=NIRF 2024 Application}}</ref>
| undergrad = 23,311<ref name="NIRF"/>
| postgrad = 7,466<ref name="NIRF"/>
| doctoral = 1,266<ref name="NIRF"/>
| address = [[Pontifical Athenaeum Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram |Dharmaram College Post]], Hosur Road
| city = Bengaluru
| state = Karnataka
| country = India
| postalcode = 560029
| coordinates = {{coord|12.9342|N|77.6050|E|}}
| campus_type = Urban
| campus_size = 148.17 acres<ref name="CampusNAAC">{{cite web|url=https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/index.php/ssr_report/eyJpdiI6IkdrbnErelNmNHZ1aWpvelZudk9HWUE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiaVg1Y0R3REtTd0QzaGJENXE5SHhBUT09IiwibWFjIjoiZTU2MWJkNjZjMmI3MDBhNmNmYzY0MTcxYWM5MDVkYjFmOGJlNmQxZjIxZWI4ZDZlMWNiMTg3MDY4NjA4ZmE3YyIsInRhZyI6IiJ9#page=10|title=SSR Information Sheet (Campus Information), Page 10}}</ref>
| language = English
| free_label = Rankings
| sports_nickname = Christites
| sporting_affiliations =
| mascot =
| website = [https://www.christuniversity.in]
| pushpin_map = India Karnataka#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Locations in India
}}

[[File:Christ University Hosur road Bangalore 4819.JPG|thumb|Christ (Deemed-to-be) University - Main Campus Gate]]

'''Christ University''', earlier known as '''Christ College''', is a private [[deemed university]] located in [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], India.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pulled up by UGC, Christ Deemed to be University changes name|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/pulled-by-ugc-christ-university-changes-name/article21191726.ece|access-date=17 February 2019|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=30 November 2017}}</ref> Founded in 1969 by the [[Carmelites of Mary Immaculate|CMI Fathers]] on the [[Pontifical Athenaeum Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram|Dharmaram Campus]], it was declared as an institution deemed to be university under section 3 of UGC Act 1956.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/deemeduniversitylist.aspx?id=12&Unitype=4 |title=Deemed Universities in Karnataka |publisher=Ugc.ac.in |access-date=26 December 2017}}</ref>

CHRIST is under the management of the priests of the Catholic religious order, [[Carmelites of Mary Immaculate]] (CMI), part of [[Syro Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church]]. In 2016, the university was accredited by [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] with A+ Grade.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.naac.gov.in/docs/19th%20SC%20-%201st%20cycle.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203124956/http://www.naac.gov.in/docs/19th%20SC%20-%201st%20cycle.pdf |archive-date=3 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== History ==
Christ University was born out of the educational vision of [[Kuriakose Elias Chavara|St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara]], an educationist and social reformer of the nineteenth century in [[South India]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://christuniversity.in/history|title=CHRIST UNIVERSITY|website=christuniversity.in|language=en|access-date=29 May 2017}}</ref> Chavara founded the first indigenous Catholic congregation [[Carmelites of Mary Immaculate|Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI)]] in 1831, which administers Christ (Deemed to be University).<ref name=":0" /> Established in 1969 as Christ College, the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission (UGC)]] of India conferred autonomy to Christ College in 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=https://christuniversity.in/history|title=CHRIST (Deemed to be University)|website=christuniversity.in|language=en|access-date=29 May 2017}}</ref> and identified it as an "institution with potential for excellence" in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://christuniversity.in/about|title=CHRIST UNIVERSITY|website=christuniversity.in|language=en|access-date=29 May 2017}}</ref> In 2008 under section 3 of the [[University Grants Commission Act, 1956|UGC Act, 1956]], the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India, declared the institution a "deemed to be university" in the name and style of ''Christ University''. Christ was one of the first institutions in India to be accredited in 1998 by the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework|National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)]], and subsequently in 2004, 2016 and 2022 had been awarded Grade 'A+' on 4-point scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://christuniversity.in/uploads/userfiles/naacextention.pdf|title=NAAC certificates - Internal Quality Assurance Cell|website=christuniversity.in|access-date=26 May 2023}}</ref>

==Campus==
* '''Bangalore Central Campus'''
[[File:Christ university during Christmas.jpg|thumb|right|CHRIST University during Christmas]] The university's main campus is spread over {{convert|25|acre|ha}} and is part of the {{convert|100|acre|ha|adj=on}} [[Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram|Dharmaram College]] Campus in the central part of [[Bangalore]] city. It is on the extension of [[National Highway 7 (India)|Hosur Road (NH 7)]] opposite the Bangalore Dairy Circle Flyover. The city campus is close to residential localities such as [[BTM Layout]], a residential and commercial area; [[Koramangala]], another large neighborhood; and [[Jayanagar, Bangalore|Jayanagar]], one of the largest residential neighborhoods in Bangalore.

* '''Bangalore Kengeri Campus'''
In 2009, CHRIST opened its Kengeri campus, which is spread over 90 acres at [[Kengeri]] on the Bangalore-Mysore Expressway [[National Highway 275 (India)|NH 275]] and houses the School of Engineering and Technology; the PU Residential College; the School of Business and Management, which offers Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) programs; the School of Social Sciences offering Bachelor of Science in psychology with Honours; as well as the School of Architecture, which was started officially from 2017.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.christuniversity.in/kengeri-campus | title=Kengeri Campus | publisher=Christ University | access-date=10 April 2016 }}</ref>

* '''Bangalore Bannerghatta Road Campus'''
CHRIST also has a campus in Hulimavu on Bannerghatta Road, inaugurated in May, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/christ-university-opens-new-campus-on-bannerghatta-road/article8587391.ece |title=CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Opens a New Campus on Banneghatta Road |newspaper=The Hindu |date=12 May 2016 |access-date=26 December 2017}}</ref>

The campus provides courses across disciplines like Liberal Arts, Business and Management, Political Science, Economics and English. The campus provides wide variety of choices in Business and Management with different specialisations.

* '''Bangalore Yeshwanthpur Campus'''
CHRIST opened its campus in [[Yeshwanthpur]] in July 2022, which started functioning from August 2022. The campus is 10 stories tall and spread over 1.6 million square feet of space.

{{anchor | Delhi }}
* '''Delhi NCR Campus'''
This is the off-campus of CHRIST Located in Sewa Nagar, Ghaziabad, Delhi NCR established in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Delhi NCR Campus |url=https://ncr.christuniversity.in/ |website=NCR, Christ University |access-date=26 December 2023}}</ref> The campus is located near to [[Shaheed Sthal metro station]] of [[Delhi Metro]] and spread over 5 acres.

* '''Pune Lavasa Campus'''
[[File:CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Pune Lavasa Campus - Central Block.png|thumb|center|CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Pune Lavasa Campus]]
The Pune Lavasa Campus also known as the Analytical hub of CHRIST (Deemed to be University) is an off-Campus Institution of CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Bangalore, located within the Sahyadri mountain range in [[Lavasa]], [[Pune]] which was established in 2014, the Campus is spread over 28 acres.
<ref>{{cite web |title=Christ Pune Lavasa campus |url=https://wwwlavasa.shikshachristuniversity.com/collegein/christ-lavasa-pune-campus-mulshi-38868history |website=ShikshaChrist University Lavasa|access-date=26 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Christ University Pune Lavasa Campus |url=https://lavasa.christuniversity.in/why-christ |website=Christ University Lavasa |access-date=26 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=NAAC Self-study Report - Location, Area, and Activity of the Campus |url=https://christuniversity.in/uploads/userfiles/KAUNGN11463_Submitted.pdf |website=NAAC |access-date=26 December 2023}}</ref>

==Organization and Administration==
The university is managed by the CHRIST University Society, which in turn is organized by the CMI congregation, under the [[Syro Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church]]. The Rector of the [[Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram|Dharmaram Pontifical Athenaeum]] is the de-facto [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]] of the university. The present chancellor is Fr. Varghese Vithayathil and vice chancellor is Dr. Fr. Joseph C C, both CMI priests. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://christuniversity.in/administration|title=CHRIST (Deemed to be University)|website=christuniversity.in|language=en|access-date=29 May 2017}}</ref>

==Academics==
The university has over 30,000 students and more than 1200 faculty members across all campuses.<ref name="Swearing by Student Satisfaction">{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/edex/Swearing-by-Student-Satisfaction/2014/03/03/article2083262.ece |title=Swearing by Student Satisfaction |publisher=Newindianexpress.com |access-date=26 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first= Ayesha |last= Aleem |url= https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20130624-india-today-best-colleges-2013-christ-university-764093-1999-11-29 |title=Different Keystrokes |publisher=Indiatoday.intoday.in |date=14 June 2013 |access-date=26 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="ITDK" /> It has a foreign student community of about 700 from 58 nationalities.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.christuniversity.in/uploadimages/International%20Office%20(v1).pdf |title=International Office |access-date=26 December 2017}}</ref> The university offers nationally and internationally recognised undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes.

===Academic programmes ===
====Undergraduate programmes====
[[File:Christbannerghattacampus.jpg|thumb|BGR Campus Front view]]
The university offers over 50 undergraduate programmes in humanities, social sciences, science, commerce and management, education, law and engineering. Undergraduate programmes are of three-year duration except in the case of [[Bachelor of Education]] (BEd, two years), Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM, four years), [[Bachelor of Laws]] (LLB, five years), [[Bachelor of Technology]] (BTech, four years) and an integrated BTech/MTech or MBA (five years). Except for Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), [[Bachelor of Commerce]] (BCom), [[Bachelor of Arts]] (BA) and [[Bachelor of Science]] (BSc) programmes follow a [[Triple Major]] system.<ref name=ITDK>{{cite news|last=Aleem|first=Ayesha|title=Different Keystrokes|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20130624-india-today-best-colleges-2013-christ-university-764093-1999-11-29|access-date=12 March 2014|newspaper=India Today|date=24 June 2013}}</ref>

;Wikipedia in the undergraduate programme
[[File:ChristUnivWikiUGProgram 03.jpg|thumb|Wikipedia workshop for second language students]]
The institution entered into a memorandum of understanding with the [[Centre for Internet and Society (India)|Centre for Internet and Society]], [[Bangalore]] to make article writing on Wikipedia a core exercise for the continuous internal assessment of its 1600 undergraduate students in Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Sanskrit and Urdu.<ref name=cis012014>{{cite web|last=Muzammiluddin|first=Syed|title=Wikipedia at Forefront in CHRIST (Deemed to be University)|url=http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-at-forefront-in-christ-university|access-date=20 March 2014}}</ref> The [[Hindi]] and [[Kannada]] articles may be found at [[:hi:विकिपीडिया:विकिपरियोजना क्राइस्ट विश्वविद्यालय|collection of Hindi articles]] and [[:kn:ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಯೋಜನೆ/ಕ್ರೈಸ್ಟ್ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಯೋಜನೆ|collection of Kannada articles]].

===Rankings===
In 2025, Christ University was ranked 63rd among all universities in India by [[National Institutional Ranking Framework|NIRF]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=NIRF 2025 Overall Rankings |url=https://www.nirfindia.org/Rankings/2025/UniversityRanking.html}}</ref>

===Membership===
The university is a member of the [[Association of Indian Universities]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aiuweb.org/Members/MembersC.asp |title=Members, Association of Indian Universities |publisher=Aiuweb.org |access-date=26 December 2017}}</ref>
[[International Federation of Catholic Universities]] (IFCU)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fiuc.org/en/docs/membership/list_of_members/india |title=Members, International Federation of Catholic Universities |publisher=fiuc.org/ |access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref> and [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]] (AACSB).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aacsb.edu/memberssearchTerm=CHRIST+%28Deemed+to+be+University%29|title=members, AACSB |publisher=aacsb.edu |access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Field of notability
!Notes

|-
|[[Anjana Menon]]
|Malayalam film actress
|
|-
|[[Ankur Betageri]]
|poet, fiction writer, art activist
|
|-
|[[Anne Amie]]
|Playback singer and voiceover artist
|[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer]] 2023
|-
|[[Annu Antony]]
|Malayalam film actress
|Debuted in [[Aanandam]]
|-
|[[Apurva Kasaravalli]]
|Kannada Film Director
|-
|[[Arvind Venugopal]]
|Playback singer in [[Malayalam Film Industry]]
|
|-
|[[Chandy Oommen]]
|Member of Legislative Assembly
|Chairman of the National Outreach Cell, [[Indian Youth Congress]]
|-
|[[Francis George (politician)|Francis George]]
|[[Parliament of India|Member of Parliament]]
|represented the [[Idukki (Lok Sabha constituency)|Idukki]]Constituency, Deputy Chairman of Kerala Congress
|-
|[[Gautham Karthik]]
|Tamil film actor<ref>{{cite news|title=Never knew my dad was a big deal in Tamil cinema then: Gautham Karthik|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2018/may/08/never-knew-my-dad-was-a-big-deal-in-tamil-cinema-then-gautham-karthik-5894.html|publisher=Cinema Express|access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Gokul Suresh]]
|Malayalam Film Actor<ref>{{cite news|title='I just want to be a good actor'|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/%E2%80%98I-just-want-to-be-a-good-actor%E2%80%99/article14326301.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Gouri G. Kishan]]
|Malayalam film actress
|
|-
|[[Jahnavi Kamath]]
|film actress
|
|-
|[[K. M. Chaitanya|K M Chaitanya]]
|Kannada film maker, theatre director
|
|-
|[[Krishna Byre Gowda]]
|Minister for Revenue, Government of Karnataka
|President, [[Youth Congress Party|Karnataka Youth Congress]]
|-
|[[Leona Lishoy]]
|[[Cinema of India|Indian film]] [[actress]] and [[Model (person)|model]]
|
|-
|[[M. N. Reddi]]
|senior officer in the [[Indian Police Service]]
|
|-
|[[Madhukeshwar Desai]]
|CEO, Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA)
|National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
|-
|[[Madonna Sebastian]]
|Malayalam film actress
|debut in the Malayalam film ''[[Premam]]''
|-
|[[Meghana Raj]]
|South Indian actress
|
|-
|[[Nandita Swetha|Nanditha Shwetha]]
|Kannada actress and South Indian model
|
|-
|[[Nicole Faria]]
|Miss Earth 2010
|
|-
|[[Nidhhi Agerwal]]
|Bollywood and Telugu actress,
|Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva 2014 finalist
|-
|[[Pearle Maaney]]
|actress and model
|D 4 dance anchor<ref>{{cite web|title=Big Boss Malayalam contestant - Pearle Maaney|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/big-boss-malayalam-contestant-who-pearle-maaney-profile-biography-photos-videos-773047|website=IB Times|date=25 June 2018|access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[Pradeep Hegde]]
|Wildlife Filmmaker<ref>{{cite news|title=Short film on frogs set for online|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/short-film-on-frogs-set-for-online-release/articleshow/77802007.cms|work=Times of India|access-date=19 December 2021}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Prateik Jain]]
|[[Model (person)|Model]]
|
|-
|[[Priya Vadlamani]]
|Model and Telugu Film Actress
|
|-
|[[Raja Krishna Menon]]
|[[film writer]], [[Film director|director]] and [[Film producer|producer]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Airlift's Kerala connection|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/050216/airlift-s-kerala-connection.html|publisher=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=19 December 2021}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Rajeev Ravindranathan]]
|Actor and Comedian
|
|-
|[[Reba Monica John]]
|South Indian actress
|debuted in the movie ''[[Jacobinte Swargarajyam]]''<ref>{{cite news|title=Malayalam actress is Rishi's leading lady|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/malayalam-actress-is-rishis-leading-lady/articleshow/64349974.cms?frmapp=yes&from=mdr|work=Times of India|access-date=19 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[Rima Kallingal]]
|Malayalam film actress<ref>{{cite news|title=BBA course at Christ University helps students develop their entrepreneurial instincts|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20160530-india-best-colleges-bba-course-828906-2016-05-19|publisher=India Today|access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Roysten Abel]]
|[[India]]n theatre director and playwright
|
|-
|[[Sabbah Haji]]
|Director of [[Haji Public School]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Sabbah Haji|url=http://www.hajipublicschool.org/management.html|website=Haji Public School|access-date=26 November 2021|archive-date=23 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223063334/http://www.hajipublicschool.org/management.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Sabu Varkey]]
|[[India men's national field hockey team|Indian Hockey Team]] Member
|
|-
|[[Samyukta Hornad]]
|Kannada film actress<ref>{{cite news|title=Dudette doodles in aid: Artistic side of Samyukta Hornad|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/sandalwood/190916/dudette-doodles-in-aid.html|publisher=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Shilpi Neha Tirkey]]
|Youngest MLA from Jharkhand
|
|-
|[[Shwetha Srivatsav]]
|Kannada Film Actress
|
|-
|[[Sruthi Hariharan]]
|South Indian Actress
|Debuted in the movie ''[[Cinema Company]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Sruthi Hariharan|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/sruthi-hariharan/biography.html|website=Filmi Beat|access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[Vijay Suriya]]
|actor<ref>{{cite news|title=The chocolate boy who became a star!|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/television/290617/the-chocolate-boy-who-became-a-star.html|publisher=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref>
|
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|[[Vineeth Vincent]]
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== See also ==
* [[Christ College, Irinjalakuda]]
* [[List of deemed universities]]
* [[Dharmaram College]]
* [[Bangalore]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Christ University, Bangalore}}
*{{Official website}}

{{Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia}}
{{Universities in Karnataka}}
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