Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous

Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous is a women's college on Hosur Road, Koramangala, in Bengaluru. The Sisters of St Joseph of Tarbes established it in 1966 as a minority Christian institution, and it is affiliated to Bengaluru City University, which confers its undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. The University Grants Commission recognises it under sections 2(f) and 12(B) of the UGC Act, 1956, granted it autonomous status in June 2004 (implemented from June 2005) and gave it the College of Excellence title in March 2014. NAAC awarded five-star status in 1999, grade A in 2005 and 2012, and grade A+ with a CGPA of 3.43 in the fourth cycle in 2021; the certificate posted on the college website is valid up to 28 February 2026.

Teaching is organised into five schools: Humanities, Social Sciences and Media Studies; Life Sciences; Physical Sciences; Commerce; and Management. The 2026-27 application page lists 32 undergraduate programmes, among them BA and BSc degrees (mostly as three-subject combinations), BCom, BCA, BCA in Data Science, BBA and Bachelor of Vocation degrees, and 13 postgraduate programmes including MA English, MA Media Studies, MSc degrees in Psychology, Computer Science, Mathematics and Organic Chemistry, MCA, MCom in Financial Analysis and MBA. Applicants apply online; shortlisted candidates may be called for an entrance examination or interview, and MCA applicants must qualify through PGCET or KMAT.