HISTORY & HERITAGE
Christ Church College Kanpur, the oldest college of the city, established in 1866 carries a historic heritage of supreme educational service and standards. Besides its lineage of extraordinary educators such as the Rev. G. H. Westcott, the Rev. R.G. Slater and Prof. Ninan Abraham, its luminous alumni include such noted names as Shri Motilal Nehru, Shri Uma Shanker Dixit, Shri Ziaullah Rehman Ansari, Pt. Dwarika Prasad Mishra, Vice Admiral Avinash Bhatia, the famous singer Shri Abhijeet Bhattacharya, the Financial Officer of the White House, U.S.A. Shri Gopal Khanna, ex-Union Minister Shri Rajeev Shukla, present National Security Advisor Shri A.K. Dowal, Vice Chancellor of University of California, U.S,A. Dr. Mathew Isaac, Minister for Industrial Development, U.P. Shri Satish Mahana and countless others.
The College began as an S.P.G. Mission school in the 1840s. First called Mission School and then Christ Church School, it grew into a college affiliated first to the Calcutta University in 1866, then to the Allahabad University in 1892, later to the Agra University in 1927 and ultimately to the Kanpur University (now the C.S.J.M. University) in 1966. It is now a minority co-ed college of the C.N.I. Agra Diocese, managed by the Christ Church College Society. Its Governing Body comprises eminent members under the Chairmanship of the C.N.I. Bishop of Agra.