The Congregation of the Carmelite Religious (C.C.R.) was founded by Mother Mary Theresa Veronica in 1868 at Bayonne France.

The Carmelite Sisters run educational institutions of all levels in India and abroad.

The College was founded in 1964 by the late Rev. Mother Mary Louise with the approbation of His Excellency, the late Rt. Rev Dr. VV. Dereere, O.C.D., Bishop of Trivandrum.