College Profile

The Bhopal School of Social Sciences was founded in the year 1972-at the initiative of Most Rev Dr Eugene D' Souza, the then Archbishop of Bhopal, in response to the need of the time for a broad-based, job-oriented curriculum with an initial focus on social service and entrepreneurship. The institution is supported and managed by the Archdiocese of Bhopal through the BSSS Society chaired by the Archbishop of Bhopal.

Since its inception, the College has adopted an integrated and comprehensive approach to learning in order to achieve academic excellence. This vision has been the cornerstone of our growth in the last 52 years as we gradually adopted new programs, initiated innovative learner strategies, and took bold steps to go beyond the prescribed curriculum with a view to transform knowledge into affirmative action.

Initially known for its Social Sciences and Management courses, the College grew and diversified with the introduction of courses in Commerce, Physical Education and Science. Recently, the college introduced NEP 2020 in line with the Higher Education, Government of Madhya Pradesh and commenced Four Year Degree Programme with Honours in all streams and Honours with Research in selected streams. The College also runs two international MBAs through collaboration with Assumption University, Bangkok. The college also has tie-up with IMA, US.

With the objective of widening the educational experience of our students as well as to encourage inter-disciplinary learning, the College offers 46 certificate courses, 6 diploma courses, and 2 additional courses.

The strength of our ideology was put to a litmus test, first in 2006, and subsequently in 2012 and 2017 by NAAC. On all the three occasions, our claim to excellence was validated through an 'A' Grade certificate. In our fourth NAAC Accreditation cycle in 2023, the college scored 3.26 CGPA with an A+ Grade which is valid till 2028. The College was granted an Autonomous Status in May 2013 with the extension of autonomy in 2019 for another term of five years. In 2024, the Autonomy was further extended for a period of ten years.

Our endeavours have always been encouraged and guided by our Chairman, Most Rev. Dr. A. A. S. Durairaj, the Archbishop of Bhopal Diocese. Spearheaded by his vision of global education, peaceful resolution of conflict, social equality and high standards of personal conduct, The college hopes to scale new heights in the world of academia and create a conducive environment for intellectual, social, moral and spiritual growth of the world we live in.