PREFACE
In order to immortalize the memory of Seth Sir Chhaju Ram a great philanthropist and altruist of his time:- Chajju Ram Memorial Jat
College was established in 1967. However, the seed of this
institute had already been sown way back in 1926 in pre-independence era, when monumental building of
Jat High School was got built by him in memory of his son, Adit Kumar. Later in 1926, another building for
school hostel was added to it in memory of his another son, Ajit Kumar. Seth Chhaju Ram Ji (1865-1943) hailed from village Alakhpura in district Bhiwani. He had an inkling in those days that illiteracy was the cause of backwardness among ruralites. In order to eradicate this evil, he thought of disseminating
education among the country people of the area by establishing this
school at an estimated cost of Rs. 4 Lakh in those days. Seth
Ji become riches by dint of his presence, forthright and benevolent nature. The
school started imparting education upto
matriculation, right from early thirties.
The credit for molding the concept of a
school into a
degree college can only be attributed to three late
luminaries. They were founder President, late Ch. Suraj Mal Ji. General Secretary, Late Justice Davender Lamba and founder Principal,
late Sh. S.S.Gill. Their contribution to the
college has been an instance of rare devotion. Their tireless and
continues effort were certainly of great help in meeting the challenges of the formative period of the
college. It thus took
shape of bloomed tree in 1967.
It is now deemed as a premier
institution of Haryana which was initially a prestigious
college affiliated to Punjab University, Chandigarh in July 1967. Later consequent upon an order from the Govt. of Haryana all the
colleges of the state were affiliated to Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra from the academic session, 1974-75. The
college has been duly recognized by the UGC under section 2 (F) & 12 (B) for grant under UGC Act 1956 since its inception .The primary objective of the
institution has been to bring about awakening
among the rural youth by imparting
higher education. With this purpose in mind, the
college started functioning with a bare tally of 140 student in four classes, namely Prep Science, Prep Arts, B.A.I and B.Sc.I Having premonition about
established colleges running Arts & Science faculties in those days the management of
our college had introduced commerce faculty. This bold initiative gradually helped the instituting in winning a crowning glory in the field of
education. Keeping pace with the need of globalization, the ensuing management have also been exhibiting
equal enthusiasm in induction latest streams indifferent disciplines. In the initial stage the
college had 13 member in teaching faculty and 13 others
in administrative staff. Its central location in the town and a well fortified campus is not only facilitating to urban boys and girls but also to commuter hailing from suburban or rural areas. Since the
college is situated in the vicinity of the Railway station and is also adjoining the main Delhi Highway,
it accords easy access to avail of the facility of
higher education.
It is a
co-educational institution with a spacious boys hostel and a separate hostel for girls equipped fully with basic amenities of life.
The
college campus is also enriched and gifted with sprawling lawns, a football ground, hockey ground, kabaddi ground, basketball ground, volley ball ground. There is a modern stage cum open stadium suitable for conducting and hosting various cultural and literary functions. The
college is providing canteen facility to students and parking services
to boys and girls separately at two places. Internet services are available in our
college and
E-mail address is – crm_jat_coll_hsr@yahoo.co.in.
Ours is multi faculty
institute running successfully the faculties of Arts. Science and Commerce.
The strength of students Electronics, B.A. in from bare 140 in 1967
raised to nearly to 3000 in present year ample testimony of its support from rural and urban population. Sensing the lure of the students for modern and latest subjects the college has introduced Computer Science, Industrial Chemistry, B.C.A., Bio-technology, Instrumentation,
Mass Communication and Bachelor in tourism management in
Physical Education Bachelor. The
college is also having post graduation
classes in Hindi and M.Com. Laboratories in Science faculty are fully furnished with latest equipments. Deptts. of Defence Studies and Geography are also contributing a lot in catering the needs of the students in their own way. The department of Geography is proud of having produced
an alumni who are serving as lecturers in Geography in various
colleges.
