In 1949, B.A. French was started by Frs.Jerome D’ Souza and A.Sauliere. Prof.A.Maria Gabriel was in charge of the course and a student of the first batch has settled down in Canada as a professor of French. However, as there were not many students the course was dropped after the first set. It was revived after many years of struggle in 1998. In the academic year 2004-2005, more than 100 students have joined the course and all our former students are employed. From 2001, women students were also admitted. Like Jawahar Lal Nehru University in New Delhi, beginners in French are also admitted to the course and given special training to catch up with the rest who may have done two to four years of French at school.
