Patkai Christian College was sponsored by two church bodies namely, Nagaland Baptist Church Council and Manipur Baptist Convention. It was established in the year 1974 in 1000 acres of land donated by Chümoukedima and Seithekema villages. Rev. Dr. Tuisem A. Shishak was the founding Principal of the college. Today, Patkai Christian College is a multidisciplinary higher education institution offering courses in Arts, Science, Commerce and Music with 16 academic departments at the undergraduate level of study and 6 postgraduate departments.
In addition to imparting education in various disciplines, the college lays special emphasis on personality development and towards realizing the full potential of each and every student. The students are provided with ability enhancement education and various essential life skill courses in a student centric and friendly environment.The college endeavours towards academic excellence, spiritual growth and physical development of each student. The main purpose of the college is to impart good quality education which will help the young people to lead a purposeful and meaningful life, and become an asset to the society and the church. Every year, over 40 different dialect speaking students from different states of India, including all the Northeastern states, take admission in the college. A few students come from other countries too.
Patkai Christian College is a liberal arts college established in the year 1974. The college firmly believes that education is for the whole man in a framework of spiritual and moral absolutes. Patkai, like every christian college, has the difficult task of retaining its traditional stance while seeking to make its educational philosophy relevant to the world around it. Committed to the principle that the truth is revealed by God through Christ “…in Whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Col. 2:3), Patkai seeks to place all its activities within the framework of biblical perspective on such critical issues as the nature of God, man, nature, and the world, and to relate its instruction to the needs of contemporary society.
The central purpose of the college is expressed in its motto: “Lux et Veritas: Light and Truth”. This purpose produces a concern for truth, righteousness and beauty and thereby gives meaning to the ideal of a christian liberal arts college. The founders of the college maintain that academic excellence and biblical christian faith and practice are essential to a meaningful and purposeful life. To this end, Patkai consciously seeks to aid the student in developing habits that contribute to his/her well-being – physical, psychological and spiritual – and also to enable him to participate constructively in community and church life.