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T. Romana College was established in 1992 as a private institution and upgraded to grant-in-aid status in 2003. Since its inception, it has been designed as a morning college to allow attendance of self - employed students. The college is committed to the education of the individual giving special care to accommodate academically and economically disadvantaged students. Students are encouraged to seek knowledge and wisdom as lifelong learners, motivated to expand their human potential and develop competencies necessary to function in contemporary society. The College, therefore, has the distinction of being called 'the College of Grace' within which it has produced many meritorious students.

Courses Offered

1. The College offers a Three Year Degree Course in the Arts stream for Honours and General students in the following subjects:

2. The College is an approved study centre of the Indira Gandhi National Open University(IGNOU) under the Convergence Scheme for Open and Distance Learning and Conventional Systems, under which the students can pursue their Bachelor's Degree in subjects like Social Work, Human Rights and others.

3. Career Oriented Course Programme introduced by the University Grants Commission(UGC) has enabled the College to offer a Certificate Course in Computer Application. The Course is designed to ensure that graduates who pass out after completing their conventional degree courses would have knowledge, skills and aptitude for gainful employment in the wage sector in general and self-employment in particular.

In 1992, many students who had managed to pass the Pre-University Examination in Mizoram found themselves in a dilemma. Although they wanted to pursue further studies, the then existing colleges in Aizawl could not accommodate them all. To solve this problem initiative was taken by the student body of the state and Mr. K. Biakthianghlima (currently the Vice Principal of the College) to establish a new college that will cater to the needs of these students. Mr. T.Romana (R.I.P) was approached who generously donated a sum of one lakh rupees and permitted the use of his private building for the establishment of the new college. Hence, on June 3, 1992, a new private college was established and named 'T. ROMANA COLLEGE' after the name of its donor Mr T.Romana.

With Mr Remkunga as the first Principal, the College got the government permission to start the Pre University Course in 1993. In 1995, under Dr J.V.Hluna as the Principal the college got permission for Degree Courses in six subjects. Two more subjects - Public Administration and Sociology were introduced later in 1997.

The College has been growing under the guidance of various Principals who served the College with zeal and dedication.

The very humble beginning of the College in 1992 with a total enrolment of 236 students has progressively evolved into one of the most successful institutions of Under-graduate studies in the Arts Stream. The enrolment of students in the college reached its peak in the 1999-2000 session with 1619 students.

The college was granted affiliation by North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) in 1995. The college is now affiliated to the Mizoram University which came into being in 2001. It came under grant-in-aid scheme from 2002. In 2007 the College was accredited C++ by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and in the same year it was granted permanent affiliation by the Mizoram University and recognized by UGC under 2f & 12B provisions of UGC Act.

The College has the distinction of being the only college of the state designed as a morning college to allow attendance of self-employed students. The college continues to conduct classes for higher secondary (+2) students with the permission of the two Directorates concerned. This has been a blessing for students who are self-employed, married and those who consider themselves too old to wear uniforms but desire to pursue higher education.

T.Romana College still stands as an institution which happily accommodates economically and academically disadvantaged students, offers concession of fees to some, exempts others and renders all possible help. Therefore the College is often known as ‘the College of Grace’.

Location

The college library is on the top floor of the college building. Away from the city noise, the library provides an ideal atmosphere for reading. It has a separate reading and resting shed as well as a toilet in the adjoining area. The library is open from 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM on all working days.

Cells and Section

The College library maintains the following cells and sections:

Readers Section

The College library holds a sitting capacity of about 35 readers at a time.

Periodical Section

The College library subscribes a few journals and magazines, as well as newspapers:

Back Volume

The College library also maintains back volume Journals/ Magazines/ Newspapers/Question Papers in bound forms.

Circulation Section

This Section include the main function of the library. Charging and Discharging is done by using card system.

Property Counter

The property counter runs without Cataloguing system  and is placed at the entrance in an open shelf. Visitors' register is also maintained at the entrance.

Documentation Section

Documentation Section has been maintained in which important documents of the College like University Exam Results, College achievements, records of students union and other bodies are kept. Other documents like Right To Information Act (RTI), Statistical handbook, important government gazette notifications, census records etc. are also kept.

Although the College Archives was formally set up in 2006, the collection of materials and tools was done since its inception. The Archives also serves as a Museum which is an important place where students and the College community can enrich their knowledge, particularly in Mizo history.

Objectives:

The objectives of College Archives may be highlighted as follows:

1. Record and maintenance of important College documents.
2. Collection of Mizo traditional dress, tools, implements etc,.
3. Collection of important documents not necessarily pertaining to the College.
4. To Collect and display photograph of meritorious students
5. To preserve the photos of activities, records/reports of the College and its bodies like NSS, NCC, History Club, Chess Club, Students Union etc.

Various Collections in Archives:

1. Mizo traditional dress, various equipments and tools have been collected and displayed in the show case of the Archives.
2. The Archives has also collected a number of important College documents, documents concerning Mizo history, administration and other matters.
3. All the VCDs/DVDs of the various College functions have also been kept.
4. Photos of the College Donor (Pu T. Romana), all the former Principals’ and distinguished students have been framed and posted in the Library.
5. Rare books and those that are out of print have also been collected and stored in the Archives.

The materials are collected through donation from the students and the staff while some others are purchased. If the materials are not available for sale, permission for reprography or recording is obtained where possible and then hosed in the Archives.

Due to the limitation of rooms and buildings, the College authority has not been able to provide a separate room for Archives. Therefore, the Archive is temporarily placed in one corner of the College Library. The College Archives has been managed and maintained by the Archives Committee, which was formed late in 2006.