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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

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

Admission Criteria and Procedure

Students are admitted into the College based on their academic record in the qualifying examination. For the Honours courses, a student should have secured a minimum of 45 % marks in the subject at Plus 2 stage and 45% aggregate. Admission in the Honours courses is made in consultation with the lecturers of respective departments.

Fresh application forms and Academic Calender for each year will be issued along with the prospectus. Duly filled up application form accompanied by relevant documents will be received, commencing immediately after the publication of HSSLC results. Barring exceptions made by the College authority, students fulfilling the necessary criteria will be admitted into various courses and classes generally begin within 20 days of publication of Plus 2 results.

Attendance, Assessment and Evaluation

The College effects 180 teaching days as per the norms of Mizoram University. Students are expected to fulfil the norms of 75% attendance in an academic year. The College reserves the right to disallow students from appearing in the University examination if they fail to conform to the said norm.

Academic progress is continually assessed through the conduct of periodic tests, submission of assignments and tutorials. An annual Selection examination is held internally before the filling up of University Examination forms. Due importance is given to performances in these assessments for the selection of students to appear in the University examination.

For weak learners, special classes are held by the concerned faculty according to the needs perceived and there is provision for conducting regular classes in remedial English.

Library facilities

The College Library is located in the College building itself and is easily accessible. It remains opens from 6:00 Am to 2:00 Pm on all working days round the year except on holidays. The Library has a large collection including books, periodicals, Journals references and other relevant materials. It also offers an ideal reading room for both the students and the faculty members. Only the staff and students of the College have access to the Library facilities. Exceptions are made for outsiders with special permission from the Principal.

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 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’.

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.