Christ University in Bangalore, India founded in 1969 by the fathers of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate, the first indigenous Catholic religious congregation in India, is managed by the CMI. The CMI runs around 400 schools, 30 colleges and a number of hospitals at various locations in India. The college was granted deemed university status in 2008. It is spread over a large campus of 25 acres (100,000 m) which is part of the 100-acre (400,000 m) Dharmaram College Campus located in the central part of Bangalore city. The college offers a range of nationally and internationally recognized undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in a variety of academic disciplines including Law, Business Administration, Commerce, Management, Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences. In addition, it offers professional courses in a number of fields including Business Management, Computer Application, Hotel Management, Mass Communication, Social Work,Engineering and Tourism. Christ College was recognized by the University Grants Commission of India, (UGC) on June 17, 1972.