Nesamony Memorial Christian College is an institution of arts and science in Marthandam, the second busiest town in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India.
James Emlyn from New Castle, U.K. an LMS missionary bought the lands where the college is located now.
Emlyn in the year 1910, built a bungalow and started a boarding school on the campus measuring 32 acres.
The Diocese set apart sufficient extent of wetlands as an endowment to satisfy the university requirement.
The public in and around Marthandam, the parents, students and members of the teaching and non-teaching staff took a keen interest in the growth of the college and contributed substantial amounts at different times for its development.
The College Governing Board, constituted by the Diocese, makes all other appointments subject to the approval of the executive committee.
The emblem of the college bears a Cross, a Church, a Palmyrah tree, a Star, a Book and a Lotus flower.
The open Book and the Lotus, India's National flower, symbolize Knowledge and Wisdom respectively.