Patna Women's College was established in 1940 by Bishop B.J. Sullivan S.J., Bishop of Patna and Mother M. Josephine A.C. Prevalent General of the Apostolic Carmel. It was the principal organization of higher learning opened to take into account the instructive needs of ladies in Bihar. Minister Sullivan, the organizer, named it Patna Women's College and displayed it as a blessing to the females of Bihar, along these lines putting available to them an open door for advanced education.