The Nirmala Institute of Educaion was begun on June 20, 1963 in Panjim, Goa. The Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary were mentioned by the then Archbishop of Goa to begin a B.Ed course to prepare the build-up of untrained instructors in the schools which had mushroomed in the post-freedom period. The late Dr. Ms Teresa Kalathiveetil was the author Principal who built up the College on a strong establishment.