Missionaries of Charity 517 missions in more than 100 countries. In 1990, Mother Teresa asked to resign as head of the Missionaries, but was soon voted back in as Superior General. On March 13, 1997, six months before Mother Teresa's death, Sister Mary Nirmala Joshi was selected the new Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity. Sister Mary Prema was elected to succeed Sister Nirmala during a general chapter held in Kolkata in April 2009. In July 1998 in Al Hudaydah, Yemen, three Missionaries of Charity, two Indians and a Filipina, were shot and killed as they left a hospital. In March 2016
Nirmala College Nirmala College Nirmala College is a first grade arts and science college in Muvattupuzha, Kerala, India run by the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. The college admits undergraduates and post-graduates and offers degrees in the liberal arts, sciences and commerce. The College celebrated the golden jubilee in the academic year 2002-2003. The institution is affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. Nirmala College is governed by a Management Board consisting of 47 members. The Board meets at least four times a year and takes all important decisions concerning the governance of the college. The College is run by the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese