A ray of hope for the people of Vilavancode Taluk glittered in Marthandam in the year 1964. It sprang up as an Arts and Science College, established by the church of South India, Kanyakumari Diocese, and affiliated to Madras University. The institution was named Christian College and later chrisened as Nesamony Memorial College.
The department of Computer Science was established in NMCC in 1988, when a wave of Information Technology was about to sweep over the South-Asian Nations.