Catholicate College Pathanamthitta

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Catholicate College Pathanamthitta
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Motto"Fear Of the Lord is the Beginning of Wisdom"
Established1952;71 years ago (1952)
Principal Dr. Sunil Jacob (in-charge)
Academic staff
110
Students2000
Undergraduates 1200 (2005)
Postgraduates 120
Location, ,
Campus Rural

Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta , established in 1952, is an institution of higher education at Pathanamthitta of Kerala, India. Catholicate College belongs to the first group of colleges in Kerala to receive academic accreditation from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). In the fourth cycle of (NAAC) re-accreditation, the college has been re-accredited by NAAC in A++ grade with CGPA of 3.53. The college is owned by Malankara Orthodox Church, founded by Catholicos Moran Mar Baselios Geevarghese II. [1] The college was originally planned by Geevarghese Mar Philoxenos, Metropolitan; it was founded in 1952, after his death, by Daniel Mar Philoxenos Metropolitan, who became the first principal of the college.

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The Principal is Dr. Sunil Jacob from the Department of Chemistry. Prior to his appointment as principal, he served as bursar of the college. The college is affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam.

Academics

The college has 2,000 students. It has 110 teaching and 67 administrative staff on its rolls. There are degree courses in English, Malayalam, Hindi, Economics, History, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology and Commerce. The college has research facilities in the departments of Malayalam, Hindi, Zoology, Botany, Physics and Mathematics.

The college has a study center of the Indira Gandhi National Open University.

Donations

NSS, Bhoomitrasena club and staff club of the college donated 14 houses to the poor.

Awards

Courses

The college has four UGC-sponsored career oriented add-on courses:

The Physics department has two US-based student chapters:

The college has an A accreditation from NAAC (as per revision in 2016)

Principals

Departments

Courses

Postgraduate courses

M. A.

M.Sc.

M.Com.

B.A.

Core subjectComplementary 1Complementary 2
EnglishHistory of EnglandWorld History
HindiFunctional HindiJournalism
MalayalamSanskritKerala Culture
EconomicsRoots of Modern World HistoryPolitics
HistoryPoliticsEconomics

B.Sc.

Core SubjectComplementary 1Complementary 2
MathematicsPhysicsStatistics
PhysicsMathematicsChemistry
ChemistryMathematicsPhysics
BotanyZoologyChemistry (Food Micro Biology-Elective)
ZoologyBotanyChemistry (Pathobiology & Clinical Laboratory Techniques)

B.Com.

Elective paper
Finance and Taxation
Computer Applications

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Ph.D. courses

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

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References

  1. "Catholicate College Profile". Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  2. Catholicate College Courses

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