Mar Thoma College

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Mar Thoma College, Tiruvalla
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Main entrance of Mar Thoma College
Other name
MTC
Motto in English
Education par Excellence and Educated for the Society
TypeTrust
Established1952;72 years ago (1952)
Religious affiliation
 Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church
Academic affiliations
 Mahatma Gandhi University, UGC
Principal Dr. Mathew Varkey T. K.
ManagerRt. Rev. Thomas Mar Timotheos Episcopa
Academic staff
80
Administrative staff
45
Students1800
Undergraduates 12
Postgraduates 10
7
Location
Tiruvalla, Pathanamthitta
,
Kerala
,
India

9°24′2.45″N76°35′5.6″E / 9.4006806°N 76.584889°E / 9.4006806; 76.584889
Website mtct.ac.in
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Mar Thoma College is an institution of higher education located in Tiruvalla in the south Indian state of Kerala. [1] The college is affiliated with Mahatma Gandhi University and offers 12 undergraduate, 10 post-graduate, and 7 doctoral programmes. [2] The college is accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). [1]

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Overview

Mar Thoma College was founded by the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar [3] in 1952 as a junior college offering two intermediate courses. Alexander Mar Thoma was the school's founding principal. It has been affiliated with the University of Kerala since its inception. When Mahatma Gandhi University was established in 1983, [4] the college was brought under its affiliation, and two years later, two of the departments of the college, English and Zoology, were recognized as research centers to commence doctoral programs.

In 1998, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council extended accreditation to the college, making it the first college in Kerala and one of the first colleges in India to receive NAAC accreditation. The college was re-accredited with an A Grade in 2005, and the central government accreditation agency retained the grading at A during its reassessment in 2012. The NAAC extended the period of accreditation to seven years (till 2019) as the college obtained the highest possible grades in two consecutive accreditations.

The college is a member of the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) and the All India Association of Christian Higher Education. It hosted the 29th Kerala Science Congress in 2017. Distinguished faculty members of the college include Dr. Alexander Mar Thoma Metropolitan (Rev. MG Chandy), Padma Shri Samuel Paul (an Indian scholar and economist, former visiting professor at Harvard Business School, and advisor to the World Bank and the UN Commission on Transnational Corporations), Dr. A.V. Varghese, and Dr. J.V. Vilanilam, both former Vice Chancellors.

The college campus is located in Kuttappuzha, [5] a small hamlet in Tiruvalla, [6] known for the Sreevallabha Temple, one of the oldest temples in Kerala. [7] Tiruvalla town is 2 km away and the distance to the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram and the commercial city of Kochi are 120 km [8] and 89 km respectively. The campus is near to many centres of pilgrimage such as Niranam Church, Kaviyoor Mahadevar Temple and Parumala Church, besides the Sreevallabha Temple. [9]

The college is coeducational and has a student strength of about 1800. [10] The administration is under a manager deputed by the Mar Thoma Syrian Church and is headed by a principal who is assisted by 80 teaching and 45 non teaching staff. It offers 12 under graduate, 10 post graduate, seven doctoral and many other non formal programmes.

Departments

The academics is sectioned into independent departments based on subjects of instruction such as English, Malayalam, Hindi, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Economics, History, Political Science, Commerce, Physical Education and Bio-Sciences. [11] Non teaching programmes have a separate department handling them while non formal computer educational programmes are handled by Mar Thoma College Institute of Computer Sciences, a subsidiary functioning under the same management.

Notable alumni

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