Catholicate College Pathanamthitta

Catholicate College Pathanamthitta
Motto "Fear Of the Lord is the Beginning of Wisdom"
Established 1952
Students 2000
Undergraduates 1200 (2005)
Postgraduates 120
Location Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India
Campus Rural

Catholicate College, Pathanmthitta, 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). The college is a B++ grade college owned by Malankara Orthodox Church, founded by the late 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.

The Principal is George Varughese Koppara who was a member of Mahatma Gandhi University. 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 a B++ accreditation from NAAC (as per revision in 2006)

Principals

 Dr.Mathew P Joseph (2014-

Departments

Courses

Postgraduate courses

M. A.

M.Sc.

M.Com.

UG courses

B.A.

Core subject Complementary 1 Complementary 2
English History of England World History
Hindi Functional Hindi Journalism
Malayalam Sanskrit Kerala Culture
Economics Roots of Modern World History Politics
History Politics Economics

B.Sc.

Core Subject Complementary 1 Complementary 2
Mathematics Physics Statistics
Physics Mathematics Chemistry
Chemistry Mathematics Physics
Botany Zoology Chemistry (Food Micro Biology-Elective)
Zoology Botany Chemistry (Pathobiology & Clinical Laboratory Techniques)

B.Com.

Elective paper
Finance and Taxation

Ph.D. courses

External links

Coordinates: 9°15′34″N 76°46′50″E / 9.2594°N 76.7805°E / 9.2594; 76.7805

References

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