Brennen College is an educational institution in

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, affiliated to the

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. It is located in Dharmadam, Thalassery of

state, India. The college evolved from a school established by the English

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, master attendant of the Thalassery Port, who had made Thalassery his home. The college was granted special heritage status by the University Grants Commission in 2016 with an aim of conserving college which is more than 125 years old. The college secured 97th position in NIRF all Inidia ranking.

History

Government Brennen College developed out of the free school established in 1862 by Edward Brennen, a master attendant of Tellicherry Port. It was elevated to the status of a II Grade College with F.A. Classes in 1890 under the

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. The institution became a first-grade College in 1947, and it was shifted to the new building at Darmadam in 1958.

Campus

The Brennen College campus is situated in Dharmadam Panchayath on a hillock just 5 km north of Thalassery town and 1 km away from Kannur-Thalassery National Highway. The campus has of land housing the academic departments, administrative office, central library, student hostels, staff quarters, and play ground.

Brennen Library

Brennen college has a Central Library with about 21600 books which contained many vary rare and otherwise not available Malayalam books printed during the nineteenth century mainly at Basel Mission Press, Mangalore. The library has prepared an electronic catalogue of these Malayalam publication in 2004. It is the first electronic catalogue in any Indian language with search mechanism in the local script. The library is a unique source for reference for regional studies.

Departments

The college has 21 departments: * Arts ** Arabic ** Economics ** English ** Hindi ** History ** Islamic History ** Journalism ** Malayalam ** Philosophy ** Political Science ** Psychology ** Sanskrit ** Urdu * Science ** Botany ** Chemistry ** Mathematics ** Physics ** Statistics ** Zoology * Commerce * Physical Education

Notable alumni

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References

External links

Official Website
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