Christ College (Autonomous), Irinjalakuda is a Syro Malabar Catholic Church college run by Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) in

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of Thrissur District, Kerala, India. Christ College is affiliated to The

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. It has become the first college in Thrissur district to be accredited with an "A++" Grade certificate by the

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(NAAC). The college conducts several undergraduate and postgraduate courses in arts, commerce, and science faculties. Besides, the college offers professional courses like PG diploma in natural disaster management; Bachelor of Physical Education (BPEd), and some UGC sponsored short-term courses. The College has 4800+ Students and 200+ Faculties. There are 53 Ug & Pg Programs and 4 Research Centres in the College.

History

Christ College was started in 1956, by the Devamatha Province of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), an indigenous religious congregation founded in 1831 by St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara, a religious priest and versatile genius, who envisioned education as a tool for liberation and development. Christ College has its origin at Mangadikunnu, then a forlorn hill on the outskirts of Irinjalakuda Municipality. The college was inaugurated by

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, then

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on 13 October 1957. The college started with 240 students and 14 members on the teaching staff. The first Manager of the college was Rev. Fr. Clemens CMI and the first Principal was Rev. Fr. Gabriel Chiramel CMI. In the beginning, the college was affiliated to the

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until 1968, when it came under the jurisdiction of the

Notable alumni

* K. Satchidanandan *

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* P. N. Vinayachandran *

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* Dr. V. P. Gangadharan *

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* T. V. Chandran * T. P. Senkumar * M. P. Vincent *

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* Jiju Asokan *

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* Tom Emmatty * P. Rajeeve * C. R. Neelakandan *

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Malavika Menon Malavika Menon (born 6 March 1998) is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam and Tamil films mainly in supporting roles. She made her career debut in 2012 with the film ''916 __NOTOC__ Year 916 ( CMXVI) was a leap year starting on Mon ...

Notable faculty

* K. Satchidanandan * Fr. Gabriel Chiramel CMI * Dr. A. V. George

In popular culture

Malayalam films which where Shooting took place in christ campus *

Niram ''Niram'' () is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film directed by Kamal and written inspired by Sathrughnan, a story by Iqbal Kuttippuram. ''Niram'' marks the fourth and final collaboration of the leading pair, Kunchacko & Shali ...

* Puthiya Mugam

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