Loyola College of Social Sciences is a private Catholic higher education institution run by the Kerala Province of the

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Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1963. It is affiliated with the

University of Kerala University of Kerala, formerly the University of Travancore, is a state-run public university located in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital of Kerala, India. It was established in 1937 by a promulgation of the Maharajah of Travancore, Chit ...

and prepares students for a PhD in sociology, social work, and management studies. The college celebrated its golden jubilee in 2012 with the President of India

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as guest of honor.

Milestones

* 1993 – Government of India selects LES for field training under UBSP programme * 1996 – Government of India recognizes LES as regional Centre for Urban Poverty Eradication Program * 2007 – re-accredited by NAAC with A Grade, with CGPA of 3.7/4

References

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Milestones

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