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St. Thomas' College (Autonomous), Thrissur is a government aided college located in
Thrissur Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and t ...
,
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 ...
,
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. It is founded by Mar Adolph Medlycott in 1889. It is the oldest college in the Erstwhile Princely State of Cochin and present day Thrissur district. It is the second private college to be recognised as a first grade college under the
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. It is the first
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college in Kerala and is conducted by the
Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur The Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Trichur-Palayoor, in Thrissur District of Central Kerala, India, with nearly half a million Syro-Malabar Catholics now, used to be the largest Catholic diocese in India when it included the Syro-Malab ...
.
The college is affiliated with the
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. The College attained ''Autonomous'' status in 2014 and was recognised as ''College with Potential for Excellence'' by University Grants Commission in 2016. The College was accredited with A++ grade in its fourth cycle of
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(NAAC) accreditation, scoring
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of 3.70 on four point scale in October 2022.


History

Started as a lower secondary school in 1889, the founder, the first Vicar Apostolic of Thrissur, Adolphus Edwin Medlycott, named it St. Thomas’ College. The college started to function in the compound of present day Bishop's House compound. In 1919, it was raised to a second grade college in arts, affiliated to the University of Madras. The college was elevated as a first grade college under University of Madras in April 1925 and it is the second non-government college in Kerala to achieve that status,
Union Christian College, Aluva Union Christian College, Aluva (known as UC College) is a college affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. It is one of the earliest colleges in India to be established and managed by Indian Christians. It was founded in 1921 by four ...
being the first. The buildings of the College were constructed in a phased manner. Rev. Medlycott has given a description about the College at the time of his return in 1896 as below: The first building of the college is the one which is having the tower. Menacherry Hall was built in the year 1941. The Science Block (present day Academic Block on the opposite side of the road) was built in 1956. In 2004, St. Thomas' was accredited with a B++ grade by NAAC, an autonomous organization instituted by the UGC. In September 2010, The college was re-accredited with A grade by NAAC. The College attained A Grade in its NAAC reaccreditation in 2016. In October 2022, the college attained A++ grade in its fourth cycle of NAAC accreditation. The year 2018-2019 was celebrated as ''Sathyaprayan 1919-2019'', the centennial as second grade college and the commemoration was inaugurated by Honourable
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, Shri
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on 7 August 2018.


Academic programmes

The college offers graduate, postgraduate and Ph.D. level programmes in a wide range of subjects. There are twenty-four teaching departments (including ten research departments and the thirteen postgraduate departments) which encompass 140 teachers.


Departments

*Humanities **Department of History **Department of Political Science *Languages **Department of English **Department of Hindi **Department of Malayalam **Department of Sanskrit *Mathematical Sciences **Department of Mathematics **Department of Statistics *Computer Science and Application **Department of Computer Science **Department of Computer Application **Department of Data Science *Life Sciences **Department of Botany **Department of Zoology *Physical Sciences **Department of Physics **Department of Chemistry **Department of Electronics *Social Sciences **Department of Commerce **Department of Criminology and Police Science **Department of Economics **Department of Forensic Science **Department of Management Studies **Department of Media Studies **Department of Psychology **Department of Social Work *Other ** Department of Library and Information Studies **Department of Physical Education


Department of Physics

The Department of Physics was started in 1922 within three years of the establishment of the college itself. In 1951 a B.A Degree in Physics was started (later changed to BSc) was started with the affiliation of the Madras University. In 1961 MSc Physics (of Kerala University) was started which was a rare course in those days (one among four colleges in Kerala then). This Department offers bachelor's degrees and master's degrees in Physics.


Department of Zoology

The department of Zoology, established in 1957, was affiliated to the University of Kerala. Post Graduate course was introduced in 1969 with entomology as the special paper. The department was approved as a recognized research center under university of Calicut in 1974 and is enriched with a full-fledged Research laboratory supported by Department of Science and Technology.


Department of Statistics

In the year 1955, the Degree Course in B.A. Statistics was started under the Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics affiliated to the University of Madras. The B.A. Course was converted to three year B.Sc. course in Statistics in 1958 under the University of Kerala. The Department of Statistics was established in the year 1984. This department offers bachelor's degrees, Master's degrees and Doctoral Studies ( PhD).


Department of Library and Information Studies

The Department of Library and Information Studies has two constituents: (1) the library which supplements the academic, intellectual, informational, inspirational, spiritual and recreational requirements of the academia with its rich resources and services, and (2) the department of information studies which offers various academic programmes. The Department of
library A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vir ...
is one of the largest and oldest college libraries in Kerala. Santhome Athenaeum, the Centennial Library of the College, houses about a hundred thousand
book A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physical arr ...
s and subscribes to more than one hundred
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including journals, magazines and dailies. The library collection includes general, multidisciplinary, language and
literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...
books in
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,
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,
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and
English language English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the is ...
and
literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...
along with the books in
humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the t ...
,
social sciences Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of soci ...
and
natural Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. Although humans are p ...
,
physical Physical may refer to: *Physical examination In a physical examination, medical examination, or clinical examination, a medical practitioner examines a patient for any possible medical signs or symptoms of a medical condition. It generally co ...
and
mathematical sciences The mathematical sciences are a group of areas of study that includes, in addition to mathematics, those academic disciplines that are primarily mathematical in nature but may not be universally considered subfields of mathematics proper. Statisti ...
. The valuable collections include forty sets of Encyclopӕdiae, twenty sets of
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and Directories of various categories. Some of the collections are very rare, viz. 4 editions of
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, 2 editions of
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,
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(24 volumes), Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia (29 volumes), Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia (15 volumes), The Book of Knowledge: The Children's Encyclopædia, International Encyclopedia of Ecology and Environment (30 volumes), Encyclopedia of Visual Art (10 volumes) and Encyclopedia of Animal World (21 volumes). In the collection of dictionaries, there are 20 sets of various types, among them
A New English Dictionary ''A New English Dictionary: or, a complete collection of the most proper and significant words, commonly used in the language'' was an English dictionary compiled by philologist John Kersey and first published in London in 1702. Unlike previous d ...
(9 volumes), published in 1888, is the rarest and the most valuable. Moreover, A Dictionary of English Language abridged by
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from that of
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in 1882, Malayalam-English Dictionary by
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and Malayalam-Portuguese Dictionary by Arnos Padre are available in the Library. Many of the old ecclesiastical books which were in the beginnings of the college were taken to the collection of Bishop's house to make room for academic books. The College Library provides open access to its documents and any member can browse through the collections which are arranged according to
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(DDC). The Library provides a
online catalogue
to trace these books. The members can also access scholarly literature which is available online throug
National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST)
of UGC-INFLIBNET. Through N-LIST, members can access to 6,000+ journals, 1,99,500+ ebooks under N-LIST and 6,00,000 ebooks through
National Digital Library of India The National Digital library of India is a virtual repository of learning resources which is not only just a repository with a search/browse facilities but also provides a host of services containing textbooks, articles, videos, audio books, l ...
. The College Library houses 30 terminals of computers for the use of students and faculty. The Library provides reference, scholarly literature search services and similarity check for
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. The seating capacity of the library is 408 which include carrels, research cubicles and learning stairs. The academic Department of Information Studies offers the Postgraduate Certificate Programme in Information Studies. The programme is delivered entirely online using virtual learning platform and consists of three modules: information literacy, academic writing and communication, and intellectual property and its management. The programme is first of its kind in
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. Training on electronic reference management and awareness about web research profiles,
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,
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, ethical methods of research and publishing, pseudo-journals and plagiarism are also imparted by the Department.
In the first quarter of 2020, the department started to offer th
UGC approved two credit course ''Research and Publication Ethics''
online throug
St Thomas E-learning Platform (STEP)
the
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instance of the college. Later it was offered online in the month of August in 2020 and 2021 and was well received by more than 600 participants from different parts of India.


Doctoral Studies (PhD)

The College is offering research programmes under the following ten departments: *Department of Botany *Department of Chemistry *Department of Commerce *Department of Computer Science *Department of Economics *Department of English *Department of Mathematics *Department of Physics *Department of Statistics *Department of Zoology


Notable alumni

* Alphons Joseph - Malayalam Film Music Director * Ashok Menon, Former Judge,
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*
Anil Akkara Anil Akkara (born 1972) is an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress, social worker and farmer from Kerala, India. He represented the Wadakkancherry constituency in Kerala Legislative Assembly. Political career He was elected to the ...
, Former Member Of
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*
Arun G Raghavan Arun G Raghavan, also known by the stage name Arun Raghav, is an Indian actor known for his works in Malayalam television. His works include ''Soubhagyavathi'', '' Bharya'' and ''Pookkalam Varavayi''. His breakthrough performance was playing 10 rol ...
,
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* Atlas Ramachandran, Former Banker, Entrepreneur *
Biju Menon Biju Menon (born 9 September 1970) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, and also has a few Tamil cinema, Tamil and Telugu cinema, Telugu film credits. He made his debut in the 1994 Malayalam film ''Puthran''. In a car ...
, Actor *
C. Achutha Menon Chelat Achutha Menon (13 January 1913 – 16 August 1991) was the Chief Minister of Kerala state for two terms. The first term was from 1 November 1969 to 1 August 1970 and the second 4 October 1970 to 25 March 1977. He was instrumental in ...
- Indian
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Leader and
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state * C. Janardhanan, Communist Leader, Former Member of Parliament *
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- Chinmaya Mission * C. Raveendranath, Former Minister for General education Government of kerala * Devan- Malayalam Film Actor * E. Santhosh Kumar, Winner of The
Kerala Sahithya Academy The Kerala Sahitya Akademi or Academy for Malayalam literature is an autonomous body established to promote the Malayalam language and literature. It is situated in City of Thrissur, Kerala in India. History The academy was inaugurated on 15 ...
Award for the best novel in 2012. *
Eknath Easwaran Eknath Easwaran (December 17, 1910 October 26, 1999) was an Indian-born spiritual teacher, author and translator and interpreter of Indian religious texts such as the ''Bhagavad Gita'' and the Upanishads. Easwaran was a professor of English lit ...
- Internationally respected spiritual teacher"The headmaster of my college was Father John Palakaran, a Catholic priest from a distinguished Kerala Christian family who had taken his degrees at Edinburgh University", page 6 of * Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis -
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awardee, Professor at
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*
EMS Namboodiripad Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad (13 June 1909 – 19 March 1998), popularly known as EMS, was an Indian communist politician and theorist, who served as the first Chief Minister of Kerala in 1957–1959 and then again in 1967–1969. A ...
- Indian
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Leader and first
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state *
George Alapatt Mar George Alapatt (11 February 1900 – 6 November 1973) was the fourth Bishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur, from 1 May 1944 until 4 June 1970, when he retired. Alapatt was born at Karanchira in Thrissur district on 11 Feb ...
- Fourth Bishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur *
George Menachery George Menachery is a professor, anthropologist, indologist, and historian of Syro-Malabar Church and of Kerala. He is the editor of the St. Thomas Christian Encyclopedia of India and the Indian Church History Classics.On 27 Oct. '22 he was best ...
– Historian *
Hariharan (director) Hariharan is an Indian film director who has directed over 50 Malayalam films. His movies mainly revolve around the cultural and relational aspects of a typical Keralite society. His most notable works include ''Sharapancharam'' (1979), ''Pa ...
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- Malayalam Music Director *
Joseph Mundassery Joseph Mundassery (17 July 1903 – 25 October 1977) was a literary critic and Indian politician from Kerala state. He specialised in the Malayalam language and literature. In Kerala politics, he is remembered as the Education Minister who wa ...
- Noted Literary critique and Education Minister of
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*
Kochouseph Chittilappilly Kochouseph Thomas Chittilappilly (born 27th March, 1957) is an Indian business magnate, writer, investor and philanthropist. He is the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of V-Guard Industries and a chain of amusement parks called Wo ...
- MD of
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* Mar Aprem Mooken - Metropolitan of the Church of the East in India *
Mathai Manjooran Mathai Manjooran (13 October 1912 – 14 January 1970) was an Indian independence activist from Kerala, socialist revolutionary, founder of the Kerala Socialist Party, Member of Parliament, Minister of Labour (economics) in the second E.M.S. ...
- Indian Independence Activist *
Mukundan C. Menon Mukundan Chembakasseriyil Menon(21 November 1948 - 12 December 2005), born at Chembakassery Veedu in Wadakkanchery in Thrissur district, was a human-rights activist in India. He helped found a number of India's national non-governmental huma ...
, Journalist * M. O. Joseph, Film Producer *
Narain (actor) Sunil Kumar, known by his stage name Narain, is an Indian actor, who has starred in Malayalam and Tamil films. He made his debut in Adoor Gopalakrishnan's ''Nizhalkuthu'' (2002), followed by performances in Malayalam films '' 4 the People'' (20 ...
, Actor *
Ouseppachan Mechery Louis Ouseppachan (born 13 September 1955), known mononymously as Ouseppachan, is an Indian film composer and singer who primarily works in Malayalam films. He is a recipient of National Film Award, Filmfare Award and Kerala State Film ...
- Malayalam Film Music Director * P. T. Kunju Muhammed- Malayalam Film Director and Producer *
Panampilly Govinda Menon Panampilly Govinda Menon (1 October 1906 – 23 May 1970) was an Indian politician, freedom fighter, and lawyer. He was born in a village near Kathikkudam and completed graduation from '' St.Thomas College, Thrissur''. He started his legal pra ...
- First Prime Minister of Cochin, Last Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin and Union Cabinet minister for Law and
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. *
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- Supreme primate of the
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*
Ranjith Sankar Ranjith Sankar is an Indian Filmmaker who works in Malayalam films. He started his movie career with the 2009 thriller film '' Passenger''. Sankar followed ''Passenger'' up with '' Arjunan Saakshi'' (2011),''Molly Aunty Rocks'' (2012), '' Pun ...
, Director *
Shine Tom Chacko Shine Tom Chacko (born 15 September 1983) is an Indian actor and former assistant director who works in Malayalam cinema. After working as an assistant to director Kamal for about 9 years, he forayed into acting through the film. '' Gaddama'' ...
, Actor * T. J. Saneesh Kumar Joseph, Member Of
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* T. Pradeep - Professor of Chemistry, Chennai *
T. G. Ravi T. G. Ravindranathan (born 16 May 1944), popularly known as T. G. Ravi, is an Indian actor, mainly noted for his roles as a villain in Malayalam cinema. He along with Balan K. Nair played most of the negative roles in Malayalam cinema during t ...
- Malayalam Film Actor * V. M. Sudheeran- Political leader * Victor Manjila- Former Indian Football Player *
Vijayarajamallika Vijayarajamallika, known as Daivathinte Makal, is a transgender poet in Malayalam literature, She is a writer, teacher, social worker, inspirational speaker, and activist. Early life, family and education Vijayarajamallika was born in 1985 at ...
, Poet, Activist


Notable faculty

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Joseph Mundassery Joseph Mundassery (17 July 1903 – 25 October 1977) was a literary critic and Indian politician from Kerala state. He specialised in the Malayalam language and literature. In Kerala politics, he is remembered as the Education Minister who wa ...
*
A. Sreedhara Menon Alappat Sreedhara Menon (18 December 1925 – 23 July 2010), known as A. Sreedhara Menon, was an Indian historian from Kerala. He is best known as the State Editor (1958–68) of Kerala District Gazetteers (1961–1975). He served as registrar o ...
*
George Menachery George Menachery is a professor, anthropologist, indologist, and historian of Syro-Malabar Church and of Kerala. He is the editor of the St. Thomas Christian Encyclopedia of India and the Indian Church History Classics.On 27 Oct. '22 he was best ...
* C. Raveendranath * K. A. Jayaseelan


See also

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Christ College, Irinjalakuda Christ College (Autonomous), Irinjalakuda is a Syro Malabar Catholic Church college run by Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) in Irinjalakuda of Thrissur District, Kerala, India. Christ College is affiliated to The University of Calicut. It ...
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Vimala College Vimala College is a Women's college in Thrissur City of Kerala state, India. It was established in 1967 after bifurcating St. Mary's College, Thrissur. The college is under the management of the Nirmala Province, Thrissur, of The Congregation ...
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St. Joseph's College, Irinjalakuda St. Joseph's College (Autonomous) Irinjalakuda is one of the women's college in the state of Kerala, India. This institution was established in 1964 and affiliated with the University of Calicut. In 1999, St. Joseph’s College, Irinjalakuda esta ...
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University of Calicut The University of Calicut, also known as Calicut University, is a State ownership, state-run public university headquartered at Tenhipalam in Malappuram district of the state of Kerala, India. Established in 1968, it is the first university to ...


References


External links


Official Website of St. Thomas' College ThrissurOfficial website of Department of Computer Science, St. Thomas' College, Thrissur
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