Mar Thoma College is an institution of higher education located in

Tiruvalla Thiruvalla, alternately spelled Tiruvalla, is a town in Kerala and the Headquarters of the Taluk of the same name located in Pathanamthitta district in the State of Kerala, India. The town is spread over an area of . It lies on the banks of ...

in the south Indian state of

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 ...

. The college is affiliated with Mahatma Gandhi University and offers 12 undergraduate, 10 post-graduate, and 7 doctoral programmes. The college is accredited by the

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(NAAC).

Overview

Mar Thoma College was founded by the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar in 1952 as a junior college offering two intermediate courses. Alexander Mar Thoma was the school's founding principal. It has been 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 ...

since its inception. When Mahatma Gandhi University was established in 1983, the college was brought under its affiliation and two years later, two of the departments of the college, English and zoology, were recognized as research centres to commence doctoral programmes. In 1998, the

extended accreditation to the college, the first college in Kerala and one of the first colleges in India to receive the NAAC accreditation. The college was re-accredited with A Grade in 2005 and the

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accreditation agency retained the grading at A during its reassessment in 2012. The NAAC has extended the period of accreditation to seven years(till 2019) as the college has obtained the highest possible grades in two consecutive accreditations. The college is a member of United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) and All India Association of Christian Higher Education. It hosted the 29th Kerala Science Congress in 2017. Dr. Alexander Mar Thoma Metropolitan (Rev.MG Chandy), Padma Shri Samuel Paul( an Indian scholar, economist, former visiting professor at Harvard Business School, advisor to the World Bank and the UN Commission on Transnational Corporations), Dr. A.V Varghese, Dr. J.V. Vilanilam (both former Vice Chancellors) were among the distinguished faculty of the college. The college campus is located in Kuttappuzha, a small hamlet in

, known for the Sreevallabha Temple, one of the oldest temples in Kerala.

town is 2 km away and the distance to the state capital,

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 ...

and the commercial city of

Kochi Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...

are 120 km and 89 km respectively. The campus is near to many centres of pilgrimage such as Niranam Church, Kaviyoor Mahadevar Temple and

Parumala Church St. Peter's and St. Paul's Malankara Orthodox Church also known as Parumala Pally is a famous church in Kerala, India. This church is located in Parumala in Thiruvalla Taluk In Pathanamthitta district and is a pilgrimage center and mausoleum o ...

, besides the Sreevallabha Temple. The college is coeducational and has a student strength of about 1800. The administration is under a manager deputed by the Mar Thoma Syrian Church and is headed by a principal who is assisted by 80 teaching and 45 non teaching staff. It offers 12 under graduate, 10 post graduate, seven doctoral and many other non formal programmes.

Departments

The academics is sectioned into independent departments based on subjects of instruction such as English, Malayalam, Hindi, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Economics, History, Political Science, Commerce, Physical Education and Bio-Sciences (SF). Non teaching programmes have a separate department handing them while non formal computer educational programmes are handled by ''Mar Thoma College Institute of Computer Sciences'', a subsidiary functioning under the same management.

Notable alumni

John Abraham John Abraham (born 17 December 1972) is an Indian actor, film producer, writer and former model working in Hindi films. He has won a National Film Award and received five Filmfare nominations. After modelling for advertisements and companies, ...

, film director, short story writer, and screenwriter * Mathew T. Thomas, Minister for Water Resources, Government of Kerala * Nayanthara, actress *

Blessy Blessy Ipe Thomas is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Malayalam cinema. He has won one National Film Award and six Kerala State Film Awards for his feature films '' Kaazhcha'' (2004), '' Thanmathra'' (2005), and ''Pranayam' ...

, film director and writer *

Kaviyoor Sivaprasad Kaviyoor Sivaprasad is a Malayalam film director, screenwriter and visiting faculty of Malayalam University and SJCC. He is the father of actor-director Sidhartha Siva. Awards * 2016: ''Chalachithra Prathiba Award'' by the Kerala Film Critic ...

, National Film Award Winner, film director, writer, and actor *

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, National Film Award Winner, film director, writer, and actor * K. C. Joseph, Opposition Deputy leader, Kerala Assembly * K. George Thomas, Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Awardee *

Vishnu Vinod Vishnu Vinod (born 2 December 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Kerala in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed wicket-keeper-batter and occasional medium pacer. Early life Vishnu was born on 2 December 1993 on Kallissery of Cheng ...

, Kerala and Royal Challengers Bangalore wicketkeeping batsman * Prasanth Alexander, Actor, Malayalam Film Industry

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mar Thoma College Christian universities and colleges in India Arts and Science colleges in Kerala Colleges affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala Universities and colleges in Pathanamthitta district Educational institutions established in 1952 Mar Thoma Syrian Church 1952 establishments in India

Overview

Departments

Notable alumni

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