St John's College is one of the higher educational institutions of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. The college is situated at

Anchal Anchal is one of the fastest developing town located in the centre of Kollam district in Kerala, India. Etymology There are a number of different legends about the origin of the name Anchal. One legend is that there used to be an "Anchalappi ...

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. It is one of the Malankara Syrian Catholic colleges established and administered by the Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum in accordance with the rights of the minority community guaranteed in the Constitution of India. The college was founded by Archbishop

Benedict Mar Gregorios Benedict Mor Gregorios (1 February 1916 – 10 October 1994) was the second metropolitan archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. Life Gregorios or "Thangalathil Thirumeni" was born and raised in the Malankara Orthodox Church in Kallo ...

and is supported by the patronage of Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis. The college is re-accredited by NAAC with A grade in May 2015. It is the third college in Kollam district to receive an A grade. The College, affiliated to the University of Kerala, was started in 1964 with pre-degree course and upgraded successively with B.A, B.Sc and B.Com Degree courses in 1967, M.Sc Mathematics in 1995, B.A. Communicative English (Semester) in 1998, M.A. Public Administration (Semester) in 1999, and M.Sc Environmental Science (Semester) in 2001. On 13 September 2014, the college celebrated its Golden Jubilee.

Programmes offered

# B.A. Communicative English # B.A. Economics # B.A. Malayalam # B.A. Political Science # B.Com # B.Sc. Botany # B.Sc. Chemistry # B.Sc. Mathematics # B.Sc. Physics # B.Sc. Zoology # M.A. Public Administration # M.Sc. Chemistry # M.Sc. Environmental Science # M.Sc. Mathematics

Notable alumni

* B. Kemal Pasha, justice of the high court of Kerala

References

# Handbook, St John's College, Anchal, 2013-2015

External Links

Official website

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