Government Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram is a

public college A public university, state university, or public college is a university or college that is State ownership, owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government. Whether a national university is considered public varies from o ...

situated in

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, 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 ...

, India. Established in 1924 as the H. H. The Maharaja's College of Arts, it is one of the oldest colleges in Kerala. The college is affiliated with

University of Kerala University of Kerala (formerly known as University of Travancore) is a state-run public university in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital of Kerala, India. It was established in 1937 by a promulgation of the Maharajah of Travancore, Chithi ...

. It offers programmes in arts and science.

History

The college was created in 1924 in a split from H.H. The Maharaja's College. Initially offering only under-graduate courses in economics, history, Sanskrit and Dravidian languages, and English, it began offering courses in Malayalam and a post-graduate course in Sanskrit in 1935 and 1936, respectively. The college was renamed as H.H. the Maharaja’s University College, Thiruvananthapuram in 1937.https://gactvm.org/about-us/

Accreditation

The college is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC).

Notable alumni

* G. Venugopal, Playback singer * K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Actor, MLA, former transport minister government of kerala * P.V.

Jagadish P. V. Jagadish Kumar, Born On (12 June 1955) mononymously as Jagadish, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, and television presenter. He has starred in over 400 Malayalam films and two Hindi films. He is best known for his comic and character rol ...

Kumar, Actor * Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas * Keerikkadan Jose, Actor * Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan, Film Journalist * Aiyappan Pillai, Lawyer, Politician

References

External links

*http://gactvm.org Educational institutions established in 1948 Arts and Science colleges in Kerala Colleges affiliated to the University of Kerala Colleges in Thiruvananthapuram {{Kerala-university-stub