NSS Hindu College, Changanassery (NSSHC) is one of the oldest and largest institutions of higher education of

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was established in 1947 by Indian social reformer and freedom fighter

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and is located on par with its central headquarters at

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. The college is affiliated to

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and is re-accredited by

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(NAAC) with 'A' grade.

History

The land stationing the college starts its recorded history of ownership from ''Ezhanthi Bhattathiri's'' and was later acquired by ''Kumaramangalam Namboothirippad's'' which they sold it to the public.

bought this northern part of the '' illam's'' property in the 1940s where the college was constructed. On establishment on 10 June 1947, the college started operation in the rooms provided at the NSS High School building in Changanassery. The foundation stone of the existing structure was laid in July 1949 by Panampilly Govinda Menon, then Minister for Education of the state of

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. The opening ceremony of the college was a fortnight long event held in January 1956 which started with the flag hoisting by

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, the king of erstwhile

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. The college was inaugurated by

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, then vice president of India and declared open by

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, then governor of state of

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Overview

Affiliation

The college was affiliated to the then University of Travancore when it was established in 1947. From 1983 onwards, it has been affiliated to

Accreditation

The

(NAAC) accredited the college with 'B++' grade in 2006. It was re-accredited with 'A' grade on third cycle by the 29th standing committee on 27 November 2017.

National Cadet Corps

The college has two units of National Cadet Corps, an Army Wing under 5 Kerala Battalion NCC, Changanassery with a sanctioned strength of 160 cadets and a Naval Wing under 5 Kerala Naval Unit, Changanassery with a sanctioned strength of 50 cadets.

National Service Scheme

The college has two units of

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with a strength of 100 members each.

Campus Infrastructure

The college has a

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of around 3.5 acre in 2:1

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with fixed

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goal posts, an open

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court, a multi-gymnasium and on-site canteen. It stations one of the four University Study Centre's of Mahatma Gandhi University. It has a

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linked computer lab with an accommodation for 40 students. The library block houses about 80,676 books and is equipped with Koha integrated library management system, e-gate and information

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. It facilitates access to electronic resources like INFLIBNET and DELNET. Two ladies hostels are functioning in the campus with the principal as ex officio warden. As per the NIRF data, the college has a strength of around 2500 students and 100 faculties.

Programmes

As per Mahatma Gandhi University regulations, the college follows Choice Based Credit and Semester System (CBCSS) from 2009 onwards for the three year

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programme and Credit Based Semester System (CBCS) for the two year

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programme from 2012. The Centralized Allotment Process (CAP) of the university handles admission procedure to the university qouta and admission to remaining few seats are handled by college management.

Notable alumni

# Prabha Varma # Ganesh Puthur # Tony Mathew # Ambalapuzha Gopakumar #Nedumudi Harikumar # Ezhacherry Ramachandran # Acharya Narendra Bhooshan # K. Suresh Kurup # Ramesh Chennithala # Rajeev Pillai # Janardhanan #

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# G. Marthandan #

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# Divya Padmini #

Johny Antony Johny Antony is an Indian film director and actor, known for making comedy films in Malayalam cinema. He is from Changanassery in Kottayam district, Kerala. He worked for about a decade as an associate to directors Thulasidas, Taha, Kamal an ...

# Swaroop Philip # Vishnu Narayanan

References

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