Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Kochi is a premier, first grade Arts, Science, and Commerce College affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. It was established in 1944. In the year 2000, the college was accredited by the National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) at the Five Star level, and in 2013 it was re accredited at the A level. It has 21 undergraduate and 20 postgraduate programmes, 1 Integrated PG programme and a range of diploma and certificate courses. The college has three campuses in Thevara: Lakeview Campus (Main Campus), East Campus, and Media Campus (SH School of Communication). The current Principal is Rev. Dr. Jose John CMI.

History

Sacred Heart College, Kochi was established in 1944 by the Sacred Heart Monastery,

Thevara Thevara is a Ward (electoral subdivision), ward of Kochi, Kerala. Location Geography Thevara is part of the mainland Kochi and marks its south-west boundary. It is connected to the water-bound West Kochi via bridges. Thevara is a link to ...

Kochi Kochi ( , ), List of renamed Indian cities and states#Kerala, formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the Ernakulam district, district of Ernakulam in the ...

a unit of the CMI (Carmelites of Mary Immaculate) Congregation. In 1958 the college was affiliated to the

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 ...

. In 1983 the college comes under Mahatma Gandhi University,

Kottayam Kottayam () is a city in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is the district headquarters of the district and is located about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 Indian census, Kottayam has a population of ...

. In 2014, the college became one of the first five autonomous colleges in Kerala.

UG Programmes

Bachelor of Arts

*B.A Economics *B.A Sociology *B.A English Copy Editor (Model II) *B.A. English Language and Literature (Model I) *B.A. Animation and Graphic Design *B.A. Animation and Visual Effects *B.A. Mass communication and Journalism

Bachelor of Science

*B.Sc. Botany *B.Sc. Chemistry *B.Sc. Computer Applications (Triple Main) *B.Sc. Mathematics *B.Sc. Physics *B.Sc. Zoology *B.Sc. Psychology (Model I) *BCA (Specialization in Mobile Applications and Cloud Technology)

Bachelor of Commerce

*B.B.A. Commerce (Marketing And New Media) *B. Com. Commerce (Finance &Taxation ) - Aided *B. Com. Commerce (Computer Application )- self financing *B. Com Commerce (Finance & Taxation )- self-financing *B. Com Commerce (Travel and Tourism) - self-financing

Oriental Languages

*English *Sanskrit *Malayalam *Hindi *French

PG Programmes

Master of Arts

*M.A. Economics *M.A. English *M.A. Sociology *MA Multimedia - (Self Financing) *MA Graphic Design - (Self Financing) *MCJ (Self Financing) *M.A. Digital Animation

Master of Science

*M. Sc. Aquaculture (Self Financing) *M. Sc. Botany *M. Sc. Chemistry *M. Sc. Applied Chemistry *M. Sc. Mathematics *M. Sc. Physics *M. Sc. Zoology *M. Sc. Environmental Science

Master of Commerce

*M. Com

Notable alumni

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Devan Ramachandran, Judge, High Court of Kerala *

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Mammootty Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (born 7 September 1951), known mononymously by the hypocorism Mammootty (), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam-language films. He has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu, ...

, Actor and Film Producer, Indian Film Industry * M. M. Jacob, Former Governor of Arunachal Pradhesh * K M Mani, Politician, Former Finance Minister Kerala. * Sachin Baby, Cricketer * K. V. Thomas, Politician, Member of the 16th Lok Sabha Former Union Minister. * Hibi Eden, Politician, Member of the

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* V. D. Satheesan, Politician, Leader of Opposition Legislative Assembly of Kerala * P. J. Joseph, Politician, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Kerala * P. C. George, Politician, Former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Kerala * Soumini Jain, Former Mayor, Corporation of Kochi *

Krishna (Malayalam actor) Krishna is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He made his acting debut at the age of 14 as a child artist in the Malayalam film ''Napoleon''. His debuted as a lead actor with the 1997 film ''Rishyasringan'' alongside Bh ...

* Sijoy Varghese, Actor, Ad Film Director * Deepak Dev, Music director, Singer, Producer *

Srinda Arhaan Srinda (born 20 August 1985) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. Her debut film was ''Four Friends (2010 film), Four Friends'' (2010). She is best known for her roles in Malayalam movies ''22 Female Kottayam'' (2012 ...

, Actress * Aswathi Menon, Actress * Appu Krishnan, Music Producer, Song Writer *

Krishna Praba Krishna Praba is an Indian actress, television presenter, and classical dancer who predominantly appears in Malayalam films. She made her debut as a lead actress in the film '' Madampi'' (2008), directed by B. Unnikrishnan. She played the cha ...

, Actress * Malavika Krishnadas, Anchor, Actress, Dancer * Mamitha Baiju, Actor, Dancer

References

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