St. Joseph's College (Autonomous)

Irinjalakuda Irinjalakuda is a municipal town in Thrissur district, Kerala, India. It is the headquarters of Irinjalakuda Revenue Division, Thrissur Rural Police and Mukundapuram Taluk. After Thrissur, this town has most number of administrative, law-enfor ...

is one of the

women's college Women's colleges in higher education are undergraduate, bachelor's degree-granting institutions, often liberal arts colleges, whose student populations are composed exclusively or almost exclusively of women. Some women's colleges admit male st ...

in the state of Kerala, India. This institution was established in 1964 and affiliated with the

University of Calicut The University of Calicut, also known as Calicut University, is a State ownership, state-run public university headquartered at Tenhipalam in Malappuram district of the state of Kerala, India. Established in 1968, it is the first university to ...

. In 1999, St. Joseph’s College, Irinjalakuda established the Department of

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, distinguished as the one and only institution in Kerala to provide a government-aided B.Sc. Biotechnology program. St.Joseph's College was the first women's college in Kerala to offer a Master's program in Mass Communication and Journalism. The institution has more than 3000+ students.

History

St. Joseph’s College,

is a college for

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, affiliated with the

and managed by St.Joseph Educational Society of the Congregation of Holy Family. The Congregation was founded in 1914 by the Saint Mariam Thresia, a pioneer in the field of the family apostolate, beatified on 9th April 2000. In 1999, the Department of

was established at St. Joseph’s College, Irinjalakuda, and since then, it has stood as a pioneering hub for scientific learning and research. Beginning with the inception of the B.Sc. Biotechnology program affiliate to

, the department expanded its academic offerings in 2004 to include the M.Sc. General Biotechnology program as well.

Notable alumni

* Justice M. R. Anitha, Judge, Kerala High Court. * Dr. Khadija Mumtaz, Medical Practitioner, Author. * R. Bindu, Minister for Higher Education and Social Justice in Second Vijayan ministry. * Dr. P V Radhadevi, Director, Advanced Data Processing Research Institute, Department Of Space. * Ms. Dhanya Babu, Adjunct Professor, Dept Of Criminal Justice, City University Of New York. * Dr Uma Kollamparambil, Professor & Head, School Of Economics & Finance, Johannesburg. * Ms. Usha Suresh Balaje, Performer Artist.

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