Catholicate College Pathanamthitta

Catholicate College, Pathanmthitta, established in 1952, is an institution of higher education at Pathanamthitta of Kerala, India. Catholicate College belongs to the first group of colleges in Kerala to receive academic accreditation from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The college is a B++ grade college owned by Malankara Orthodox Church, founded by Catholicos Moran Mar Baselios Geevarghese II. The college was originally planned by Geevarghese Mar Philoxenos, Metropolitan; it was founded in 1952, after his death, by Daniel Mar Philoxenos Metropolitan, who became the first Principal of the college.The Principal is Dr. Mathew P. Joseph from the Department of English. The college is affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam.AcademicsThe college has 2,000 students. It has 110 teaching and 67 administrative staff on its rolls. There are degree courses in English, Malayalam, Hindi, Economics, History, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology and Commerce. The college has research facilities in the departments of Malayalam, Hindi, Zoology, Botany, Physics and Mathematics.The college has a study center of the Indira Gandhi National Open University.DonationsNSS, Bhoomitrasena club and staff club of the college donated 14 houses to the poor.Awards The college secured Best College state award from the government of Kerala for motivating students for blood donations. The college got Best college award from the corporate management of MOC colleges for its overall performance.