Post Graduate and Research Dept.of Economics Mar Thoma College, Tiruvalla

Mar Thoma College was established in 1952 with intermediate programmes in Arts and Science. The situation was very fluid in the context of attainment of independence and cry for the formation of the state of Kerala. The number of education institutions was very few and higher education was even a dream for people of central Travancore. The need for having a college in our region and also a graduation programme in Economics felt so intensively that the church ventured into a great and noble attempt by establishing the Mar Thoma College at Thiruvalla. Economics was one of the first programmes offered during the inception of the college. The Demand was so high that the college moved over to a post graduate programme in 1981 from under graduation and further to a research programme in economics in 1998. Till Now 57 batches of undergraduate and 34 batches of post graduate students passed out from the department. The department also produced 11 research holders.