Mar Ivanios College

Mar Ivanios College is an educational institutuion situated in Trivandrum, the capital city of Kerala, India. The college is located on a small scenic hilltop with a sprawling campus area of hundreds of acres in Bethany Hills, Nalanchira, Thiruvananthapuram.It is one among the first autonomous college in Kerala and the first in Kerala University. Mar Ivanios College was established in 1949 and pursues excellence upholding the far-sighted vision of our revered Founder, Servant of God Archbishop Mar Ivanios.The College is the first Institution in the University of Kerala to receive accreditation from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in 1999. The College was also the first to be re-assessed and re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC in 2004. In 2011 the College was re-assessed by the NAAC Peer team as part of the Third Cycle of re-accreditation process.Mar Ivanios College became the first private college affiliated to the University of Kerala to receive the status of CPE from the UGC. Upon the recommendations of the University Grants Commission (UGC), The College has been conferred with Autonomy status by the University of Kerala with effect from 13th June 2014.The motto of the college is ‘Veritas Vos Liberabit’ which means ‘Truth shall Liberate You’.The alumni association AMICOS (Association of Mar Ivanios College Old Students) has chapters in different countries.The UGC has recognised Mar Ivanios College as one among the six colleges in Kerala accorded with the status of 'College with Potential for Excellence'(CPE).HistoryThe College was founded in 1949 as an affiliated college of the then University of Travancore, later on under the Kerala University. The college was the dream child of the Late Archbishop Geevarghese Ivanios of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, after whom the college was named.