Dewaswom Board College

The Travancore Devaswom Board is a semi-government organisation in the erstwhile Travancore, now southern part of the State of Kerala in India, constituted to manage the Hindu Temples in Kerala, with head office at Nandancode in the state capital Thiruvananthapuram [Trivendrum]. The famous Sastha temple at Sabarimala [a pilgrim centre situated in the western ghats], in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala State, is also under the management of this organisation.

In addition to various other educational institutions, there are four aided colleges under the management of The Honourable Board. They are:

D. B. College, Sasthamcotta, affiliated to the [1] University of Kerala [2] imparting knowledge to the community since 1964 [3] now offers U.G. programmes is fifteen disciplines and P.G. programmes in six. [4]. During its growth and development into a full-fledged Post-Graduate College the institution was headed by eminent personalities [5]. The Well known dramatist (the late)Prof.G. Sankara Pillai was the Head of Department of Malayalam. The alumni of the college include eminent cine artist (the late) Bharat Murali, Pravasi Samman recipient Dr. Ravi Pillai, Eminent scientists, engineers, politicians, etc.
The college is accredited with B++ grade by the NAAC.[please edit this]

D. B. College, Thalayolaparambu the second educational institution of its kind managed by the Travancore Devaswom Board, was established in 1965. The college is affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. The college had its affiliation to the Kerala University in the beginning and when the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam was established in 1983, the college came under its jurisdiction. The institution initially started functioning as a Junior College in 1965 with 6 batches of Pre-degree classes and a students strength of 480.

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