Mar Ivanios College
| Mar Ivanios Malankara Catholic College | |
| Established | 1949 |
|---|---|
| Principal | Rev. Dr. Gigi Thomas Mullenkuzhy |
| Location | Trivandrum, Kerala, India |
| Website | http://www.marivanioscollege.ac.in |
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.
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 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.
Mar Ivanios College offers 10 degree courses and 8 post-graduate courses. The Departments of Zoology, Chemistry and Physics are recognized research centres. It also offers facilities for an Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) centre and an International Development Enterprises (IDE) centre.
Degree courses
Postgraduate courses
Debates, music, dance, sports, games, social work and other cultural programmes are at Mar Ivanios campus.
The alumni association AMICOS aims at establishing and maintaining close contact and friendship with all those who leave the college after their studies. Old students are enrolled as members and are informed of college activities, progress and achievements. They are invited to an annual get-together at the college. The executive committee elected annually is responsible for the functioning of the association.
There are many famous people graduated from this college. Some are:
writer Kamala Surayya, Dr. S Jones, Dr. Vishwanathan, Padma Bhushan Dr. V Kurien, Padmabhushan Dr. KM Mathew, Dr.Vinod Thomas, Padmabhushan Dr.Madhavan Nair, chairman of ISRO, music director M.Jayachandran,
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