Mar Ivanios College
Mar Ivanios College is an autonomous educational institution situated in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.[1] The college is ranked by NIRF as 29th best college[2] in the country by MHRD, Government of India and the institution is located on a small scenic hilltop with a sprawling campus area of hundreds of acres in Bethany Hills, Nalanchira, Thiruvananthapuram. Mar Ivanios College was established in 1949 by Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, the first Archbishop of Trivandrum. It constantly ranked 29th in all India ranking by National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2019.[3]
Other names | Mar Ivanios Malankara Catholic College |
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Motto | Veritas vos liberabit |
Motto in English | The truth shall set you free |
Type | Aided, self-financing, autonomous |
Established | 1949 |
Founder | Geevarghese Mar Ivanios |
Affiliation | Kerala university, UGC |
Chairman | Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos |
Principal | K I Georgee |
Students | 2666+ |
Undergraduates | 2394+ |
Postgraduates | 272+ |
Location | , , India |
Campus | Urban |
Nickname | Ivanios, MIC |
Sports | Basketball, cricket, football, badminton, chess |
Website | www |
Rankings
College rankings | |
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General – India | |
NIRF (Colleges) (2020)[4] | 48 |
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 recommendation of the University Grants Commission (UGC), the college has been conferred autonomy status by the University of Kerala with effect from 13 June 2014. The motto of the college is ‘Veritas Vos Liberabit’ which means ‘Truth shall Liberate You’.
History
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.
Courses
Mar Ivanios College offers 17 degree courses and 8 post-graduate courses.The Degree courses offered are BSc in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Botany & Bio Technology, Zoology, Botany,Statistics. BA in Economics, English, Journalism and Mass Communication, English, Communicative English, Analytics economics. BCom and BCom Accounts and Audits. The post-graduate courses offered are, MSc in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology.MA in English Language and Literature, Malayalam and Media Studies.MCom and MTTM. The Departments of Zoology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Malayalam, Commerce, Biotechnology, Journalism and English are recognized research centres. It also offers facilities for an Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) centre and an International Development Enterprises (IDE) centre.
Notable alumni
- J B Koshy (Justice)
- Alexander Jacob (police officer)
- K. Muraleedharan (Politician)
- Jagathi Sreekumar (Actor)
- Anoop Jacob
- Jagadish (Actor)
- Vidhu Prathap (Singer)
- Santosh Sivan
- Arthana Binu (Actress)
- Sakhi Thomas
- Sruthi Lakshmi
- P. T. Thomas
- Chippy (actress)
- Erickavu N. Sunil
- Nazriya Nazim (Actress)
- Abhirami (Actress)
- Disney James
- Mithun Ramesh
- Jothydev Kesavadev
- Anarkali Marikar (Actress)
- G. Venugopal (Singer)
- Priyanka Nair
- Manju Pillai (Actress)
- Ravi Vallathol
- Sanju Samson (Cricketer)
- Rajith Kumar
- Shaji N Karun
- Sooraj Santhosh (Singer)
- Sajeev Koshy OAM