St. Joseph's College

St Josephs College started as a junior college affiliated with the University of Kerala in 1981. The institution owes an immense debt of gratitude to Rev. Frs. Melanie’s CMI and Colombia CMI, the founding fathers of St Josephs College, and also to Fr. Clerks CMI, who, in his capacity as the Education Councillor, did yeoman service in the initial stages of the St Josephs College.

Rev. Dr.Thomas V. Kalarickal, CMI, was the first principal of the college. Being a psychologist and a broad-minded educationalist, he felt the pulse of the newborn institution keenly and helped it grow, lavishing on it all the care and concern it required.

Rev. Fr. Aloysius CMI was appointed as the principal in March 1983. He continued to be at the helm until 1990, for seven years. It was evidently a period of consistent growth for the institution, and it emerged as one of the best colleges for pre-degree results under Mahatma Gandhi University.

Rev. Fr. K. C. Chandy, CMI, became the principal of the college in 1990, and he continued in the office until 1996, for a period of six years. In his tenure as the principal of the college, he laboured hard to make the college a prestigious institution. The college was upgraded with the start of a graduation course in chemistry in 1991. The B.A. degree course in Economics was started in 1993, and the B.B.M. degree course in 1995. Fr. K. C. Chandy constructed the college library, auditorium, various laboratories, and the rest house for the girl students.

St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Our Founder Our lodestar is Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805-1871), the founder of the CMI, the first indigenous religious congregation in India. Kuriakose (Cyriac) Chavara was born on 10th February 1805 of pious and devout Catholic parents of the Syro-Malabar Church, at Kainakary, Kerala, India. After his early schooling in the native village and priestly studies under Fr. Thomas Palackal at Pallippuram, he was ordained priest on 29th November 1829. In 1831, co-operating with Fr. Thomas Palackal and Fr. Thomas Porukara, he founded the first indigenous religious..

Chavara was born on 10th February 1805 of pious and devout Catholic parents of the Syro-Malabar Church, at Kainakary, Kerala, India. After his early schooling in the native village and priestly studies under Fr. Thomas Palackal at Pallippuram, he was ordained priest on 29th November 1829. In 1831, co-operating with Fr. Thomas Palackal and Fr. Thomas Porukara, he founded the first indigenous religious..

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