ST THOMAS COLLEGE KOZHENCHERRY
Ad am Majorem Dei Glori Established in 1953
Affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam Member United Nations Academic Impact Programme Aided by the Government of Kerala Owned by the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar PROSPECTUS (2019-20)
NAAC Reaccredited College with A grade at CGPA 3.21 Level PROSPECTUSPROSPECTUS
Ad am Majorem Dei Glori Manager:Manager: HisHis Grace Grace The The Most Most Rev. Rev. Dr. JOSEPHDr JOSEPH MAR MAR THOMA THOMA METROPOLITAN METROPOLITAN Principal Treasurer Prof.Dr Mathew K.C.Zachariah P.John Sri.Prof. SUNNY Issac Abraham MULAMOOTTIL ABOUT US
St.Thomas College, Kozhencherry was established in 1953 and it is being administered by the Mar Thoma Syrian Church. Two great names to be remembered in connection with the founding of the college are that of the late His Grace the Most Rev. Dr.Yuhanon Mar Thoma Metropolitan and the late Rev.K.T.Thomas, Kurumthottickal, the veteran minister of the Parish of Kozhencherry. The main aim of this institution is to impart sound Christian liberal education to young men and women. The college aims at producing intellectually well trained, morally upright, socially committed and spiritually inspired young men and women. The college has completed 64 years of service and has expanded its academic reach to accommodate students hailing from the remote regions of the eastern part of Pathanamthitta district. Various courses of studies augmenting the creative and productive faculties of the younger generation, were introduced from time to time. The college is re-accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, an autonomous agency of the UGC, with A grade. When the college was established in 1953, it was affiliated to the Travancore University and later to the University of Kerala. Since 1983, it has been affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. The Travancore Royal Family honoured the institution with the Rajamudra for its valuable contributions to the eastern hilly regions of the State in 2013. The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions of the Government of India has declared this college as Minority Educational Institution covered under Section 2 (g) of the NCMEI Act 2004 in 2013. The College is re-accredited with Grade A at CGPA 3.21 level by National Assessment and Accreditation Council, an autonomous agency of the UGC in 2015.
OUR VISION To Tofoster foster academic academic excellence, excellence, moral integrity,moral integrity, andand social social commitment commitment to young to youngmen and men women. and women.
OUR MISSION To Tomould mould intellectually intellectually well-trained well-trained young youngmen and men women and bywomen by providingproviding conducive conducive academic academic environment. environment. To Toequip equip the thefaculty faculty and andstudents students to meet to themeet challenges the challenges of modern of modern trendstrends in educationalin educational field field by encouraging by encouraging research research and development. and development. To Toprovide provide quality quality higher higher education education to the torural the population rural population in the eastern in the eastern regionregion of Central of Central Travancore Travancore in Kerala. in Kerala. To Toimpart impart sound sound Christian Christian liberal liberal education education and toand promote to promote holistic holistic developmentdevelopment of individuals. of individuals. To Toundertake undertake community community related related research research studies studiesand extension and extension programmesprogrammes beneficial beneficial to the tocommunity. the community.
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Ad am Majorem Dei Glori COURSES OFFERED: AIDED
The College offers instruction in the following courses of study under the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam.
B.A./B.Sc/B.Com. Degree Programmes (six semesters) Common Courses: English, Malayalam / Hindi Core : Complimentary : No. of seats B.A. English Political Science, History 24 Malayalam Visual Arts, Folklore and Sanskrit 40 Economics Political Science, History 60 History Economics, Political Science 40 Hindi Functional Hindi, Journalism 24
B.Sc. Mathematics Statistics, Physics 60 Physics Mathematics, Chemistry 40 Chemistry Mathematics, Physics 40 Botany Chemistry, Zoology 32 Zoology Chemistry, Botany 32
B.Com. Model I (Computer Application) 50 B.Com. Model II Finance & Taxation 24
Post Graduate Programmes (Semester System) : Course No. of seats M.Sc. Mathematics 15 Physics 10 Chemistry 10 Botany 12 Zoology 08
M.A. English 15 Economics 15 Malayalam 15
M.Com. (Finance Stream) 15
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Ad am Majorem Dei Glori Research Centres offering Ph.D Department of Physics Department of Zoology Department of Chemistry Department of Commerce Department of Botany Department of English
COURSES OFFERED: SELF-FINANCING B.Sc. Computer Science : Model III No. of seats - 60 B.Com FinanceComputer & ApplicationTaxation : :Model Model I I No.of seats - 32 BBA No.of seats - 32
SELECTION & ADMISSION PROCEDURES 1. ApplicationsApplications fo forr admission admission to UG to and UG PG and programmes PG programmes under merit under quota shouldmerit, beCommunity, submitted throughManagement, MG University sports andwebsite culture for onlineshould registration. be submitted through MG University website for www.mgu.ac.in,online registration. www.cap.mgu.ac.in. www.mgu.ac.in, www.cap.mgu.ac.in. 2. Applications for admission under community/sports/cultural/ physically handicapped quota 2. shouldApplications be made for in admissionthe prescribed under form community/sports/cultural/ which can be had from the collegephysically office handicapped on payment of quota a Registration should be feemade of Rs. in the 50/- prescribed (Rupees fiftyform only). which Request can be forhad sending from the the college application office form on by payment post will of bea Registrationentertained only fee onof receiptRs. 50/- of (Rupeesmoney order fifty only).of Rs. Request 80/- In thefor moneysending order the coupon,application the formclass by(B.A./B.Sc./B.Com/ post will be entertained M.A/M.Sc./M.Com.) only on receipt to whichof money admission order ofis soughtRs. 80/- and In the the fullmoney address order of the coupon, candidate the shouldclass (B.A./B.Sc./B.Com/be noted. Postal Orders M.A/M.Sc./M.Com.) will not be accepted. to which admission is sought and the full address of the candidate should be noted. Postal Orders 3. Eachwill not application be accepted. for admission should contain copies of mark list of the qualifying examination and certificate of character and conduct from the head of the institution last attended. 3. Each application for admission should contain copies of mark list of the qualifying Originals must be produced at the time of interview. examination and certificate of character and conduct from the head of the institution last 4. Writeattended. the correctOriginals mailing must address be produced on the at interview the time cards of interview. (Memo). Affix Rs. 6/- stamp on the 4. interview Write the cards.correct mailing address on the interview cards (Memo). Affix Rs. 6/- stamp on 5. Applicationthe interview for cards. admission to a particular class will be REJECTED if admission is sought 5. (i)Application after having for beenadmission detained to ain particular the same class willin another be REJECTED college (ii) if after admission having isundergone sought for (i) after the same having course been or detained with any in other the same subject class or higherin another course college in any (ii) institution. after having under 6. Thegone Higher for the Secondary same course School or withCertificate any other Examination subject or conducted higher course by the in Board any institution. of Secondary 6. Education, The Higher Madhya Secondary Pradesh, School Bhopal Certificate is not recognized Examination by theconducted Mahatma by Gandhi the Board University. of StudentsSecondary from Education, other universities Madhya shall Pradesh, produce Bhopal their eligibilityis not recognized certificate fromby thethe MahatmaMahatma Gandhi Gandhi University.University. Students from other universities shall produce their eligibility certificate 7. Admissionfrom the Mahatma will be Gandhimade according University. to the Direct Payment Scheme Agreement made by 7. theAdmission Management will be with made the according Government to the of Direct Kerala Payment - 50% Scheme Open Merit, Agreement 20% SC/STmade byMerit, the 10%Management Community with Merit the and Government 20% Management of Kerala Quota.- 50% OpenPrincipal’s Merit, 20%decision SC/ST will Merit,be final. 10% 8. Any Community student Merit who andsecures 20% admission Management on the Quota. basis Principal’s of erroneous decision or falsewill be information final. will 8. forfeitAny student his/her who seat secures and will admission be dismissed on the from basis the of college. erroneous or false information will 9. Applicantsforfeit his/her belongs seat to and the willMar be Thoma dismissed Syrian from Church the whocollege. desire to be considered for admission 9. inApplicants the community belongs quota to shouldthe Mar attach Thoma certificate Syrian Churchof membership who desire from tothe be Parish considered Priest. for 10. Application admission informs the communitywhich are notquota fully should and correctly attach certificatefilled in andof membershipto which the fromrequired the certificatesParish Priest. are not attached will be rejected. 10. Application forms which are not fully and correctly filled in and to which the required 11. Candidates selected for admission will be intimated by post and list of such candidates certificates are not attached will be rejected. will be published on the college notice board. Selected candidates will have to appear 11. Candidates selected for admission will be intimated by post and list of such candidates will be published on the college notice board. Selected candidates will have to appear
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before the Principal for an interview with the following documents and accompanied by the parent / guardian. i) SSLC book & Plus Two Certificates ( Degree & Other Certificates if applicable) ii) Transfer Certificate iii) Conduct Certificate iv) Community Certificate from the concerned Parish priest in the case of candidates belonging to Mar Thoma Community seeking selection in the Community Management Quota. v) Community Certificate and Income Certificate from competent authorities in the case of backward community students eligible for concession from the Scheduled Caste Development Department. vi) Other relevant certificates as per application. vii) Three passport size photographs. viii) Applicants shall bring their ATM Cards at the time of Interview. ix) Those students who have cancelled their earlier admission shall produce cancellation certificate at the office.
Final Selection will be made only after the interview. 12. Candidates for admission to B.A. / B.Sc. / B.Com. should have attained the age of 16 years on the 15th July of the year of admission. Exemption from the operation of the age rule will not be granted. 13. The applicants are allowed to exercise only THREE choices. 14. The SSLC Book and other mark lists will have to be surrendered to the college at the time of admission to Degree and Post Graduate Courses. Students are advised to have in their possession sufficient number of copies of certified extracts of the marks in the qualifying examination and the pages containing the date of birth, before admission. Their qualifying certificates will be returned to them only after the completion of the Course. 15. B.Com. Degree Course : For B.Com., the University has stipulated that candidate who have not taken Commerce or allied subjects for the qualifying examination should get at least 45% of the aggregate mark in the Pre-degree/ Higher Secondary Examination to become eligible to seek admission to the Course. A concession of 5% will be given to those who belong to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and other backward communities. 16. An applicant seeking admission from an institution outside Kerala State should produce a Migration Certificate and Pass Certificate. They should produce Eligibility Certificate also from the Mahatma Gandhi University. However, those students who pass the Higher Secondary (+2) course of the Government of Kerala need not produce the Migration Certificate. 17. No change in subjects will be permitted after admission. 18. The Register Number on the application should always be quoted in any query or correspondence with regard to the application.
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FEE STRUCTURE DEGREE PROGRAMMES ( per year) Item Maths. Phys./Chem. Bot./Zool. Arts/Comm.
Tuition Fee 1000 1000 1000 1000 Special Fee 123014981748 148017481998 210816301898 159813481080 Caution Deposit 360 360 360 360
For B.Sc. Computer Science and other self fincancing courses- fee prescribed by the University from time to time.
POST GRADUATE COURSE (per year) Item Maths Phys./Chem./Bot./Zool. M.A/M.Com. Tuition Fee 1800 1800 1800 Special Fee 110516231273 230524732873 162312731105 Caution Deposit 600 600 600
Matriculation Fees Rs. 200/-100/- Fee for eligibility Certificate from the University Rs. 100/- When the student leaves the college, the caution deposit will be refunded only on production of the original receipt after deducting the cost of damages and other dues, as reported by the departmental Heads, Librarian, NCC, NSS officers etc. The first installment of fees must be paid on the date of admission together with the Special Fees and other fees. FEE CONCESSION (i) Students belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and Other Eligible Communities are eligible for fee concession from the Harijan Welfare Department as per Government rules. (ii) Students belonging to backward communities other than Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and converts from the O.B.C. will get concession only if the parental income is below Rs. 1,00,000/- for Degree and Post Graduate Courses. Such students should produce at the time of interview an income certificate from the Tahsildar or the Village Officer. (iii) The students who are eligible for concession from the Scheduled Caste Development Department should produce a Community Certificate from the Tahsildar at the time of interview. (iv) Students who are eligible for concession from the Scheduled Caste Development Department should obtain from the College Office the prescribed application form immediately after admission and submit the same to the office duly completed, within 15 days from the date of admission. (v) Students belonging to the forward communities are also eligible for the concession (K.P.C.R) provided the annual income of their parents is within the prescribed limit for Degree and Post Graduate Rs. 100,000/- (vi) The income certificate obtained from the Village Officer should be produced at the time of interview. (vii) Candidates claiming full fee concession should submit their application in the prescribed form.Candiates
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who do not adhere to the above instructions will have to pay the entire fees at the time of admission. (viii) Only bonafide students of Kerala State are eligible for concession. (ix) Fee concession, stipend and lumpsum grant are available to those students who possess minimum attendance and progress in studies. (x) Various Scholarships, Endowments and Students Aid Funds are available in the college. Students are advised to go through the College Calendar for details. Students’ Insurance The students of this college are insured compulsory with United India Insurance Company Divisional office Pathanamthitta. The premium of the insurance is Rs.150/- per annum under this scheme. 1. The student is insured for Rs.100,000/- for death due to accident. 2. An amount of Rs.20,000/- can be availed by the student for accidents during the journey to and from college during college working days and while on study tour / field study etc. This amount can be claimed twice during the insured period (payable to a maximum of Rs.10,000/-during one incident). RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION There is a Women’s Hostel attached to the College. All girl students except those who are staying with their parents or relatives have to stay in the College Hostel. Application forms for admission to the Hostel can be had from the Warden’s office on payment of Rs. 100/- SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Religious and moral instruction classes will be conducted in the college. Christian students are expected to attend the scripture classes and other moral instruction classes. Text books, note books and all the stationery required are available in the College Co-operative Store. Women students admitted to the College should wear either long skirts, saries, churidar pyjamas. An identity card will be issued to every student after admission. Identity Card must be with the student whenever he/she is in the college campus and should be produced for inspection by any member of the staff. Guardians and the students are expected to co-operate in the development programmes of the college so that the college may fulfill its obligations to the society effectively. There is a noon meal scheme in the college for the poor and deserving students who do not get any other financial aid. Such students are requested to apply for the same in the prescribed application form. Students who do not posses the required attendance will not be presented for the University Examination. All the parents are members of the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA). Parents are requested to meet the class-teacher in charge, Head of the Department and the Principal occasionally. Ragging is strictly prohibited and will be treated as a criminal offence. Anti-Ragging Committee is functioning in the College effectively. Use of mobile phones is strictly prohibited inside the college campus. As per the Govt. Order and Circular from University, there will be a Surprise Inspection Squad in the college to prevent mobile using.
In the light of the verdict of the Hon’ble High Court, the Mar Thoma Sabha Council had decided to prohibit campus politics in colleges under the Mar Thoma Sabha Management. As per Resolution No. 15 of the College Governing Council held on 11.06.2003, campus politics is prohibited in this College.
UG Level Research Motivation and Methodology Training
The College provides a platform called Reseach Forum, for students who pursue research in future to engage with the research methodologies. Research Forum aims at nurturing a new academic enviornment with an objective to generate research interest among the graduate students.
7 St STHOMASt.thoma SCOLLEGE, College, KKOZHENCHERRYozhenCherry SPECIAL FEATURES SHORT TERM / CERTIFICATE / DIPLOMA COURSE ASSOCIATIONS & CLUBS : ASSOCIATIONS & CLUBS : Post Graduate Diploma in Taxation College College Union Union & Arts & ClubArts Club Diploma in GST National Cadet Corps (NCC) SPECIAL FEATURES National Cadet Corps (NCC) FoundationUGC Sponsored Courses for Add-On Banking Courses & Counselling Counseling & Orientation & Orientation Centre Centre FinancialCommunicative Services English Women’s Women’s Cell Cell Best Arts Tally MicrosoftJournalism Office & File Management Planning Best Arts Forum Tourism Club Medical Lab Technology Creative Communication in English Diploma in Computer Assembling & Discussion Planning & DebatingForum Forum OTHERMaintenance FEATURES Mar Discussion Thoma Student’s & Debating Association Forum Post Graduate Diploma in Taxation and Computer Serving & Maintenance Remedial Coaching Tourism Club Accounting National Service Scheme (NSS) Coaching for Entry into Service Mar Thoma Students Association OTHER FEATURES Subjects’ Associations Coaching for NET/SET Computer Serving & Maintenance Remedial Coaching Centre for Women Studies CareerCoaching Oriented for Courses Entry into Service National Service Scheme (NSS) Career Guidance Centre Science Club EffectiveCoaching Tutorial System for NET/SET Subjects’ Associations Career Oriented Courses Academic and Literary Forum Centre for Women Studies EffectiveMoU Tutorial With System Effective Tutorial System Brains Trust Career Guidance Centre Common Gulati InstituteComputer of Finance Facility & Taxation provides (GIFT), Basic Students Christian Movement (SCM) Science Club Computer Trivandrum Course - for PGDTfor Degree Course students. Post ASAP WWS SSP Graduate Students can make use of the facility Academic and Literary Forum ISDC - for Online Course throughout the course for their Projects etc. For Effective FDP and Tutorial Students System Exchange Internet Hedge Facility School available of Applied at Economics nominal charge. - for Foundation Course for Banking & University Brains Trustof Malalaya, Malaysia Financial Services AIMST Students University, Christian Kedah, Movement Malaysia (SCM) G.Tech - for Tally Geniva Business School, Switzerland
Awarded “Rajamudra” by the Travancore Royal Family for Excellence. Promising Awarded Alumini “Rajamudra” around the byworld the areTravancore the living Royal testimonies Family for of Excellence.our excellence. Common Promising Computer Alumini Facility around provides the world Basic areComputer the living Course testimonies for Degree of students. our excellence. Post Graduate Research Students laboratories can make and use library of the facilitiesfacility throughout with international the course standards. for their Projects etc. Internet Facility Disciplined, available atactivity nominal - oriented charge holistic upbringing of students. Research laboratories and library facilities with international standards. Active, innovative, 'on the go' clubs and forums. Disciplined, activity - oriented holistic upbringing of students. Women's hostel & Sports Hostel Facilities Active, innovative, ‘on the go’ clubs and forums. Women’sProjects hostel aiming& Sports better Hostel standar Facilitiesd s ofProjects life in andaiming outside better the standard campus s :of life in and outside A campus the campus thriving : on renewable sources of energy-solar, biogas and rainwater A campus thriving on renewableA botanical sources garden of for energy-solar, medicinal plants biogas and rainwater A botanical garden Extension for medicinal programmes plants in adopted village and school Extension programmes inInsurance adopted schemevillage and for everyschool student Insurance scheme for everyScholarships student for the needy and deserving ScholarshipsDr.Joseph Mar for Thoma the needy Block and : a deserving new learning centre with the most modern facilities. Dr.Joseph Mar Thoma Block : Interneta new learning networked centre campus with the most modern facilities. Internet networked campus Full protection by lightning arrester. Full protection by lightning C.C.T arrester. V, Public Address System C.C.T V, Public Address System ST.THOMAS COLLEGE KOZHENCHERRY ST THOMASKozhencherry, COLLEGE Pin: 689 641- PathanamthittaKOZHENCHERRY Dist. Kozhencherry,Tel : 0468-2214566, Pin: 689 2215543,641- Pathanamthitta Fax: 2215543 Dist. Email: [email protected] : 0468-2214566, 2215543, Website: Fax: stthomascollege.info 2215543 Email: [email protected]. Website: stthomascollege.info