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Handbook & Calendar 2 0 1 8 - 2 0 1 9 (AUTONOMOUS) CMS COLLEGE KOTT AYAM (AUTONOMOUS) Affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University Recognized by UGC as College with Potential for Excellence Re-accredited by NAAC with A grade Conferred with Special Heritage status by UGC 01 CONTENTS Profile of the college .....................................05 Alterations, if any, • A brief history of the college in this Calendar will be notified on the College Notice Board • Special heritage status and will be updated • The college crest in the College Website. Governance and leadership ...........................15 Programmes of study....................................24 • UG and PG Programmes • Academic departments • The Ministerial staff Academic regulations.....................................61 • Under graduate programmes (2018 admissions) • Admissions prior to 2018 • General rules of discipline 02 03 CONTENTS Profile of the college .....................................05 Alterations, if any, • A brief history of the college in this Calendar will be notified on the College Notice Board • Special heritage status and will be updated • The college crest in the College Website. Governance and leadership ...........................15 Programmes of study....................................24 • UG and PG Programmes • Academic departments • The Ministerial staff Academic regulations.....................................61 • Under graduate programmes (2018 admissions) • Admissions prior to 2018 • General rules of discipline 02 03 Handbook & Academic Calendar 2018-19 < 05 CONTENTS CMS COLLEGE; A PROFILE Academic and administrative A Brief History of the College functionaries of the college............................73 'The College Cotym' which later on came to be • Faculty advisors known as CMS College, Kottayam was • Committees functioning in the college established in the year 1817 by the Church Missionary Society, England. At the time of its • Value added and service learning initiatives inception, there were no examples of colleges and • Pursuits of excellence universities pioneering higher education in India. • Associations in the college In hindsight, we can proudly say that the tone set by CMS College decided the course of modern Support Services ..........................................115 higher education in this part of the country. The • Contact numbers of the institutions Government of Travancore welcomed the College on the campus as “a place of general education whence any demands of the state for officers to fill all Fee structure ................................................118 departments of public service would be met”. In • Aided programmes 1817, the curriculum included the study of Latin, • Self-financing programmes Greek, Hebrew, Euclid, History and Geography besides English, Malayalam, Sanskrit and Syriac. • Fee regulations • Scholarships, prizes, concessions Rev. Benjamin Bailey, was the first Principal of the College. It was he who nurtured the College and Academic calendar 2018-19 ........................130 set it on the road to become an institution of liberal education. He brought out the first English-Malayalam and Malayalam-English dictionaries. He was also the progenitor of printing and book publishing in Malayalam. In 04 Handbook & Academic Calendar 2018-19 < 05 CONTENTS CMS COLLEGE; A PROFILE Academic and administrative A Brief History of the College functionaries of the college............................73 'The College Cotym' which later on came to be • Faculty advisors known as CMS College, Kottayam was • Committees functioning in the college established in the year 1817 by the Church Missionary Society, England. At the time of its • Value added and service learning initiatives inception, there were no examples of colleges and • Pursuits of excellence universities pioneering higher education in India. • Associations in the college In hindsight, we can proudly say that the tone set by CMS College decided the course of modern Support Services ..........................................115 higher education in this part of the country. The • Contact numbers of the institutions Government of Travancore welcomed the College on the campus as “a place of general education whence any demands of the state for officers to fill all Fee structure ................................................118 departments of public service would be met”. In • Aided programmes 1817, the curriculum included the study of Latin, • Self-financing programmes Greek, Hebrew, Euclid, History and Geography besides English, Malayalam, Sanskrit and Syriac. • Fee regulations • Scholarships, prizes, concessions Rev. Benjamin Bailey, was the first Principal of the College. It was he who nurtured the College and Academic calendar 2018-19 ........................130 set it on the road to become an institution of liberal education. He brought out the first English-Malayalam and Malayalam-English dictionaries. He was also the progenitor of printing and book publishing in Malayalam. In 04 06 < CMS College Kottayam (Autonomous) Handbook & Academic Calendar 2018-19 < 07 1838, the college was shifted to the present The Principals who served this college in the past campus at Annankunnu. The College was were Rev. Benjamin Bailey (1817-1818), Rev. affiliated to the Madras University in 1857, when Joseph Fenn (1818-1826), Rev. John William the University system was introduced in India. Doren (1826-1830), Rev. James Baker Morewood Vidya Sangraham - The Cotym College (1830-1833), Rev. Joseph Peet (1833-1838), Rev. Quarterly', the first college magazine in South W. T Humphery (1838-1840), Rev. John India was published by the College in 1864. In Chapman (1840-1850), Rev. Edmund Johnson 1890, the two-year F. A. classes were started. In (1851-1854), Rev. Richard Collins (1855-1866), 1905, the college was recognized as the best college Rev. Thomas Lane (1866-1867), Rev. John in the Madras Presidency. Having started Hunter Bishop (1868-1878), Rev. Clement Alfred admitting women students in 1913, the college Neve (1879-1889), Rev. A. J French Adams heralds its 100 years of education of women. (1890-1895), Rev. F. N Askwith (1895-1920), The college got affiliated to Travancore University Rev. W. E. Sladen Holland (1920-1924), Rev. C. in 1937 and subsequently to Kerala University in E. Squire (1924-1926), Rev. C. K. Thomas (1927 1957. During this period it became a first grade - 1938), Rev. Philip Lea (1938 - 1942), Prof. P. C. college with eight under graduate and six post Joseph (1942-1965), Dr. George. M. Thomas graduate degree courses. In 1965, the Church (1965-1977), Rev. M. C. John (1977-1983), Prof. Missionary Society transferred the management P. T. Abraham (1983-1990), Prof. C. M. Jacob and ownership of the college to the CSI Synod, (1990-1998), Prof. C. A. Abraham (1998-2003), which subsequently transferred the same to the Prof. Korulla Issac (2003-2009) and Prof. M. M. CSI Madhya Kerala Diocese in 1981. The college Korah (2009-2013). became affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, in 1983. The honourable President of Special Heritage Status India, Shri. Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the A college with a history of two hundred years is bicentenary celebrations of the college on sure to have certain buildings and intellectual February 26th, 2016. The College was granted the assets which have witnessed historic events and status of autonomy in the year 2016. experiences for both men and women who have 06 < CMS College Kottayam (Autonomous) Handbook & Academic Calendar 2018-19 < 07 1838, the college was shifted to the present The Principals who served this college in the past campus at Annankunnu. The College was were Rev. Benjamin Bailey (1817-1818), Rev. affiliated to the Madras University in 1857, when Joseph Fenn (1818-1826), Rev. John William the University system was introduced in India. Doren (1826-1830), Rev. James Baker Morewood Vidya Sangraham - The Cotym College (1830-1833), Rev. Joseph Peet (1833-1838), Rev. Quarterly', the first college magazine in South W. T Humphery (1838-1840), Rev. John India was published by the College in 1864. In Chapman (1840-1850), Rev. Edmund Johnson 1890, the two-year F. A. classes were started. In (1851-1854), Rev. Richard Collins (1855-1866), 1905, the college was recognized as the best college Rev. Thomas Lane (1866-1867), Rev. John in the Madras Presidency. Having started Hunter Bishop (1868-1878), Rev. Clement Alfred admitting women students in 1913, the college Neve (1879-1889), Rev. A. J French Adams heralds its 100 years of education of women. (1890-1895), Rev. F. N Askwith (1895-1920), The college got affiliated to Travancore University Rev. W. E. Sladen Holland (1920-1924), Rev. C. in 1937 and subsequently to Kerala University in E. Squire (1924-1926), Rev. C. K. Thomas (1927 1957. During this period it became a first grade - 1938), Rev. Philip Lea (1938 - 1942), Prof. P. C. college with eight under graduate and six post Joseph (1942-1965), Dr. George. M. Thomas graduate degree courses. In 1965, the Church (1965-1977), Rev. M. C. John (1977-1983), Prof. Missionary Society transferred the management P. T. Abraham (1983-1990), Prof. C. M. Jacob and ownership of the college to the CSI Synod, (1990-1998), Prof. C. A. Abraham (1998-2003), which subsequently transferred the same to the Prof. Korulla Issac (2003-2009) and Prof. M. M. CSI Madhya Kerala Diocese in 1981. The college Korah (2009-2013). became affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, in 1983. The honourable President of Special Heritage