Mar Thoma College For Women, Perumbavoor

About Mar Thoma College For Women, Perumbavoor

Mar Thoma College for Women, situated in Perumbavoor, Kerala, is the dream child of the late Thomas Mar Athanasius Suffragan Metropolitian of the Mar Thoma Church. The college is owned and operated by the Mar Thoma Evangelistic Association. Known for its academic excellence, the College is placed among the top ten in Mahatma Gandhi University.

Mar Thoma College for Women, situated in the Municipal area of perumbavoor, is the dream child of the late Thomas Mar Athanasius Suffragon Metropolitan of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church. A visionary, Thirumeni had foreseen that this college would cater to the educational needs and the empowerment of the girls of the rural and suburban areas, in and around Perumbavoor. The people of perumbavoor who have been feeling the need for an Arts and Science College in the town felt that the Mar Thoma Church, with its long history of excellent service in the educational field in the North Travancore are with their High schools at Keezhillam (St. Thomas High School, established-1922) and Perumbavoor (Asram High School, established - 1931) and 14 Primary Schools in different places in the area would be the right agency to undertake this great task. The Sabha Council of the Mar Thoma Church entrusted the Mar Thoma Evangelistic Association with the responsibility of starting of the college at Perumbavoor and Rt. Rev. Thomas Mar Athannasius Suffragan Metropolitan the then president of the Association initiated necessary steps fo the establishment of the college. In his great vision and foresight, Thirumeni suggested that the college should be a Women's College, which can open the doors of higher education to the educationally backward women of the area. Giving women proper education and building up in them true wisdom and sense of values so that they become responsible citizens with great vision who can immensely help in grooming a new generation of leaders. As the fulfillment of a long-cherished desire fo the people of Perumbavoor and its suburbs, Mar Thoma College for women Perumbavoor was founded in 1982. The college, initially affiliated to the University of Kerala, started functioning as a junior college offering the third and fourth groups of Pre degree course with 92 students. When Mahatma Gandhi University was established in 1984, the college got affiliated to it. The college started offering science courses in 1984. In 1991 the college was upgraded to a degree college. At present the college offers 7 degree courses - B.Sc. Mathematic (1991), B.Sc Zoology (1993), B.Com (1995), B.A. History Vocational Archaeology and Museology (1998), B.A. English Vocational Administrative Assistant (1999) and BSc Physics Vocational Applied Electronics (2001) B.Sc Chemistry Model 1 (2006)