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Mahatma Gandhi College
College in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mahatma Gandhi College is a college in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.[1] It was founded by Mannathu Padmanabhan, the founder of the Nair Service Society.[2] The college is affiliated to University of Kerala[3] and is managed by Nair Service Society. It was awarded "College with potential for excellence" certificate by NAAC.[4] As per the 2019 NIRF rankings, Mahatma Gandhi College stands at 68th rank in India and fourth rank in Thiruvananthapuram.[5][6]
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History
The college started functioning at Vadassery Amma Veedu at Perunthanni in 1948 and was later shifted to the present site[7] at Kattachakkonam, now known as Kesavadasapuram. C. Rajagopalachari, the last Governor General of India, laid the foundation stone for the new building on 22 August 1948.[7]
The Arts section was shifted to the building in 1949, and the Science section in 1950.[7] The main building was completed in 1958 and was inaugurated by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, on 24 April 1958.[7][8] The college celebrated its Silver Jubilee in 1974–75.[7] The foundation stone of the three-storeyed Mannam Memorial Block was laid by P. K. Narayana Panicker, General Secretary of the Nair Service Society (NSS) on 23 April 1989[7] and the block upon completion was inaugurated by Swaroop Singh, the then Governor of Kerala, on 02 October 1990.[7]
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Overview
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The college has 2,000 students, 13 degree and 10 postgraduate courses.[9] Besides providing research facilities in various disciplines, the college has started an Instrumentation course attached to the Department of Physics.
Programs of study
Notable alumni
- Mohanlal[10]
- Madhu
- Murali
- Padmarajan
- Adoor Bhasi
- Priyadarshan
- Anil Nedumangad
- Sooraj Santhosh
- M Vijayakumar
- KN Balagopal
- Thennala Balakrishna Pillai
- Shaji Kailas
- Baiju
- Manikuttan
- Saji Surendran
- Arun Kumar Aravind
- Santhosh
- V. Madhusoodanan Nair
- Jobby Justin
- Justice Paripoornan
- Kavalam Sreekumar
- G. R. Anil
- Kochu Preman
Controversies
In April 2013, the principal of Mahatma Gandhi College objected to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) college unit collecting money for an "evening farewell money".[11] In a related event, the Kerala Women's Commission, after learning that student activists had detained a girl student for more than seven hours, launched its own inquiry.[11]
On 29 July 2013, starting at around 10:30 am, several students and outsiders, suspected to be ABVP activists and sympathizers, hurled crude explosives and damaged college property at Mahatma Gandhi College.[11][8] Police swung batons to disperse the students and detained 10 of them (though some of those detained could have been innocent).[11] Following the incident, a "Special Investigation Team" was set up to investigate the incident, and Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan visited the college to see the damage.[8] Due to clashes between the Students' Federation of India (SFI) and the ABVP, campus politics is banned as of 2019 per a Kerala High Court order.[12]
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References
External links
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