Govt. College

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About Govt. College

Govt. College is a government college in Palakkad, Kerala, established in 1947. Campusbells lists it under General, with 3 courses (2 undergraduate and 1 postgraduate), including M.A, B.A and B.Sc. Approvals and accreditation: NAAC A, NIRF, UGC, NBA.

The Chittur College is Second Government College in erstwhile Cochin State, on 11th August, 1947. During initial phase college was hosted by Government Victoria Girls High School in it campus. College was affiliated to University of Madras and offered intermediate level course in Malayalam, Mathematics, Commerce, Accountancy, Logic, Music, and Modern Indian History.

At graduation level it offered BA programmes in Philosophy and Economics, Mathematics. Later, in July 1949 it got affiliated to Travancore University after emergence of Travancore-Cochin State. Later, on BA Mathematics complying with regulations of new university was converted to BSc Mathematics.

The college was allotted physical space on the banks of Shokanashini River in Chittur-Tattamangalam area. The Campus development started with laying of foundation stone on 18th November 1949 by His Highness Rajapramukh of Cochin.

The campus started taking shape during late forties and early fifties. By 1954 the main building was ready and was probably the largest of the building in the locality.

As described on the institution’s website

At a glance

Key facts

Established

1947

Ownership

Public / Government

Approvals and accreditation

NAAC A, NIRF, UGC, NBA

Stream

General

Location

Palakkad, Kerala

Academics

Courses offered at Govt. College

3 programmes listed

Campus life

Facilities at Govt. College

• Hostel
• Swimming Pool
• Library
• Research Centre
• Wifi
• Lab
• Bank