Catholicate, Mar Thoma colleges turn 75, to launch celebrations on October 1

Two prominent colleges in Pathanamthitta district -- Catholicate College in Pathanamthitta and Mar Thoma College in Thiruvalla -- will launch their year-long platinum jubilee celebrations on October 1.

At Catholicate College, the celebrations will be inaugurated at 2.30 p.m. Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan will inaugurate the function, which will be presided over by Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Mathews III. Higher Education Minister Roji M John will launch the platinum jubilee projects.

The college has lined up 12 signature programmes through various departments, scholarships for 75 students, a global alumni meet, Jnanotsavam, seminars, a volleyball tournament and a survey of Pathanamthitta led by the Department of History. Development initiatives involving teachers, non-teaching staff, parents, alumni and the wider community are also planned.