Pazhassiraja College, Pulpally

പഴശ്ശിരാജ കോളേജ് പുൽപള്ളി
Motto	Lighted to Lighten
Type	Government Aided
Established	1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Principal	Mr Abdul Bari KK
Students	1200+
Address	Pulpally - Sultan Bathery Hwy, Cheppila , Pulpally , Kerala , 673579 , India 11°47′18″N 76°10′40″E / 11.7882491°N 76.1777593°E / 11.7882491; 76.1777593
Campus	Rural
Language	English and Malayalam
Nickname	Pazhassi
Affiliations	University of Calicut
Website	www.prc.ac.in
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Pazhassiraja College, Pulpally, Sultan Bathery, Wayanad is a first grade college in India. Reaccredited by NAAC with A+ grade, the college is affiliated with University of Calicut. Pazhassiraja College is the first NAAC A+ graded college in Wayanad district.

History

Pazhassi Raja College, Pulpally, was started in the year 1982 to cater to the higher education needs of the community in this locality and the surrounding places in Wayanad district. Wayanad is a remotely situated tribal district in Kerala. The College had a humble beginning on 20 October 1982 with two pre-degree batches of students. It was incorporated in 1983. The early times of the college were miserable. Fighting against all the odds, the college started with only 127 students, seven teachers, and eight office staff, and the first Principal, Dr. O. Sooryanaryanan, who came from Government Brennen College, Thalassery. The Society struggled to get a suitable land for this College, and finally they succeeded in buying a piece of land of about fifteen acres, just 1.5 kilometers away from the zero points of Pulpally. The first Management of the College handed over the ownership of the college to the Bathery Diocese of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, and the latter took over the college in July 1992. The first patron of the college was Bishop Dr. Cyril Baselios, the first Bishop of the Bathery Diocese. The present patron of the college is Bishop Dr. Joseph Mar Thomas, who retired as Principal from the Mar Theophilos Training College, Trivandrum, and a noted Economist and Educationist.^{[citation needed]}

Programmes

Government Aided Departments

• Journalism & Mass Communication- PG
• Travel & Tourism Management- UG
• History- UG
• English- UG
• Economics- UG
• Econometrics- UG
• Microbiology- UG
• BBA- UG

Self-Financed Programmes

• Biochemistry- UG & PG
• Vocational Studies- Food Science and Agriculture- UG
• Journalism and Mass Communication (UG)
• Travel & Tourism Management- PG
• Economics- PG
• Microbiology- PG
• Commerce- M.Com- PG

Auxuliary Departments (Aided)

• Computer Applications
• Malayalam
• Hindi
• Mathematics
• Political Science
• Physical Education

OTHER PROGRAMS:

• UGC Add-on Courses
• Diploma in Computer Application
• Diploma in Cosmetology & Beauty Parlour Management

Notable alumni

• Shruthi Rajanikanth, Actress
• Prince Joy, Movie Director (Anugraheethan Antony)
• Basil V Jose, Spot Editor (Mohankumar Fans)
• Sudhisha Dharman (Journalist)
• Riya Baby, Journalist, Mathrubhumi News
• Binil Pothen Babu, Journalist, Manorama News
• Saniyo Manomi, Journalist, Reporter TV
• Jain Mary John, Journalist, Manorama News
• Gokul Manthara, Journalist, Times Internet