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Mahatma Gandhi University
The Mahatma Gandhi University (formerly Gandhiji University),
with B+ accreditation of National Assessment and Accreditation Council,
was established on 2nd October 1983, as the fifth University in the Southern
most State of Kerala,India. Hiving off the territorial jurisdiction of
the mother institution – University of Kerala, as per the Mahatma Gandhi
University Act, 12 of 1985,enacted by the Kerala state Legislature, the
twenty-two year young University caters to the development of higher education
of Central Kerala. Higher learning in the Revenue Districts of Kottayam,
Ernakulam and Idukki, Kozhencherry, Mallappally, Thiruvalla and Ranni
Taluks of the Pathanamthitta District and Kuttanad Taluk of the Alapuzha
District comes under the aegis of Mahatma Gandhi University. The University
has a sprawling 110 Acre main Campus in Athirampuzha, a hamlet 13 Kms.
off Kottayam town. Apart from this, the University has 7 Satellite Campuses
at Pullarikunnu, Soorya Kalady Hills, Nattasserry, Puthuppally, Gandhinagar
and Cheruvandoor in Kottayam, Thodupuzha in Idukki District and Chuttippara
in Pathanamthitta District. The University enrolls 1,50,000 students on
an average every year to its 410 Courses in graduate, post graduate and
M.Phil/Ph.D. programmes through 22 University Departments, 22 Engineering
Colleges, 1 Law College, 3 Medical Colleges, 20 Nursing Colleges, 7 SME
Nursing Institutes, 4 Pharmacy Colleges, 4 Dental Colleges, 3 Ayurveda
Colleges, 2 Homoeo Colleges, 1 Music and Fine Arts College, 121 affiliated
Arts and Science colleges, 37 Education Training Colleges and 12 University
Colleges of Teacher Education. Mahatma Gandhi University has made its
presence outside its territorial jurisdiction through the 72 off campus
centres – 55 centres within Kerala, 9 outside Kerala and 8 abroad.
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