Bishop Vayalil Memorial Holy Cross College

About Institution

B.V.M Holy Cross College is a pioneering self financing college affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, under the Diocese of Pala, managed by Mar Sleeva Forane Parish, Cherpunkal. Situated in a renowned centre of pilgrimage alongside an idyllic ambience on the banks of Meenachil river, it is enveloped in an aura that facilitates overall development of a student. This has resulted in its attracting students from far and near regardless of caste, creed, or economic diaspora.The college owes its name to the late Mar Sebastian Vayalil, the first Bishop of Pala and the great visionary who established and nurtured several reputed institutions for University Education in this part of the state. It is owned and administered by the Mar Sleeva Forane Parish of the Roman Catholic Syrian Christian diocese of Pala. H.E. the Bishop of Pala is the Patron and Very Rev. Fr. Vicar, Holy Cross Forane Church is the ex-officio Manager of the College. The college is under the jurisdiction of Holy Cross Forane Church Educational Trust. It is an unaided College affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala.

Vision

To have a college with difference by creating a centre of excellence through the formation of young men empowered to create a bright future for themselves and others, irrespective of caste, creed, religion or language through dissemination of knowledge, skills and noble values.

Mission

To inculcate the students with faith in God, love for their fellowmen and devotion to the Motherland by imparting moral, religious, intellectual and physical discipline.
To empower the students with deep knowledge and awareness of current developments in their subjects of specialization.