Invitation to the Educational Conference

All the Managers and Principas of Catholic Colleges belonging to the Syro-Malalabar Church are invited for an Educational  Conference to be held on June 30th at St.Thomas Mount,Kakkanad at 9.30a.m.
H.B.the Major Archbishop Mar George Cardinal Alencherry will inaugurate the Conference.

Higher Education Conference

                    An Educational  conference of all the Catholic Colleges under the management of the Syro-Malabar Church is being convoked at the initiative of the Major Archbishop Mar George Cardinal Alencherry to coordinate the activities of the Catholic colleges, to clarify their mission ,to highlight  the values that should permeate the world of Higher Education, to uphold transparency , fairness and justice in the running of the institutions  and to motivate them to update their teaching methodologies in order to help the students to survive in this highly competitive  world marked by globalization and I.T .revolution

.Rev.Dr.George Madathiparampil, the former Principal of S.B. college and the former Vicar General of the Diocese  of Chicago, U.S.A. has been entrusted with the task of organizing the Conference   and asked to be in charge of the newly created Office of Higher Education.

All the Bishops, Major Superiors  and Provincials of Religious Congregations, Managers and Principals are invited for the Conference. The Conference will be held at St. Thomas Mount Kakkanad, on Saturday, June 30^th at 9.30 a.m.

The Conference will be inaugurated  by the Major Archbishop His Beatitude  Mar George Cardinal  Alencherry . H.G.Mar Andrews Thazhath will preside. Hon.Supreme  Court Justice(Retd.) Mr. Cyriac Joseph will give the key-note speech. H.G. Mar Joseph Powathil, the Chairman of the Inter-Church Council for Education will talk on  the relevance of the Church Involvement in the field  of Higher Education. Dr .Babu Joseph, the former V.C. of Cochin University will speak on the need for  the granting of autonomy to  the colleges of Kerala. Dr. Ruble Raj, the Principal of Marian  college, Kuttikanam, will talk about the principles and values  guiding  Catholic colleges.  Mr .Abraham  Kurien, I.P.S, the Retd. D.G.P. of U.P and a Member of the Civil Service Interview Board of the U.P.S.C .,will speak on the Development of Career Orientation in General Education. The session on Partnerships with foreign Universities, Improvement of teaching  methodologies, Development of  International  students/Faculty exchange programs, Collaboration among  the Dept.s of  colleges in Kerala, Creation of  Research Centers, Establishment  of leadership development centers at colleges, Feasibility of the founding  of a private university to develop new initiatives in higher Education  et c will be moderated by Dr .Babu Joseph,  the former V.C. of Cochin University ,Dr. Stephen Mathews, the Former Dean of XIME, Bangalore and Mr. Vince Marin of Chicago.

.Rev .Dr .George Madathiparampil, the Secretary for the Office of Higher Education will welcome the gathering and Dr. Raju George, Principal of Mary Matha college, Manathavady  will propose the Vote of Thanks.  Dr.Beena Manoj, Professor of English, St. Teresa’s college will coordinate the Conference.

The conference will make a strong pea to the Government  of Kerala to grant autonomy to the private colleges that have established a  good academic track record in order to give a great fillip to Higher Education in Kerala. The Conference seeks to emphasize that bold initiatives on the part of the Govt. such as the  granting of  autonomy and the starting of new courses will change the face of Higher Education in Kerala. The conference will also urge the managements to update the existing teaching methods in order to prepare the students to survive   in the present -day highly competitive world marked by globalization and  IT  revolution. The mission of service and commitment to the poor and the marginalized sector of the student community will also be greatly emphasized at the conference.