Bishop Chulaparambil Memorial College (BCM College)

Bishop Chulaparambil Memorial College (BCM College), one of the first colleges for women in Kerala, situated at the heart of Kottayam, was founded in 1955 with the objective of empowering and liberating the women through education. The institution ng the women through education. The institution has adequate facilities for teaching – learning. Spread over a total of 2.57 hectares (6.35 acres) surface area and a built-up area of 17198.05 square meters in a single compact campus, it fosters family atmosphere and smooth management. The college functions in five buildings: Main Block, Auditorium and Library Block, UGC Hostel, new building and the hostel block. Administrative wing functions in the Main Block. Library is fully automated with ILMS Software KOHA (Installed in 2012) provides a very user-friendly interface for searching documents in the library and their issue status.it houses books, journals, periodicals for both graduate & under graduate programmes. A personal space APPLE is all about giving personalised learning support to mediocre & slow learners, students with visual & hearing difficulties, dyslexia etc.We offer personalised, tailor made, educational and behavioural support to each such student after identifying their learning needs through streaming tests and mentoring sessions. The College Patio is the centre of all activities of the college. Its location and visibility from all the corners help the students in organizing various activities like flash mobs, Debate competitions, students Durbar, promo programs etc. It’s also used by the NCC for its drill and Marching practice. Students also use the patio for playing recreational games like Shuttle Badminton. Specimens of evolutionary importance are on exhibit. A wide range of coelenterates especially corals are displayed in simulating manner of reefs. A section of museum is completely devoted to osteology with bones and skeleton of many vertebrate species including human. Specimens like Pangolin, Hystrix, Varanus, Loris, Mongoose, Hedge hog, Bat etc. are included in stuffed specimen collection. Wide range of fish specimens including electric ray, hammer headed shark etc. are preserved well in the museum. Placenta of various animals, embryo etc. present in the museum aid in the study of the developmental history of animals. Models and bio visual charts of various physiological systems and organs make teaching learning process more fruitful. The museum is accessible for all the stakeholders to study, observe and thereby appreciate the beauty of nature and the need to conserve it. Museum is opened on all working days from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm. Exhibition of museum specimens is done periodically. It act as repository of organisms both extant and extinct and is used in research, to understand evolution in animal kingdom and as a tool in teaching and learning about diverse array of life forms. ...view more