Mar Gregorios College of Law

The Malankara Syrian Catholic Major Archiepiscopal Church has a prominent role in the advancement of education in the State of Kerala especially in the last eight decades; it has established hundreds of primary, secondary and higher secondary schools of primary, secondary and higher secondary schools, industrial training institutes and many professional colleges. Mar Gregorios College of Law (MGCL) was established in 2012 as another milestone in the glorious Mar Ivanios Vidyanagar Campus which was founded in 1949 by the Servant of God Archbishop Geevarghese Mar Ivanios. Mar Ivanios Vidyanagar, the educational campus, emerged from the educational vision of the Malankara Syrian Catholic Major Archiepiscopal Church in the State of Kerala. The sprawling 43 hectares of verdant campus, abundant in natural beauty is the ideal learning environment. The campus is blessed with 17 centres of excellence in education. The campus has been named “Mar Ivanios Vidyanagar” in fond remembrance of Archbishop Mar Ivanios, the founder of Mar Ivanios College, the first educational institution in the campus. Other Institutions in the campus are, to name a few, Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Mar Theophilos Training College, Sarvodaya Schools (Both CBSE and ICSE) and Bethany Navajeevan College of Physiotherapy, etc. The College is administered by the Major Archdiocese of the Malankara Syrian Catholic Major Archiepiscopal Church through the Malankara Catholic Educational Society of the Archdiocese of Trivandrum. Mar Gregorios College of Law was envisioned as a centre of excellence in legal education. The college was instituted in the name of His Grace Most Reverend Archbishop Benedict Mar Gregorios, who was the second Metropolitan Archbishop of the Malankara Syrian Catholic Major Archiepiscopal Church. The college is affiliated to the University of Kerala and recognized by the Bar Council of India. ...view more