Mar Athanasios College for Advanced Studies, Tiruvalla

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Mar Athanasios College for Advanced Studies, Tiruvalla
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Affiliation Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam
Principal Rev. Fr. Pradeep Vazhatharamalayil
Postgraduates MBA, MCA, MSc
Approved Research Centre for Biosciences
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Affiliations Mahatma Gandhi University,

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Mar Athanasios College for Advanced Studies Tiruvalla (MACFAST) is a research institute in Kerala, India established in 2001. The college offers specially designed courses in business management, information technology and biosciences.

History

MACFAST is owned and managed by the Corporate Educational Agency of the Catholic Archdiocese of Tiruvalla. The president is Thomas Mar Koorilos. It is located in the town of Tiruvalla, Kerala. As part of its mission to prepare students to meet the demands of the corporate and scientific world, the institute has established the MACFAST Centre for Research and Development (MCRD), offering Ph.D programmes in the biosciences.

A research journal, Journal of Science, Technology and Management (JSTM), has been published since 2008.[1] MACFAST owns an on-campus Community Radio Station. Radio MACFAST 90.4 is the first on-campus community radio in Kerala.

MACFAST Industry Interface (MII) was established in 2010.

MACFAST officially inaugurated Clean And Green City -Tiruvalla Project [1] on 1 November 2010 and on 13 February 2011 the Concept Paper on the Project was released and presented to Mr. TKA Nair, the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India.[2]

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