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{{Infobox college<br />
| name = Pazhassiraja College, Pulpally<br />
| nickname = Pazhassi<br />
| native_name = പഴശ്ശിരാജ കോളേജ് പുൽപള്ളി<br />
| native_name_lang = mal<br />
| image_upright = <br />
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| motto = Lighted to Lighten<br />
| type = Government Aided<br />
| image =<br />
| established = {{start date and age|1982}}<br />
| students = 1200+<br />
| principal = Mr Abdul Bari KK<br />
| affiliations = [[University of Calicut]]<br />
| dean = <br />
| address = Pulpally - Sultan Bathery Hwy, Cheppila<br />
| city = [[Pulpally]]<br />
| state = [[Kerala]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| postcode = 673579<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|11.7882491|N|76.1777593|E|region:IN-type:edu|display=title,inline}}<br />
| pushpin_map = India Kerala#India<br />
| campus = Rural<br />
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| language = English and Malayalam<br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.prc.ac.in}} <br />
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| logo_size = 150px<br />
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'''Pazhassiraja College''', [[Pulpally]], [[Sultan Bathery]], [[Wayanad]] is a first grade college in [[India]]. Reaccredited by NAAC with A+ grade, the college is affiliated with [[University of Calicut]]. Pazhassiraja College is the first NAAC A+ graded college in Wayanad district.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Pazhassiraja College, Pulpally.jpg|thumb|Pazhassiraja College, Pulpally]]<br />
Pazhassi Raja College, Pulpally, was started in the year 1982 to cater to the higher education needs of the community in this locality and the surrounding places in Wayanad district. Wayanad is a remotely situated tribal district in Kerala. The College had a humble beginning on 20 October 1982 with two pre-degree batches of students. It was incorporated in 1983. The early times of the college were miserable. Fighting against all the odds, the college started with only 127 students, seven teachers, and eight office staff, and the first Principal, Dr. O. Sooryanaryanan, who came from [[Government Brennen College]], [[Thalassery]]. The Society struggled to get a suitable land for this College, and finally they succeeded in buying a piece of land of about fifteen acres, just 1.5 kilometers away from the zero points of Pulpally. The first Management of the College handed over the ownership of the college to the Bathery Diocese of the [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Church]], and the latter took over the college in July 1992. The first patron of the college was Bishop Dr. [[Cyril Baselios]], the first Bishop of the Bathery Diocese. The present patron of the college is Bishop Dr. Joseph Mar Thomas, who retired as Principal from the [[Mar Theophilos Training College, Trivandrum]], and a noted Economist and Educationist.{{cn|date=August 2023}}<br />
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==Programmes==<br />
'''Government Aided Departments'''<br />
* Journalism & Mass Communication- PG<br />
* Travel & Tourism Management- UG<br />
* History- UG<br />
* English- UG<br />
* Economics- UG<br />
* Econometrics- UG<br />
* Microbiology- UG<br />
* BBA- UG<br />
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'''Self-Financed Programmes'''<br />
* Biochemistry- UG & PG<br />
* Vocational Studies- Food Science and Agriculture- UG<br />
* Journalism and Mass Communication (UG)<br />
* Travel & Tourism Management- PG<br />
* Economics- PG<br />
* Microbiology- PG<br />
* Commerce- M.Com- PG<br />
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'''Auxuliary Departments (Aided)'''<br />
* Computer Applications<br />
* Malayalam<br />
* Hindi<br />
* Mathematics<br />
* Political Science<br />
* Physical Education<br />
[[File:PAZHASSIRAJA COLLEGE.jpg|thumb|Pazhassiraja College, Pulpally]]<br />
[[File:Pazhassiraja College.jpg|thumb|Pazhassiraja College]]<br />
'''OTHER PROGRAMS:'''<br />
* UGC Add-on Courses<br />
* Diploma in Computer Application<br />
* Diploma in Cosmetology & Beauty Parlour Management<br />
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==Notable alumni==<br />
* [[Shruthi Rajanikanth]], Actress <br />
* Prince Joy, Movie Director ([[Anugraheethan Antony]]) <br />
* Basil V Jose, Spot Editor [[Mohan Kumar Fans|(Mohankumar Fans)]] <br />
* [https://www.instagram.com/dharmansudhisha/?hl=en Sudhisha Dharman] (Journalist) <br />
* Riya Baby, Journalist, Mathrubhumi News<br />
* Binil Pothen Babu, Journalist, Manorama News<br />
* Saniyo Manomi, Journalist, Reporter TV<br />
* Jain Mary John, Journalist, Manorama News<br />
* Gokul Manthara, Journalist, Times Internet <br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Education in India]]<br />
*[[Education in Kerala]]<br />
*[[St Mary's College, Sulthan Bathery]]<br />
*[[List of institutions of higher education in Kerala]]<br />
*[[List of colleges affiliated to the University of Calicut]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://www.pazhassirajacollege.ac.in Pazhassiraja College]<br />
*[http://www.uoc.ac.in/ University of Calicut]<br />
*[http://www.ugc.ac.in/ University Grants Commission]<br />
*[http://www.naac.gov.in/ National Assessment and Accreditation Council]<br />
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[[Category:Syro-Malankara Catholic Church]]<br />
[[Category:Christian universities and colleges in India]]<br />
[[Category:Colleges affiliated with the University of Calicut]]<br />
[[Category:1983 establishments in Kerala]]<br />
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