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{{Infobox college<br />
|name = St. Joseph's College, Devagiri<br />
|image = Devagiri College - Kozhikode, old Basketball court and Banyan tree.jpg<br />
|motto = {{lang-la|Pro Deo Et Patria}}<br>("For God and Country")<br />
|established = {{start date and age|1956}}<br />
|principal = Dr.Sabu K Thomas<br />
|founder = CMI congregation<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|11.2653|75.8360|type:edu|display=inline,title}} <br />
|pushpin_map = India Kerala#India<br />
|location = Devagiri, [[Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
|affiliations = [[University of Calicut]]<br />
|website = [http://www.devagiricollege.org/ St. Joseph's College, Devagiri]<br />
|logo = <br />
|logo_size = 150px<br />
|logo_alt = <br />
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'''St. Joseph's College, Devagiri''', also known as '''Devagiri College''', is a college in [[Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]], [[India]], offering graduation and postgraduation courses in arts and science. Students and alumni are called ‘Devagirians’. The college is in the Devagiri hills about 8&nbsp;km east of Calicut (Kozhikode) city.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050204151220/http://www.hindu.com/edu/2005/01/18/stories/2005011800300400.htm ]</ref> It is run by the [[Carmelites of Mary Immaculate]] (CMI), an indigenous religious congregation founded in 1831.<br />
College ranked 60, in All India Ranking by National Institutional Ranking Framework during 2020.<ref>https://www.nirfindia.org/2020/CollegeRanking.html</ref><br />
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==Rankings==<br />
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==History==<br />
Envisioned by the [[Carmelites of Mary Immaculate|CMI congregation]] and established in 1956, St. Joseph's College was inaugurated by the then-governor of [[Madras]]. The college added two postgraduate departments and a sports pavilion within five years of its inception. First affiliated to the [[University of Madras]] and then to the [[University of Kerala]], the college is now under the [[University of Calicut]].<br />
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Devagiri has turned out more than 200 toppers in university examinations and come out the university athletic champions 17 times.<ref>http://devagiricollege.org/?main=2&menu=1</ref><br />
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==Academics==<br />
Devagiri won 15 ranks in an academic year. With ten post-graduate departments. It has four research centres and wings offering [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala|M. G. University]]'s off-campus programmes and courses recognized by DOEACC and ICAI. The college has won 150 first and second ranks since 1962. Nearly 100 students have passed the UGC-CSIR and JRF examinations.<ref>http://devagiricollege.org/index.php?main=3&menu=10</ref><br />
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==Sports==<br />
* K Abdul Rahiman, Volleyball, represented India in international championships<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Sports Alumni, St. Josephs College, Devagiri|url=http://devagirialumni.com/sports-alumni-devagiri-college.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202133209/http://devagirialumni.com/sports-alumni-devagiri-college.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-02-02|date=2011-02-02|access-date=2020-05-07}}</ref><br />
* Jose George, Volleyball, 1978 Asian Championship, 1991 Indian Team Coach<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Jimmy George, Volleyball, 1974, 1978 & 1986 Asian Games, 1977 Arjuna Award winner<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Pramod Govind, Basketball, 1971, Jr. Indian team<ref name=":0" /><br />
* M K Manuel, Volleyball, 1979 Asian Championship<ref name=":0" /><br />
* N C Chacko, Volleyball, 1982 Asian Games<ref name=":0" /><br />
* George Kuncheria, Athletics, 1986 Pre-Asian Track and Field Silver Medal in Triple Jump<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Robert Boby George, Athletics, represented India in Triple Jump, National Coach, Dronacharya Award Winner<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Saju George, Athletics, attended Long Jump Training Programme in the USA<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Sreesh T R, Volleyball/Beach Volley, 2003 Gold Medal in World Customs Beach Volley Championship<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Tinu Joseph, Basketball, 2003 Senior Asian Basketball Championship, Qualifying Round<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Kishore Kumar E K, Volleyball, since 1999 member of Indian Junior and Senior Teams. 2002, Junior Indian Team Captain; 2003, Senior Indian Team Captain; 2003, Captain Jr. team for the World Championship<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Sanave Thomas, Badminton, 2002 Thomas Cup England. 2002- Commonwealth Games at Manchester. 2003 World Championship – Birmingham.<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Liju K Abraham, Basketball, 2000 Junior Asian Championship at Kuala Lumpur.<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Usha Nandini, Handball, 2002 Indian Team Captain in the South Asian Championship at Dhaka. 1995 Best Player in SAF Games, 6 times represented India.<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Bobit Mathew, Basketball, 2000 Junior Asian Championship at Kuala Lumpur.<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Rajeev R, Volleyball, 2003- Senior Indian Team for the Matches held at Bulgaria, Romania and Czech Republic.<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Muralee Krishna A, Basketball, 2003 Senior Asian Basketball Championship at China<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Vinod S, Volleyball, 2000 Junior Asian Championship. 2003- Senior Indian Team for the matches held at Bulgaria, Romania and Czech Republic.<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Ratnakaran K, Chess, 2001 Junior Asian Championship at Tehran 3rd Place. Junior World Championship. 2004 won International Master Norm in Commonwealth Championship.<ref name=":0" /><br />
* AmruthaRaj, Weightlifting, Asian Power Lifting Championship – Silver Medal. World Power Lifting Championship – 9th place<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Sethumadhavan, Football, Meracca Cup<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Irfan K T, Walker, Olympian<br />
* Noaha Nirmal Tom, Athletics, Asian Junior Athletic Meet, collected a Silver Medal in the 4 x100 M Relay at Ranchi, in 2013. <br />
* Anu James, Volleyball, represented India in the Asian Junior Championship in October 2014. <br />
* Fazil T M, Volleyball, represented India in the Asian Junior Championship in October 2014.<br />
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==Facilities==<br />
The six-acre campus of sprawling greenery houses a nursery, a higher secondary school, schools for the physically and mentally challenged, men’s and women’s hostels, staff quarters and a chapel. The institution has an eight-lane track stadium, an auditorium and an open-air theatre, a computerized library (one of the biggest in Kerala) of about 50,000 books and journals, 47 computers installed in departments and laboratories, and Internet facility. About half of the 75 permanent teachers are PhDs or rank holders. More than a score of forums and clubs supplement the effort of the teachers.<ref>http://devagiricollege.org/index.php?main=30</ref><br />
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==Recognition==<br />
St. Joseph's College, Devagiri is an autonomous college. It has autonomy in all academic matters and from the stage of admission to the conduct of examination to the publication of results. In January 2011, NAAC accredited the college with Grade A (CGPA 3.63). In 2016, the college was re-accredited as the first college to be awarded with A++ grade in the Country with a CGPA of 3.76 on a four-point scale. UGC recognized it as 'College with Potential for Excellence'.<br />
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Devagiri College is the topmost NAAC-accredited college in Kerala with the highest CGPA. It is for achievements of this sort that a survey conducted by ''[[India Today]]''{{when|date=January 2018}} zeroed in on Devagiri as one of the best ten colleges in Kerala; SS Music Channel, Chennai singled out Devagiri for a special episode telecast in 2004.<ref>http://devagiricollege.org/index.php</ref><ref>http://www.universityofcalicut.info/inPagephoto/cunews/CUNews/news_3.pdf</ref><br />
{{wide image|Devagiri College - Kozhikode, Panoramic view from the playground.jpg|1500px|Panoramic view of St.Joseph's College Devagiri}}<br />
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==Notable Faculty and Alumni==<br />
* Dr. [[Sukumar Azhikode]]<br />
* Prof. C.A. Sheppard <br />
* [[Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri]]<br />
* [[Jimmy George]]<br />
* [[P. P. Sreedharanunni]], poet<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071123191626/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/03/17/stories/2006031701590300.htm ]</ref><br />
* Dr Ashramam Sivramasubramanya Iyer, first Keralite to secure a PhD in English from the University of London, well-known Sanskrit scholar<br />
* [[Sudheesh]], Actor<br />
* [[Vineeth]], Actor<br />
* [[Vinod Scaria]], Scientist<br />
* [[Ranjan Pramod]], Film Director<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121108173422/http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/16/stories/2009021651360200.htm ]</ref><br />
* [[Dinanath Puthenchery]], Malayalam Lyricist<br />
* [[Mathai Chacko]], Politician<br />
* [[Akhila Sasidharan]], Actress<br />
* [[P. S. Nivas]], Cinematographer, Film Director, Producer<br />
* [[Biyon]], Actor<br />
* Gopika Anil, Actress, Model <br />
* Keerthana S K, Playback Singer <br />
* Akhila Mohan, Model, Actress<br />
* Rahul Sathyanath, Singer<br />
*[[Sreedhanya Suresh|Sreedhanya Suresh IAS]]<ref>{{Cite web|title='I want to win IAS' The warrior; Sreedhanya.|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2019/04/06/int-cpy-we-never-knew-sreedhanya-was-in-such-misery.html|website=ManoramaOnline|language=ml|access-date=2020-05-07}}</ref><br />
*Dr. Krishna Kishore (USA) Senior corporate executive and award winning Journalist based in New York<br />
* [[T Siddique]], MLA<br />
* [[ Praveen Prabhakar ]] Film Editor<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Columns-list|colwidth=22em|<br />
*[[Education in India]]<br />
*[[Education in Kerala]]<br />
* [[Kovoor Town]]<br />
* [[Kuttikkattoor]]<br />
* [[Calicut Medical College]]<br />
*[[List of institutions of higher education in Kerala]]<br />
*[[List of colleges affiliated to the University of Calicut]]<br />
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==Image gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:St Joseph's College Devagiri, Kozhikode.jpg|The college<br />
File:Devagiri College - Kozhikode, a tree in the garden.jpg|The campus<br />
File:Entrance to St Joseph's College, Devagiri, Kozhikode,view from inside.jpg|College gate<br />
File:Tagore Hostel, St Joseph's college, Devagiri, Kozhikode.jpg|Tagore Hostel<br />
File:Entrance to St. Joseph's College, Devagiri, Kozhikode.jpg|Entrance gate<br />
</gallery><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[http://www.devagiricollege.org/ St. Joseph's College, Devagiri]<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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