Marygiri College of Arts & Science(MCAS), a minority educational institution covered under article 30 of the Constitution of India, is run by the Kottayam St. Josephs’ Province of the religious congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI). This congregation is the embodiment of the dreams and visions of Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara, the great educational visionary of the 19th century and the founder of the CMI congregation. CMI religious congregation is one among the leading educational agencies in India which runs more than 460 schools and 35 colleges for higher education.