Bharata Mata College is a nationally accredited first grade arts and science co-educational institution of higher learning in the aided sector, under Bharata Mata Educational Trust owned and managed by the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly. Established in 1965 by His Eminence the late Joseph Cardinal Parecattil, the college is affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. The college was included under section 2 (f) and 12 (b) of UGC Act 1956 in 1976 and accredited at the A level by NAAC in 2014.
The college is located in Thrikkakara, Kerala’s mythological capital, facing the Seaport – Airport Road. Situated at a distance of just 12 Kms from the city of Kochi, it is easily accessible from Judgemukku on Edappally-Muvattupuzha Road in the North, and from NGO Quarters and Palli stop on the Kakkanad -Ernakulam Road in the South, in addition to the BMC bus stop on the Seaport-Airport Road. The CUSAT, NPOL, Model Engineering College, Ernakulam District Collectorate, lntopark and CSEZ are the important neighbouring landmarks of the college.
The Christian ideal of love and service is integrated with service to our motherland, in the college motto ‘For God and Country’.
Bharata Mata College seeks to become a centre of excellence by providing its students a comprehensive education with special emphasis on responsible citizenship, secular outlook, moral values and abiding faith in God expressed in active concern for others.
The college strives to become a seminal centre for the promotion of the all round development of the students of this region, especially the women students who are socially marginalised and those from a rural background who are economically disadvantaged.
The college endeavours to prepare its students for fulfilling careers by enabling them to realize their full potential and by inculcating in them the spirit of intellectual enquiry, independent thinking, selfreliance, leadership, co-operation, expression of cultural talents and social service.
