Pazhassiraja College was established in the year 1982 in the picturesque wonderland of Wayand District of Kerala situated on the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats. The College is affiliated to the University of Calicut and was founded by the ‘Pazhassiraja Education Society’ which was formed to cater to the needs of the local people in Higher Education. The founder Manager of the college is late Mr.T.U. Jacob, the then President of the Society. The college started functioning on the 20th of October 1982.
In the month of July 1992, the Management of Pazhassiraja College was transferred to the Malankara Catholic Diocese of Bathery. The fast development of the college owes much to the foresighted vision of His Excellency Dr.Cyril Mar Baselios, the Manager and Patron of the College, the first Bishop of the Diocese and the first Major Archbishop and Catholicos of the Malankara Catholic Church. In 1995 His Excellency Dr. Geevarghese Mar Divannasios became the manager and Patron of the College. In 2010 His Excellency Dr. Joseph Mar Thomas became the patron and manager of the College and the College continues its cherished journey of higher education today under his able leadership and patronage. In 1992, the College acquired the minority status in accordance with the rights of the minority community granted in the Indian Constitution.
In the year 1990 the college was upgraded when the Govt. of Kerala sanctioned the first undergraduate course in Economics. Subsequently other courses such as B.A.History (1993), B.A.Travel and Tourism Management (1995), BBA (1998), B.Sc.Microbiology (1999), B.Sc.Biochemistry (2002), M.Sc.Microbiology (2002), MTA (2005), B.A. Mass Communication and Journalism (2005), B.A. English Literature (2013), M.Sc. Biochemistry(2013) and MCJ (2013) , M. Com. (Finance) (2014) , M.A. Economics (2014) were sanctioned and at present Pazhassiraja College is a first grade College with eight UG and Six PG Programmes.
VISION
“Serve humanity by molding
morally upright,
intellectually trained,
socially committed and
spiritually inspired minds.”
MISSION
To foster global competencies among students by imparting quality education
To make the students catalysts in transforming the society
To promote the quest for excellence
To build up a community of teachers, professionally competent, vocationally dedicated and humane in dealings.
To be the preservers of noble human values
