H. E. Rev. Dr. MATHEWS MAR POLICARPOS (2007-2011)

H. E. Mathews Mar Polycarpos
- Former student PDC
- Graduation from Loyola College (Autonomous), Chennai with a Gold medal
- Post-graduation from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, and then from Catholic
University Paris.
- Ph.D from M. S University, Tirunelveli
- First Ph.D. in French from Kerala
- Appointed as Lecturer in MIC in 1990
- Hostel warden for 17 years
- Bursar MIC
- Principal MIC
- Secretary MSC Colleges
- Vicar General
- Auxiliary Bishop

Personal
o Strong faith in Fathima Mathavu
o An inspiring teacher of French Bold administrator
o Strict discipline
o Good command over faculty and non-teaching staff.
o Spent more time on campus. Very keen on environment.
o Many trees were planted.

Infrastructure
-  College gate was constructed
-  Scooter shed
- Modernized Library
- Ladies restrooms
- Tailoring unit for Women's cells Modernized the MIC office
-  Installed computers in all departments.
-  Animal House was set up
-  Multimedia Seminar Hall Botany, Physics, and Zoology
-  Botany& Biotechnology labs have been renovated and updated by
the installation of sophisticated instruments Renovation of the museum and the installation of a Blue whale skeleton from punthara initiated.

Schemes and projects
- The admission process was centralized at the computer center.
- UGC Scheme Instrument Maintenance Facility (IMF)-UGC
- Full-fledged IGNOU center
- INFLIBNET-DELNET, N-LIST facilities for the general library
- 14 nos of TV installed in each department.
- Kerala State Council for Science & Technology SARD project-Rs 27 lakhs-Launched
- DST-FIST support 2008
-  XI Plan-UGC
- CPE College grants and effective utilization-Augmentation of laboratories and
infrastructure

Academic initiatives
- Introduced Choice based CBCSS Orientation Programme
- Monthly test paper system at UG
- Open house system was introduced.
-  Institutional linkage with Goethe Zentrum'
- 24-hour broadband facility departments connected with the library by intranet-working

Sports
- Introduced College Athletics team-Cricket team, Women's basketball team
Cultural activities
- Most of the time won the KUYF
- Inter-university fest

Research initiatives
- MoU with ISRO for IIST, IIITMK (NPTEL)
- Research collaborations/projects UGC, DST, ISRO, KSCSTE, SCTIMST, TWAS Italy
- Collaborative research programmes-MIC and UK major project on Medieval Kerala Mathematics
- Conduct National level Refresher courses and workshops with the Indian Academy of Sciences
- ICOPVS 2008- 40 countries, over 100 foreign scientists
- His Excellency Bharat Ratna Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, 21 February 2009.
- Visit Padmasree Dr. Thanu Padmanabhan and arrange an interactive lecture on astronomy and astrophysics;
- Honoured the team of 30 scientists of ISRO including Shri. Madhavan Nair (Chairman ISRO) -Chandrayan-1 mission.
- Dr. A. Jayakrishnan, Kerala University Vice Chancellor visited the department and all the laboratories on December 3, 2010.
- Linkage between the Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore (NUS).
- Interdisciplinary research center namely; Centre for Mathematical Sciences-South Campus with Dr. A. M. Mathai, Professor Emeritus, McGill University, Canada-Fr. Daniel Kuzhithadathil and materialized by Mar Mathew Manakkarakavil.

Other initiatives
- ED Club was launched
- A counseling center under the Directorship of Rev. Thomas Poovannal
- Science Facilitation Centre (SFC)-2007
- BEC was flourished
- Golden Jubilee celebrations, the chemistry department The Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the English Department were inaugurated by Dr. Shashi Tharoor.
- AMICOS Activities
- Animal House-Zoology Department
- Mathematics research Department