St. Berchmans College

st. berchmans college, changanassery, also known as sb college, is the first autonomous college in kerala, india.established in 1922, the college has nineteen postgraduate and eight research departments. students and alumni are called ‘berchmanites’. it is run by the catholic archdiocese of changanassery, is affiliated to the mahatma gandhi university in kottayam and is recognized by the university grants commission (ugc). st. berchmans' has a sprawling green campus and large play grounds. the college was granted autonomy by the ugc on 13 june 2014. college ranked 62 in all india ranking by national institutional ranking framework in 2019. the national assessment and accreditation council (naac) awarded five star status to st. berchmans' college, in the first cycle of accreditation, a+ status on the second and a grade on the third; the top grading of each cycle. the ugc has recognised st. berchmans' college as one among the six colleges in kerala accorded with the status of 'college w