MES Kalladi College, Mannarkkad

MES Kalladi College, Mannarkkad is the proud symbol of the Muslim Educational Society, Calicut to the cause of higher education in Kerala, especially to the educationally backward areas of Malabar. This is the first college started by the MES and it is also the felicitous outcome of the noble endeavor of the late Kalladi Cheriya Kunhammed Sahib and the local public. College is located in a vast area, a major part of which was donated by the late Janab Valayadi Kunhayammu Haji. The college is situated 2 km away from Mannarkkad town on the side of Palakkad – Calicut National Highway and bordered by the perennial river “Kunthipuzha” and fortressed by panoramic hills of Silent Valley and Attappadi. The college started functioning as a junior college in 1967 and was upgraded in 1971 with the introduction of degree courses in History, Economics, Mathematics, Botany and Commerce. Further it was upgraded as a Post Graduate college in 1978 with the introduction of M.Com. The departments of History and Chemistry have been upgraded as Research Centres in 2016 and 2017 respectively, and are equipped with Modern Laboratories, Research Halls and Research Cubicles. At present the college is offering 17 undergraduate and 8 postgraduate programmes in various disciplines, of which 8 programmes are in the Self Financing Mode. This Institution has well equipped laboratory facilities in Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Physics, Mass Communication, Food Technology and Computer Science. The College Library is automated with more than 50,000 bar coded books and journals. Library has a separate digital section with broadband internet connection and INFLIBNET facilities by which students have access to E-journals and E-books. Presently the library is in its process of modernization with RFID system. The two well equipped computer centres offer short term courses for students along with their regular programmes.