The Bishop Jerome Institute or BJI or BJGI is an institution situated in Kollam city of Kerala, India. It is one among the AICTE approved engineering and management colleges situated inside the city limit of Kollam.
 Main building and Engineering Block of Bishop Jerome Institute | |
Motto in English | Access to Excellence |
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| Director | Anil Xavier (Ex.IAS) |
| Type | Technical and Management Education institution |
| Established | 14 May 2011 |
| Principal | Dr. D.Roshan Kumar |
| Location | , , 8°53′08″N 76°36′09″E / 8.885619°N 76.60256°E |
| Campus | Metropolitan Area |
| Website | www |
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Bishop Jerome Institute is set up in memory of Most Rev. Dr. Jerome M. Fernandez, the first native Bishop of Quilon Diocese, who worked tirelessly for the educational progress of the Catholic community by starting colleges, schools and technical institutions. The college is affiliated to the University of Kerala. The college is from the management of the Bishop Jerome Foundation functioning under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon. It is one among the three architecture colleges in Kollam city. The registration code for college in the university is BJK.[1]
The Architecture students of Bishop Jerome Institute are planning to start a heritage walk for the city of Kollam in the name Kollam Heritage Walk as like the one organized for Trivandrum, by revealing the city's secrets that are concealed in its tiny bylanes, crowded bazaars, places of worship and heritage buildings.[2]
History edit
Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon is the first Diocese in India and is known as the Cradle of Indian Christianity. Institutions in Kollam city include Bishop Jerome Nagar Shopping Complex, Fatima Mata National College, Bishop Benziger Hospital, Holy Cross Hospital in Kottiyam, Quilon Social Service Society(QSS), Karmela Rani College etc. Bishop Jerome Institute is their first technical & management educational institution in the city.[3] Bishop Jerome Institute is an integrated institution of three colleges - School of Management(BJSM), School of Architecture and School of Engineering.
The college received approval from the University of Kerala in 2011 just after the completion of its first block.[4] During inception, the college was named as Bishop Jerome Group of Institutions but later they changed it to Bishop Jerome Institute because of some registration issues related with University of Kerala. Salvatore Pennacchio, Apostolic Nuncio to India in-charge has inaugurated the Bishop Jerome Institute (BJI) on 2011 May 14.[5] [6]
Academics edit
Bishop Jerome Institute offers undergraduate programmes in Architecture and Engineering and masters programme in Business Administration. Admissions to these programs is based on the applicant's results of the entrance tests conducted by the Commissionerate of Entrance Examinations, Kerala.[7]
Engineering courses edit
- Civil Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Architecture
Masters courses edit
Facilities and departments edit
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Department of Architecture
- Department of Management Studies
- Basic Science Department
- Library
- Engineering & Architecture Laboratories
- Seminar Hall
- Hostels
Alumni Association edit
The Alumni Association of Bishop Jerome Institute was inaugurated on 25 October 2014. Two batches of MBA students and one batch of Engineering students have passed out from the institution.
Gallery edit
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SIMS from the top of Bishop Jerome Institute -
Kristuraj School in Kollam from the top of BJI
References edit
- ^ "Get the List of Top Engineering Colleges in Kerala 2014". Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ Nagarajan, Saraswathy (3 October 2014). "Taking a walk down memory lanes". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Diocese of Quilon(Kollam)"
- ^ ""The New Colleges Approved by AICTE in Kerala"". Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ "Nuncio to inaugurate institute - The Hindu"
- ^ "Chartered accountants day on July 1 - The Hindu"
- ^ "Departments in BJI" Archived 30 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine