MACFAST - The Trend Setter in Education

To transform young people and mould them into value-driven, culturally enriched and professionally competent change agents who would significantly contribute to improving their immediate community, the state, the country and the world at large.

PROFILE

Mar Athanasios College for Advanced Studies- Tiruvalla (MACFAST), Kerala, India, a post graduate and research institution, was started in 2001, with the objective of offering specially designed courses in Business Management, Information Technology and Biosciences. MACFAST is owned and managed by the Corporate Educational Agency of the Catholic Archdiocese of Tiruvalla, with His Grace Dr. Thomas Mar Koorilos as the President and Patron.

In the past 76 years this agency has contributed to the establishment of a large number of schools, colleges, hospitals, medical and paramedical institutions throughout the country.

MACFAST is located in the commercially active town of Tiruvalla, Kerala. Amidst the lush green, stands this multi-storeyed building with a built-up area of 3,00,000 sq. ft.

MACFAST strives to raise its students to meet the challenging demands of the Corporate and Scientific world. In such a mission, research pursuits and technology initiatives gain significance. This had led to the recent establishment of the MACFAST Centre for Research and Development (MCRD). The MCRD offers PhD programmes in the Biosciences and is poised to enhance student creativity and produce high quality research.

A research journal titled Journal of Science, Technology and Management (JSTM), has also been initiated in 2008. JSTM is dedicated to bring together research in these three fields from around the world and also publish original work from the MCRD.

HISTORY AND GROWTH

Mar Athanasios College for Advanced Studies- Tiruvalla (MACFAST), Kerala, India, a post graduate and research institution, was established in 2001, with aim of promoting professional and quality education to students with the specific objective of offering specially designed courses in Business Management, Information Technology and Biosciences. With commencement of MCA in 2001 and MBA, M. Sc Bioinformatics in 2002, MACFAST has been able to provide education in the primary areas of scientific and technological development. In the subsequent years, specialized courses in biosciences have been introduced. Along with the addition of courses, the face of MACFAST has been transforming from a single building to multi-storied building, and the construction of a separate Biocampus. The infrastructure too has been modified with the setting up of fully air conditioned auditorium, library covering an entire floor, wireless connectivity, food court and the like.

There are modern equipments in all the laboratories, gadgets worth mentioning are Silicon Graphics Lab, Retort Sterilizers, Modified Atmospheric Packaging Machine, Pulverizer, Fruit Pulpers, Automatic Filling Machines, Retort Feelers, Spectrophotometer, Laminar Air flow Device, Electronic Barrels, PCR etc.. The latest centre to be added to the campus was the Food Science Pilot Plant and Incubation Centre for developing ethnic and unique food products.

MACFAST has reached a new height of success with the establishment of the MACFAST Center for Research and Development (MCRD), a research centrer approved by the M.G.University in early 2008. The MCRD offers Ph.D. programmes in Biosciences and is poised to enhance student creativity and produce high quality research.

A research journal titled Journal of Science, Technology and Management (JSTM), has also been initiated in 2008. JSTM is dedicated to bring together research in these three fields from around the world and also publish original work from the MCRD.

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