Mangalore : Newly-Set up Milagres College Inaugurated
 
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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (RD/SR/SB)

Mangalore, Jul 7:  The newly-set up Milagres College located in the heart of the city was inaugurated on Wednesday July 7.
 
Professor T C Shivashankar Murthy, vice chancellor of Mangalore University (MU) inaugurated Milagres Colleg. In his inaugural address, he said that private institutions are needed to fulfill the educational needs of the nation.  However, under the Eleventh National Plan, extra emphasis has been laid to start new colleges. Meanwhile, MU has granted permission to start 14 new colleges and Milagres College is one among them, said Shivashankar Murthy.   
 
Bishop Dr Aloysius Paul D’Souza presided.
 
Speaking on the occasion, Bishop Dr Aloysius Paul said that VC has given boost to the institution and was convinced that Milagres College will stand first among 14 colleges that have been approved by the MU.

 
Bishop Dr Aloysius further said that Christian missionaries felt the need for education and set up schools in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kasargod districts about 150 years ago, which has made significant impact on local people and empowered them educationally. 
 
Professor K Chinnappa Gowda, registrar of MU was the chief guest.
 
He said, “Revolution is taking place in the field of education in our country.” He urged the students to think positive about the rapid developments that are taking place in the education sphere. He highlighted on the need for the college to grow as institution not as an individual. The co-ordination of lecturers, staff, students and their parents, principal will contribute for the growth of college to reach greater heights, he added.
 
Milagres parish priest Fr Walter D’Mello, Milagres Church Centenary Jubilee Committee convenor Marcel Monteiro, college principal Professor Lawrence D’Costa, Catholic Board of Education secretary Fr Wilson D’Souza, parish council vice-president Alwyn Rosario and secretary Gerald Pinto were present.
 
Professor Lawrence D’Costa proposed vote of thanks. Trishna Pinto compered the programme. 
 
The Milagres College has been granted permission to commence B’Com and BBM courses from the academic year. Quality of students, in respective academics and ability to learn has been carefully screened and only the meritorious have been taken in.
 
The college premises are in the current campus of Milagres Pre-University College, while the management has a vision to put up a state-of-the-art building on the plot located opposite Moti Mahal, Falnir here. It has qualified and experienced principal and faculty members. A well-stocked library and internet facility is also made available to the students.
 
 
About Milagres Education Institutions
 
Milagres School was founded by Bishop Bernardin in 1848 and was entrusted to the care of John Edward Fitzerald, an Irish and Monsieur Dupret, a French. In the beginning, it was started as a primary English medium school with Classes I to V and the higher classes were added gradually. The director of public instruction, the then Madras accorded permanent recognition to the school on July 23 1929 as an independent secondary school institution with Classes I to V and Forms I to III.
 
Sir Merveral Stetham, who was the director of public instructions of the then Madras accorded permission to open high school classes on April 3 1944 and accorded permanent recognition on August 5 1954. The State government upgraded the high school into pre-university (PU) college on July 5 1982 and Science section was added in 1999. Today, Milagres PU College comprises 43 sections ranging from kindergarten to PUC, providing instruction in English as well as in Kannada, with student strength of 2,670 and faculty numbering 105.