. The college is located on a hill top at Dhanuvachapuram enroute to Kanyakumari on the southern most part of Kerala.

Started as a junior college on 15th July 1964 in a temporary building, it has scaled higher peaks. The college was upgraded in 1967-68. Later more degree courses like Economics and Botany were started in 1984-89. The Degree course in Zoology was started during 1981-82. The introduction of the Post Graduate course in Commerce in the same year has made this a First Grade college. Degree course in  Malayalam was started during 1995-96. At present, the college has a sanctioned strength of 3600 students.

Principal	Dr.S.R.Raveendranath Tel: 0471-2232240(O); 0479-2302468 (Res)
Courses offered	B.Sc.	Mathematics
		Physics
		Chemistry
		Botany
		Zoology
	B.A.	English
		Malayalam
		Politics
		Economics
		History
	B.Com.
	M.Com
	M.A.	English
		History

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