Bishop Jerome Institute

8°53′08″N 76°36′09″E / 8.885619°N 76.60256°E / 8.885619; 76.60256CampusMetropolitan AreaWebsitewww.bji.ac.in

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.

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

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

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

• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• Architecture

Masters courses

• Master of Business Administration

Facilities and departments

• 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

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

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  SIMS from the top of Bishop Jerome Institute
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  Kristuraj School in Kollam from the top of BJI

References

HistoryGeographyZonesAdministration
& authoritiesEconomyVisitor
attractionsHealthcare

Medical college hospitals	Azeezia Medical College Hospital Government Medical College, Kollam Travancore Medicity Medical College

Buildings
& structuresShopping centresCultureSports & stadiumsPlaces of worshipOther topics

Education
Universities	Sree Narayanaguru Open University
Premier institutions	Indian Institute of Infrastructure and Construction Institute of Fashion Technology Kerala Kerala Maritime Institute Kerala State Institute of Design
Engineering colleges	Bishop Jerome Institute College of Engineering, Perumon College of Engineering Karunagappally TKM College of Engineering TKM Institute of Technology
Arts, Science & Law colleges	Fatima Mata National College NSS Law College Sree Narayana Guru College of Legal Studies
Schools	Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Chandanathope Govt. Boys Model HSS Kendriya Vidyalaya, Mulangadakam Mount Carmel Convent Anglo-Indian Girls High School St. Aloysius Higher Secondary School
Other institutes	Govt. ITI, Chandanathope Sree Narayana Polytechnic College

Neighbourhoods
South Kollam	Eravipuram Koottikkada Mevaram Thattamala Vadakkevila Valathungal
North Kollam	Anchalumoodu Kavanad Kureepuzha Maruthadi Mathilil Ramankulangara Sakthikulangara Thrikkadavoor Vallikeezhu
Central Kollam	Andamukkam Asramam Cantonment Chamakada Chinnakada Cutchery Kadappakada Karbala Kochupilamoodu Mulamkadakam Mundakkal Pattathanam Polayathode Pullikada Thevally Thoppilkadavu Uliyakovil
East Kollam	Ayathil Chandanathope Chathinamkulam Kallumthazham Karicode Kilikollur Punthalathazham
West Kollam	Pallithottam Tangasseri Thamarakulam Thirumullavaram

Transport
Road	Bus stations Andamukkam City bus stand Kollam KSRTC bus station Tangasseri Bus Terminal National highways National Highway 66 National Highway 183 National Highway 744 National Highway 183A Kollam Bypass City roads Asramam Link Road Coastal Road Port Road QAC Road Residency Road Organisations Kerala State Road Transport Corporation Kerala Urban Road Transport Corporation
Railway	Stations Kollam Junction Eravipuram Kilikollur Chandanattop Services Ananthapuri Express Kollam–Visakhapatnam Express Kollam-Chennai Egmore Express Kollam–Tirupati Express Lines Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram trunk line Kollam–Sengottai Chord Line Sheds & maintenance yards Kollam MEMU Shed
Air	Kerala Seaplane Kollam Airport(defunct)
Water	Kollam Port Kollam KSWTD Boat Jetty Kollam Canal National Waterway 3