Rajagiri

rdf:langString Rajagiri

rdf:langString Rajagiri Vidyapeetham

rdf:langString Rajagiri Vidyapeetham

rdf:langString Urban

rdf:langString Dark orange, light grey, maroon and blue

rdf:langString Fr. Dr. Mathew Vattathara CMI

rdf:langString Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara

rdf:langString Kochi, India

rdf:langString Learn, Serve and Excel

rdf:langString Fr Dr Jose Kuriedath CMI

rdf:langString Rev. Fr. Saju Madavanakkad CMI, PhD

rdf:langString Rajagiri is a part of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), an indigenous Syrian Catholic religious congregation founded in 1831. It is located in Rajagiri Valley, Kakkanad, Kochi. It was acquired after Indian independence and developed by the Sacred Heart province. The literal meaning of Raja Giri in the Malayalam language (the vernacular of the people in Kerala) is the Hill of the King, where the King refers to God. Nowadays, Rajagiri is synonymous with Sacred Heart Province of the CMI congregation and its many social and educational institutions. CMI educational missions to date is a vast network of 448 institutions: over 200 schools, 14 university affiliated colleges, an engineering college, 12 technical institutes, a university, a medical college, 3 teacher training colleges, 5 special schools, 18 non formal educational institutions and 17 cultural centres which are spread all over India and a few located abroad. Due to constraints in space for the expansion of its various initiatives at the Kalamaserry campus, Rajagiri has extended into a new 90-acre (360,000 m2) campus on the banks of the Chitrapuzha river. This location is now called Rajagiri Valley, and is where Rajagiri has begun establishing a national science, arts and technology university – Rajagiri Vidyapeetham. It has tied up with a leading Kochi based property developer - RDS Projects Limited, to develop a modern university township.

rdf:langString Mahatma Gandhi University