Pallikoodam

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Pallikoodam
Location
Kottayam, Kerala, India
Information
Principal Mary Roy
Type Private
Campus Kalathilpady, Kottayam
Established 1967
Homepage http://www.pallikoodam.org
Pallikoodam means school in Tamil and Malayalam. For Tamil film, see Pallikoodam (film)

Pallikoodam is an 'experimental' school in the Kalathilpady area of Kottayam in Kerala. Formerly called Corpus Christi High School, it was established in 1967 by educator and women's rights activist, Mary Roy [1].

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[edit] The campus

The campus of the school was designed by noted architect Laurie Baker and includes facilities such as a swimming pool, basketball and volleyball courts, a football field, an 800-seat auditorium, and various platforms for theatre and other performing arts. The school has a full-time faculty for sports, drama, music, dance and other arts. Visitors who have contributed to Pallikoodam included Sanjana Kapoor and the Prithvi Players, Jaan Freeman, Atul Kumar, Phyllis Bose and Anila Malkani.

[edit] Activities

The school has partnered with various activist organizations including Greenpeace, EXNORA, and several NGOs in Kerala for various projects. Victim relief efforts have been organized by the school in the wake of disasters such as the Orissa cyclones and the 2005 Tsunami. The school was a subject of a documentary by the Indian broadcaster Doordarshan entitled "Mary Roy and Corpus Christi". In addition to this, projects of the school have been featured on BBC World and Star News [2]. In 2006, the school won the 'TCS IT Wiz trophy' [3]

[edit] Noted Alumni

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