Bishop Jerome Institute

Bishop Jerome Institute, Kollam
Main building & Engineering Block of Bishop Jerome Institute
Established	14 May 2011
Type	Technical & Management Education institution
Principal	Prof. John Jacob BSc Engg, MTech
Location	Kollam, Kerala, India
Website	http://bjgi.in/

Bishop Jerome Institute or BJI or BJGI is a premier integrated institution situated at the heart of Kollam city of Kerala, India. It is one among the AICTE approved engineering and management colleges situated inside the city limit of Kollam - The Cashew Capital of the World. 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]

Students of Bishop Jerome Institution are now regular attendees of various Tech & Management Fests happening in all over the state. Now it is one of the top engineering colleges in Kerala.^[2] The Architecture students in 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.^[3]

History

Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon is the first Diocese in India and is known as the Cradle of Indian Christianity. They are running so many prestigious institutions in Kollam city like 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.^[4] Bishop Jerome Institute is an integrated institution of three colleges - School of Management(BJSM), School of Architecture and School of Engineering.

The college got approval from University of Kerala in the year 2011 just after the completion of its first block.^[5] During inception, the college was named as Bishop Jerome Group of Institutions. But later they changed it as 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.^[6] So many competitive examinations, events etc. are nowadays getting conducted at this prestigious institution.^[7]

Panoramic view of Bishop Jerome Institute, Kollam

Academics

Entrance of Bishop Jerome Institute, Kollam

An aerial view of Bishop Jerome Institute

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.^[8]

Engineering Courses

Civil Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering
Architecture

Masters Courses

Master of Business Administration

Facilities & 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 have been inaugurated on 25 October 2014. A total of two batch MBA students and one batch of Engineering students have passed out from this institution.