St Philomena College was founded by Msgr Antony Patrao who felt that a College in this part of the state would save the people of the inconvenience of moving to distant places for higher education. He set out to realize his dream and the mission was accomplished in the year 1958.
St. Philomena College, Puttur is affiliated to Mangalore University and it is managed by the Catholic Board of Education, Mangalore
The Department of Botany, established in 1967, is one of the leading Departments of St Philomena College in the field of teaching in plant sciences. The department soon reached to the heights by the innovative efforts of the founder Head of the Department, Prof. Concepta Lobo(1967 -2000)and later by Dr.V.Ravichandran (1970-1998)and Prof. Annaji Rao K (1970-2003).
Read More...The department of Zoology was established in 1968. Department of zoology is serving for the student community especially in the context of changed scenario to quench the thirst of the aspiring students with the latest information’s in the field of science.
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