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.
Since its inception, the Institute has lived up to societal expectations, turning out consistent and appreciable results in academic and non-academic fields. The institution does attempt to treat the primary stakeholders in 5 UG programs and 5 PG programs with a rewarding educational experience.
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The ‘National Innovation and Startup Policy (NISP) 2019 was launched by former Minister of Education, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal " Nishank " on 11th September 2019 at AICTE, New Delhi for the students and members of faculty in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). It is an initiative by MHRD’s Innovation Cell and All India Council for technical Education with a guiding framework to envision an educational system oriented toward start-ups and entrepreneurship opportunities for students and members of faculty.
The guidelines provide ways for developing entrepreneurial mindset among students and faculty, managing Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) ownership, technology licensing, and equity sharing in Start-ups or enterprises established by faculty and student and encourage them to actively pursue the path of innovation and entrepreneurship.