Greetings from ACAS!

Al Shifa College of Arts & Science (ACAS) entered the Higher Education Scene of Kerala in 2020 when a new educational policy was being debated and new normals were introduced. Born in the midst of epochal transformations of multiple kinds is challenging as it places on our shoulder newer responsibilities. Globally, the pandemic has brought in new paradigms and all around the standards were reworked. The impact of it on Higher Education has been profound. Nationally, the country is transforming itself to align with the New Educational Policy (NEP), which is effecting deep changes in the way Education is experienced by all the stakeholders.

The challenges before Higher Education today are manifold: deliver results, ensure learning outcome, impart skill sets, integrate technology, instill values and make the students career ready. There is increasing scrutiny today through assessments, accreditation and ranking to ensure these. ACAS has responded to these challenges with an academic professionalism which is rare.

Flipped learning mode, Skill-integrated teaching, a clearly structured Career training programme, whole college English language certificate programmes, short term programmes specifically tied to the Degree programmes, healthy support for Arts & Sports activities, Visiting Faculty to supplement the regular sessions, Undergraduate Research Cell, Centres under each Dept to inspire and promote specialized interdisciplinary pathways, Annual State level UG Project Prize, Students’ Journal, Publication Wing: ACAS efforts in the direction of bringing quality learning experiences to the students continue! With an array of collaborations with leading lights in the area of Higher Education, Training and Research, with a truly functional Quality Assurance mechanism in place, ACAS is all set to take you to the next level.

ACAS is very young. But the community perception and the student experiences will show a picture which is vastly different from how long it has been around! Into the fourth academic year, if we count our age in terms of academic years, acas has been making its intent clear with novel practices of student empowerment.

This is why when I welcome you all to Al Shifa College, I am welcoming you to a different league: for the students, parents, faculty and the academic community around.

Dr. Babu. P. K.

(MA, M.Phil, Ph D, CIDTT)