St Philomena College, Puttur

St Philomena College, Puttur is affiliated to Mangalore University and it is managed by the Catholic Board of Education, Mangalore. Until the 1950s was an unheralded place in the coastal Karnataka region. The College was founded in 1958 with the express objective of educationally empowering the people of Puttur. The founder Msgr Antony Patrao founded and tended to the Institution with motherly care. His example was emulated by his successors. The exemplary achievements of the College have been crowned by the ‘A’ grade accreditation by the “NAAC”.