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{{Infobox College<br />
|name = Farook College<br />
|image = Farook college Main gate Kozhicode.JPG<br />
|motto = Ora et Labora (Pray and Work)<br />
|established = 1948<ref name="DI6461"/><br />
|type = [[Public University|Public]]<br />
|academic_affiliation = [[University of Calicut]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universityofcalicut.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=382 |title=Official website of Calicut University - Kozhikode |publisher=Universityofcalicut.info |date=2013-08-05 |access-date=2013-08-18}}</ref> 'A+' Grade (accredited by [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council|NAAC]]) <br />
|principal = Dr. K.M. Naseer<br />
|city = [[Calicut]] <br />
|state = [[Kerala]]<br />
|country = [[India]]<br />
|postcode = 673632<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|11.1984099|N|75.8570141|E|region:IN-type:edu|display=title,inline}}<br />
|pushpin_map = India Kerala#India<br />
|website = [http://www.farookcollege.ac.in/ www.farookcollege.ac.in]<br />
}}<br />
[[File:Wiki farook college2.JPG|thumb|Wikipedia Meet at Farook College]]<br />
'''Farook College''' is a government-aided, autonomous, arts and science college located in [[Feroke]] near [[Calicut]], [[Kerala]], India. It is the largest residential [[post-graduate]] aided institution in Kerala affiliated to the [[University of Calicut]]; it was granted autonomous college status in 2015.<ref name="UGC">{{cite web |title=UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION-LIST OF AUTONOMOUS COLLEGES |url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/colleges/autonomous_colleges-list.pdf |access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref><br />
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Established in 1948,<ref name="DI6461"/> Farook College has been identified by the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission of India]] as a College with Potential for Excellence (CPE), the first college under Calicut Universities to receive the status. It was accredited by NAAC at 5-star level in 2002 and re-accredited at A+ in 2016. It is the winner of Moulana Azad National Literacy Award, R. Sanker Award (two times) for the best first-grade college in the state and the winner of a campus award of University of Calicut among Arts and Science colleges.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universityofcalicut.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=623 |title=Official website of Calicut University - Farook-KOZH |publisher=Universityofcalicut.info |date=2012-07-31 |access-date=2013-08-18}}</ref><br />
'''College ranked 71''' in All India Ranking by [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] during 2019.<br />
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== Location ==<br />
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The college is on a hillock near the Sales Tax Checkpost at Feroke-Chungam on [[Chaliyar]] river 5&nbsp;km from [[Feroke]] Railway Station, 14&nbsp;km from the city of Calicut and at a distance of 16&nbsp;km from [[Calicut Airport]].<br />
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The entire campus comprising the college, its hostels, the staff quarters and its sister concerns covers an area of 72 acres{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}. The entire village is popularly called 'Farook College' and has a post office called 'Farook College'.<br />
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The name of the village was 'Iru-mooli-Parambu' or the 'land of the humming wind' but the locals started calling the place 'Farook College Town'{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} once the college started functioning in 1948. Today the village looks like a township with several colleges, schools and training organizations.<br />
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==History==<br />
The college was founded by the Rouzathul Uloom Association led by Moulavi Abussabah Ahmed Ali.<ref name="DI6461">{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Islam |publisher=E.J Brill |page=461 |url=https://archive.org/stream/EncyclopaediaDictionaryIslamMuslimWorldEtcGibbKramerScholars.13/06.EncycIslam.NewEdPrepNumLeadOrient.EdEdComCon.BosDonLewPel.etc.UndPatIUA.v6.Mah-Mid.Leid.EJBrill.1990.1991.#page/n482/mode/1up |access-date=3 October 2019}}</ref> The college came under the [[University of Kerala]] in 1957 and under the [[University of Calicut]] in 1968.<br />
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The college built the Raja Gate in 1961 and added an indoor stadium in 1976. The Abussabah Library Complex was inaugurated in 2002 and the Digital Library was commissioned in 2009. The college added the Diamond Jubilee Block in 2013 which has since been used as the post-graduate block and the research block in 2016.<br />
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==Programmes==<br />
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Farook College offers 21 UG programmes, 14 PG programmes and 8 PhD programmes.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}<br />
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===Undergraduate programmes===<br />
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English, Malayalam, Economics, Sociology, Arabic, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Statistics, Computer Science, Botany, Zoology, Commerce, Business Administration, Psychology, Commerce, Functional English, Multimedia Communication, Library Science, B.Voc. Information Technology (software development), B.Voc Automobile{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
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=== PhD programmes ===<br />
Arabic, English, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Statistics, Computer Science, Commerce and History{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
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=== Post graduate programmes ===<br />
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English, Arabic, Economics, History, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Commerce, Library Science, Psychology and Journalism{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
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==Facilities==<br />
* Abussabah Library (Central Library, Farook College): About 90000 volumes, about 200 journals etc. It is a two-storied building with 27000 sq. feet area, with digital library, talking book library, Braille section, textbook library, reference section, PG section, career corner, newspaper reading section etc.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
* PM Institute for Civil Service Examinations{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
* Jubilee Health Center{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
* Yusuf Al-Saqar Auditorium with a capacity of 1000{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
* Hajee AP Bava Convention centre with a capacity of 2200{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
* Audio Visual Theatre (AVT){{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
* Kerala State Centre for Assistive Technology (KSCAT), the only centre in the country to train the differently abled students{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
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==Sports and games==<br />
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Farook college plays a prominent role in developing and promoting sports in the Malabar region. Provisions are made by the department for games including football, cricket, tennis, table tennis, handball, baseball, softball, basketball, volleyball and badminton.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
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There is a well-designed indoor stadium in the college, the only one of its kind under the Calicut University, 400-metre eight-track lane playground, turfed football ground, basketball court, physical fitness centre, etc.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
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International badminton stars like [[V. Diju]], [[Arun Vishnu]], Ram C Vijay, Midhilesh Sunder, etc. were the players of Farook College.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
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==Sister organizations==<br />
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* Farook Institute of Management Studies {{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
* Rouzathul Uloom Arabic College{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
* Farook Training College{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
* [[Alfarook College, Feroke|Al-Farook Educational Center]]{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
* Alfarook Residential School{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
* Farook Higher Secondary School{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
* Farook LP School{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
* Farook Teacher Training Institute{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
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== Notable alumni ==<br />
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* [[Bahadoor]], film star <br />
* [[T. V. Chandran]], film director<br />
* [[T. Damodaran]] film director <br />
* [[T. K. Hamza]], former Minister and MP<br />
* [[Purushan Kadalundy]], MLA<br />
* [[Akbar Kakkattil]], Indian short-story writer and novelist<br />
* [[Najeeb Kanthapuram]], MLA<br />
* [[P. K. Kunhalikutty]], MP<br />
* [[Shafi Parambil]], MLA<br />
* [[Thalappil Pradeep]], Scientist<br />
* [[P. T. A. Rahim]], MLA<br />
* [[P. A. Mohammed Riyas]], [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of PWD and [[Tourism]]<br />
* [[M. P. Abdussamad Samadani]], former MP and MLA<br />
* [[Sithara (singer)|Sithara]], singer<br />
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==Farook College Township==<br />
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The township around the college is also called 'Farook College' town{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}. There are a few restaurants, bookstalls and cool bars mainly catering to the students of its colleges and schools. There are some five mosques and two temples in the campus. Private buses conduct dedicated trips to the college throughout the day. The nearest bigger town is called [[Ramanattukara]] Junction at a distance of three kilometres. [[Calicut]] city is 15 kilometres away.<br />
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==Image gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Wiki farook college2.JPG|Wikipedia Meet <br />
File:Sri Imbeechivava, Principal Farook college.JPG|College Principal<br />
File:Dr.Kabeer V HOD Computer science Dept.JPG|Wikipedia seminar<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Columns-list|colwidth=22em|<br />
*[[Education in India]]<br />
*[[Education in Kerala]]<br />
* [[Feroke]]<br />
* [[University of Calicut]]<br />
*[[List of institutions of higher education in Kerala]]<br />
*[[List of colleges affiliated to the University of Calicut]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
{{Commons category|Farook College}}<br />
{{Wikivoyage}}<br />
*{{Official website|http://www.farookcollege.ac.in/}}<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke9i2lVKU-A&t=2s Farook College Nostalgia, Video in Malayalam, 3 Minutes]<br />
*[http://www.uoc.ac.in/ University of Calicut]<br />
*[http://www.ugc.ac.in/ University Grants Commission]<br />
*[http://www.naac.gov.in/ National Assessment and Accreditation Council]<br />
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{{Educational Institutes in Kozhikode}}<br />
{{Education in Kerala}}<br />
{{Geographic Location <br />
| title = '''Areas of Feroke'''<br />
|Northwest = Kolathara<br />
|North = Paruthippara<br />
|Northeast = Azhinjilam<br />
|West = Beypore<br />
|Centre = Farook College Junction<br />
|East = Peringave<br />
|Southwest = Feroke<br />
|South = Ramanattukara<br />
|Southeast = Parammal<br />
}}<br />
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