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* All Saints'
College is run by the Congregation of the Carmelites Religious of Thiruvananthapuram.
Founded by the Rev. Mother Veronica in 1864 at Beyonne, France, the
order is devoted to imparting quality education to women.
* The College
was established on 1/7/1964 by the late Mother Louis C.C.R.
* The College
was opened in Holy Angels' Convent premises on 16/7/1964 with the late
Miss Margaret P.Paulose M.A., L.T. as the first Principal of the institution.
* In 1967 it
was shifted to its present location at Chakai, then a poor fishing village
off the Arabian Sea Coast.
* The College
began with only undergraduate courses and 277 students on the rolls
and with the affiliation of University of Kerala.
* On 24th July
1967, the College was upgraded to the Degree level in the following
main subjects: English, Economics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Zoology.
* Two Degree
Courses - Botany and Commerce - were added in july 1980.
* Another Degree
Course Physics was added in 1993.
* The B.A (Restructured)
Course in Communicative English was introduced in 1999.
* Post Graduation
course in English Language and Literature,Commerce and Environmental
Science were introduced in 1982,1995 and 2000 respectively.
* The Department
of English was recognized as a Research Centre of the University of
Kerala in 1990.
* The College
won the College Vriksha Snehi Award, 2004, instituted by Friends of
Trees,an NGO.
* The College
had also won the Anne Mascrene Award,2006 for Excellence in Education
and Meritorious Service, instituted by The Latin Catholic Aikya Vedi.
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