Dayapuram

Coordinates: 11°19′19″N 75°56′07″E / 11.321973°N 75.935386°E / 11.321973; 75.935386

Dayapuram Institutions
Established	1984
Type	Education
Location	Kettangal, Kerala, India
Campus	48 acres (190,000 m2)
Affiliations	State Orphanage Control Board CBSC Madurai Kamaraj University Calicut University
Website	http://www.dayapuram.com/

Dayapuram [1] (Malayalam: ദയാപുരം) is an institutional campus in Kerala, India. It is named for a part of the village Kattangal or Kettangal near Kunnamangalam, in Calicut District. In Malayalam, the word "Dayapuram" [2] means "the land of kindness". [3]

Institutions

1. Ansari Orphanage Established in 1984
2. Dayapuram Residential School in 1984
3. Madrasathul Mufthah in 1984
4. Dayapuram Nursery School in 1984
5. Vanitha College
6. Dayapuram Institute of Management, Arts and Technology (DIMAT) established in 2000
7. Dayapuram Arts and Science College for women, established in 2002
8. Dayapuram Institute of Information Technology (DIIT) One of the approved study centre of Madurai Kamaraj University
9. Dayapuram Juma Musjid, general mosque
10. Zainab Musjid, a mosque for women only
11. Dayapuram Library

Hostels

• Boys Hostel
• Girls Hostel
• Working Woman's Hostel[4]

History

The school was established in 1984 [5] under the leadership of C.T.Abdul Rahim, P.P. Hyder Haji, K.P. Muhammed Haji and V. Marakkar. Started as an English Medium School near National Institute of Technology Calicut, (formerly R.E.C. Calicut), their aim was to bring educationally backward situations into to the mainstream, especially for orphans [6]. Orphans from all religions [7] are admitted without regard to financial circumstances [8]. Shaik Abdulla Ibrahim Al Ansari,^[1] was their main financial source. In 1986 formal inauguration done by Sheikh Abdulla Al Ansari founder of Qatar Calandar House^[2] and Dayapuram^[3] Residential School gets affiliation of the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi in 1986.^[4][5][6]

Organisation

All Institutions are Under Al Islam Charitable Trust[9].

Affiliates and other institutions

Good Hope English Medium School Chennamangallur

References

1. ^ http://dayapuram.org/
2. ^ http://www.qatarch.com/
3. ^ http://wikimapia.org/152808/Dayapuram-Women-s-Hostel
4. ^ http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/03/stories/2008010351410300.htm
5. ^ http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=246081&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16
6. ^ http://wikimapia.org/148748/Dayapuram-Campus

External links

• http://dayapuram.org/
• http://dashadayapuram.org/AlCT.htm