Affiliation was granted for B. Sc  Zoology programme, which ably guided by the great institution builder, Padmabhushan Rev. Fr. Gabriel,  Rev. Dr. Theobald & Prof. T.C. Mathew.  Rev. Fr. Gabriel is credited to have been the brain behind the well laid out Zoology museum with its very unique collections.  In 1956, he left the department to establish Christ College, at Irinjalakkuda, the second venture of the CMIs in higher education.