Mar Athanasios College for Advanced Studies Tiruvalla (MACFAST) is a premier post graduate research institute, established in 2001 with the objective of moulding eminent professionals over the years to confront the challenging demands of the corporate world and the world of science & technology. MACFAST is affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, and approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. MACFAST is owned and managed by the Corporate Educational Agency of the Catholic Archdiocese of Tiruvalla, with His Grace Dr. Thomas Mar Koorilos as the President and Patron. As visualized by its founders, the college has grown steadily over the years with eight postgraduate courses in Management, Computer science and Biosciences and positioned its identity as a multidisciplinary institution in the higher education segment of the state. Within a very short span of its existence, MACFAST has emerged as a trendsetter in education and has turned in to a benchmark for others to emulate with its unparalleled hallmark of academic brilliance and social commitment. The college is located in Tiruvalla, an active commercial township in the central Travancore region of Kerala. The two adjacent campuses together brings an idyllic character in shape and the atmosphere around pitches an ambience of solitude, of course, inevitable for intellectual pursuance. Amidst the lush green, stands this multi-storeyed building with a built-up area of 3,00,000 sq. ft. The acronym of Mar Athanasios College For Advanced Studies Tiruvalla - MACFAST is also interpreted as: Moulding Attitude with Commitment for Futuristic Action towards Sustainable Transformation. The best faculties combined with the state of the art infrastructure enable the optimal progression of students through scientific temper and dedication towards excellence. To meet the challenging demands of the Corporate and Scientific world, research pursuits and technology initiatives are given utmost significance in MACFAST. This has lead to the establishment of the MACFAST Centre for Research and Development (MCRD). The MCRD offers PhD programmes in the Biosciences and is poised to enhance student creativity and produce high quality research. A research journal titled Journal of Science, Technology and Management (JSTM), has also been initiated in 2008. JSTM is dedicated to bring together research in these three fields from around the world and also publish original work from the MCRD. MACFAST owns an on campus Community Radio Station. Radio MACFAST 90.4 is the first on campus Community radio in the State and 46th in the Country. MACFAST College has reached yet another acme by decorating a position of First solar campus in India. It envisages to utilizing alternate sources of energy for a sustainable future. This solar project has a capacity of 130KW. This continuous zeal for academic excellence as well as social commitment has lead to the accreditation of MACFAST with CGPA of 3.08 on Four point scale at 'A' Grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in 2016.