Few colleges in Kerala can boast of a tradition as rich and varied as Govt Victoria College, Palakkad. It has established itself as one of the most distinguished centres of higher learning in the State. Although the college was started as a Rate School way back in 1866, the institution rose into prominence as a college of renown in 1887 when a great philanthropist, Sri Nellissery S. Narayana Iyer donated land gratis for the construction of this noble alma mater. Since then the college has had a tradition of principals who were excellent academicians and administrators and students who were always eager to strive hard in the pursuit of knowledge. Today, Govt Victoria College occupies a peak of prominence among the cultural landmarks of this scenic district, if not of Kerala.
Boys Hostel The college has a boys’ hostel facility which provides good hostel accommodation for the students.
Girls Hostel The college has a girl's hostel facility which provides good hostel accommodation for the students.
Gym The college has a Gym facility for all the students.
Library Government Victoria College General Library is one of the oldest College Libraries in Kerala, which started functioning along with the inception of the institution. It is equipped with more than a hundred thousand reading materials in various formats housed mainly in General Library and in different departmental libraries. All these resources sufficiently supplement the academic, intellectual, recreational, and spiritual requirements of the members of this prestigious institution. Resources of the library are open to all the students, teachers, non-teaching members, and research scholars in the institution. A user-friendly interface for searching documents (OPAC) is also available in the library. Library transactions are fully automated with internationally acclaimed free library software called KOHA. The General Library is functioning in an independent building, with a seating capacity of 140 people in the reading room. It subscribes to various newspapers and periodicals in English, Malayalam, and Tamil languages, and a number of peer-reviewed reference journals. Borrowers are highly discouraged to make any marks/writings in books, fold pages, damage the binding, underlining of passages, writing remarks, tearing pages/pictures, etc.
Sports The college has sports facilities for all students.
Cafeteria The college has a cafeteria facility for all the students and staff.
Auditorium The college has an auditorium facility for events and seminars.
Hospital/Medical The college has a health center with a first aid facility for the students.
WiFi The college campus is WI-FI enabled for all the students and staff.
IT Infrastructure The college has an Excellent IT infrastructure facility The computer laboratory has 26 computers connected with the LAN facility. Each computer has an 80 GB hard disc, 256 RAM, Windows XP, Microsoft Word, and other office applications.
Laboratories The college has a departmental based laboratory facility for the students.
Alumni Associations The college has good networking for the alumni association.
