St. Vincent Pallotti College, Raipur
St.Vincent Pallotti was a Catholic priest who founded the society for Catholic Apostolate (SAC,) Commonly known as the Pallottines , around 150 year ago. Born on April 21, 1795, Pallotti was canonized in 1963. His commitment to his apostolate led him to start orphanages, night school and technical institutions that exist even today. Besides, he had special compassion for prisoners, soldiers and the sick. He was also the spiritual director of several Roman colleges. The society founded by Pallotti has numerous institutions in 45 countries across the globe .
The pallotines started their mission in 1951 In India, and now they have premier educational as well as institutions of higher learning in Maharashtra, Goa, Chhattisgarh, MP, Delhi, Jharkhand, Bihar, Tamilnadu and Kerala.
Although the church has rendered yeoman services in education sector in the region since last 150 years, there was a strong need for its involvement in the area of higher and technical education. Despite numerous schools and degree colleges, there was not a simple engineering college run by the church in North or Central India till 2004. In 2004, the Nagpur pallotine society took an initiative in this direction and started a St Vincent Pallotine College of Engineering & Technology with an Aim to provide quality technical education to the student of the region and the nation.
