P. C. Thomas (professor)
Professor P C Thomas is a famous coaching expert in the field of Medical-Engineering undergraduate Entrance exam in Kerala, India. His institute is located at Thrissur.
The small tuition centre, with four students, that Prof. Thomas, a former physics teacher at St. Thomas College, started in 1965 has grown to become one of the premier entrance coaching institutes in South India. With 16,000 students on the roll, of which 4,000 have enrolled for the residential course, the institute is bigger than most of the colleges in the State.
Professor P.C Thomas instituite saw the highest % of winners in ndergraduate Entrance examinations in 2008 compared to most other institutes
Criticism
He has been criticized by sections of the media for imparting a very rigorous coaching methodology on students, and by a small section of his former students for being fundamentalistic and Utopian.