DCL (Deepika Children’s League) is a registered organization for school children aiming at their integral growth in social, cultural and religious fields. It provides a lot of opportunities for the young generation. DCL was born out of the vision of Rev. Fr. Abel CMI, the founder of KALABHAVAN, the famous art education institute in Kochi, Kerala.
DCL aims at the versatile and integral formation of each member. It organizes a variety of programmes in this regard, some of which are CAMPS, ARTS TALENT FESTS, MOTIVATION CLASSES FOR TEENAGERS, TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR TEACHERS, DCL PUBLICATIONS, DCL IQ TALENT EXAMINATION
DCL Activities published in Deepika News paper, the First Malayalam Daily.
Informational articles like General Knowledge published in Deepika Daily.
Books published for childrens class LKG to Class VIII like Master of Cursive Writing, Ente Malayalam Aksharangal, General Knowledge, Hindi Aksharangal etc.
We co-operate in the empowerment of differently abled children, with the Moto ‘together for an inclusive tomorrow’. We co-operate with the special Olympics activities and Unified Sports.
DCL conducts IQ TALENT Examination at the national level for students of LKG to X. This talent examination outstands among all other scholarship Examinations.
Two publications for childrens published by Rashtra Deepika Ltd. One English Magazie Childrens Digest and one in Malayalam, Kuttikalude Deepika
George Alencherry is the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and also a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was elected by the Holy Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church in 2011 to succeed Varkey Vithayathil.
Baselios Cleemis is the current major archbishop-catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. He was named to the College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church by Pope Benedict XVI on 24 November 2012.
The President of DCL popularly referred to as Kochettan, links the two structures and gives necessary leadership and guidance to the organizations. There is a well built body of coordinators, organisers, and Unit Directors who assist the President in achieving effective leadership.