Rev. Dr. Sabu George Koottarappallil, principal of St. Claret College, Bangalore, received the Best Principal Award during the Republic Day Achievers Award, 2018 from Integrated Intelligent Research (IIR) on January 18, 2018 at Loyola-ICAM College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai. St. Claret College also bagged the prestigious Best Upcoming Private College Award. Two of our faculty members, Asst. Prof. Prakash Chandra Behera and Asst. Prof. Chinmaya Dash received the Best Faculty Award and the Best Exam Cell Coordinator Awards respectively. There were above 750 nominations from 8 countries. They did a 360-degree appraisal in finalizing the Award winners. Rev. Dr. Sabu George also received Shikshana Ratna (Best Teacher) award from Janmabhoomi Samskrutika Samsta on January 4, 2018.