The University of Kerala is an affiliating university located in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala state, India. It was established in 1937, long before the birth of Kerala State in India. A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a university in the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and some universities in Hong Kong, is the de facto head of the university. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... Indian Coffee House Thiruvananthapuram or Thiruvanathapuram (formerly known as Trivandrum) is the capital (population - 889,191 (2001)) of the state of Kerala, India. ... , Kerala ( ; Malayalam: കേരളം; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible... An affiliating university is one that sets courses of study, conducts examinations, and awards educational credentials, but leaves the chore of undergraduate instruction to an array of colleges; the affiliation, then, is between university and college. ... , Thiruvananthapuram   (Malayalam: തിരുവനന്തപുരം TiruvanÅ­ntapuraṁ), formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. ... , Kerala ( ; Malayalam: കേരളം; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ... , Kerala ( ; Malayalam: കേരളം; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ...

The university has sixteen faculties and forty-one departments of teaching and research. There are eighty-one affiliated colleges. Of these forty, five are aided first grade Arts and Science Colleges, eight are unaided first grade Arts and Science Colleges, two are law Colleges, four Engineering Colleges, two Medical Colleges, seven aided Teachers Training Colleges, six unaided Teachers Training Colleges, one Ayurveda College, on Homeopathy College, two Fine Arts Colleges, one Music College and one College of Physical Education. Besides this, there is an affiliated institute conducting 2-year full time MBA course. The University has recently started an Engineering College in its Kariavattom campus.

History

A University College was established in Thiruvananthapuram, in 1873 during the reign of Maharaja Ayilyam Thirunal. However it was still affiliated to the Madras University. The University of Travancore which later became the University of Kerala was established in 1937 by a promulgation of the Maharaja of Travancore, Sri Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma. , Thiruvananthapuram   (Malayalam: തിരുവനന്തപുരം TiruvanÅ­ntapuraṁ), formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. ... University of Madras is one of the three oldest universities in India (along with Bombay and Calcutta), it was incorporated in 1857. ... Flag for former princely state of Travancore Travancore or Thiruvithaamkoor (Malayalam: തിരുവിതാങ്കൂര്‍ [], തിരുവിതാംകൂര്‍ [], തിരുവിതാങ്കോട് []) or Tamil திருவிதாங்கூர் was a princely state in India with its capital at Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram). ... Maharaja Chithira Thirunal Shri Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma (November 7, 1912 –July 19, 1991) was the last maharajah (ruler) of the Indian princely state of Travancore before Indias independence. ...

It was the sixteenth University to be set up in India and ten Colleges within the State of Travancore which were affiliated to the Madras University became the affiliated colleges of the University of Travancore. Sri. Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma served as the first Chancellor of the University. C.P.Ramaswami Aiyar, the then Diwan of the State was its first Vice-Chancellor. University of Madras is one of the three oldest universities in India (along with Bombay and Calcutta), it was incorporated in 1857. ... Sir C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar. ...

In 1957 the Kerala University Act, Act 14 of 1957, was brought into force and the University of Travancore was renamed University of Kerala. At that time the University had three Campuses located in Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Kozhikode. In 1968 the University Centre at Kozhikode became a full-fledged University covering the Colleges and Departments located in Thrissur, Palakkad, Kozhikode and Kannur Districts in Kerala. The University of Kerala transferred the affiliation of fifty colleges to the Calicut University. The Cochin University of Science and Technology and the Kerala Agricultural University were set up in 1971 and in 1983 the Mahatma Gandhi University was established. With the establishment of these Universities, the area of the jurisdiction of the University of Kerala has been limited to Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha Districts and some parts of Pathanamthitta District. It is also ranked 3rd (3) by the Outlook India magazine for the year 2007 in the top 50 government Universities in India. Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... , Thiruvananthapuram   (Malayalam: തിരുവനന്തപുരം TiruvanÅ­ntapuraṁ), formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. ... The skyline of Ernakaulam Ernakulam (Malayalam : എറണാകുളം ) refers to the western part of the mainland of Kochi city in Kerala, India. ... , For the district with the same name, see Kozhikode District. ... For the district with the same name, see Thrissur district. ... For the district with the same name, see Palakkad District. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... Calicut University is situated at Tenhipalam, in Malappuram district of Kerala, India. ... Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT) is a university in Kochi, also known as Cochin alias Ernakulam. ... Kerala Agricultural University is the primary and the principal instrumentality of the Kerala State in providing human resources, and skills and technology, required for the sustainable development of its agriculture, defined broadly encompassing all production activities based on land and water, including crop production (agriculture), animal husbandry, forestry and fishery... The Mahatma Gandhi University was established on October 2nd 1983 by the Government of Kerala through an Act of the Legislative Assembly. ... Thiruvananthapuram District is the southernmost district of the Indian state of Kerala. ... , For the district with the same name, see Kollam District. ... Church Paddy fields For the district with the same name, see Alappuzha District. ... For the district with the same name, see Pathanamthitta district Pathanamthitta is a city and a municipality in Pathanamthitta district in the Indian state of Kerala. ...

Departments of Teaching & Research

The Kerala University is the most leading universities in South India, which do intensive research in various subjects. There are 41 departments in which research is going on, and 57 recognised Research Centres other than University Departments.

University Administrative Building

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Research centres

The other recognised Research Centres of Kerala University :

• Central Institute of Fishery Technology, Ernakulam.

• Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Vizhinjam.

• Central Electro Chemical Research Institute, Karakudi.

• Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram.

• Mitraniketan, Thiruvananthapuram.

• Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.

• Electronics Research & Development Centre, (Keltron),Thiruvananthapuram.

• Centre for Advanced Legal Studies and Research, Thiruvananthapuram.

• Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore.

• Regional Research Laboratory, (CSIR) Thiruvananthapuram.

• Solar Physics Observatory, Kodaikanal, Indian Institute of Astro Physics.

• National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad

• Cancer Institute, Madras

• Regional Research Laboratory, Hyderabad.

• Institute of Tropical Meterorology, Pune.

• Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay.

• Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram.

• College of Engineering, Trivandrum.

• VSSC Thiruvananthapuram.

• The Rubber Research Institute, Kottayam

• Indian Institute for Regional Development Studies, Kottayam.

• Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasargod & Kayamkulam.

• Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.

• Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram.

• Forensic Sciences Lab, Thiruvananthapuram

• Hindi Research Centre, Kerala Hindi Prachar Sabha, Thiruvananthapuram

• Centre for Development of Education Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram

• State Nutrition Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram.

• Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (CDIT), Trivandrum

• Kerala State Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Alappuzha.

• The Quilon Public Library, Kollam (Social Sciences - Languages, Malayalam & Hindi)

• Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Bio-Technology, Thiruvananthapuram.

• Sukritindra Oriental Research Institute, Ernakulam

• Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi.

• LNCPE, Trivandrum(Physical Education), which is now renamed as Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Education, Science & Technology

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University Departments

The main University Departments are listed below:

Department of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries

Department of Arabic

Department of Archaeology

Department of Biotechnology

Department of Biochemistry

Department of Botany

Department of Chemistry

Department of Commerce

Department of Communication & Journalism

Department of Computer Science

Department of Demography

Department of Economics

Department of Education

Institute of English

Department of Environmental Sciences

Department of Futures Studies

Department of Geology

Department of German

Department of Hindi

Department of History

Institute of Distance Education

Institute of Management in Kerala (IMK)

Department of Islamic Studies

Department of Law

Department of Library and Information Science (DLIS) Department of Library and Information Science (DLIS), of University of Kerala, is the first academic institution which started library science education in Kerala. ...

Department of Linguistics

Department of Malayalam

Department of Mathematics

Department of Music // Music is an art form consisting of sound and silence expressed through time. ...

Department of Optoelectronics Optoelectronics is the study and application of electronic devices that interact with light, and thus is usually considered a sub-field of photonics. ...

The Oriental Research Institute & Manuscripts Library The Oriental Research Institute & Manuscripts Library (ORI & MSS), under University of Kerala, is one of the leading centres of Indological Studies in India. ...

Department of Philosophy

Department of Physics

Department of Political Science

Department of Psychology

Department of Russian

Department of Sanskrit

Department of Sociology

Department of Statistics

Department of Tamil

Department of Zoology

The Centre for Bioinformatics (www.cbi.keralauniversity.edu)

See also

• Colleges in Trivandrum

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External links

• Kerala University
• Students Forum