Evaluative Report: Department of Malayalam & Kerala 1. Name of the Department : Malayalam and Kerala 2. Year of establishment : 1972 3. Is the Department part of a School/ : Yes, The School of Language Faculty of the university? Literature 4. Names of programmes offered : M Phil, Ph D Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved : 5. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. : NA 6. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons : NA Calicut University Linguistics Forum, Quami Awaz (Interdepartmental debate forum) Film Society Theatre Workshops Share activities with Basheer Chair Share activities with Manuscripts Repository 7. Examination System (Annual/Semester/Trimester/ : Choice Based Credit and Choice Based Credit System) : Semester System 8. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments : Share Elective courses with other departments for MA Programme. 9. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (s/associate s/asst. s/others) Post Sanctioned Filled Actual (including 2 1 1 CAS & MPS) 1
Associate 3 2 2 Assistant 2 4 4 Other (Guest) 2 2 1 11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization, experience and research under guidance Name Qualific ation Designation Specialization No.of Years of Experience No.of / M.Phil students guided for the last 4 years Dr.L. Thomas Kutty Associate Theatre and Folklore 20 8+8 Dr.Anil Kumar Vallathol Poetry and Literary Theories 28 8+8 Dr. Ummer Tharammel Associate Theatre and Cultural 25 11+8 Dr. RVM Divakaran Assistant Poetry and Film 9 8+8 Dr. K.M. Anil Assistant Theories and Cultural 12 8+8 Dr. P. Somanadhan Assistant Grammar and Translation 14 8+8 Dr. M.B. Manoj Assistant Poetry and Subaltern 4 8+8 12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors : 1)Dr. MM Basheer 2)Dr. V S Ramakrishnan 3)Dr. D Benjamin 4)Dr. N Gopinathan Nair 13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty programme-wise information : 15% 14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio : MA 8: 60 MPhil 7: 10 2
PhD 1:8 15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff Sanctioned, filled and actual : SO 1, Typist 1, Assistant 0, Peon 0, Sweeper 1. 16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies : o Literary Historiography, o Theatre, o Mappila Performance 17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the funding agencies, project title and grants received project-wise: SAP, UGC on Literary Historiography 18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants received a) National collaboration : Nil b) International collaboration : Nil 19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT, ICSSR, AICTE, etc.; total grants received. : UGC-SAP 20. Research facility / centre with state recognition : Yes national recognition : Yes international recognition : NA 21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate bodies : NA 22. Publications: Number of papers published in peer : 123 reviewed journals (national / international) Monographs : Nil Chapters in Books : Nil Edited Books : 7 Books with ISBN with details of : 7 publishers Number listed in International Database : NA (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social 3
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) : NA Citation Index range / average : NA SNIP : NA SJR : NA Impact Factor range / average : NA h-index : NA 23. Details of patents and income generated : NA 24. Areas of consultancy and income generated : NA 25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to : 2 visit other laboratories / institutions/ industries in India and abroad 26. Faculty serving in a) National committees : 8 b) International committees : Nil c) Editorial Boards : 8 d) any other (please specify) 27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, : Refresher Courses done ASC, Refresher / orientation programs, Conducted workshops workshops, training programs and similar programs). 28. Student projects percentage of students who have : NA done in-house projects including inter-departmental projects percentage of students doing projects : NA in collaboration with other universities / industry / institute 29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by Faculty : 8 Doctoral / post doctoral fellows : 4 Students : 5 30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national / international) with details of outstanding participants, if any. UGC Funded : 12 SAP Funded : 2 31. Code of ethics for research followed : As formed by the University by the Department 4
32. Student profile programme-wise: Name of the Applications Selected Pass percentage Programme received Male Female Male Female (refer to question no. 4) MA Malayalam 600 (5 years) 15 85 100 100 MPhil 510 (5 years) 11 30 100 100 PhD 517 (5 years) 40 80 -- -- 33. Diversity of students Name of the % of % of students % of students % of Programme students from other from students (refer to question from the universities universities from no. 4) same within the outside the other university State State countries MA 90 10 -- -- M.Phil 92 8 -- -- 91 9 -- -- 34. How many students have cleared Civil : SET 20 Services and Defense Services NET 105 examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give details category-wise. 35. Student progression Student progression Percentage against enrolled UG to PG - PG to M.Phil. 5 PG to. 25. to Post-Doctoral - Employed a) Campus selection a) Nil b) Other than campus recruitment b) 60 Entrepreneurs NA 5
36. Diversity of staff Percentage of faculty who are graduates of the same university 5 from other universities within the State 2 from universities from other States - from universities outside the country - 37. Number of faculty who were awarded : Nil M.Phil.,., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the assessment period (2010-2015) 38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to: a) Library : 32500 b) Internet facilities for staff and students : yes c) Total number of class rooms : 5 d) Class rooms with ICT facility : 3 e) Students laboratories : Nil f) Research laboratories : Nil 39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates a) from the host institution/university : Doctoral 184, Research Asso. 3 b) from other institutions/universities : 2 40. Number of post graduate students getting : Nil financial assistance from the university 41. Was any need assessment exercise : NA undertaken before the development of new programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology. 42. Does the department obtain feedback from a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the department utilize the feedback? Yes. Take necessary actions. b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does the department utilize the feedback? Yes. Take correction measures c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the 6
department utilize the feedback? Yes. Take necessary actions 43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10) 1. Dr. MM Basheer, Critic 2. Dr TB venugopala Panicker, Linguist 3. Dr Chathanath Achuthanunni, Poet and Critic 4. Dr MN Karassery, Social Critic 5. Dr MA Rahman, Film maker 6. Dr KV Thomas, Critic 7. Mr Mohandas IAS, Dist. Collector 8. Dr Raghavan Payyanad, Folklorist 9. Dr P Geetha, Feminist Critic 10. Mr. KEN Kunhahammed, Critic and Cultural Activist 44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) involving external experts. Conducted 24 Seminars and 12 workshops and 34 Special Lectures from external experts 45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes. Lecture, Computer Assisted Teaching, Visual Presentations, Interaction, Debates 46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes are monitored? Constantly analyzing the feedbacks, comments and maintaining 100% Exam results 47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities. Faculty members actively participate in knowledge generating programs and social activities. Students indulge in environment protection activities, community activities and motivation programs in weaker groups of students 48. Give details of beyond syllabus scholarly activities of the department. Actively participate in knowledge generating programs, social and community life. 49. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies? If yes, give details. NA 50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new knowledge, basic or applied. 7
Curriculum renovation activities, Text book committees, Workshops 51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the department. Strength: communities Development of Language and Culture of backward Development of backward region in Malabar Empowering Women Empowering Minorities Introducing New pedagogy Weakness: Poor Infrastructure Opportunities: Create new opportunities for regional languages Challenges: Widening interdisciplinary co-ordination 52. Future plans of the department. Fulfillment of SAP project on Literary Historiography. Visual documentation of cultural heritage of Kerala. ---------- 8