DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY 1. Name of the Department : History 2. Year of establishment : 1963 3. Is the Department part of a School/ Faculty of the university? : Yes, School of Social Sciences 4. Names of programmes offered : M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. 5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved : NA 6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries foreign institutions, etc. : NA 7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons : NA 8. Examination System : Choice Based Credit (Annual/Semester/Trimester/ System, Semester Choice Based Credit System :semester) 9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments : NA 10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/Associate Professors/Asst. Professors/others) Designation Sanctioned Filled Actual Professor 2 2 2 Associate Professor 4 2 4 Assistant Professor 6 5 6 11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization, experience and research under guidance

Name Qualification Designation Specialization No. of No. of Ph.D./ Years of M.Phil. Experience guided for the last 4 years Dr. Asokan Mundon M.A., Ph.D. Professor Modern History Social Reform 34 M.Phil:5 PhD:7 Dr. T.M. M.A., Professor Ancient History 25 M.Phil:10 Vijayan Dr. Muhammed Maheen A Dr. P. Sivadasan Dr. K.S. Madhavan Dr. Haridas V.V Dr. MP. Mujeebu Rehiman M.Phil.,Ph.D. M.A., Ph.D. Associate Professor Modern History Dalit Studies PhD:5 28 M.Phil:5 PhD:6 M.A., Ph.D. Associate Professor Modern History 20 M.Phil: 5 PhD:7 M.A., Asst. Professor Medieval History 11 M.Phil:2 M.Phil.,Ph.D. PhD:0 M.A., Ph.D. Asst. Professor Medieval History 9 M.Phil:5 PhD: 6 M.A., Ph.D. Asst. Professor Social & Econ 11 M.Phil:5 History PhD:4 Sr. Vineeth R. M.A. Asst. Professor Modern History 3 12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors : NA 13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty programme-wise information : NA 14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio MA -50:8 Mphil 5:6, PhD : 38: 6 15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned, filled and actual Sl. No. Designation Sanctioned Filled Actual 1. Section Officer 1 1 1 2. Assistant 1 0 0 3. Computer Assistant 1 1 1 4. Peon 1 0 0 5. Part time Sweeper 1 0 0 6 Museum curator 1 0 0 16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies : Kerala History and Cultural Formation 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 : NA

18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants received a) collaboration : UGC b) International collaboration : University of Tubingen, Germany 19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT, ICSSR, AICTE, etc.; total grants received. SAP I, and SAP II. 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: Papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) : 89 23. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs, workshops, training programs and similar programs). Yes; the faculty members do attend the UGC-ASC Refresher/ Orientation programmes, workshops and training programmes regularly. 24 Student projects NA percentage of students who have done in-house projects including interdepartmental projects : Students dissertation percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other universities /industry /institute 25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national /International) with details of outstanding participants, if any. Sl. Title No. 1 International Conference on Locating the Indigenous: Local, and Global Forms of Indian Medical International/ /Local International

Practices, Dept. of History, University of Calicut, 21-23 October 2010. 2 Seminar and Workshop on Local History Archives, 1-3 November, 2010. 3 Workshop on Local History Archives, 21, 28 Feb and 1 st March 2011. 4 Colloquium on Problems and Perspectives in Modern Kerala History, 23-24 March 2012 5 ICHR seminar on Religion and Community in Indian History: A Contemporary Re Appraisal, 25 th, 26th and 27 th March 2013. 6 UGC on Reflections on Kerala Society and Historical Research, 20-21 March 2014. 7 Frontier Lecture by Tanika Sarkar, Professor, CHS, JNU delivered lecture on Gender Reflections in the Writings of Tagore 8 Golden Jubilee Lecture Series, inaugural Address by Prof. J.B.P. More, [INSEEC, Paris] on 28 th Oct 2013. 9 Golden Jubilee Lecture Series, Prof. Dilip M Menon, Centre for India Studies, Wits University, South Africa, 6 th Nov 2013. 26. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments Code of ethics for research in tune with UGC and the University are followed. 27. Student profile programme-wise: Name of the Applications Selected Pass percentage Programme received Male Female Male Female (refer to question no. 4) MA 2010-11 224 3 23 100% 100% MA2011-12 239 8 19 100% 100% MA 2012-13 245 1 25 100% 100% MA 2013-14 219 3 23 100% 100% MA 2014-15 189 2 23 Ongoing Ongoing M.Phil 2010-11 60 4 2 100% 100% M.Phil 2011-12 52 4 5 100% 100% M.Phil 2012-13 57 3 7 100% 100% M.Phil 2013-14 65 1 7 100% 100%

M.Phil 2014-15 55 1 4 Ongoing Ongoing Ph.D 2010 22 2 1 Ongoing Ongoing Ph.D 2011 9 1 0 Ongoing Ongoing Ph.D 2012 20 3 4 Ongoing Ongoing Ph.D 2013 25 6 9 Ongoing Ongoing Ph.D 2014 20 3 5 Ongoing Ongoing Ph.D 2015 15 0 3 Ongoing Ongoing 28. 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 M.A. 95 5 0 0 M.Phil 95 5 0 0 Ph.D. 90 10 0 0 29. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give details category-wise. a. NET: approximate: 12 b. SET: approximate : 8 30. Student progression Student progression Percentage against enrolled UG to PG 30% (approx.) PG to M.Phil. 30% (approx.) PG to Ph.D. 10% (approx.) Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral 5% Employed a) Campus selection a) N.A b) Other than campus recruitment b) 80% Entrepreneurs 10%

31. Diversity of staff Percentage of faculty who are graduates of the same university : 95% from other universities within the State : 5% from universities from other States : 0% from universities outside the country 32. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the assessment period (2010-2015). Ph.D- 2 33. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to A. Library Total area of the library (in Sq.Mts.): 3500 Total seating capacity: 30 Working hours (on working days, on holidays, before examination, during examination, during vacation): 10.00AM to 5.00 PM Monday to Saturday B. Departmental library holdings: a) Print (books, back volumes and theses) : 24597+300 b) Average number of books added during the last three years : 1550 c) Internet facilities for staff and students : The connectivity is partly provided d) Total number of class rooms : 3 e) Class rooms with ICT facility : 2 [net connection e) Students laboratories : 1 g) Research laboratories : 1 34. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates a) from the host institution/university : 36 b) from other institutions/universities : NA tobe provided] 35. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the university : NA [various

36 Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology scholarships from the state government : NA 37. 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. By adding or omitting portions in the existing syllabus & improvising teaching methods. b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does the department utilize the feedback? By improving the curriculum, teaching and evaluation methods. c. Alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the department utilize the feedback? Try to improve performance of the department. d. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10) Prof. Kesavan Veluthat [Professor, Delhi University] Prof. Rajan Gurukkal [Formerly Vice Chancellor, M.G. University] Prof. K.K.N. Kurup [Formerly Vice Chancellor, University of Calicut] Prof. P.J. Cheriyan [ Director, Kerala Council of Historical Research] Sri. Mullappalli Ramachandran [Formerly Central Minister for state-home Affairs] Sri. M.P. Abdussamad Samadani [Formerly, Member of Parliament] Dr. Charles Dias [Formerly, Member of Parliament] Dr. Santhosh Abraham [faculty, IIT, Madras] e. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) involving external experts. Sl.No. Title International 1 International Conference on Locating the Indigenous: Local, and Global Forms of Indian Medical Practices, Dept. of History, University of Calicut, 21-23 October 2010. 1 UGC on Reflections on Kerala Society and Historical Research, 20-21 March 2014. 2 Golden Jubilee Lecture Series, Prof. Dilip M Menon, Centre for India

Studies, Wits University, South Africa, 6 th Nov 2013. 3 Golden Jubilee Lecture Series, inaugural Address by Prof. J.B.P. More, [INSEEC, Paris] on 28 th Oct 2013. 4 ICHR seminar on Religion and Community in Indian History: A Contemporary Re Appraisal, 25 th,26 th and 27 th March 2013. 5 Colloquium on Problems and Perspectives in Modern Kerala History, 23-24 March 2012. 6 Workshop on Local History Archives, 21, 28 Feb and 1 st March 2011. 7 Seminar and Workshop on Local History Archives, 1-3 November, 2010. 8 Seminar and Workshop on Local History Archives, 1-3 November, 2010. 38. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes. The department follows lecture method in regular class room teaching, apart from seminars presentation, power point presentation, debates, field trip, interviews and visiting of archives and museums 39. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes are monitored? The department council is keen in the periodic assessments in which all the faculty members ensure the programme objectives. 40. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities. The students and teachers of the department actively participate in the departmental seminars, workshops and discussions along with the similar programmes organized by other departments in the campus. Apart from which, the faculty members have been contributing in diverse ways such as presenting papers periodically, provide extension lectures in other departments, colleges, delivering public lectures, contributing papers and articles to print media, take part in discussions and debates in visual media etc. 41. Give details of beyond syllabus scholarly activities of the department.

Seminars, workshops,extension lectures, field trips, study tour, visit to archives, museums, screenings of historical films and internal seminar presentation by students and faculty in association with History Research Forum. 42.State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ : NA graded by other agencies? If yes, give details. 43. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new knowledge, basic or applied. The research out put of the Department has been instrumental in shaping the historical understanding of the Kerala society as a whole. By following the scientific and rational methodology of research, the Department could offer reconsideration of Kerala's past which was partly mythical or based upon legends. The department publishes the research output by the way of papers in department journal, Journal of South Indian History in many other academic publications. 44. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the department. Strength: 1. Faculty members sensitive to academic activities 2. library and other facilities 3.active participation of students in seminars, workshops etc. 4. academic atmosphere in the department Weakness: 1. lack of departmental autonomy Opportunities and Challenges Though the potentiality of the department is comparatively high, the complete utilization of which remains as a challenge. 45. Future plans of the department. International Seminar in March 2015. Conduct of 4th International Kerala History Conference in Nov.2016 Establishment of Centre for Studies on Malabar Studies Centre for Studies on Inclusion and Exclusion