Sree Kerala Varma college
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Thrissur
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city of Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
State, India
India
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. It was founded in 1947 by Rama Varma XV, the Maharaja
Maharaja
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of erstwhile Kochi State. The college was initially under the Madras University. Now it is affiliated to the University of Calicut
University of Calicut
The University of Calicut is an affiliating university in the southern state of Kerala in India. It is situated in Thenjipalam, in the district of Malappuram with a number of off-campus centres in neighbouring districts. The University conducts courses and examinations for the students of the...
. The college
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on the outskirts of the Thrissur
Thrissur
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has been a centre of liberal and socially responsible thought and activity for the 60 years of its history. The college is a leading educational institution in Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
State. It has about 2,200 students on its rolls in 16 under graduate and 8 post graduate courses, with 105 members of teaching staff and more than 54 members of non-teaching staff. The motto "Asthu Vrittam Subham Sada" ( Pure be My Life for Ever) envisaged by the former Maharaja
Maharaja
Mahārāja is a Sanskrit title for a "great king" or "high king". The female equivalent title Maharani denotes either the wife of a Maharaja or, in states where that was customary, a woman ruling in her own right. The widow of a Maharaja is known as a Rajamata...
of Cochin, is the vision, leading light and constant source of inspiration.
The college endeavours to preserve the best traditions of liberal higher education, ensuring full freedom of expression to encounter multifarious ideological preoccupations. In both curricular and co- curricular activities the college aims at bringing out the best talents of the students. The college has taken up the mission with full commitment to bring up the students hailing from semi urban and rural areas, with poor socio economic backgrounds, on a par with those from better endowed urban areas. The college seeks to make the students competent to face the challenges of modern world with full confidence and social commitment. It provides hostel facilities for men and women. The women's hostel is situated within the college campus. The men's hostel is a short distance from the college campus near the NDS stadium complex of the college.
History
The idea of starting a new college at ThrissurThrissur
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originated from a committee of prominent citizens of Thrissur
Thrissur
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, in response to strong public demand. The members of the committee armed with the moral support of the public besides a few promises of financial backing approached "His Highness" the then Maharajah of Cochin to enlist "His Highness" sympathy and blessing for the venture. "His Highness" in his turn was gracious enough to allow free use of the Merry Lodge Palace and the naming of the college as after "His Highness", "Sree Kerala Varma College". A free grant of one lakh rupees from the Devaswom funds together with a loan of four lakhs towards capital expenditure and a free grant of two hundred and fifty candies of timber
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were sanctioned by "His Highness". Greatly inspired and heartened by this magnificent gesture of "His Highness" the committee began to collect funds and completed all arrangements for opening the college on August 11, 1947. As years rolled by, the college has grown and expanded considerably on a secure basis as a full fledged first grade instituition providing instructions in almost all the courses of study and occupying the pride of place as the biggest College under the Calicut University
University
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.
Library
The General Library of the college provides library facilities to the staff and students of all departments. The library is housed in a spacious building constructed by the College Development Council in 1989. Currently it has a collection of over 65,000 books. The library is fully computerised with issue of books and the stock catalogue maintained digitally with the versatile Book Magic software.Partial Academic Courses
- B.A:
- EconomicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
with Political Science Modern Indian History - Malayalam with Sanskrit
- EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
with Social & Cultural History of Britain and World History - HindiHindiStandard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
with Correspondence & Secretarial Drafting in Hindi, Cultural History of India and Sanskrit - SanskritSanskritSanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
with History of Sanskrit Literature - Comparative PhilosophyPhilosophyPhilosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
and Cultural Heritage of India, History with Political Science & General Economics - PoliticsPoliticsPolitics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
with World History & General Economics, - Philosophy with Political Science & Abnormal Psychology
- Functional English
- B.Sc:
- MathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
with StatisticsStatisticsStatistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
and Physics - Statistics with Mathematics and Mathematical Economics
- PhysicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
with Mathematics and Chemistry - ChemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
with Mathematics and Physics, - BotanyBotanyBotany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...
with Zoology & Chemistry - ZoologyZoologyZoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...
with Chemistry and Botany, Statistics with Mathematical Economics and Mathematics - TravelTravelTravel is the movement of people or objects between relatively distant geographical locations. 'Travel' can also include relatively short stays between successive movements.-Etymology:...
and Tourism Management - B.Com
- M.Sc:
- MathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
- Polymer ChemistryPolymer chemistryPolymer chemistry or macromolecular chemistry is a multidisciplinary science that deals with the chemical synthesis and chemical properties of polymers or macromolecules. According to IUPAC recommendations, macromolecules refer to the individual molecular chains and are the domain of chemistry...
- PhysicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
- M.Com
- M.A:
- EconomicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
- EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
- Malayalam
- PoliticsPoliticsPolitics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
Former faculty
- Dr. C.S. VenkitaramanC.S. VenkitaramanProf. C.S. Venkitaraman , popularly known as CSV, was a mathematician from Kerala, India who specialised in number theory, and a very distinguished mathematics professor in Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur...
Department of Sanskrit
- Late S. Harihara Iyer (Former Sanskrit HOD)
- Late K.T Narayanan Namboodiri (Former Sanskrit HOD)
- Smt. P. Gauri (Sanskrit)
- Mr. V.R Ramakrishnan (Former Sanskrit HOD)
- Dr. T. Aryadevi (Sanskrit)
- Late. N. Gopalakrishnan (Sanskrit)
- Mr. M. Balachandran Nair