The University of Calicut, also known as Calicut University, is a state-run

public university A public university, state university, or public college is a university or college that is State ownership, owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government. Whether a national university is considered public varies from o ...

headquartered at Tenhipalam in

Malappuram district Malappuram (), is one of the List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala, with a coastline of . The most populous district of Kerala, Malappuram is home to around 13% of the tot ...

of the state of

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, India. Established in 1968, it is the first university to be set up in northern

. The university is coordinated by the University Grants Commission (re-accredited by NAAC with 'A+' grade). Calicut University, created by bifurcating Kerala University, is the second university to be set up in Kerala. M. M. Gani, 1969–75, was the first vice-chancellor of the university. Its primary catchment area is the northern districts of Kerala. Calicut University has nine schools and 34 departments. As of 2018-19 Calicut University had 301 undergraduate students and 1799 post-graduate students. The number of full-time doctoral students was 581. Calicut University manages around 400 independent affiliated colleges spread across northern Kerala. It also conducts examinations for the students of the affiliated colleges. It is also the largest 'affiliating' university in Kerala.

History

The University came into being as a result of the efforts of the leaders C.H. Mohammed Koya, C. Achutha Menon, and K. P. Kesava Menon. With the encouragement of the then Kerala Chief Minister, E.M.S. Namboodiripad, C.H. Mohammed Koya the then Kerala Education Minister constituted a twenty-two member committee of experts to make a pilot study on establishing new universities in the State. The twenty-two member Committee in its report unanimously recommended the immediate establishment of a University in Calicut to organize post-graduate departments of studies and research and to affiliate colleges in the northern districts. Before long C.H. Mohammed Koya appointed K.C. Chacko, Director of Technical Education as the special officer and M. Abdul Rahim, Municipal Commissioner, as administrative officer for the formation of the University at Calicut. On 23 July 1968 C.H Mohammed Koya obtained an Ordinance on creating the University. Thus came into being the University of Calicut. K.C. Chacko, Special Officer, was appointed the first Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University; the University was formally inaugurated at a public function on 12 August 1968, the Calicut University Bill was passed by the State Legislative Assembly on 29 August 1968; and statutory bodies such as the Senate, Syndicate, Academic Council, Faculties and Boards of Studies were constituted.Miller, E. Roland. "Mappila Muslim Culture" State University of New York Press, Albany (2015); p. 204, 235–36, 329, 333, and 345. The university was established through a Kerala government plan bifurcating the Kerala University. As per the plan, the four post-graduate departments of the Kerala University operating in Calicut were annexed to the new university.

Campus

The main university campus is located at Tenhipalam, south of the city of Calicut and about from city of

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. Most of the teaching and research departments, the Office of the Vice-Chancellor, and the Administration Block are situated on the main campus. The university also has two off-campus centers, one at

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and the other, specially meant for tribal empowerment, located in the Western Ghats area of the state,

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. Besides these, there are self-financing centers located in different parts of the area of jurisdiction.

Central facilities

The following are the central facilities in the University of Calicut. * Pareeksha Bhavan * Calicut University Computer Center * CHMK Library * Botanical Garden * Thaliyola * Madhava Obeservatory * Central Sophisticated Instrumentation Facility * University Museum * University Park * University Science Instrumentation Center

CHMK Library

* Calicut University Library was established in 1971. * The library was renamed after C.H. Mohammed Koya (former chief Minister, Government of Kerala). * It has a collection of about 95,000 books and subscribes to 218 journals and 10 newspapers. * The library follows the Anglo American Cataloguing Rules II (with slight modifications) for cataloguing and the Dewey Decimal Scheme of Classification for the classification of books.

Organisation and administration

Governance

A Vice-chancellor is the head of the university. Dr. P Raveendran is the current Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calicut. * The Senate - consists of 16 members including the Chancellor (

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), the Pro-Chancellor (Kerala Minister of Higher Education), the Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice-Chancellor. * The Syndicate - consists of 6 members including the Vice-Chancellor, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Higher Education Secretary, Director of Public Instruction and Director of Collegiate Education. * The Academic Council - the supreme academic body of the university. * The Faculties * The Boards of Studies Boards of Studies - the basic design of the curricula is done by the Boards of Studies. * The Students' Council - consists of 22 elected members from various independent affiliated colleges and university departments and six members including the Vice-Chancellor. * The Finance committee - consists of the Vice-Chancellor, Pro Vice-Chancellor, representatives of the Senate, the Syndicate and the Academic Council, the Finance Secretary to Government or an Officer not below the rank of a Joint Secretary nominated by him and the Higher Education Secretary to Government.

Endowment

From the 2019 Annual Report * Kerala State Non-Plan Grant (for 2018/19) - Rs. 20,814.88 lakhs *Income from internal sources - Rs. 12,875.13 lakhs * Kerala State Plan Grant (for 2018/19) - Rs. 2,500.00 lakhs * Grant from UGC under XIIth Plan - Rs. 436.40 lakhs Salaries and pension alone contribute to 63.03% of the total expenditure. * Salary - Rs. 14,541.12 lakhs * Pension & DCRG - Rs. 8,151.50 lakhs * Development & Modernisation - Rs. 3,146.32 lakhs * Conduct of Exam - Rs. 2,105.00 lakhs * Scholarships/Research Projects - Rs. 761.81 lakhs

Departments

Each school in Calicut University comprises a group of related departments, headed by director. Each department in the school has separate head of the department. There are nine schools, 34 departments with three centres and 11 chairs. The university has two off campus centres, one at Thrissur and the other in Wayanad.

Off campus campus centres I

# Lakshadweep # Dr. John Matthai Centre, Thrissur # Centre for Folklore Studies

Off campus campus centres II

# School of Drama and Fine Arts: Located in

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, a suburb of

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this department of the university provides formal education and training in drama and theatre. The school is affiliated with

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. The school was established in 1977 as a centre for drama artists in Kerala. In 2000, the institute started the music department offering Post Graduate and PhD courses. # Institute of Tribal Studies and Research: Institute of Tribal Studies & Research is located at Chethalayam in

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is established for empowering tribal students for higher education. The centre is also devoted to carry out research on tribal communities.

Affiliated colleges

From the 2019 Annual Report Its current jurisdiction extends to five central and northern districts of the state. The university currently has about 391 'affiliated colleges'. These colleges are spread over

(122),

Kozhikode district Kozhikode (), is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala, along its southwestern Malabar Coast. The city of Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, is the district headquarters. The Kozhikode Municipal Corporation has a corporation l ...

(105 colleges),

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(74), Palakkad district (73) and

(17). It also conducts examinations for the students of the affiliated colleges. A total annual intake of students in the affiliated colleges is nearly 100,000. Most of the colleges are Self Financing Colleges and the rest are Government or Aided Colleges. Most of the colleges offer only under-graduate degrees, while around 100 colleges also offer

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Classification based on funding

* Government Colleges (41) * Aided Colleges (60) * Self Financing Colleges (290) Subject-wise they comprise 254 Arts & Science Colleges, 63 Training Colleges, 40 Engineering/Technical Colleges, 10 Law Colleges, 33 Arabic/Oriental Title Colleges, 11 I. H. R. D. Centres, eight Management Studies Colleges, one Music College, one Fine Arts college, two Colleges of

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, two colleges for Hotel Management. The university publishes a list of affiliated colleges and courses.

Types of affiliated colleges

* Architecture-Engineering *Training * Management *Law * Arts & Science-Arabic/Oriental Title * Physical Education

Academics

Rankings

University of Calicut ranked 70th among Indian Universities in the NIRF ranking 2023.

Demographics

Student life

Cultural festival

The annual 'Interzonal' cultural festival, 'Kalolsavam', is held from January to April or between. The Interzones are conducted among students from the independent 'affiliated colleges' spread across five northern Kerala Districts. The various Kerala Districts conducts different zonal competitions and the winners gain entry to the 'interzonal' event. The festivals go on for a week (offstage and onstage).

Sports competitions

The annual sports competitions also occur between the inter colleges among the zones and the zonal colleges. The sports event follow the cultural event and go on for a week.

Inter University Championship

* All India inter-university men's football championship -2022 * Overall title in the National men’s inter-university athletics championships- 2012,2024 * All India Inter University Hand Ball Trophy- 2022

Honorary Degree

Recipients of Honorary Degree * S. K. Pottekkatt: Popularly known as SK Pottekkatt. A famous Malayalam writer from Kerala, Pottekkatt won the Jnanpith award in 1980 for the novel Oru Desathinte Katha (The Story of a Locale), D. Litt. conferred on 25.03.1982 * Vaikom Muhammad Basheer: Freedom Fighter, Novelist and Short Story Writer.Awarded Padmasree in 1982. Fondly remembered as the Beypore Sulthan, D. Litt. conferred on 19.01.1987 * Prof. M.M. Ghani: The first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calicut.An academic administrator par excellence, devoted every moment of his six year long tenure to giving it a strong foundation, LL.D. conferred on 24.08.1987 * K. P. Kesava Menon: A patriot, idealist, and Indian independence activist.He was a member of the

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. Menon was the founder of Mathrubhumi. D. Litt. conferred on 24.08.1987 * N. V. Krishna Warrier: Former Director of Bhasha Institute, D. Litt. conferred on 24.08.1987 *

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: Popularly known as MT, is an Indian Author, Screenplay writer, and film director. Awarded the Jnanpith in 1995. D. Litt. conferred on 22.06.1996 * P. K. Warrier: Indian Ayurvedic Physician. Chief Physician and Managing Trustee of Aryavaidyasala, Kottakkal, Kerala. D. Litt. conferred on 22.05.1999. *

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: An Indian born Qatari eminent painter. D. Litt. conferred on 25.09.2003 * V. R. Krishna Iyer: Popularly known as Justice VR Krishna Iyer. Former Judge in the Supreme Court of India. • Conferred with Padma Vibhushan in 1999. D. Litt. conferred on 25.09.2003 * Arun Nigavekar: An educationalist, a Physicist, Former Chairperson of UGC and Vice-Chancellor of the

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. Aptly called as "Father of Quality Movement in Higher Education in India". D. Sc. conferred on 25.09.2003. * Kamala Surayya: (formerly known as Madhavikutty). An Indian English Poet and Litterateur and a leading Malayalam author. D. Litt. conferred on 02.02.2006 * Dr. Amrik Singh: Eminent academician, Literature, educationalist and former Vice Chancellor of Panjabi University. D. Litt. Conferred on 02.02.2006. * Lakshmi Sahgal: Active in the independence movement of India and commanded the ‘Rani of Jhansi Regiment of INA’. She was active in politics in independent India and was a member of the

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. A doctor by profession, she was active as a medical practitioner and a social worker. Awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1998. • D. Litt. conferred on 2 December 2010. *

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: prominent actor of the Malayalam Film Industry. He has won three National Film Awards besides several state awards. Bharath Mammootty continues to be a leading artist icon of Indian Cinema. Awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1998. D. Litt. conferred on 2 December 2010. * Montek Singh Ahluwalia: A pioneering Economist and Developmental Consultant. The Former Rhodes Scholar and academic was honored with Padmavibhushan in 2011. D.Litt. conferred on 17 August 2013. * M. S. Swaminathan: An agricultural scientist with a global reputation. Known as the architect of India's Green revolution. MS Swaminathan Institute is a pioneering institution in agricultural research founded by him. Awarded the World Food Prize in 1988. D.Litt. conferred on 17 August 2013. * Fathima Beevi: Leading legal expert, rose to the position of Justice at Supreme Court by dint of sheer industry and dedication. After retirement, served a spell as the Governor of Tamil Nadu. D.Litt. conferred on 17 August 2013. *

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. *

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: He has acted in more than 350 films and produced/coproduced 35 films. He is the recipient of numerous national and state awards. Authored two books- Hridayathinte Kaiyoppu and Sammohanam. D.Litt. conferred on 29 January 2018. * P.T. Usha: Known as the sprint queen of India also known as Payyoli Express. She is a legendary athlete who brought glory to our nation. Won numerous prizes and international medals.Achieved national, Asian, and international records during her career. • She was chosen as the Sports Woman of the Century by the Indian Olympic Association in the year 2000. D.Litt., conferred on 29 January 2018.

Notable alumni

Politician

* Puthalath Dinesan, Politician Central Committee Member Of

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* R. Bindu, Minister of Higher Education Kerala *

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, Minister of Higher Education Kerala and Minority affairs on the period of 2016-2021 * P. Sreeramakrishnan, speaker of

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on the period of 2016-2021 *

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, Minister for Public Works Department and Tourism, Government of Kerala former and former all India President of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI). *

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MLA of Mannarkad on the period of 2016-2021, 2021-2026 * V. T. Balram, MLA of the Thrithaala on the period of 2016-2021 *

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* Richard Hay, politician

Judiciary

* Surendran Pattel, Judge for 240th

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Academicians

* K. K. N. Kurup,

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and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calicut * M. G. S. Narayanan, headed the Department of History at Calicut University from 1976 to 1990 * Abraham V. M, vice-chancellor of

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laureate * Kalliat Valsaraj, chemical engineer, academic and author * M. N. Karassery, Malayalam author and former HOD of the Malayalam department of University of Calicut

Sportsperson

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, volleyball player * V. P. Suhair, Indian professional footballer * V. Diju, Indian Badminton player. Olympian, Arjuna Awardee * Cyril C. Valloor, Indian volleyball player

Journalist

* Tareq Ayyoub - Arab television reporter of

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Arts

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, film director * T. V. Chandran, film director *

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, biological physicist, N-Bios laureate *

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, Indian Actor * C. R. Rajagopalan, folklore researcher and writer.

Engineers

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, Head of Missile program

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* M. Chandra Dathan, Padmashree, Former Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) * Babu Bharadwaj, writer and journalist"Renowned writer-journalist Babu Bharadwaj passes away"
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, writer *

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Others

* Thalappil Pradeep, Indian scientist

Vice chancellors

* M. M. Gani (13/5/1969–31/5/1975) *

N. A. Noor Mohammed N is the fourteenth letter of the English alphabet. N or n may also refer to: Mathematics * \mathbb or N, the set of natural numbers * N, the field norm * N for ''nullae'', a rare Roman numeral for zero * n, the size of a statistical sample ...

(14/11/1975–26/11/1978) * K. A. Jaleel (31/8/1979–27/2/1983) * T. N. Jayachandran (14/9/1983–13/9/1987) * T. K. Ravindran (2/11/1987–1/2/1992) * A. N. P Ummerkutty (5/2/1992–4/2/1996) * K. K. N. Kurup (20/6/1998–19/6/2002) * Syed Iqbal hasnain (23/10/2002–22/10/2006) * Anwar Jahan Zuberi (26/2/2007–25/2/2011) * Dr. M. Abdul Salam (12/8/2011–11/8/2015) * Dr. K. Mohammed Basheer (21/11/2015–20/11/2019) * M. K. Jayaraj * Dr. P. Raveendran

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