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Department of Linguistics University of Kerala
Dr. S .Kunjamma
Courses offered & seats allotted M.A (20 seats)M.Phil Linguistics (9 seats)
M.Phil Computational Linguistics(10)Ph.D. Areas of Research Dialectology, Linguistic Theory, Historical Linguistics, Tribal Studies, Sociolinguistics. Number of Research Students Part time 1 Departmental Publications The International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, the best journal on linguistics from India was originally published from the department.
The Department of Linguistics was started in 1963. The pioneer work of the Dialect Survey of Malayalam covering all the Panchayats of Kerala and the Dialect Atlas prepared by marking isoglosses have received international recognition. In this field of dialect studies the department occupies the foremost position amongst the Indian Universities. The department has evolved and developed a pragmatic theory called Cognate Method of Language Teaching. This is considered to be most suitable for teaching and learning of related languages. Following the above said theoretical framework, the department had organised a number of intensive courses for teaching Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada. Another theory put forward by the department for the identification of syllable boundaries and the constituents within a syllable is also worth mentioning. The department has hosted UGC sponsored summer schools, workshops and seminars on many occasions. The UGC had included this department under its DRS programme.
Department of Zoology Professor and Head of the Department Dr. Oommen V. Oommen Tel: 0471-2418906(O); 0471-2598940(R) Professors Dr.D.Muraleedharan Dr. M. BalakrishnanDr. Mathew M. Oommen Reader Dr MC Subhash Peter Lecturer Ms.V.K.Jeejakumari Dr G Prasad Courses offered & seats allotted M.Sc. (General & Applied) (6) M.Phil.(7) Ph.D (26) Areas of Research EndocrinologyBiodiversityInsect Neuropeptide The Department of Zoology was established in 1968 with the late Prof. K.K. Nayar as Head. One of the pioneers in insect endocrinological studies in India, he organised this department as a centre of excellence in the fields of Invertebrate Neuro-endocrinology and reproductive Physiology, with generous assistance from the Ford Foundation and PL-480 scheme of the US Government. The research activities of this Department have been extended to various other areas like entomology, soil biology, vector biology, vertebrate ethology, animal physiology, wild life biology, conservation biology etc. The main academic activity of the Department is the guidance of research students for their Ph.D. and M.Phil degrees. It also offers M.Sc. in General & Applied Zoology under the CSS. To it credit the department has already trained over 100 M.Phil's and 90 Ph.D's. Besides, the faculty members also undertake research projects sponsored by various agencies such as DST, DBT, CSIR, UGC, STEC, Ministry of Forest and Environment etc. Some of the have also conducted collaborative studies with various international experts in their fields of scpecialisation. The research laboratories are well equipped with sophisticated & modern equipments such as spectrophotometers, refrigerated centrifuges, fluorescence microscope, Laminar, flow, inverted microscopes, clinical analyzer, HPLC etc. There is also a good library with around 4000 books.An international quarterly journal viz: ENTOMON, which is the official organ of the Association for the Advancement of Entomology, is being published regularly from this Department since 1976. Besides the various research programmes outlined above, the Department also admits students for their Master's degree in General and Applied zoology under the credit and semester system. The curriculum of this course, especially designed as per UGCk guidelines, is different from that of the General M.Sc. course offered by the affiliated colleges of the University. Students undergoing this course have the added advantage of opportunities to continue their academic pursuits through the M.Phil and Ph.D. programmes offered by the Department. 41.
Department of Physics Professor & Head of the Department Dr. V.K. VaidyanTel-0471 2418920(O); 2445286(R) Professors Dr. S.R. Prabhakaran Nayar Dr. G. Renuka Dr. M. Abdul Khadar Readers Dr. N. Balan (on leave) Dr. C.I. Muneera Sr. Lecturer Smt. K.P. Vijayakumari Courses Offered seats allotted M.Sc. (Specialisation in Applied Electronics) (18 seats)M.Phil. (10 seats) Ph.D. Full-time (8 seats) Ph.D. Part time (16 seats) Areas of Research Vibrational Spectroscopy (infrared, Raman) Thin FilmsNanostructured MaterialsCrystal GrowthSpectrophotometric StudiesInospheric PhysicsSpace Physics Number of PhDs awarded 70 Number of M.Phils awarded 114
The Department of Physics was started in 1970. It has to its credit 500 Research Publications and a monograph. The department library has over 5,200 books.Research & Development Infrastructure(1) Crystal Growth Laboratory: The Lab has been engaged in the work of growing single crystals required fort the study of crystalline biological components.(2) Thin Film Laboratory: The lab is equipped with two vacuum coating units of medium capacity. The equipment have been devoted to the study of oxidation of iron, aluminum, tin and indium films on transparent conducting media, preparation and characterization etc.(3) Vibrational Spectroscopy Laboratory: The lab has a Spex Ramalog 1401 Raman Spectrophotometer, a Spectra Physics Argon-ion laser and a water chiller system. (4) Nanostructured materials Laboratory: A new lab that has basic facilities like a fume chamber, air compressor, etc.(5) Observatory: The Observatory of the University of Kerala established in 1837, is part of the department of Physics. It is equipped with telescopes, computers and many equipment. Recently, the Observatory was modernised with the introduction of 11" telescope, SUN Workstations and image processing software. The astronomy programmes of the Observatory have been carried out jointly with the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune.
(6) Space Physics Laboratory: The lab conducts research activities pertaining to Magnetospheric and Plasma Physics, Solar and Interplanetary Physics, Middle Atmospheric Physics and Ionospheric and Thermospheric Physics. A major experiment facility in Space Physics is the HF Doppler Radar, the first of its kind in India set up in 1984 to study the equatorial F-region plasma motion. The HF Doppler Radar provides facility to measure three-dimensional plasma motion in the equatorial F-region. Another facility is the 100 feet Observatory Tower, established by ISRO under the IGBP programme. The department conducts Summer Schools, seminars, workshops etc.