| Sree Kerala Varma College | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Asthu Vrittam Subham Sada |
| Motto in English | Pure be My Life for Ever |
| Established | 1947,August 11 |
| Type | Education and Research Institution |
| Principal | Smt Dr.K.P.SUDHA |
| Location | Thrissur, Kerala, India |
| Campus | Kanattukara |
| Website | http://www.keralavarma.ac.in , http://www.skvcollege.info |
Sree Kerala Varma College is situated in Thrissur city of Kerala State, India. It was founded in 1947,August 11th by Rama Varma XV, the Maharaja of erstwhile Kochi State. The college was initially under the Madras University. Now it is affiliated to the University of Calicut. The college on the outskirts of the Thrissur has been a centre of liberal and socially responsible thought and activity for the 65 years of its history. The college is a leading educational institution in Kerala 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 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.[1]
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The idea of starting a new college at Thrissur originated from a committee of prominent citizens of Thrissur, 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 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.Intermediate and B.A. Juniour courses were begun in 1947. In 1948, B.Com. and B.A. (Music) courses were started. A course in Music was to be started for the first time in Kerala in this college. But in 1952-53, the course in music was terminated. Courses in Science were started in 1953-54. The first post graduate courses commenced in 1965. M.A. in English and M.A. in Economics were the first P.G. courses in this college. Meanwhile, the management of the college was undergoing various stages of transition. Though the committee got the Authority of Maharajah of Cochin as “Sree Kerala Varma College Senatus” in 1947, the management of the college was handed over to the Devaswom Department on 08-11-1948. With the integration of the Tranvancore and Cochin States on 01-07-1949, Cochin Devaswom Board was placed under a Board and control of the College was rested with the Board.After the formation of Kerala State in 1956, the College got affiliated to the Kerala University. Subsequent to the establishment of University of Calicut on 23-07-1968, the College became affiliated to it.The college celebrated its Silver Jubilee in the Year 1972-73 and the Golden Jubilee in the year 1997-98. 2007-08 was the Diamond Jubilee year of the College.Now, the College is leading educational institution in our state. There are sixteen degree courses and eight post graduate courses.In 2009 January, the college was awarded the highest grade ‘A’ by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). [2]
The motto “Asthu Vrittam Subham Sada” (Pure be my Life for Ever) envisaged by the former Maharajah 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 preoccuptions. 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
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.
Department of Sanskrit