SANKARI SREE SANKARACHARYA UNIVERSITY OF SANSKRIT QUARTERLY NEWS BULLETIN Page No - 17 Page No - 24 Page No - 30 First university in The varsity has 80% Of Kalady the state to conduct always been praised Identified as a Flood semester exams for its vibrant Risk Zone after lockdowns eco-friendy campus Volum -1, Issue -1 JANUARY to DECEMBER - 2020 SANKARI SSUS QUARTERLY NEWS BULLETIN SEMINARS | WORKSHOPS | CONFERENCES FROM THE VICE CHANCELLOR'S DESK SREE SANKARACHARYA UNIVERSITY OF SANSKRIT KALADY KERALA - 683 574 PHONE: 0484 2463380 Email: [email protected] Web: www.ssus.ac.in EDITORIAL BOARD CHIEF ADVISOR Dr. DHARMARAJ ADAT Vice-Chancellor CHIEF EDITOR Dr. Gopalakrishnan M B Dr. Dharmaraj Adat Registrar EDITOR SWATHI P.M. Public Relations Officer The present educational development calls for an educational system that prepares the students for a global future – a prospect COORDINATOR that urge for critical intellectual, creativity, and resourcefulness. DR. T.K. MOHAMMED SAGEER This credence is what fuels the experience that a higher Senior Publication Officer educational institution, especially a university, should offer MEMBERS the students. The Sree Sankarachraya University of Sanskrit, Kalady is an agile institution that responds to the needs of the DR. T.S. SAJU students within a relentlessly changing landscape of international Director, IQAC education. Dr. V.R.MURALEEDHARAN Sanskrit, mostly misrepresented as the language of poets and Professor, Department of Sanskrit Sahitya play writers, has made its way into the global lexicon. The study of Sanskrit is more like an interpretation of culture and society, Dr. V.A. VALSALAN the history of trade and economics, and much more. At present, Head, Department of Malayalam Sanskrit is being researched and studied with a great degree of Dr. SHANTI NAIR rigour at universities in Germany, UK, and US. The acceptance Head, Department of Hindi of traditional Indian languages like Sanksrit and vice-versa has Dr. RESHMA BHARADWAJ undoubtedly changed the global education scenario worldwide. Head, Department of Social Work Networked academic modernizations like Massive Open Online Dr. JENNY RAPPAI Courses (MOOCs) are offering unconventional pathways to Head, Department of English international students. This leads to a more sustainable alternative for gaining academic credits. Sree Sankaracharya University of T.S. SAJU Sanskrit is on its final stage of implementing numerous short- Head, Department of Fine Arts term as well as long term online programmes at par with global educational developments to target international students. Dr. Dharmaraj Adat Vice-Chancellor OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2019 SANKARI SSUS QUARTERLY NEWS BULLETIN SEMINARS | WORKSHOPS | CONFERENCES ‘Living in friendship with Environment’- Varsity’s new-year resolution The Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit is effective Green Protocol which is followed strictly on a mission to save natural resources and rely on by the university community. The Green Army recycling and reusable resources. In this mission (groups of students and teachers) will make sure the the varsity has adopted a holistic approach to reduced usage and segregation of plastic and other save electricity consumption, plastic-free campus, waste products inside the university campuses. capping on air pollution (reduce vehicle pollution The responses towards such green initiatives were through fuel consumption), and recycling and overwhelming and as a result, in 2020, the varsity reusing water resources. devised an initiative titled ‘Living In Friendship with In 2017, the university installed a solar panelling Environment (LIFE)’ with an aim to combat vehicle system at Kalady at Kalady Campus for a cost of Rs pollution inside the campus by reducing usage of 1.20 crore. This project was funded by Rashtriya fuel consumption. The project was inaugurated Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) scheme. The on January 1st 2020 by the Vice-Chancellor Dr. Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit became Dharmaraj Adat as a New Year resolution. During the first higher education institution in the state the first phase of this initiative, the university to have implemented such a scheme and became distributed 50 bicycles to the students to be used a successful model for others to follow. Today, the inside the campus. LIFE is the first of its kind being university could save more than 50% of its total launched by a university in the state. Apart from electricity consumption through the 100-kilowatt a vehicle-pollution free campus, the project also rooftop on-grid solar PV system. intends to instil a sense of responsibility towards In 2019, as a part of making the campus green, clean, the environment. and pollution-free, the varsity has implemented an The second and third phases of LIFE will deploy 200 more bicycles along with an automated docking facility in the campus. The cost incurred during the first phase was fully borne by the university (INR 280,000). The second and third phases are planned to include sponsorship from public undertaking corporate institutions such as BPCL. Later, the varsity also plans to expand this project to benefit other regional campuses of the university. The below is the table detailing the funds required for expanding the LIFE initiative. 3 JAN - DEC 2020 SANKARI SSUS QUARTERLY NEWS BULLETIN SEMINARS | WORKSHOPS | CONFERENCES National seminar on ‘Sanskrit dramas and fine arts’ The department of Sanskrit General conducted a three day national seminar on the topic ‘Sanskrit dramas and fine arts’ at the university headquarters, Kalady, on 4th of March. Pro-Vice- Chancellor Dr. K S Ravikumar inaugurated the seminar. Dr. P V Ramankuty, Visiting Professor, Department of Sanskrit General, presided over the inaugural ceremony. Dr. Suresh K Nair, Assistant Dr. K S Ravikumar, inaugurating the national seminar Professor, Department of Painting, Banaras Hindu University, delivered the keynote speech on the topic. The university also honoured the Padma Shri recipient in the category of arts, Moozhikkal Pankajakshi Amma during the function. Pankajakshi Amma is Kerala’s last surviving practitioner of Nokkuvidya Pavakkali – a centuries old unique form of puppetry. For the past five centuries, her ancestors have practiced Nokkuvidya Pavakkali in Kerala. Pankajakshi Amma has been carrying on their legacy by performing this indigenous puppet theatre form across India and the world since the age of 8. The art of Nokkuvidya Pavakkali demands persistent preparation and practice. This puppetry form requires the artist to balance puppets on the upper lip and manage the movements with continuous observation and by controlling the strings. Pankajakshi Amma is now training her granddaughter Ranjini to perform this puppetry so that the traditional art wouldn’t pass into oblivion. The three day seminar saw more than hundred paper presentations from scholars across the coiuntry. Furthermore, the programme also included an art exhibition and book release by Dr. Suresh K Nair. Dr. C M Neelakandan, Dr. K G Ramadasan, K C Rajitha Ambili also spoke Pankajakshi Amma’s granddaughter Ranjini performing Nokkuvidya during the function. Pavakali JAN - DEC 2020 4 SANKARI SSUS QUARTERLY NEWS BULLETIN SEMINARS | WORKSHOPS | CONFERENCES Department of Sanskrit Sahitya conducts a three day PG seminar Photo caption: Registrar Dr. Gopalakrishnan M B speaking at the inaugural session. Sharing the dias are Dr. P V Narayanan, Dr. M Prasad, Dr. K V Ajithkumar, Dr. V R Muralidharan (from left). A three day Post Graduate Centre, Thrissur, led the class Vasudevan, Visiting Professor, seminar on topics related on the topic ‘Basic Principles in Comparitative Literature, SSUS to popular subjects such as Ayurveda’; Dr. N K Sundaresan, Kalady, addressed the topic Ayurveda and Mathematics was Professor, Department of ‘Dharmasastra and Arthasastra organised by Department of Sanskrit, Calicut University Sanskrit Sahitya. The Registrar, spoke on ‘Astronomy and Dr. T Mini, Syndicate Member; Dr. Gopalakrishnan M B, Mathematics’; Dr. E Jayan, Dr. P V Narayanan, Head, inaugurated the seminar on 5th Principle, V.T.B College, Palakkad, Department of Sanskrit Sahitya, March. Dr. P V Narayanan, Head, addressed the topic ‘Vastuvidya’; Dr. V R Muralidharan, Professor, Department of Sanskrit Sahitya, Dr. K D Mini, Head, Department Department of Sanskrit Sahitya; presided over the function. of Zoology, Sree Sankara Dr. K V Ajithkumar, Professor and College, Kalady, spoke on Seminar Coordinator, Department Dr. M Prasad, Chief Physician, ‘Sustainable development of Sanskrit Sahitya also spoke at Sunethri Ayurvedic Research and Environment’; and Dr. T the inaugural function. First batch classes of Sastra Samvardhini Centre started study centre will conduct an in-depth reading and analysis of Nyaya Shastra’s Nyaya Bodhini for the first batch. The classes will be led by Dr. V K Ramakrishna Bhatt, Director, Shastra Samvardhini Centre. Dr. M. Manimohanan, Syndicate Member, Registrar Dr. M.B. Gopalakrishnan, Finance Officer The first batch classes of Sastra Programme, have started S. Sunil Kumar, Dr. P.V. Narayanan, Samvardhini Centre, UGC at Kalady campus. The Vice- Head, Department of Sanskrit approved study center, under Chancellor Dr. Dharmaraj Adat Sahitya were also present at the the Strengthening of Sanskrit inaugurated the function. The inaugural function. 5 JAN - DEC 2020 SANKARI SSUS QUARTERLY NEWS BULLETIN SEMINARS | WORKSHOPS | CONFERENCES One day training programme for social work professionals The Department of Social