University Profile & Fact Sheet University of Kerala 2017 University Profile & Fact Sheet University of Kerala 2017 University of Kerala Profile & Fact Sheet Final UNIVERSITY OF KERALA 1 Name of University University of Kerala 2 Year of Establishment 01-11-1937 (16th University in India) 3 Chancellor Governor of Kerala 4 Pro-Chancellor Minister for Education, Govt. of Kerala 5 Vice-Chancellor Prof. P.K. Radhakrishnan Syndicate (26 members), Senate (103), Academic 6 Statutory Bodies Council (119) Kerala University Act of 1974 (Act 17 of 1974). 7 Charter Earlier governed by Travancore University Act of 1937 and Kerala University Act of 1957. 8 UGC Recognition Recognized under section 2(f) and 12 (b) 9 Type Multi-disciplinary University Govt. of Kerala Grants, UGC Grants, Internal 10 Source of funding Revenue Karmani Vyajyate Prajna (Wisdom manifests in 11 Motto action) 12 Website www.keralauniversity.ac.in 13 e-mail [email protected] 14 Telephone 0091-471–2305631(Registrar) 15 NIRF Ranking (2016) 29th among Universities, 47th in overall category 16 World Rankings (THES) Ranked in the band 800-1000 Re-accredited with „A‟ Grade with GPA of 3.03, up to 17 NAAC Accreditation 1.3.20 The Registrar, University of Kerala 18 Address Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 034, Kerala, India 19 No. of Schools 9 42 (Science and Technology: 16; Social Sciences: 14; 20 No. of Departments Arts and Humanities: 11) + School of Distance Education. 16 Arts, Commerce, Education, Fine Arts, Law, Management, Oriental Studies, Science, Applied Sciences & Technology, Social No. of Faculties (Subject 21 Sciences, Engineering & Technology, Physical Groups) Education, Ayurveda & Siddha, Homeopathy, Medicine, Dentistry (University has Departments in 10 of these only, shown in bold). 22 Administrative Branches General Administration, Examination, Finance, 1 University of Kerala Profile & Fact Sheet Final Planning & Development, College Development Council, Engineering, Public Relations Registrar (1), Controller (1), Finance Officer(1), Other Officers (10), Joint Registrar (7), Deputy Registrar (20), Asst. Registrar (54), Section Officer (271), 23 Administrative Staff Assistant cadre (740), Office Superintend (57) Others(Technical, Security etc) = 290, Contract (251), Non-Teaching Contract employees in UIT,UIM etc. (96) e-tendering, e-Certificate verification, Online Admission, Digital signature, Office Automation, Bio- 24 e-Governance metric attendance system, Campus wide CCTV surveillance, Paperless examination process, Separate online portals. The University has constructed 3 mega wells as a part of rain water harvesting, by which the usage of 25 Water usage water from Kerala Water Authority has considerably reduced. Normal Usage : 9000 units/month Peak Usage : 25000 units/month 26 Average Electricity usage Off-peak Usage : 45000 units/month Charges : Rs.11 lakhs/month Two 11KV/415V OLTC Transformer(KEL) each 315 Power Station 27 KVA; One 500 KVA dry type (Uni Power). Total 1130 (Karyavattom) KVA. Non-Conventional Energy 100KW solar energy plant at Karyavattom 28 use Savings (of around Rs. 1 lakhs per month) 378.79 Crores 29 Budget for 2015-16 (Salary: 132 Crores, Pension: 101.49 Crores) UGC - Rs. 1.25 Crores; KSCSTE - Rs. 63.56 Lakhs; SERB - Rs. 58.76 Lakhs; ICSSR - Rs. 8 Lakhs; Govt. of Kerala – 6.17 Lakhs; NCSCM – 5.70 Lakhs; MoEF & CC- Rs. 16.50 Lakhs-; MHRD – Rs. 50,000/-; DST – Major Project Funding Rs. 1.80 Lakhs; ICMR – Rs. 7.98 Lakhs; DAE-BRNS 30 (01.07.2016-30.06.2017) – Rs. 14.10 Lakhs; ISRO- Rs. 6.71 Lakhs-; DoE & CC – Rs. 1.75 Lakhs; RUSA – Rs. 12.96 Lakhs; PURSE Grant (DST) – Rs. 2.57 Crores. Govt. of Kerala: State Plan Grant – Rs. 26 Crores SIUCEB – Rs. 1 Crore, IUCEIB – Rs. 2 Crore. 1. Karyavattom Campus: 363.13 acres: (a) North Campus 105.29 acres (including 37 acres on lease to National Games Secretariat + 1.5 acres on lease to 31 Campus Area in Acres KHRI) (b) South Campus: 257.84 acres 2. University Office (SH) Campus: 16.69 Acres; 3. University Stadium: 7.93 Acres + Parking Area: 0.33 Acres; 4. University Student Centre: 1.62 Acres; 5. 2 University of Kerala Profile & Fact Sheet Final Observatory: 0.89 Acres; 6. Women‟s Hostel, Thycaud: 4.70 Acres; 7. University Library: 1.57 Acres; 8. Dept. of Education, Thycaud: 0.24 Acres; 9. Akkulam Marine Museum: 1.20 Acres; 10. Alappuzha Study Centre: 0.28 Acres; 11. Pandalam Study Centre: 0.30 Acres; 12. Ezhamkulam Village, Adoor: 0.50 Acres; 13. Raja Ravi Varma College for Fine Arts: 0.15 Acres. Grand Total = 399.53 Acres Senate House Campus, Palayam: 37505 ; Kariavattom Campus: 1,11,768; Thycaud Campus Built up Area in square (Women‟s Hostel): 6,911; University Library Campus: 32 meters 2,727; University Stadium: 10,000; Department of Education, Thycaud: 1,067; Students‟ Centre: 3,498; Kerala University Observatory & Planetarium: 150. 33 Staff Quarters 160 ( A,B, C, D, E & F Types) Tier 3 Data Centre, About 2000 Computers, WiFi enabled Campus, 10 GBPS Fiber Network 34 ICT Facility Connectivity, High Performance Computing Facility, 38 Smart Class rooms. Kerala University Stadium and G.V Raja Pavilion at Palayam is the hub of all sporting activities of the University with area of around 8 acres in the heart of Trivandrum. It has international standard synthetic athletic track, football field, Basketball, Volleyball, Handball, Kho Kho / Kabaddi courts and flood lights Physical Education for night time events. Other Facilities: (1) Two 35 Infrastructure modern Multi Gymnasiums in the G.V Raja Pavilion. (2) The Sports Hub Complex at Kariavattom Campus adjudged the best Sporting arena in India build on BOT basis. (3) The campus stadium in the Kariavattom Campus. (4) New multipurpose indoor stadium for Basketball, Badminton etc. at Senate House Campus, Palayam. iCAP Qc Series ICP-MS with New Wave NWR 213 Laser Ablation Unit; Microwave Sample digestion Unit; Scanning Probe Microscope with Peak Force Tapping Package; Laser Scanning Spectral Confocal Microscope with Multi-Fluorescence and Live-Cell Imaging; UV-Vis. NIR Spectrophotometer; Carl Zeiss 36 Scientific Instruments EVO 18 Secondary Electron Microscope with EDS;Thermofisher Sorvall MX50 Centrifuge; High Performance Computing facility; Brucker D8 X-ray Diffractometer; Micro Raman Spectrometer; UV Visible Spectrometer; FTIR Spectrophotometer; Spectroflurometer; Impedance Analyser; Network Analyser;F-Scan setup; Muffle furnaces;Source 3 University of Kerala Profile & Fact Sheet Final meter; Electrometer; BOD Incubator; HPLC; PCR; RT-PCR; Atomic Absorption Spectrometer; Electrophoresis; Bioreactor; ELISA reader; Speed Vacuum Concentrator; Drug Docking Station Total No. of libraries: 49; Total No. of books: 8,41,255; Acquisition during 2015: 21,255 books; cost of books purchased in 2016-17: Rs. 312.53 lakhs; Annual growth rate of stock: 2.53%; Total no. of library staff 37 Libraries Stock (Permanent): 83; (Contract): 29; Classification: DDC in 35 Libraries, CC in 8 Libraries; LIDAS, software for accessing the KUL digital archives of rare and valuable documents. 1. Samkshepa Vedartam (Compendiosa Legis Explanatio Ominibus Christian‟s Seitu Necessaria) by Fr. Clement Pianius (First complete book printed in Malayalam printed in Rome in 1772 and published 38 Rare books in KUL by the sacred Congregation of the Propagation of Faith. 2. Four Gospels (Bible New Testament), Malayalam book printed in 1811 by the Courier Press, Bombay. 39 ICT enabled class rooms 38 1652 seater Senate hall and a dozen additional halls. 40 Auditoriums Golden Jubilee Auditorium - 800 seats. Seminar complex under construction- 240 seats. Ph.D (878 – 67% female), M.Phil (334 - 75% female), Students (University 41 PG (1284 - 76% female), Diploma/Certificate/ Others Departments) (1138) 42 Students (UITs/UIMs etc) UITs: 3731; UIMs: 435; KUTECs: 394; UCK: 406 Students (Affiliated UG: 99398, PG: 7577, PhD : 411 43 Colleges) Foreign Students in 42 (Iran(11), UAE (4), Malawi (1), Yemen (12), Sudan 44 University Departments & (1) Ethiopia(6), South Sudan(1), Kenya(1), Srilanka Centres (2), Lesotho (1), Namibia (1) Nepal (1) 45 Student start-ups 1 (2006-2008), 2(2016), 10 (under processing in 2017) 1. Kerala University Union Chairman: Krishnajith R.G. 2. Kerala University Union General Secretary: 46 Students Union Adarsh M. Saji 3. Department‟s Union Chairperson: Ghosh K.S. 4. Researcher‟s Union Chairperson: Prabhaharan K Affiliated Colleges: UG students: 69% Female, PG Gender Profile of students: 80% Female, Ph.D students: 75% Female. 47 Students (2016) Uty Depts: PG students: 76% Female, MPhil students: 75% Female, PhD students: 67% Female, 48 Student Hostels Men (2 Hostels – 75 PG students + 22 M.Phill 4 University of Kerala Profile & Fact Sheet Final students + 78 Researchers), Women (3 Hostels – 353 PG students 30 M.Phill + 65 Researchers), Women (Affiliated Colleges PG & UG) – 1 hostel (304 students) Distance Education programmes offered through School of Distance Education to thousands since 1976. The UGC-DEB has accorded recognition for 25 49 Distance Education Programmes (PG-12 & UG-13) for the Academic years 2017-18 & 2018-19. Centres - 32; Lexicon Department – 1; University Institutes of Technology (UITs) - 17; University Institutes of Management (UIMs) - 7; Kerala University Teacher Education Centres (KUTEC) - 10; 50 Centres, Other Institutions University College of Engineering - 1; UGC Human Resource Development Centre (Academic Staff College); Centre for Adult Continuing and Education & Extension (CACEE) Kerala University Computer Centre, Sophisticated Instrumentation