Profile of the Department of Malayalam

Department of Malayalam is one of the earliest departments in Govt.college, Madappally , started functioning with the  very opening of the college, in June 1959.Over the five decades of fabulous performance it witnessed  the pageant of generations descended to the society.

Teaching  Faculty

There are three permanent teaching staff working in the department.

	Name of the teacher	Designation	Teaching Experience	Age	sex	Specialisation	Workload per week
1	K.veerankutty	Asst.professor and H.O.D	14 years UG and 1 year PG	47	M	Modern Literature	11 lecture hours+5 Tutorial hours
2	Rajendran .K.	Asst.professor	4 years UG and 2 years PG	38	M	Ancient Literature and Grammar	11 lecture hours+5 Tutorial hours
3	Bindu.T.V.	Asst.professor	4 years UG	34	F	Literary Theories	11 lecture hours+5 Tutorial hours

Bindu T.V. is now on  U G C F.I.P. and pursuing doctoral  research at University of Calicut. P.Praseetha  is appointed against the F.I.P.vaccancy w.e.f.1^st July 2010.

	Male	Female	Total
Total Number of Teachers	2	1	3
Teachers with PhD as the highest qualification	Nil ( two teachers are doing their research)	Nil (one teacher is on FIP)	Nil
Teachers with PG	2	1	3
Teachers who have attended National seminars	2	1	3
Teachers who have been resource persons at workshop/ seminars during the last two years	2	0	2
Technical Staff	Nil	Nil	Nil
Administrative staff	Nil	Nil	Nil

Number  of  Students  in  the  present  Academic  year

Sl No	Program and Semester	Total Number of Students	Boys	Girls	Percentage of Girls Students
1	B A Economics  II	33	13	20	60.6
2	B A Politics  II	41	13	28	68.2
3	B A English  II	18	10	8	44.4
4	B A History  II	46	14	32	69.5
5	B Sc Mathematics  II	12	1	11	91.6
6	B Sc physics II	13	3	10	76.9
7	B sc Chemistry II	13	2	11	84.6
8	B Sc Botany II	14	5	9	64.2
9	B Sc Zoology II	12	3	9	75
10	B A Economics I	30	14	16	53.3
11	B A Politics I	36	7	29	80.5
12	B A English I	15	9	6	40
13	B A History I	48	15	33	68.7
14	B Sc Mathematics I	11	5	6	54.5
15	B Sc physics I	13	5	8	61.5
16	B sc Chemistry I	16	8	8	50
17	B Sc Botany I	18	1	17	94.4
18	B Sc Zoology I	17	5	12	70.5
19	B Com I	35	19	16	45.7
total		441	152	289	65.5

Assessing  the  Students / Remedial Teaching

There is a method of assessing the students’ academic standing in order to provide enrichment through oral and written tests, assignments, debates, seminars and quiz competition and so forth.

Departdepartment library

Department of Malayalam is having a department library in which 5708 books are kept, and open accessible to students throughout the academic hours.. A reference section is also working along with the library. P.Praseetha performs the duty relating to the library. Library records are maintained properly.

1.	Total Number of books in the department library	5708
2.	Journals and periodicals subscribed by the department	15
3.	Computers in the department	01

   A periodical section is also running with the library. Almost all important periodicals in Malayalam is subscribed in the library. A separate record is kept in this regard.

Community Library

A community Library is functioning under the auspicious of the department. It is an innovative one in its character and functioning as the distribution of the books is done by the students themselves .A committee of students coordinators is formed for this purpus.Community library is maintained by the students themselves and the representatives from the students community act as the librarians in their leisure time .Community library is meant not only for the campus community but also for oldaged people and patients  in the nearby villages.dears for every students. Students take books to the other departments, office of the college and always outside the campus where an indeed reader waits for the book .K.Veerankutty , Head of the Department  gives proper direction in this regard . A separate record is kept in this regard.

 Class room  Library

  Another significant system maintained in the department is class room library, by which the students can utilize their leisure time meaningfully, if a teacher is on leave in a particular period. In this system, student coordinators are encouraged to come to the department and take some articles/study materials/magazines to their classroom for the reading purpose. This library system is also absolutely maintained by the students. A separate record is kept in this regard.

First academic  Community  Blog  in  Malayalam

The first academic Malayalam blog created and maintained by any colleges in Kerala is from the Department of Malayalam. ’madappallycampus’,  the blog, contains the discussions on important issues ,essays on relevant academic concerns , study materials for the students and , of course, the literary   endeavors of both teachers and students of the campus .it is widely appreciated by the public and media for the cyber space utilized in making of the future of a generation . Rajendran.K. is working as the copy editor of the blog. The blog can be accessed in the address,  www.madappallycampus.blogspot.com

Space  in  e-world

Department of Malayalam is having a separate e-mail id, madappallycampus@gmail.com. All the three teachers are the contributors in various cyber space and the members of community groups like face book ,  orkut and twitter .Students are encouraged to enter the cyber space for the detailed narration of a particular issue , whenever it is possible

Department of Malayalam is equipped with the high speed broadband internet facility accordingly up to date information is ready for the academic purpose .Students are allowed to read and copy the e-journals and e-papers whenever they need.

National  seminar  on  Malayalam  short story

Oneday National seminar on Mlayalam short story was organized on 31^st January 2007 at College seminar hall. Famous Malayalam writer Santhosh Echikkanam inaugurated the seminar. More than 50 teachers and researchers from various colleges attended the seminar. B.Murali, Prof.Valsalan Vathusseri(Pondichery University), v.Anoop, Pradeepan Pampirikkunnu (Sreesankaracharya university)presented papers in various sessions.

Poet  Conference

A poet conference was held on 21th November 2007 Wednesday at College seminar hall. The renowned Malayalam poets, Pavithran Theekkuni,Sivadas Purameri, Gafoor Karuvannur and Sreedharan Vekkot Participated in the programme.They shared the experiences behind the creation and recited poems before the audience.It was a gripping one in its nature.

Folklore  Fest

Under Special software Scheme 2008-2009 Prasarbharathi broadcasting Corparation of india conducted a Folklore Fest at the College campus as a joint venture with department of Malayalam.the program held on 29^th September 2008.Kalam Paatu, the traditional art form of Kerala,was performed by P.K.Jisha and party.Dr.P.vasanthakumari gave an bright  introduction about the Kalam pattu. Theyyam, Thira and thottam pattu, the cultural cavalcade of north Malabar, was performed by C.K.Kunhiraman and party.Dr.C.R.Karippath introduced the the mystery of arts behind Theyyam .

Literature  Workshop  and  Poet  conference

With the joint auspicious of All India Radio and Malayalam department a literature workshop was conducted at college auditorium on 15^th September 2009.The college witnessed a line up of the writers standing in lime light. S.joseph ,K.C.narayanan, P.Geetha, N.Santhosh kumar, A.T.Mohan Raj, Desamangalam Ramakrishnan , Rosmeri, Ravunni, P.P.Ramachandran, P.N.Gopikrishnan, Alankot Leelakrishnan, V.M.Girija, K.V.Baby, Manoj Kuroor, Veeran kutty  were included among the resource persons.It was a program praised  by the media for its smooth manner in which it was conducted conducting and the  insightful approach towards literature.

Meet  the  authors

 Famous Malayalam writers Mullanezhi and S.Joseph attended the program ‘Meet the authors’ on 11^th October 2010 at college seminar hall. They discussed in detail the present scenario of Malayalam literature with spcial reference to their individual writing.

Extension  activities

Based on language and literature, members of the teaching faculty conducted as many as 50 public interactions and speeches at various secondary, higher secondary schools and colleges.

Future Plans

We are eagerly waiting for the sanction of B A Malayalam course from the government. The application is under consideration.

We have applied for sanction for an ad on  course on Creative writing.

A collection of poems and short stories by students is proposed to be published in this academic year.

We plan to establish a manuscript library here with the assistance of local body governments.

We plan to conduct a literacy program at the coastal areas of near by villages.