{"id":272,"date":"2017-09-02T01:48:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T01:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mgu.ac.in\/?page_id=272"},"modified":"2024-03-01T16:36:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T11:06:29","slug":"milestone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mgu.ac.in\/about\/overview\/milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Date<\/strong><\/td>\nParticulars<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1982<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0October 18<\/td>\nKerala Government decides to set up a new University in Kottayam.\u00a0Sri. T. K. Koshy\u00a0appointed as Special Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983<\/span><\/td>\nJuly 11<\/td>\nOffice inaugurated in Baker Memorial Girls High School Campus, Kottyam bySri. T. M. Jacob, Minister for Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
October 2<\/td>\nGandhiji University Ordinance 1983 (No.34 of 1983) promulgated and\u00a0Sri. T. K. Koshy\u00a0took charge as Pro-Vice-Chancellor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
October 26<\/td>\nInauguration of Gandhiji University by His Excellency\u00a0Gyani Zail Singh, President of India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/span><\/td>\nJanuary 19<\/td>\nProf. Dr. A. T. Devasia\u00a0assumes charge as first Vice-Chancellor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
January 27<\/td>\nProf. N. Babu\u00a0assumes charge as Controller of Examinations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
February 16<\/td>\nSri. K. Jayakumar\u00a0IAS joins as Registrar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 23<\/td>\nSyndicate and Senate constituted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 7<\/td>\nFirst meeting of the Syndicate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August 15<\/td>\nOffice of the University shifted to Padinjarekkara buildings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/span><\/td>\nJuly 27<\/td>\nProf. U. R. Ananthamurthy assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/span><\/td>\nJanuary 28<\/td>\nRenamed as Mahatma Gandhi University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/span><\/td>\nJuly 27<\/td>\nSri. J. S. Badhan\u00a0IAS assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor (i\/c)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992<\/span><\/td>\nFebruary 6<\/td>\nDr. A. Sukumaran Nair assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a01995<\/span><\/td>\nMay 16<\/td>\nDr. K. G. Adiyodi\u00a0assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor (i\/c)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 22<\/td>\nSri. N. Chandrasekharan Nair\u00a0IAS assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor (i\/c)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 29<\/td>\nSri. K. Jayakumar\u00a0IAS assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor (i\/c)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/span><\/td>\nMarch 25<\/td>\nDr. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai\u00a0assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0March 25<\/td>\nSri. N. Chandra Sekharan Nair\u00a0IAS assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor(i\/c)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0November 16<\/td>\nProf.(Dr.) Cyriac Thomas\u00a0assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/span><\/td>\nNovember 16<\/td>\nProf.(Dr.) Jancy James\u00a0assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/span><\/td>\nNovember 16<\/td>\nProf.(Dr.) Rajan Gurukkal\u00a0assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/span><\/td>\nNovember 16<\/td>\nDr K.M Abraham\u00a0IAS assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor(i\/c)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/span><\/td>\nJanuary 5<\/td>\nDr A.V. George\u00a0Assumes charge as Vice Chancellor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/span><\/td>\nMay 12<\/td>\nDr Sheena Shukkur, PVC assumes charge of\u00a0Vice Chancellor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/span><\/td>\nSeptember 1<\/td>\nDr\u00a0.\u00a0Babu Sebastian\u00a0Assumes charge as Vice Chancellor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/span><\/td>\nDecember<\/td>\nUniversity won the Chancellor’s Award during 2015-16 for the Best University in the State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/span><\/td>\nOctober<\/td>\nUniversity Re-accredited by NAAC with A Grade<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/span><\/td>\nJanuary<\/td>\nUniversity attained 34th position in NIRF All India MHRD Ranking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/span><\/td>\nMarch 7<\/td>\nThe University won the best State University Chancellor\u2019s Award for the second time during 2017-18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nMahatma Gandhi University ranked 30 in NIRF ranking .\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/span><\/td>\nMay 28<\/td>\nProf. (Dr). Sabu Thomas assumes charge as Vice Chancellor\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/span><\/td>\nAugust 19<\/td>\n\n

Mahatma Gandhi University established a convergence academia complex on its campus<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2019<\/span><\/td>\nDecember<\/td>\n\n

University\u2019s research project got selected for \u201cBRICS STI FRAME WORK PROGRAMME\u201d<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2020<\/span><\/td>\nFebruary 15<\/td>\n\n

Dr B Prakash Kumar\u00a0 assumes charge as Registrar\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2020<\/span><\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n

MGU won the Chancellor’s Prize for The Best University in Kerala<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2023<\/span><\/td>\nJune 5<\/td>\n\n

Prof (Dr) C T Aravindakumar assumes charge as Vice Chancellor(i\/c)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2023<\/span><\/td>\nDecember 14<\/td>\n\n

Prof (Dr) K Jayachandran assumes charge as Registrar(i\/c)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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