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The office bearers of the Department Students’ Union of Mahatma Gandhi University for the year 2024-25 assumed charge.   At a ceremony held at the university, Senior Professor Dr. Beena Mathew administered the oath. Dr. Abraham K. Samuel, Director of the Department of Student Services, presided over the function. Senate members, office bearers of the […]

The National Institute of Plant Science Technology (NIPST) at Mahatma Gandhi University, in association with the Kerala State Biodiversity Board, is organising a national seminar titled “Invasives and Habitat Loss: A Threat to the Biodiversity of Kerala.” The event, scheduled for January 16 and 17, 2025, at the Auditorium, Convergence Academia Complex, Mahatma Gandhi University, […]

An expert talk on research career development will be held on January 10th, 2025, at 3:30 PM, at the Convergence Academia Complex, IIUCNN, Mahatma Gandhi University. The event will feature two distinguished researchers, Dr. Nishar Hameed and Dr. Nisa Salim.   Dr. Salim, Academic Director at the School of Engineering and Group Leader of the […]

Mahatma Gandhi University will host a lecture titled “Epistemology of the Disease: Practice as History and Technique as Knowledge in Vernacular Healing” on 14th January 2025, at 2 PM, at the School of Social Sciences. Organised as part of the KR Narayanan Chair for Human Rights and Social Justice Lecture Series, the session will be […]

Prof. Sabu Thomas, former Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University and Director of the School of Nano Science and Nano Technology, has been honoured with the 2024 Distinguished Alumnus Award by IIT Kharagpur. The award was presented to 13 alumni this year in recognition of their significant contributions across various fields. This accolade acknowledges Prof. Thomas’s […]

Dilip Menon, historian and Mellon Chair in Indian Studies at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, has urged a reimagining of Kerala’s history beyond the conventional land-based narrative. Speaking at a special lecture on “Thinking Beside the Ocean,” organised by the Inter-University Centre for Social Science Research and Extension (IUCSSRE) at Mahatma Gandhi University, Menon […]

The Inter-University Centre for Social Science Research and Extension (IUCSSRE), Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU), is organising a Special Lecture by Dr Dilip M. Menon, Professor and Director of the Centre for Indian Studies in Africa at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, on Tuesday, 7th January 2025. The theme of the lecture is Thinking […]

Mahatma Gandhi University’s athletes ended the year 2024 on a high note, securing two prestigious titles and finishing as runners-up in another championship during the final week of December.The university emerged victorious in both the All-India Inter-University Women’s 3X3 Basketball Championship, held in Kanjirappally, and the South Zone Inter-University Men’s Football Championship, which took place […]

  The annual budget for Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU) for the 2025-26 financial year highlights a strong emphasis on empowering students through innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic sustainability. Presented by Financial Sub-Committee Convenor P. Harikrishnan at the Syndicate meeting chaired by Vice Chancellor Dr. C.T. Aravindakumar, the budget projects a revenue of ₹650.87 crore and an […]

Dr. C.T. Aravindakumar, Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, expressed his sincere condolences on the passing of M.T. Vasudevan Nair, the renowned Malayalam writer and screenwriter. Dr. Aravindakumar lauded M.T.’s unparalleled contributions to literature and academia, emphasising the profound and enduring influence he had on diverse literary genres, while fostering and mentoring a multitude of […]