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Mahatma Gandhi University, a pioneer in promoting elderly-friendly activities through the University of the Third Age (U3A) movement, is now extending its successful model to rural areas. In collaboration with the Elikkulam Gram Panchayat, which recently received recognition as the State’s best neighbourhood organisation for the elderly, MGU is embarking on a pilot project to […]

Ange Nzihou, a Professor at IMT Mines Albi, France, suggested that Indian cities should utilise modern technologies for scientific waste management. While delivering a lecture at Mahatma Gandhi University on municipal waste management strategies, he emphasised the importance of the following specific practices of waste management adopted by European countries. When garbage removed from cities […]

            For the third consecutive year, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, has secured a place in the World University Rankings published by the London-based Times Higher Education. It shares the Second Position with Anna University ,Tamil Nadu and Jamia Millia Islamia University ,New Delhi.   MGU, which was previously ranked in […]

MGU Maintains Its Streak in Times World University Rankings   For the third consecutive year, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, has secured a place in the World University Rankings published by the London-based Times Higher Education. It shares the Second Position with Anna University ,Tamil Nadu and Jamia Millia Islamia University ,New Delhi.   MGU, which […]

The Chief Minister’s NavaKerala Post-Doctoral Fellowships Programme is now open for applications, offering eligible candidates a unique chance to engage in groundbreaking research at Mahatma Gandhi University’s inter-university centres. This prestigious programme, established by the Higher Education Department of the Government of Kerala and Kerala State Higher Education Council, seeks to drive research for the […]

Two M.Tech students from the School of Energy Materials,Mahatma Gandhi University, have received fellowships of foreign universities. Satyajit Shaji will study at Curtin University’s Western Australian School of Mines , Australia and Ali Abubakar  at Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States as part of their final year internship.   Satyajit Shaji, who has been […]

  Fourteen students of the School of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology have been selected for coveted fellowships in top universities in foreign countries. Students of M.Tech and M.Sc courses have received fellowships in America, Poland, Germany, Australia and Taiwan as part of their final year internship. One of the M.Sc students will conduct research at the […]

Ms. Saritha V K, a research scholar at the School of Environmental Sciences, M.G. University, has joined the Arctic expedition team of the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research in its fourth batch (August – September 2023) this year. She will be involved in sampling for emerging contaminants such as Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) and […]

The State government aims at establishing a student-centric learning system in the higher education sector through curriculum revision, Higher Education Minister R. Bindu has said.   Interacting with the academic experts to brief about the comprehensive curriculum revision here on Friday, she highlighted the need to turn the prevailing system of teacher-centric learning to an […]

Mahatma Gandhi University has made a remarkable progress in the 11th  Asia university ranking of  Times Higher Education, by bagging 95th position in Asia and 4th in the country. Last year it was ranked 139th in Asia and 9th in the country. Indian Institute of Science,  Bangaluru continues to be on top in the ranking […]

MGU has been ranked 95th among Asian universities and 4th among Indian universities by Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2023. The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2023 use the same 13 performance indicators as the THE World University Rankings, but they are recalibrated to reflect the attributes of Asia’s institutions. The universities are […]

Chief Minister  Pinarayi  Vijayan presented the Paristhithi Mithram Award for the best environmental researcher to Dr. Mahesh Mohan of Department of Environmental Sciences,  Mahatma Gandhi University,  Kottayam at the state-level inauguration ceremony of the Environment Day celebrations held in Thiruvananthapuram the other day.    The award instituted by Department of Environment and Climate Change of […]

      Prof Dr. C.T. Aravindakumar took charge as the interim Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University on June 5, 2023.   Hon. Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, in his capacity as Chancellor of Universities, appointed Prof Dr. C.T. Aravindakumar as the interim  Vice Chancellor of MGU. He will be in charge until a new […]

  Prof. Sabu Thomas completed his long and illustrious career of 36 years as a teacher and four years as the Vice Chancellor of MG University on a happy note on May 27.  During his stint as the Vice Chancellor, the university attained remarkable achievements in the academic field as well as in infrastructure development. […]

  Mahatma Gandhi University won acclaim from various quarters for its timely declaration of  the last semester’s degree examination results. The university managed to declare degree results within 14 days of  completion of the examination and became the first university to do so in the state this year.   Dr. R Bindu, Minister for Higher […]

        Four new initiatives launched    Lauding the Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU) for initiating several innovative projects in the field of learning, research, and entrepreneurship, Higher Education Minister R. Bindu described the varsity here as the premier institution in the country in the field of polymer science.   Inaugurating the School of […]

Thiruvananthapuram based Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI) and Mahatma Gandhi (MG) University, Kottayam has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at a function in MG University. Possible areas of collaboration include various fields of biosciences including biotechnology, biochemistry, microbiology, climate change, nanotechnology, smart farming as well as processing  and  value addition. Prof. Sabu Thomas, […]

The University of the Third Age (U3A), a programme that seeks to guide those aged above 55 years into a happy third phase of their life, began at the Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU), Kottayam, on March 11.   University Vice-Chancellor Sabu Thomas inaugurated the programme at a function at The Assembly hall. International Association of […]

Dr.Karapet Ter-Zakaryan: general director of Tepofol LLC, Dr. Voskan Melkonyan, commercial director of Tepofol LLC and Ms. Irina Zaretskaia, Translator of Tepofol LLC visited Mahatma Gandhi University as a part of MGU-RUSSIA Industrial collaboration for Green Flame Retardants. TEPOFOL is a well-established Russian company which actively looks for thermal resistant polymer composites having potential roofing […]

  A check of Rs.1036727 collected by National Service Scheme volunteers of Mahatma Gandhi University for Social Security Mission’s We Care project was presented and handed over to Minister Dr. R.Bindu by Minister V.N. Vasavan at the NSS Sangam 2022    Minister Dr. R. Bindu inaugurated the NSS Sangam at Mahatma Gandhi University and the […]

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) retained its spot as the highest-ranking Indian university in the 2023 edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) rankings.  With 75 institutes featuring in THE’s 2023 ranking, India became the 6th most represented country in the list. IISc, Bengaluru; JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysore; Shoolini University […]

  New Delhi: The research work led by Prof. Sabu Thomas, Vice Chancellor, MG University and his Ph.D Student Mr. Avinash R. Pai bags the National award under theInnovation in green polymeric materials and product category at the 11th National Petrochemical Awards held at New Delhi on Sept 27,2022. The award was presented by Shri. […]

Scientists from the Advanced Centre for Environmental Studies and Sustainability at Mahatma Gandhi University recently discovered three new species of earthworms in the genus Moniligaster Perrier, 1872 (Clitellata: Moniligastridae) from the Kerala region of the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot in India. The scientific team is made up of Dr. Prasanth Narayanan, Dr. Sathrumithra, Dr. Anuja, […]

Stanford University in the United States recently released a list that represents the 2% of the most cited scientists in various disciplines. The comprehensive list includes 1,59,683 people with close to 1,500 scientists, physicians and engineers in India.  The list includes the name of Professor Sabu Thomas, the Vice-Chancellor of the MGU.  All in the […]