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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 […]