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The Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (SSUS) is one of the Sanskrit universities in India established in 1993 in Kalady, Kerala. The University is the first in the state to get a National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) A+ accreditation. It is also the first Sanskrit University in the country to get an A+ accreditation. The foundational aims of the University is to impart knowledge in Sanskrit, other Indian and Foreign languages, Social science and fine arts. The university has eight regional campuses across Kerala. Most of these campuses are located in rural areas of the State, intending to serve people from disadvantaged backgrounds. More than ninety percent of the students and research scholars in the University are from economically and socially backward communities and families and more than seventy percent are women.
The University Grants Commission has recognized the university with 2(f) status in 1994 and 12(B) status in 2005.[1] On 31st August 2021, the university was accredited by NAAC with A+ grade, the first University in Kerala and the first Sanskrit University in the country to earn the achievement.[2] In September 2014, the university was accredited by NAAC with A grade, the first University in Kerala to receive the grade in the first cycle of accreditation.[3] The university has twenty six PhD programmes, twenty MPhil programmes, twenty four PG programmes , ten UG programmes, two PgD programmes, one Diploma programme and nine certificate programmes offered by the twenty-four academic departments. The Choice Based Credit and Semester System (CBCSS) was introduced in 2005 in SSUS. In 2018, the University implemented the system of Outcome Based Teaching, Learning and Evaluation (OBTLE) at the Post graduate level, becoming the first university in Kerala to introduce OBTLE. In 2021, the university becomes a part of KALNET, a shared platform for academic resources of libraries, developed by Kerala State Higher Education Council.[4] The university's postgraduate programme in Museology will be launched in 2021.[5]
The university functions through nine regional centres, namely Kalady (main campus), Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Panmana, Thuravoor, Ettumanoor, Tirur, Koyilandy and Payyannur.
The Career Guidance and Counseling Cell was established in September 2012, funded by the University Grants Commission of India. Its objective is to equip the students for better career management. Services of the cell include guidance, counseling, training programmes, and recruitment drives. It is headed by Dr. Jose Antony (director), who is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work. There is a full-time counselor providing guidance and counseling services as well as coordinating the functions of the cell.
Equal Opportunity Cell
This cell functions with the Career Guidance and Counseling Cell. It was established for the development of minority students enrolled in the university.
Alumni[]
The University has a registered Alumni Association in the University which boosts the development of the university in terms of activities and contributions. The University has also got departmental alumni association and Regional Centre based alumni associations. All these alumni associations have got elected office bearers and specific activities. They conduct annual get together, and also sometimes conduct annual lectures. They have constituted some endowments for the students of the University departments. They have also contributed a lot in making the goodwill of the University established and promoted. Alumni association in the Social Work department has contributed a lot in giving on-the-job training programs to the students and also provides special care and support in making their junior students getting good placements after the educational programme. The Association Published a Research Refereed Journal 'The Philosopher' from Tirur Campus. This Journal is conceived of as a platform for sharing the common experience of and information relating to education, research and training needs and for redefining the priorities in the new development studies in humanities and languages as well as for fostering interdisciplinary research and training in these fields.
Notable alumni[]
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