Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit

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Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit
SSUS Logo.png
Mottoज्ञानादेव तु कैवल्यम् (Sanskrit)
Motto in English
Liberation through knowledge
Type Public
Established1993;31 years ago (1993)
Chancellor Governor of Kerala
Vice-Chancellor Dr. M. V. Narayanan
Location
Kalady
,
Kerala
,
India

10°10′13″N76°26′19″E / 10.17028°N 76.43861°E / 10.17028; 76.43861
AffiliationsUGC, NAAC, AIU.
Website ssus.ac.in

The Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (SSUS) is a Sanskrit university in India established in 1993 in Kalady, Kochi, Kerala. The foundation stone for the university was laid by Bharathi Tirtha Mahaswamiji of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham. [1] SSUS provides education in Sanskrit, other Indian and Foreign languages, Social science and fine arts. It is accredited A+ by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). [2] The university has eight regional campuses across Kerala.

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Campus

The university functions through seven campuses, the main one at Kalady (main campus) and regional campuses at Thiruvananthapuram, Panmana, Ettumanoor, Tirur, Koyilandy and Payyannur. [3] [4] 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. [5]

Sanskrit university building kalady.jpg
A panoramic view of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady with Traditional Kerala-style architecture

Organisation and administration

Departments

The university consists of the following departments. [6]

  • Sanskrit Vedanta
  • Sanskrit Sahitya
  • Sanskrit Vyakarna
  • Sanskrit Nyaya
  • Sanskrit General
  • English
  • Geography
  • Hindi
  • History
  • Malayalam
  • Music
  • Painting
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Arabic
  • Ayurveda
  • Economics
  • Dance
  • Education
  • School of Vedic Studies
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Theatre
  • Urdu
  • Vastuvidya

Former Vice-Chancellors

SL. No.NameTook officeLeft office
1 R. Ramachandran Nair [7] [8] 19941996
2N. P. Unni [9] 19962000
3K. N. Panikkar20002004
4 K. S. Radhakrishnan [10] 20042008
5J. Prasad [11] 2008Unknown
6Dharmarajan P. K. [12] 20172021
7M. K. Jayaraj (acting) [13] 20212022
8M. V. Narayanan [14] 2022Present

Academics

Academic programmes

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. [15] 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. [16] The university's postgraduate programme in Museology will be launched in 2021. [17]

Accreditation

The University Grants Commission has recognized the university with 2(f) status in 1994 and 12(B) status in 2005. [18] On 31 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. [19] 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. [20]

Notable people

Alumni

Faculty

Campus

See also

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