The Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (SSUS) is a Sanskrit university in India established in 1993 in Kalady, Kerala. It 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). The university has eight regional campuses across Kerala.

Campus

The university functions through nine regional centres, namely Kalady (main campus), Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur,

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, Thuravoor, Ettumanoor, Tirur, Koyilandy and

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. 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.

Organisation and administration

Departments

The university consists of the following departments. * 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 *

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* Sociology * Theatre * Urdu * Vastuvidya

Academics

Academic programmes

The university has twenty six

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programmes, twenty

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programmes, twenty four PG programmes , ten UG programmes, two PgD programmes, one

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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. The university's postgraduate programme in

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will be launched in 2021.

Accreditation

The University Grants Commission has recognized the university with 2(f) status in 1994 and 12(B) status in 2005. 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. 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.

Notable alumni

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is a National Film Award winning Malayalam movie actress. * Dileesh Pothan well-known film director, actor and producer in

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. *

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a Malayalam film music

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. *

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, film Actress *

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politician currently serving as national president of

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* Renu Soundar,

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and television series actress. *

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, Film and theatre artist * Sneha Sreekumar is an Indian actress and dancer who appears in Malayalam films, television serials and theatre dramas. * Vijilesh Karayad, a Malayalam film actor. *

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currently serving as MLA of

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constituency and state vice president of

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, Kerala State Committee. He was former

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All India Joint Secretary. * Shobhana

Notable faculty

Sunil P. Ilayidom Sunil P. Ilayidom is an Indian writer, critic, orator and university professor in Malayalam language. He writes and lectures on politics, literature, art and culture. He has received the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi and is a two-time recipient of ...

, associate professor at Malayalam department *

G. Gangadharan Nair G. Gangadharan Nair (born October 2, 1945) is a Sanskrit scholar and a pioneer in the field of spoken Sanskrit. He has a PhD in Sanskrit grammar and Master of Arts degrees in Russian and Sanskrit. He has taught in Sanskrit colleges and universiti ...

, former professor

Campus

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References

External links

Official website of the university

University Library

Online Public Access Catalogue
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