Department of History

The Department of history is an illumined faculty of MES Kalladi College with reputed tradition of its own. This department has a major role in uplifting the social and educational status of the people of Mannarkkad. The history of the department goes to the very inception of the college in 1967.The first principal of this college, Dr.Ibrahim Kunju was a historian. The Degree course in history was started in 1971/72 & Post Graduation in 1983/84.The department has a flair of achieving 100% results both in UG & PG, which was actually cherished with rare exceptions. Presently it is one of the best departments under the University of Calicut with lot of research activities and projects. This department profile intends to explain a brief history of the department, staff and students detail, courses offered with subjects of study, successive heads of the department, a briefing of the retired teachers, academic excellence, notable events, extension activities and the like. The profile also gives the picture of various assessment methods, result analysis, tutorial system, library details and other community services. We are extremely thankful to those pioneers of the department whose untiring efforts brought it to an Excellency. We express the deep sense of gratitude; let us incline in front of the god almighty and thanks to all who worked for the progress and success of the department .In 2016 the department is upgraded as a research centre

Vision

Vision of the department is to nurture the spirit of humanism and to build a society based on the sense of democracy and secularism. To enhance them to cope the challengesof the preset world by understanding the gravity of the miseries of the marginalized.

Mission

The Department of History ‘s mission of promoting liberal learning and liberal education through: transmittal of a sense of the past to new generations; introduction to and understanding of the diversity of peoples throughout the world; transformation of academically ambitious students into lifelong, independent learners, responsible, morally committed professionals, and thoughtful citizens; and presentation of new scholarly research in the classroom and in the wider world of the public to help frame local, national and global issues.