About the Department

The Department of Malayalam, University of Madras is the first University Department for higher studies in Malayalam, established in 1927.  Dr Chelanattu Achuthanuni was the first Heado of the Department. The distuguised academicians such as  Srimony P Krishnan Nair, Dr. S.K. Nair, Dr. K.M. Prabhkaravariar, Dr. K.A. Kalavathy, Dr. C. G. Rajendra Babu and Dr. V. Jayaprasd had offered their service to the Department. They have produced a lot of research work in the filed of Malayalam literature, Grammar, Linguistics , Folklore and Poetics.  Untile 1976 the Department was fuctioning as a research Department and in 1976 with the financial assistance of the UGC, M.A. and M.phil course in Malayalam were introduced. At present Dr. P.M. Girish and Dr. O. K Santhos are working in the Department 

Objective

Upliftment of Malayalam language and literature 

Promote the cultre of Kerala

Mission

Research on language and literature

Teaching

Forming new acadmic scholars from the Department

Promote rearch work

Vision

To Produce innovative research methedology for literary and linguistic reaserch based on cognitive linguisitcs and emobdied hypothesis 

Students have research form named OPEN WINDOW for the academic discussion such as seminar paper presentation, presentation of peotry and fiction 

Extenstion activity for Chennai settiled Malayalis.