Sree Kerala Varma College

Sree Kerala Varma College is a government aided college in Kanattukara, Thrissur, Kerala, India. Founded in 1947 by His Highness Aikya Keralam Thampuran, the Maharaja of erstwhile Kingdom of Cochin. Managed by the Cochin Devaswom Board, Sree Kerala Varma College (affiliated to the University of Calicut) is an academic institution in Kerala. Sree Kerala Varma College is a semi residential college.

History
The idea of starting a new college at Trichur city originated from a committee of prominent citizens of Trichur, including Cheloor mana Itti Ravi Namboodiri who was a member of the first Legislative Assembly of Kingdom of Cochin in 1925 in response to strong public demand. The members of the committee approached His Highness Aikya Keralam Thampuran, the then Maharajah of Kochi who allowed free use of the Merry Lodge Palace and the naming of the college after His Highness, Sree Kerala Varma College.

A grant of one lakh rupees and a loan of four lakhs towards capital expenditure and a free grant of two hundred and fifty candies of timber were sanctioned by His Highness. The college was initially under the University of Calicut.

Departments

 * Botany (UG)
 * Chemistry (UG, PG)
 * Computer Applications (UG)
 * Commerce (UG, PG)
 * Economics (UG, PG)
 * English (UG, PG, Research)
 * Hindi (UG)
 * History (UG)
 * Malayalam (UG, PG, Research)
 * Mathematics (UG, PG)
 * Philosophy (UG)
 * Physical Education
 * Physics (UG, PG, Research)
 * Political Science (UG, PG, Research)
 * Sanskrit (UG,PG)
 * Statistics (UG)
 * Zoology (UG,PG)

Library
The College Library is a spacious two storey building, housed next to the Administrative Block. The library has over 70,000 books, subscriptions to both online and print periodicals and magazines, back volumes, and access to INFLIBNET and NLIST. The library caters to the staff, students and research scholars affiliated to different departments. The library is equipped with OPAC facility. Reprography services are provided in the Co-Operative store adjacent to the library building.

Hostel
The college provides hostel facilities for boys and girls subject to availability. The women's hostel is situated within the college campus and men's hostel is in a short distance from the college campus near the NDS stadium complex of the college. Women's hostel provides accommodation for nearly 220 students and men's hostel for nearly 120 students.

Sports
The Prof. N D Subramaniam Stadium of the college has facilities for playing various games like cricket, basketball, and football. The very sporting achievements of the college have their beginning in training facilities available in this stadium. The college Gymnasium is housed in the Main Block. A wide selection of equipment for fitness, training, exercising and body building.
 * Gymnasium

Student life
Students can take part in a range of activities from sports (football, cricket, basketball, handball, kabbadi, swimming, boxing, etc.). National Cadet Corps, National Service Scheme, Nature Club, Film Club.

Festivals

 * College day is usually celebrated during the last days of the academic year

Notable alumni

 * M. G. S. Narayanan, a prominent historian
 * K. Radhakrishnan
 * V. S. Sunil Kumar
 * C. N. Jayadevan
 * Akbar Kakkattil
 * N. N. Kakkad
 * M. K. Ramachandran
 * Cheril Krishna Menon
 * T. S. Kalyanaraman
 * P. N. C. Menon
 * Meenakshi Thampan
 * Rajaji Mathew Thomas
 * K. Rajan
 * V. R. Sunil Kumar
 * P. Balachandran
 * Murali Perunelli
 * John Brittas
 * Jo Paul Ancheri
 * Pappachen Pradeep
 * C. V. Pappachan
 * Shaiju Mon
 * Sreekumar Nair
 * R. Bindu
 * E. Santhosh Kumar
 * Therambil Ramakrishnan
 * P. Sankaran
 * Urmila Unni
 * Samyuktha Varma
 * Narain
 * Sunil Sukhada
 * M. R. Chandrasekharan
 * N. R. Anilkumar, international chess player
 * K. K. Hiranyan
 * Maythil Radhakrishnan
 * Murali Perunelly
 * K. P. Viswanathan
 * Jithin M S, Indian footballer
 * K. Rekha

Notable faculties

 * R. Bindu, Minister for Health and Social Justice, Government of Kerala
 * C. R. Rajagopalan, folklore researcher and writer.