Government College, Chittur is an educational institution located in Chittur, Palakkad, Kerala. The college is affiliated to the University of Calicut and is recognized as a special-grade college under the Department of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala.
History The college was established on 11 August 1947, by Cherubala Karunakara Menon, ICS, Devan of erstwhile Cochin state. Initially under the University of Madras and got affiliated to Travancore University in 1949. It started functioning in the present 40 acre campus on the bank of Sokanasini river since 1954.http://61.0.248.125/dcekerala/chitturcollege/history/
Academics The college provides undergraduate and postgraduate education in science, arts and commerce streams. There are 15 departments: Geography, Botany, Chemistry, Commerce, Economics, Electronics, History, Malayalam, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Physics, English, Tamil, and Zoology. The Departments of Tamil, Geography, Philosophy, Music and Mathematics are the research departments under the University of Calicut. It has been accredited by NAAC with an A Grade (CGPA 3.01 out of 4).
Notable alumni Mohan Sharma, Indian Film Actor Thiruvizha Jayashankar, classical Music Performer Krishnachandran, Singer, Actor Ramesh Narayan, Musician Maythil Radhakrishnan, Writer T K Noushad, Ex MLA Palakkad Sreeram, Playback singer M. K. Sankaran Namboothiri, Vocalist Sainoj, Playback singer Bhavana Radhakrishnan, Carnatic Singer Asha Menon (writer) K. A. Jayaseelan, Poet Madhu Ambat, Cinematographer P. Sukumar, Actor, Cinematographer, Director Vipin Mohan, Cinematographer, Director
Notable faculty Narendra Prasad M. Krishnan Nair (author) Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri Panmana Ramachandran Nair G. N. Panicker M. Thomas Mathew
See also List of institutions of higher education in Kerala List of colleges affiliated to the University of Calicut List of educational institutions in Palakkad district
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