The Department of Tamil has been started in 2005 along with the College, till 2020 it offered only Common Course – Tamil Language for all UG courses. In 2020, B.A. (Tamil) was started. The U.G Programme offered by the department is B.A. Tamil with History and Economics Programme.
- To develop the ability to use the language effectively for the purpose of creativity and make them think and express ideas, sentiments in the language and to improve their reading and writing skill and also to strengthen student’s ability to analyze, interpret and evaluate all forms of literary expression.
Students are required to study the following types of courses:
- Common courses (To be studied by all UG students of B.A. / B.Com. / B.Sc.)
- Core courses (Tamil language literature, Tamil Grammar and literary criticism)
- Complimentary Courses (History and Economics)
- Open course (Courses offered by other departments in the college and the student can choose for learning)
- Audit courses (Topic which are concentrated on Nature, Environment and Public interest)
- The Credit distribution of various courses:
Sl no | Type of Course | No of Course | Total credits |
1 | Common | 10 | 38 |
2 | Core | 14 | 57 |
3 | Complimentary | 4 | 16 |
4 | Open | 1 | 3 |
5 | Audit | 4 | 16 |
6 | Project |
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Sl No. | Name | Designation | Qualification | Detailed CV | Profile Link |
1. | DR. T KAVITHA | Professor & Head of the Department | Ph.D, M.Phil., NET | Detailed CV | 👁 |
2. | Dr. SENTHIL N | Guest Lecturer in Tamil | M.A., B Ed, M.Phil., PhD, PDF, NET-JRF | Detailed CV | 👁 |
3. | Dr. CHITHRA S | Guest Lecturer in Tamil | M.A., PhD, NET-JRF | Detailed CV | 👁 |
4. | PRABHAHARAN K | Guest Lecturer in Tamil | M.A., M.Phil., NET | Detailed CV | 👁 |
6. | KARTHIKEYAN.V | Guest Lecturer in History | M.A., M.Phil., NET | Detailed CV | 👁 |
Bsc Tamil | Pass % | No of Students got First Class | % of First Class among passed | |
12 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 100% |
Sl No. | Name | Designation | Period of Charge |
1. | L.R. Vasuki Devi | Guest Lecturer in Tamil | Oct 2005 – March 2006 |
2. | Ashraf Ali | Guest Lecturer in Tamil | June 2006 – November 2006 |
3. | Geetha V | Guest Lecturer in Tamil | November 2006 – March 2007 |
4. | Geetha V | Guest Lecturer in Tamil | June 2007 – March 2008 |
5. | K. Sivamani | Assistant Professor in Tamil | September 2008 – April 2009 |
6. | N. Ramaprabha | Guest Lecturer in Tamil | June 2009 – December 2009 |
7. | S.A. Suja | Guest Lecturer in Tamil | June 2010 – March 2011 |
8. | Sujatha T | Assistant Professor in Tamil | February 2011 – March 2014 |
9. | Umamakheshwari K. | Assistant Professor in Tamil | June 2014 – June 2023 |
10. | Dr T Kavitha | Professor in Tamil | July 2023 Onwards |
Sl No. | PARTICULARS | 1st Year | 2nd Year | 3rd Year | Total |
1. | Boys | 4 | 11 | 8 | 23 |
2. | Girls | 18 | 16 | 4 | 38 |
3. | Total | 22 | 27 | 12 | 61 |
4. | General | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
5. | SC | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
6. | ST | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
7. | OBC | 14 | 19 | 8 | 41 |
8. | Total | 22 | 27 | 12 | 61 |
9. | Persons with Disabilities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10. | Muslim Minority | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
11. | Christian Minority | 3 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
12. | EWS |
| 1 | 0 | 0 |
13. | TLM | 1 |
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We follow the CUCBCSS UG Regulation of University of Calicut and the syllabus framed by Board of Studies of Tamil, University of Calicut . The same can be accessed from the official website of Calicut University.