GOVT. COLLEGE, CHITTUR

Government College, Chittur is located in Chittur, Palakkad, Kerala, and is affiliated to the University of Calicut. It holds special-grade college status under the Department of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala. The college was established on 11 August 1947 by Cherubala Karunakara Menon, ICS, Devan of the erstwhile Cochin state. It was initially under the University of Madras before becoming affiliated to Travancore University in 1949. Since 1954, it has functioned on its present 40-acre campus on the banks of the Sokanasini river. The college offers undergraduate and postgraduate education across science, arts, and commerce streams, with 15 departments including 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 serve as research departments under the University of Calicut. The institution has been accredited by NAAC with an A Grade (CGPA 3.01 out of 4). It counts among its notable alumni several actors, singers, musicians, writers, and cinematographers, and among its notable faculty scholars and writers such as Narendra Prasad and M. Krishnan Nair.