Department of History

The Department of History was established in December 1987. From its inception , the Department has been offering M.Phil. and Ph.D. course. Since 1992 it has been offering M.A. and M.Phil. programmes under the Choice Based Credit System. The Department is carrying our teaching and research in Soci-Economic History of Medieval India, History and Historical Geography of Medieval South India, social and Intellectual History of Modern India, History of Freedom Struggle in India, Indo-French Studies, Philosophy of History and Historiography and Women’s History. The Department also includes a Centre for Canadian studies, established in 1991 by the UGC in collaboration with the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, New Delhi. Our alumini are positioned in reputed central and state educational institutions and also form part of the Civil service cadres. The revised curriculum makes it possible for students to have comprehensive as well as in-depth knowledge in history so as to enable them to clear competitive examination like UGC NET and Civil Service Examinations and take up administrative, teaching and research careers with confidence in future. The details of the programmes offered during this academic year are as under:

Programmes of study
M.A. History
Ph.D. History

Entrance Examination
For the P.G. programme, the admission will be based on the performance in the entrance examination.
The entrance examination will consists of three parts ; multiple choice type questions for 50 marks; short answer type (200 words) for 20 marks; and essay type ( 600 words ) for 30 marks.
The question would be at the graduate level, testing the students comprehensive understanding of the ancient, medival and modern periods of Inidan History.

Ph.D.
The entrance examination will consist of multiple choice type questions for 30 marks and descriptive for 70 marks. The questions will be of the P.G. level. Testing the candidate’s ability for historical analysis, and critical study and in-depth understanding of histography (Western and Indian) and history of India.


For more details refer Admissions
Dr. L.S. Viswanath., Head
For contacting on intercom numbers dial 2655991 to 2655998 and the number
Faculty Qualification Specialization/Interest Phone
Readers
* Venkata Raghotham Ph.D. (University of Hawaii, Honolulu) Medieval History, Historio-graphy and Medieval History of South India 381,378
*G. Chandhrika Ph.D., (Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar) Modern History, Intellectual History of Modern India, Historiography and Women's History. 382,378
*K. Venugopal Reddy Ph.D. (Jawaharlal Nehru Univeristy, New Delhi) Modern History, Economic Hisotry of India, Nationalist Movement in India and Labor Hisotry)  
Lecturer    
Vivi Swu M.A Modern History, History of North East India, Social history
Guest Faculty 1 No.

* Recognised as Supervisor for guiding scholars leading to M.Phil and Ph.D.