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Dr. K. Rajan, Head
(head.his@pondiuni.edu.in)
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 Socio-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
Histriography and Womens 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 indepth
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
M.Phil. History
Ph.D. History
Entrance Examination
M.A.
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 Indian History.
M.Phil. & 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
candidates ability for historical analysis, and
critical study and in-depth understanding of
histography ( Western and Indian) and history
of India.
| Faculty |
Qualification |
Specialization/Interest |
Phone |
| Professor |
| * K. Rajan (krajan.his@pondiuni.edu.in) |
Ph.D. (Mysore University, Mysore) |
Archaeology of South India, Ancient History of South India, Tamil Epigraphy |
2654379 |
| * Venkata Raghotham (venkata.his@pondiuni.edu.in) |
Ph.D. (University of Hawaii, Honolulu) |
Medieval History, Historio-graphy and Medieval History of South India |
2654383 |
| Readers |
| * G. Chandhrika (chandri.his@pondiuni.edu.in) |
Ph.D. (Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar) |
Modern History, Intellectual History of Modern India, Historiography and Women's History |
2654381 |
| * K. Venugopal Reddy (kvgreddy.his@pondiuni.edu.in) |
Ph.D. (Jawaharlal Nehru Univeristy, New Delhi) |
Modern History, Economic Hisotry of India, Nationalist
Movement in India and Labor Hisotry) |
2654382 |
| N. Chandramouli (cmouli.his@pondiuni.edu.in) |
Ph.D. (Telugu University, Hyderabad) |
Archaeology of South India, Rock art of India, Ancient history of South India, Early historic Archaeology, Numismatics, South Indian Art and Architecture |
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* Recognised as Supervisor for guiding scholars
leading to M.Phil. and Ph.D.
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