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Break conventions, VC exhorts historians, researchers

KERALA :

History professor Seema Alavi from Delhi University addressing an international history seminar at Farook College on Monday
History professor Seema Alavi from Delhi University addressing an international history seminar at Farook College on Monday

Two major colleges of Malabar are jointly hosting an international history seminar in honour of well-known academic P.P. Abdul Razak, who is retiring soon from P.S.M.O. College, Tirurangadi, as its History Department head.

Calicut University Vice Chancellor K. Mohammed Basheer inaugurated the seminar on ‘Early modern and colonial in history: concepts and cases in South Asia’ at Farook College on Monday.

Dr. Basheer called upon historians and researchers to take a diversion from the traditional methods of historiography. He exhorted them to widen the study of history by including the colloquial languages and local history.

“History should be linked to the lives of ordinary people,” he said. Several reputed historians, including Seema Alavi from Delhi University, Mahmood Kooria from Leiden University, Nirmal Renjit Devasiri from Colombo University, K.N. Ganesh and K.S. Madhavan from Calicut University, are attending the two-day meet.

Farook College principal K.M. Naseer presided. T. Mohammedali, head of History Department at Farook College, welcomed the gathering. Kerala History Congress general secretary N. Gopakumaran Nair, Farook College History Old Students Association president P. Ramdas, Vijaya Lakshmi from Malayalam University spoke. K. Lukmanul Hakeem from Government Arts and Science College, Kozhikode, proposed a vote of thanks. While Farook College hosted it on the first day, PSMO College, Tirurangadi, will host the proceedings on Tuesday.

The National Higher Education Mission is supporting the seminar jointly organised by Farook College and PSMO College in association with the Social History Collective, Kozhikode.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Kerala / by Staff Reporter / Malappuram – March 05th, 2019

They win people’s hearts with their special skills

KERALA :

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Third anniversary of disability management programme

The Community Disability Management and Rehabilitation Programme (CDMRP), a unique outreach scheme of the University of Calicut implemented through the Department of Psychology, celebrated its third anniversary on Thursday. The programme is implemented with the the support of the State Social Justice Department.

The celebrations marked a special gathering of a large group of differently abled children and their parents on the campus. The children with different abilities won the heart of the campus by presenting their special skills without inhibition.

Vice Chancellor K. Mohammed Basheer inaugurated the celebrations.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Basheer underscored the need to provide equal status to the differently abled children by bringing them to the mainstream.

Onus on society

He said the onus was on society to bring the differently abled up to the mainstream by providing what they wanted, and not just sympathy.

Registrar T.A. Abdul Majeed presided. Pace Education Group chairman P.A. Ibrahim Haji was the chief guest at the function.

Executive director D. Jayan, CDMRP director K. Manikantan, Syndicate member K.K. Haneefa, Head of Psychology Department Baby Shari, and Kozhikode District Social Justice Officer Parameswaran spoke.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Kerala / by Staff Reporter / Malappuram – February 01st, 2019