Zoology
The department became an approved Research Centre of Mahatma Gandhi University in 1994 with five of its faculty members and five from other colleges as approved research guides. So far 20 Ph.D.s have rolled out from the department and currently 17 scholars are pursuing their Ph.D. programmes. Advanced research in the fields such as Arachnology, Neurobiology of Ageing, Ant Taxonomy, Ichthyotaxonomy, Biodiversity and Endocrinology are the thrust areas of research. The Division of Arachnology is the only centre in south India devoted exclusively for the research on spiders and their kin. In 2001 and 2019, the department was selected for special funding under the FIST programme by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. Over the years, the department has run 13 major research projects and 5 minor projects funded by national and international agencies such as Department of Science and Technology; University Grants Commission, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change; Indian Council for Agricultural Research; Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment; International Foundation for Science etc. Total funds of these research projects are about 2.88 crores.
