History Department

OUR DEPARTMENTS

Dr Divya S

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+91 9645068864

Designation

  • Assistant Professor

Department

  • History

Contact Numbers

  • 9645068864

Email

Date of Entry into Service

  • 28.09.2020

Date of Retirement

  • 30.04.2044

Edu. Qualifications

  • MA
  • MPhil
  • PhD
  • BEd

Areas of Interest/Specialisation

  • Kerala History

Courses/subject Taught

  • Kerala history for PG students
  • World History for UG students
  • Human Rights Movements for Open Course students

Field of Research

  • Civic Right Struggles in Kerala

Experience

  • One and half year teaching experience as Guest Lecturer at SNC Kollam in 2009- 2011 academic year.
  • One Year teaching experience as Guest Lecturer at Fathima Matha National College (Autonomous), Kollam in 2019- 2020 academic year.
  • Presently working at Sree Narayana College, Kollam from 28/09/2020 onwards as permanent faculty

Memberships in Learned Bodies/Societies, If any

  • Member in  Indian History Congress And South Indian Congress annual organizing bodies- 2014-2016
  • Annual Membership in South Indian History Congress 2022

Scholarships/Fellowships Obtained

  • Kerala University JRF for Research Scholars from 2014 to 2018

Extension Activities

  • Online classes were taken for the students of S N College Chathannoor during Covid pandemic.

Papers Published

  • International Journal of Humanities, Law and Social Sciences, Conceptualizing Land as an Unfulfillment Dream of Dalits in Kerala, ISSN 2348-8301, Vol X, Issue 1, February 2023.
  • Literary Cum Historical Renaissance in Kerala with the sponsorship of ICHR, Conceptualizing the Embodiment of knowledge in the Anti- Caste Discourses of Sahodaran Ayyappan, January 2023.
  • NMCC and KAAS, Role of Ayyankali in the land struggles of Dalits in Kerala, September 2022.
  • Association of Third World Studies South Asia Chapter, A Critique on the Historiographical Writings on Mahatma Ayyankali, ISSN- 2582-1490, Vol 5, Issue 1, January 2021.
  • International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research in Arts and Humanities,(IJIRAH) ISSN- 2456-3145, Vol 4, Issue 2, 2019.  Title- Historiographical writings On Mahatma Ayyankali- A Critical Review, pp.13-17.
  • International Journal of Science and Research (IJSAR) ISSN- 2319-7064,Vol 8, Issue7, July 2019. Title- A Historic Rejection of Rejection- The VilluvandiYathra of Mahatma Ayyankali, pp.775-778.
  • Association of Third World Studies South Asia Chapter, Title- a Psycho Analytical Study on the Awakening of Submerged Consciousness among the Avarna leaders of Modern Kerala. ISSN 2582-1490,  Vol 3, Issue 1, January 2019
  • 2015. Title-Ayyankali and the First Labour struggle in Kerala
  • Review of Research,International Multidisciplinary Journal, ISSN-2249894X, Vol 8, Issue 9. June 2019, Title- Relative Deprivation- Searching into the Experiences of Avarna Castes in Colonial Kerala, pp.57-59
  • International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews,(IJRAR) Vol.5, April June 2018. Title-VilluvandiYathra of Ayyankali : A Movement towards Democratic Culture in Kerala,pp.1046-1048
  • MahilaPratishtha Journal, ISSN- 2454-7891Title- Kallumala Agitation- A Movement for self esteem of Dalit Women in Kerala,
  • Proceedings of the South Indian History Congress,Thirty five Annual Session of 2015, Title- Ayyankali and the First Labour Struggle in Kerala, pp.173-176.
  • Review of Social Sciences, July-December 2016, pp.31-36.  Title- Social Activism of JyotibaPhule and Ayyankali- A Comparative Study, pp.31-36

Papers Presented

  • Literary Cum Historical Renaissance in Kerala with the sponsorship of ICHR, Conceptualizing the Embodiment of knowledge in the Anti- Caste Discourses of Sahodaran Ayyappan, January 2023.
  • National seminar- Indian Council of Philosophical research and University College, Thiruvanathapuram, October 2022- Topic- Re reading the Malabar Rebellion in the Phase of Indian National Movement.
  • NMCC and KAAS, Role of Ayyankali in the land struggles of Dalits in Kerala, September 2022.Two Day national seminar, Department of Malayalam, Sree Narayana College, Kollam.
  •  Paper titled “Historiographical Writings on Mahatma Ayyankali- a Critical review in the 23 rd Annual Conference and International Seminar held at Gandhigram Rural Institute, Dindigal, Tamilnadu.  January 2021.
  • Paper titled Relative Deprivation- Searching into the Experiences of Avarna Castes in Colonial Kerala in th 39th Session of South Indian History Congress held at Department of History, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telengana State, February 2019.
  • Paper titled ‘Rethinking the Activism of Ayyankali and its Relevance on the Present Scenario’ in the 38th Session of South Indian History Congress held at Department of History, University of Calicut from 28-30 January 2018.
  • Paper titled “Historiographical Writings on Mahatma Ayyankali- a Critical review in the 23rd Annual Conference and International Seminar held at Gandhigram Rural Institute, Dindigal, Tamilnadu
  • Paper titled ‘Experiences of Social reformers in South India: A Psycho Analytical Study’ in the 21st Annual Conference and International Seminar held at Shivaji University, Vidyanagar, Kolhapur, Maharashtra on30thNovember,  1,2 December 2016.
  • Paper titled Kallumala Agitation- A Social Activism of Ayyankali at the 36th Annual Session of the South Indian History Congress held at Department of History, Tagore Arts College, Puduchery from 4-6 March 2016.
  • Paper titled ‘Role and Importance of the Civic Rights Struggles of Ayyankali in the Present Kerala’ at the two day national Seminar conducted by Department of History, Government College Attingal, Thiruvananthapuram from 18-19 January 2016.
  • Paper titled ‘Emergence of Modernity among Dalits in Kerala’ at National Seminar conducted by B.J.M. Government College, Chavara, Kollam from 20-21 January 2016.
  • Paper titled ‘Historical Analysis on Ayyankali and the First Labour Struggle in Kerala’ at National Seminar conducted by Mar Thoma College for Women, Perumbavoor, Ernakulam from 21-22 January 2016.
  • Paper titled ‘Participation of Dalits in Parliamentary Democracy in Kerala’ at the National seminar on “Evolution of Praliamentary Democracy in India: A Historical Perspective” conducted by School of Distance Education, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram from 19-21 March 2016.
  • Paper titled ‘Civic Right Struggles of Ayyankali- a Movement towards a Democratic culture in Kerala’ at National seminar on “Political Process towards a Democratic Culture: Strands in the Construction of Modern Kerala” conducted by the department of History, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram from 16-18 March 2015.
  • Paper titled ‘Ayyankali and the First Labour Struggle in Kerala’ at 35th South Indian  History Congress held at  Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telengana from 20-22 February, 2015.

Books Published

  • MahamaAyyankali- A Crusader For Civic Rights, Pentograph Publications India, Thiruvananthapuram ISBN:978-93-89550-21-4

Orientation Courses Attended

  • Attended the Induction Programme of UGC- Human Resource Development Centre from 13-01-2022 to 12-02-2022 and passed with A Grade.
  • One day orientation programme of Kerala University on valuation of answer scripts
  • One day orientation programme of Kerala university on valuation of answer scripts through SLCM software on 27-02-2023

Seminars/Conferences Attended

  • Attended in the International Webinar on The Role of Contemporary Vedantic Thinkers on India’s Freedom Movement organized by Department of Philosophy, Vidyasagar University on 15th February2022 .
  • Attended webinar on Transition from Modernity to Postmodernity: Concord and Discord organized by Department of History, University of Kerala, Kariavattom on 16th February 2022.
  • Attended in the National Webinar on the topic Evolution of Mohandas to Mahatma through Ashram Experiments organized by Probhodha Trust, Kochi in association with Sevagram Ashram Prathishtan, Wardha, Maharashtra, St. Ann’s College for Women, Mehdipatanam, Hyderabad, MVS Government Arts and Science College,Telangana and Gandhi darshan Club of Union Christian college, Aluva.
  • Attended in the National webinar on the topic relevance of Gandhian Nonviolence in the Contemporary World organized by Probhodha Trust, Kochi in association with Department of History, MES Mampad College, Gandhi Chair, MES Ponnani College on 11th December 2021.
  • Participated in the International Conference on Tercentenary of Attingal Revolt: Resistance or Revolt, organized by Department of History in association with IQAC, Government College Attingal from 8-11 December 2021.
  • Attended in IQAC Sponsored One Day Multidisciplinary National E Conference on 75 years of Indian Independence on 1 November 2021 organised by Rashtrasant Tukdoji College, Chimur.

Workshops/Trainings Attended

  • Social Science- Focus Group Discussion organized by SCERT and DIET on 7th November 2022
  • Participated three-day Online Workshop on Open Access Publishing and Reference Management organised by Post Graduate Department of Chemistry and Research Centre in association with Kerala State Higher Education Council from February 22-24, 2022.
  • Participated in the Online Training on The Amazing World of Ants organized by Department of Zoology, Sree Narayana College, Kollam on 13-02-2022.
  • Participated and successfully completed the Eight Days faculty Development Programme on Outcome Based Education organized by IQAC, SN College, Kollam in Academic Collaboration with Kerala State Higher Education council from 14-06-2021 to 21-06-2021.

Academic Responsibilities Undertaken

  • Valued the Projects of 6th Semester BA History of S N College,Varkala and conducted Viva- voce being external examiner for 2020-2021academic year.

Duties Performed at College

  • Faculty Advisor of BA History 2019-2022 Batch
  • Department Level Certificate Course Member
  • Member of Green Protocol monitoring Committee
  • Member of PG Monitoring Committee
  • Department Level Coordinator of NAAC Criteria 4
  • Member of Department Level Monitoring Committee
  • Project Guide for UG and PG students
  • Strong supporter of Mentor-Mentee System of the College.
  • Taken invigilation duties of End Semester Exams conducted by the University of Kerala from 2020October onwards and Distance Education Exams and PSC Exams.
  • Valuation of answer scripts of both UG and PG streams of History.
  • Admission Duties and NAAC work
  • Member of Department Level UGC NSQ Certificate Course

History Department