Research facilities in Sree Narayana College

Sree Narayana College, Kollam, is a research centre under University of Kerala which offers research programmes in 9 different subjects, English, Hindi, Malayalam, Political Science, Botany, Chemistry, Physics, Zoology and Commerce leading to the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Research facilities in Languages, Commerce and Arts subjects

A collection of wide range of books and journals for the research scholars as reference material for pursuing their research is available in the college library. The collection covers books of contemporary relevance and significance and the areas of research offered by the departments.

Research facilities in Science departments

Well equipped DST,FIST and STAR supported laboratories and a collection of scientific books and journals are available in general library. The N-LIST project provides access to e-resources to students, researchers and faculty through server(s) installed at the INFLIBNET Centre. The authorized users from our colleges can access e-resources and download articles required by them directly from the publisher’s website once they are duly authenticated as authorized users through servers deployed at the INFLIBNET Centre.

Major Equipment

  • Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS)

  • Probe Sonicator

  • UV-Visible spectrophotometer

  • BOD Incubator

  • Bacteriological incubator

  • Flame Photometer

  • Cooling centrifuge

  • Trinocular microscope

  • Potentiostat

Research Guides

  • English-3

  • Malayalam-4

  • Hindi-4

  • Commerce-4

  • Political Science-8

  • Botany-4

  • Chemistry-6

  • Physics- 11

  • Zoology-8

Research Scholars

  • English – 17

  • Malayalam – 23

  • Hindi – 12

  • Commerce – 17

  • Political Science – 23

  • Chemistry – 17

  • Physics – 14

  • Zoology – 18

PhDs produced after 2015

  • English – 1

  • Malayalam – 9

  • Hindi – 2

  • Commerce – 4

  • Political Science – 6

  • Botany – 6

  • Chemistry – 8

  • Physics – 5

  • Zoology – 5

Research Areas

  • Indian Literature

  • Literary Criticism and Theory

  • American Literature

  • Ethnic Studies

  • Comparative Literature

  • Gender Studies, Language & Linguistics

  • Cultural Studies

  • Film Studies

  • Dalit Literature

  • Poetry

  • Short story

  • Novel

  • Drama and Kerala culture

  • Hindi Literature
  • Linguistics
  • Translation
  • Comparative Literature

  • Torism
  • Management
  • Industrial Finance
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  • Public administration
  • State and society in Kerala
  • Women’s studies
  • Political parties
  • Public policy
  • Decentralisation
  • Human rights
  • Foreign policy studies

  • Taxonomy of marine and fresh water algae
  • Systematic studies of Angiosperms
  • Environmental studies
  • Plant tissue culture and related aspects
  • Reproductive Biology & Population genetics
  • Phytochemistry
  • Ethno botany & Ethnopharmacology

  • Electro Chemistry
  • Hydrogen Evolution Mechanisms: Electrode Kinetics
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Computer Aided Drug Designing
  • Phyto Chemistry
  • Organic Synthesis
  • Catalysis
  • Corrotion Inhibitors
  • Electrode Modification

  • Nano science and technology
  • Atmospheric Science and Meteorology
  • Condenced matter Physics (Polymers, Glasses & Biophysics)
  • Conducting Polymers
  • Acourtics

  • Fisheries and Fish biology
  • Limnology
  • Environmental Biology
  • Toxicology
  • Microbiology
  • Marine Ecology
  • Avian Ecology
  • Aqua Culture
  • Cytology and Molecular Biology
  • Systematics and Biological studies Planktonology