centers in any part of the State. CUK’s mission is to extend the scope of learning through a holistic methodology that accommodates diverse linguistic, scientific and cultural traditions. Our expert faculty with international exposure contributes much to this goal. This multidimensional approach in designing and executing its programmes is hoped to create a paradigm shift in academics. CUK offers updated interdisciplinary syllabi in 16 postgraduate academic programmes in the Choice-Based Credit Semester System. It has state-of-the-art library and laboratory facilities. Internet and digital resources are freely available to the students. Separate hostel facilities are available for women and men. Three types of scholarships are available to all deserving students of the CUK: Merit, Merit-cum-means and Boarding. As the first batch of postgraduate students completes studentship, CUK has enough reasons to feel assured that its vision of education has been realistic. The interdisciplinary syllabi have been a success in all programmes; these contributed to the overall development of the students. Our students’ projects/dissertations have tried to link the ‘local’ with the ‘global’, thus partaking in the CUK’s life-based model of education. CUK is now preparing to propagate its unique cultural model of education through faculty and students exchange programmes, publications and the like. CUK has had, in the last two years, the pleasure of welcoming scholars, artists, and Academicians from various parts of India and the world to join us in our national and International seminars/workshops/conferences. In the academic year 2011-12, our School of Languages and Comparative Literature and School of Biological Sciences have arrived at agreements to receive faculty from prestigious Universities and institutions abroad such as Texas Tech University, USA; University of California, Riverside, USA; Cleveland Clinic, USA; and University of Queensland, Australia. II. 1.Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil Her Excellency Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil The President of India & Hon"ble Visitor, Central University of Kerala 2.Dr.Jancy James Dr. Jancy James is the first Vice Chancellor of Central University, Kasaragod. III.Prof. Dr. Jancy James Vice Chancellor Central University of Kerala Greetings from the Central University of Kerala! The Government of India established the Central University of Kerala (CUK) as one of the fifteen new ‘Central Universities’ in January 2009. It was aimed to provide opportunities to thousands of students eagerly waiting for admission to university education in different parts of the country and enable them help India face the twenty-first century which opens both a range of possibilities and challenges for the nation as a whole and for humanity in general. Vision The Central University of Kerala is founded on the lofty vision of a ‘caring wisdom’ that aims at sensitizing the present and future generations to the need for enrichment of the individual, sustainable development of society, and environmental harmony. We are committed to the task of generating and disseminating knowledge in cutting edge areas of learning through an innovative teaching-learning methodology that would ensure the maturation of individuals through physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual growth. This challenging academic mission is enthused by the ideals of inter-disciplinarily, meaningful local-global interaction, ecological balance and equilibrium of material and spiritual faculties. Our holistic scheme of education privileges critical insight, transparent methodology and scientific temperament, even as it emphasizes the values of tolerance, peace and joy. The concept of education as envisioned by the Central University of Kerala transcends the barriers of time and place facilitating a confluence of various cultures and traditions upholding the rights and dignity of human individual across all classes, knowledge systems and all ages. We wish to set a new benchmark for quality higher education, which is charged with the missionary zeal to establish a world that respects the equality of gender, classes and creeds; promotes scientific thought, cherishes the dreams of inclusive development, and celebrates the balance of culture and nature. IV.Campus Central University of Kerala Permanent campus Central University of Kerala Vidyanagar (Transit campus) Central University of Kerala Padannakad (Transit campus) Address Nainmarmoola, Vidyanagar Post Kasaragod District Kerala—671 123 INDIA Opp. Nehru College Neeleswaram Kasaragod District Kerala—671 INDIA How to reach By bus, rail, or air By bus, rail, or air Nearest bus terminal Kasaragod (4 km) Neeleswaram (3 km) Kanhangad (5 km) Nearest railway station Kasaragod (7 km) Neeleswaram (3 km) Nearest airport Mangalore (70 km) Mangalore (90 km) Other nearby airports Kozhikode (200 km) Kochi (350 km) Bangalore