The Centre for Migration Policy and Inclusive Governance (CMPIG) and the International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD) are jointly organizing a National Conference on “Internal Migration in India: Challenges and Opportunities.” Dates: December 6-7, 2024 Location: School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University Campus, Kottayam, Kerala. Scholars are invited to submit their […]

Malayalam cinema has surely left Madras and Kodambakkam and travelled Kochi and its surroundings. Kochi is full of stories, languages and narrative worlds. Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University Asst. Professor and Director of School of Film Studies Dr. Sreedevi P. Aravind evaluated the growing Malayalam cinema in Kochi at the session organised by Arts Space Kochi […]

The Centre for Urban Studies (CUS) handed over the Culture Policy Draft to Kochi Municipal Corporation. Á Culture Policy for Kochi’ is a policy document to envisage culture as integral, place-bound, and resilient for the urban region of Kochi. This policy, the draft of which was handed over to the city corporation, strikes chords not […]

Kevin Biju from second year M.A(IR), completed a two-month (Nov 2023 – Dec 2023) remote internship at MitKat Advisory as a Corporate Intelligence Intern. He translated geopolitical and socio-economic factors into actionable corporate threat intelligence reviews and reviewed risk outlooks for over 20 countries, drafting reports accordingly.

Eight SIRP MA Students completed an internship at C-hed Kochi.  The internship was an outcome of the partnership between the Centre for Urban Studies, SIRP, M G University and c-hed Kochi, the R& D division of Kochi Municipal Corporation. The work was part of the elective course ‘Urbanisation Global Cities and Spatial Configurations’ offered by […]

On Friday, May 12th, students of the School of International Relations and Politics organised a send off function, SAYANORA to Mr Anilkumar J, Administrative Officer, who is retiring after years of dedicated work and service to the School and University.  Teaching and non-teaching staff, research scholars and students of SIRP attended the function. The function […]

Devi Chandana M, Second Semester MA IR Student has been selected for one month Internship at Centre for Legislative Research and Advocacy (CLRA), North Avenue, New Delhi, which would be carried out from May 8, 2023 onwards. During this period, she will be working as a research intern with Loksabha Member T. N Prathapan MP’office […]

Ardra R, Second Sem. MA student of SIRP has been selected for one month Internship at the International Institute of Justice and Police Sciences (IIJPS) Bangalore, which would be carried out from May 24 – June 25 2023. The internship was received through a competitive selection process organised by the Department of Political Science, University […]

Rekha J, Fathima Saleema ET and  Mohammed Unais AV,  fourth-semester MA students of  School of International Relations and Politics, was awarded the prestigious Research Award (Aspire Scholarship) by the Ministry of Higher Education, Government of Kerala. Rekha J, was affiliated with Government College, Nattakom, Kottayam from April 2 to May 2, 2023 and submitted an […]

Second Semester MA IR Student Devi Chandana M has presented a paper titled ”Belt and Road initiative in Sri Lanka and India’s strategic concerns” on Two Day Online Workshop on South Asian Narratives on Indo-Pacific organized by Coralbell School of Asia Pacific studies, Australia National University on April 3-4, 2023

From March 20 to March 30, 2023, a group of 17 third-semester MA students and three faculty members from the School of International Relations and Politics at Mahatma Gandhi University embarked on an academic study trip to Delhi NCR. The primary objective of the trip was to provide students with exposure to various institutions, scholars, […]

Third Semester MA IR student Jose Deepak TT has been awarded Youth Leadership Fellowship (YLF) instituted by CPPR Academy of the Centre for Public Policy Research, Kochi. The fully funded Youth Leadership Fellowship (YLF) aimed to develop future leaders who will inculcate the spirit of liberty and freedom in the political and economic spheres. Twenty […]

Urban Studies students and researchers along with Director, Centre for Urban Studies, Dr. Mathew Varghese, participated in the Workshop of Urban Governance and Citizenship in Kochi organised by CPPR, on 16 January 2023.  

Second Semester MA IR Student Devi Chandana M has presented a paper titled “Mining Activities in Alappad: Health and living condition of coastal people” in a Panel Discussion on Kerala’s Coastal Crisis organized by Sastra Foundation in association with the School of Environmental Sciences and School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, on […]

MA PPG student Jerry Mathew has presented a paper titled ”Concept of Bareness in the Time of Covid, in Relation with the theme of Freedom of Speech and Expression” on a One Day National Seminar organized by the Department of Political Science and Economics, Kuriakose Elias College, Mannanam, sponsored by Institute of Parliamentary Affairs, Government […]

On the 5 th of December 2022 the students from the elective course, Politics of Climate Change, offered by Dr. Mathew A Varghese at the School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, took part in the conference, ‘Advancing Climate Action in Kochi’. The conference, was part of the Kochi Municipal Corporation’s many initiatives […]

Second Semester MA IR Student Devi Chandana M has presented a paper titled “Inclusive Indian Nationalism: Some Reflections” on the Two-Day National Seminar on Understanding the Importance of Constitutional Literacy in Fostering Indian Democracy, organized by the Department of Political Science, FDSJ & IQAC, NSS College, Pandalam, Sponsored by Institute of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of […]

Shaheedha Beevi BT, M.A(IR) 2022 admission, selected for the CEDAW Capacity Building Training for Women’s Rights and Equality on 23rd-24th November 2022 at ISI, Bengaluru organised by The National Alliance of Women(NAWO).

MA -IR Students Rekha J and Mohammed Unais  presented a joint paper “Conflict in South China Sea: Between Chinese Expansionism and American Alliances” in a National Conference, “Young-International Peace research Initiative” organised by National Institute of Advanced Studies in collaboration with Pondicherry University on November 3-4, 2022.  

Centre for Urban Studies, SIRP coordinated by Hon. Director, Dr. Mathew Varghese organised an interactive session on the theme “‘Urban challenges and dynamics of Kochi, India” involving Urban Studies students of  SIRP and Master’s students of Urban Ecological Planning at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, on the 1st of November 2022. […]