Mr. LAJITH V S

Mr. Lajith V S is a scholar and academician who has an incessant passion for writing. He is currently engaged in the study on Women's engagement in the National Movement as part of his doctoral studies. He has been part of numerous national and international seminars and conferences and holds many publications to his credit. His social commitment along with his dedication to his profession is reflected in his teaching.

♦M A

Department of History, V T M N S S College, Dhanuvachapuram.

University of Kerala

31-03-2003

♦M.Phil

Department of History, Kariavattom Campus

University of Kerala

30-11-2005

♦B.Ed

Kerala University College of Teacher Education, Nedumangad.

University of Kerala

31-03-2007

♦National Eligibility Test

University Grants Commission

26-12-2008

ICHR Research Travel Grant Awardee.

1. Three Day National Workshop on "History Writing Today", organised by the Kerala Council for Historical Research (KCHR) in 2008.

2. Two Day National Workshop on 'Restructuring of B.A. History Syllabus (CBCSS)', organized by the University of Kerala on 13-14mMarch 2014.

3. Two Day National Workshop on “Doing Research in History”,organized by the Department of History, University College, Thiruvananthapuram with the sponsorship of Govt. of Kerala on 17-18
November 2014.

4. Participated as Resource Person in the online National Workshop on Writing History: Towards Multidisciplinary Approach and presented a paper titled as “Integrating Subaltern Voices: Towards a Multidisciplinary Practice of History” at Arulmigu Palaniandavar Arts College for Women (Autonomous), Palani, Mother Teresa Women’s
University on 26 February 2026.

1.International Seminar on 'Democratic and Secular Education', organised by the Govt. of Kerala at University of Kerala, Kariavattom Campus on 46 December, 2009.

2. National Seminar on 'Manuscript Tradition in Kerala', organized by the Kerala State Archives Department, Thiruvananthapuram on 25-27 October 2004.

3.National Seminar on 'Islam in Kerala: Tradition and Modernity', organised by the Department o, Islamic Studies, University of Kerala, at Fourth Estate Hall, Press Club, Thiruvananthapuram on 2-3 January 2008.

4. National Lecture Series on 'Dalit in Historical Perspective', organized by the Department of History, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady on 24-26 March 2009.

5.National Seminar on "Mahatma Ayyankali: Interface of an Era of Social Resurgence vis -a-vis Resistance and Prospects of Social Integration and Syncretism", organized by the Mahatma Ayyankali Chair, Department of History, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram on 28-30, March 2011.

6. South Indian History Congress, 33rd session, University of Kerala, March 2013.

7. National seminar on 'Modern Kerala', organized by the Department of History, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, on 3-4 October 2013.

8. Indian History Congress, University of Kerala, 27-30 December 2016.

1. UGC Sponsored Refresher Course in Women Studies (Multidisciplinary), conducted from 05 to 11 November 2013 by the UGC Academic Staff College, University of Kerala.

2. Attended online course “Managing Online Classes and Co-Creating MOOCS: 2.0”, jointly organised by the Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi and the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
National Mission on Teachers and Teaching, Govt. of India from 18 May 2020 to 03 June 2020.

3. Attended online course “Advanced Concepts for Developing MOOCS”, jointly organised by the Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi and the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National
Mission on Teachers and Teaching, Govt. of India from 02 July 2020 to 17 July 2020.

4. UGC sponsored Refresher Course in Social Sciences (Multidisciplinary), conducted from 07 December 2021 to 20 December 2021 by the UGC Human Resource Development Centre, University of Kerala.

5. UGC sponsored Online Refresher Course in Social Sciences, organised Madan Mohan Malaviya Teacher Training Centre, Jamia Millia Islamiya, New Delhi from 7 December 2023 to 20 December 2023.

1. Attended the UGC Sponsored Orientation programme (I.T. Oriented) conducted from 30 January to 26 February 2015 by the UGC Academic Staff College, University of Kerala.

1. Member, Board of Studies and FYUGP Curriculum Framing Committee, Fatima Mata National College
(Autonomous), Kollam. University of Kerala.

2. Life Member and Founder Member,
Kerala History Congress.
http://www.keralahistorycongress.org/
drupal/founding_members

3. Member, Indian History Congress.

4. Member, South Indian History Congress.

1. "Dalit Liberation Process in Kerala: A Historical Critique" at the National seminar on "Ayyankali and Social Transformation", organized by the Mahatma Ayyankali Chair, Department of History, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram on 11-13 March 2009.

2. "Women and the Freedom Struggle in Kerala: Domestication of the Public Sphere and Politicisation of the Domestic Sphere" at the National seminar on "TheRole of south India in the Freedom Movement, 1750-1947: A Review of New Findings and New Interpretations", organised jointly by the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) and the Department of History, Bharathidasan University, at Tiruchirappalli on 23-25
March 2012.

3. "Re-Reading the Caste Identities in Post Colonial Kerala" at the National Seminar on 'Introspecting Post Independent Kerala', organised by the Department of History, University of Kerala, on 18-20 March 2013.

4."Political Economy of Caste and Construction of Women as 'subordinate' Gender" at the national seminar on "Ideological Intervention and the Practice of History", organized by the Dept. of History, University College, Thiruvananthapuram, 7-8 January 2016.

5. "Dalit Question and the Multiple Trajectories of Social Reform Movement: A Historical Critique" at the UGC National seminar on "Dalit Liberation Movement in Modern Kerala", organized by the Dept. of History, Sree Narayana College for Women, Kollam, 27-28 January 2016.

6."The Process of Malayalee Women's Engagement with Indian Freedom Struggle: A Historical Reading" at the South Indian History Congress, 36th Annual Session, Pondicherry, on 4-6 March, 2016.

7."Nationalism and the Marginalized in Kerala: An Historical Critique" at the Pro.K.K.Kusuman Commemoration National Seminar on "Nationalism and Transitions in Modern Kerala Society", organised by the School of Social Science, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, 18-19 March 2016.

8."Gandhi and the Question of Caste: A Historical Critique" at the National Seminar on 'Revisiting the National Movement and Legacies of Gandhiji", organised by the Department of History, Govt.College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram on 2-4 November
2016.

9. “Problematising the ‘Natural’ in the Discourse on Natural Disaster” at the national seminar on Natural Disaster, Space and Marginality, organised by the Post-Graduate Department of Political Science, Govt.College, Kottayam on 18-19 December 2019.

10. Chaired the session on Political History in the Sixth Annual Session and International Seminar of Kerala History Congress, Thiruvananthapuram, 18-20 March, 2022.

1."K R Gouriamma and the Communist Movement in Kerala: The Saga of a Vanquished Revolutionary" in Journal of Kerala Studies, ISSN 03770443, Vol.XXXIX, March, June, September, December 2012.

2."K R Gouri, The Catalyst of Land Reforms in Kerala" in Journal of Kerala Studies, ISSN 03770443, Vol.XXXX March, June, September, December 2013.

3. “Domestication of the public sphere and Politicization of the domestic sphere: A Saga of Malayalee women’s interventions in Indian Freedom Struggle,” Proceedings of the South Indian History Congress, 36th Annual Session, Pondicherry, March 2016.