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The Budget presented by Kerala University for the 2026-27 fiscal has announced the motorboat of 40 caller one-year postgraduate programmes successful emerging interdisciplinary domains including Artificial Intelligence (AI), quantum technologies and semiconductor devices.
It besides gives precedence to infrastructure improvement connected the Karyavattom campus, with assorted projects including a exemplary discarded absorption plant, wellness centre, electrical buggies to enactment a greenish campus, enhanced probe laboratory facilities, improvement of walking paths and technological upgrading of the h2o attraction mooted.
Convener of Syndicate Standing Committee connected Finance G. Muralidharan presented the balanced Budget of ₹888.33 crore astatine a legislature gathering chaired by Vice-Chancellor in-charge Mohanan Kunnummal connected Saturday (February 28, 2026).
Faculty appointments
The Budget proposes making module appointments connected deputation from authorities colleges for the four-year honours grade programmes.
Among the notable announcements is the connection to found a Centre for Rare Earths and Advanced Materials connected the Karyavattom campus. The centre volition beryllium acceptable up successful relation with the Geology section to service arsenic a nodal centre for implementing a ‘Rare Earth Corridor’ project. The installation is expected to supply technological enactment and method guidance successful areas specified arsenic mineral assets valuation, improvement of eco-friendly mining and processing technologies, high-value merchandise design, biology extortion and argumentation support.
Several initiatives are besides planned to guarantee the effectual utilisation of AI-run technologies successful academics and research. The Centre for Advanced Cancer Research nether the Biochemistry section volition make AI-assisted diagnostic and attraction strategies for bosom disease. A cardinal absorption of the task is the aboriginal detection of cardiac troponin (cTnI), a important biomarker wide regarded arsenic a cardinal indicator of bosom musculus damage. An allocation of ₹20 lakh has been earmarked to enactment this probe initiative.
An allocation of ₹20 lakh has been earmarked for an AI-based pancreatic crab research. The project, developed astatine the Centre for Advanced Cancer Research, seeks to physique a broad strategy to observe subtle cellular changes, analyse patients’ familial profiles and measure tumour characteristics. The inaugural aims to alteration close diagnosis, and beforehand precision medicine.
A semi-automated insubstantial recycling works volition besides beryllium acceptable up nether the Translational Research and Innovation Centron connected the Karyavattom campus. The projected micro-plant volition person ample volumes of insubstantial discarded generated by the assemblage into usable paper, prime stationery and packaging materials. The inaugural is portion of the ‘Campus to Career Project’ and aims to harvester sustainability with accomplishment development. An magnitude of ₹25 lakh has been allocated for the purpose.
Film studies centre
A caller movie studies and probe centre, P.K. Rosy Centre for Cinema Archive, volition beryllium established successful the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication. The centre volition facilitate humanities research, information collection, preservation and documentation related to films.
