A road map is getting ready for upgrading Kerala Kalamandalam, the State’s prestigious public institution preserving artistic heritage, into a State Cultural University.
A Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been submitted to the government by the Special Officer appointed for the purpose, K.P. Subashchandran, former Principal of the Sree Vyasa College, Wadakkanchery, and current Examination Controller of the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (Kufos), Kochi.
Kerala Kalamandalam was founded by legendary poet Vallathole Narayana Menon. The cultural institution, which was first started in Kunnamkulam, Kakkad, in 1930, was later relocated to Cheruthuruthy, Thrissur district, in 1936. The Maharaja of Cochin donated land and a building. Functioning under the State Cultural Affairs department, Kalamandalam attained the status of ‘Deemed University for Arts and Culture’ in 2006.
