Eight Departments of the college are recognized centres for doctoral research.26 Research Supervisors guide the work at these centres. 11 of the supervisors are permanent teachers in the different departments.  The other fifteen include former faculty members and experts from other institutions.  A substantial percentage [29%] of the current faculty holds doctoral degrees and 30% have gained intermediate level degrees [MPhil].  Fifteen percent of the permanent faculty are recognized Research Supervisors of the M.G. University. 31 of the teachers are actively engaged in doctoral or postdoctoral research, either in the college or at centres housed in Universities. The research areas together present a cross-section of the problems that preoccupy the contemporary world. The Zoology Department has sought an international grant for a study on “Gene Expression during Infection and Stress”.  Problems related to Gender are also studied by the Departments  of  Psychology , Malayalam and English.  During the last five years 18 PhDs have been awarded to research fellows from the different departments of the college.

      
 Departments :  Guides

English

	Dr. Joseph Kachappilly
	Dr. P. M. Chacko
	Dr. Varghese John.

Immigrant Writing, Diaspora Literature, Technological and Economic Paradigms, and Gender Studies are among the areas of research in the English Department.

Malayalam

	Dr. A. Gopinathan
	Rev. Dr. C. M. Jose

The Malayalam Department has ongoing studies in Folkloristics and Local Knowledge.

Mathematics 

	Dr. Rajan Varughese
	Dr. A. Sunny Kuriakose
	Dr. P. Ramakrishnan (Cochin College, Cochin)

Areas of interdisciplinary relevance [Fuzzy Economics], choice, prediction, computation, modeling and historical perspectives [Fuzzy Theory, Graph Theory, Statistical Computation, Bayesian Inference, Stochastic Studies and the History of mathematics] are thrust areas of study in the Mathematics Department.

Physics 

	Dr. V. C. Kuriakose
	Dr. John Abraham

Super conductivity, thin films and theoretical physics are the thrust areas in Physics Department.

Chemistry

	Dr. A. M. Chacko
	Dr. C. G. Ramankutty

Industrial processes and study of materials [Catalysis, Zeolytes, Polymers, and Organic Synthesis] are the priorities in Chemistry.  A polymer formulated by a faculty member, is being rigorously tested for the registration for patent.

Botany 

	Dr. C. Joyce Mathew
	Dr. G. V. Thampi
	Dr. K. I. Mani Varghese
	Dr. Thara K. Simon
	Dr. P. M. Kuriachen
	Dr. Thomas Mathew

Mycology & Plant Pathology, Medicinal Plant Systematics, Genetic Resource Management, Plant Taxonomy, Plant Anatomy, Wetland Research, and Post Harvest Diseases are being studied in the Botany department.

History

	Dr. P. D. Johny
	Dr. P. J. Cherian
	Dr. K. V. Kunhikrishnan
	Dr. Rajan Gurukkal
	Dr. C. J. Varghese

Problems of Local history, Regional History of Kerala, and Ecological History are the thrust areas in the Department of History.  The department also undertakes the conservation of artifacts and the deciphering of manuscripts and inscriptions.

Economics

	Dr. C. A. Antony
	Dr. Rajan Varghese

Problems in Economics cover the environment, industry, capital market, local economy, centre-state relations, and industrial processes.