Mr. S.Vijayakumar (Perunna Vijayan) is presently its only faculty member and head of the department. Eventhough the general library of this college in having a good number of books in history, there is no seprate library for the department.

The B.A. programme in political science includes history as a subsidiary subject and is spread over three years. University examination in subsidiary Historical Roots of the Modern World will be in the second year. Candidates have to secure a minimum of 35%marks for passing the subsidiary subject, History. The deprartment of history intend to make quality education within the reach of common students to develope their latent political awareness and ensure their social compatibility to shoulder the responsibility of later life. Most of the students studying here are from economically weaker sections of the society. We provide effective guidance to them. The programme seeks to develop high level of understanding of one's own past and the different theories regarding the change of modern man from the ancient to the present. This study is necessary to understand how people came to be as they are now. It traces the roots of the development of modern man.

        As part of the department extension activities a higher secondary state level essay competition was conducted in connection with Human Rights Day celebrations 2006. The trophy given to the first prize winner was sponsored by the department.The department is also decided to conduct various invited talks and seminars related to history as a regular feature.