Mahatma Gandhi University Library

Will you please provide here the services offered by the library of the Mahatma Gandhi University? Also please give here the list of the staff members of the library of the university.

[Kiran Chandar]

As you want I am here providing you information about the services offered by the library of the Mahatma Gandhi University.


Document Delivery Services

CD-ROM Information Retrieval Service

On-line Information Retrieval Service

Internet Services

Reprographic Services

Inter Library Loan Services


Staff members :


University Librarian :
Laila T Abraham


Deputy Librarians :

Laila T Abraham

Suku J

Annu George


Assistant Librarians:
Sreekumar V

Sisupalan K

Murali K K

Anirudhan S

Sujatha R

Unnikrishnan S

Anilkumar B
Geetha Bhai G

Mini G Pillai

Maghesh Rajan M

Joy Joseph
Jayasree P B


Reference Assistants:
Baby Joseph
Anilkumar A T
Mathew Scaria
Geethakumari M K
Raju Varghese
Chandran T L
Bahuleyakumar K
Latha Aravind
Nikesh. N
Sebastian Joseph

Deepa R

Abubacker V
Sageev G
Sureshkumar T V


Library Assistants:

Indira B
Prajeesh Bhaskaran
Seema V Madhu
Geetha M P
Soumya K S
Sreeja P S
Anoop N
Ratheesh A
Vijitha K G
Anjana A R
Sini E M
Tudymol Joseph
Dr.Ancy

Hi, I am Kunal Sankhala. I want you to provide me some information regarding the Mahatma Gandhi University library. Provide details about its various features?

[Raman Vij]

Mahatma Gandhi University is a type of public state university.
It was established in the year 1983.
It is located in Kottayam, Kerala, India.
It is approved by UGC and accredited by NAAC.

The Mahatma Gandhi University library was started in the year 1989.
The library from its beginning has taken special creativities to absorb ICT into the entire range of its activities.

MGU Library and Information System comprises of University Central Library, more than thirty libraries of the departments/ schools and four Study Centres situated in different campuses.

It is an associate of the INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad (Information and Library Network), anInter-University Centre of the UGC.
INFLIBNET Centre support has facilitated it to develop the quality and relevance of University information services.

It is a fully automatic system using the library automation package SOUL developed by the INFLIBNET Centre. It is also a member of the DELNET (Developing Library Network
MGU was one of the first 50 Universities to come underneath the UGC-Infonet Programme.

By UGC-Infonet E-journals Consortium, the Library has access to more than 7500 e-journals and databases including Sci Finder Scholar and Web of Science.

The Library also has entrance to major online databases, such as EBSCO, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, Oxford Scholarship Online, IEEE All Society Periodicals Package an others.

MGU has won the State IT Award in the year 2009 in the e-learning category for its University Online Theses Digital Library.

Contact information:
Mahatma Gandhi University
Priyadarsini Hills P.O., Kottayam - 686 560
Registrar : 91-481-2731007
PRO : 91-481-2732650, 9847412145
Public Access/Head Number: +91-481-2732500
Enquiry : 91-481-2731020, 2733300, 2733378
Information Centre : Ernakulam : 0484-2353470, Thiruvalla : 0469 - 2731732
Kattappana: 0486-8273070, Thodupuzha : 0486 -2221275
North Paravoor : 0484-2444643, Adimali : 0486-4225030, Vaikom : 04829-217744
Fax: 91-481-2731002, 2731009, 2731011, 2731239, 2732000