Dr. Jojy Thomas

Dr. JOJY THOMAS

Designation  :  Assistant Professor

E-mail           :  jojytom@gmail.com

Mobile          :  9496577407

Educational Qualifications

Name of the Program/ Test Institution & University/ Agency Year
MA History Union Christian College, Aluva 2005
B.Ed. St. Thomas B.Ed. Training College, Thodupuzha 2006
SET Directorate of Higher Secondary Education 2006
MPhil University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 2008
PhD University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 2016

Professional Appointments

Name of the Institution Designation Period of Service
Government Higher Secondary School, Neriamangalam HSST on Contract 2008
St. Sebastian’s Higher Secondary School, Thodupuzha Higher Secondary School Teacher 2013 – 2016
St Dominic’s College, Kanjirapally Assistant Professor 2016 onwards

Areas of Specialization/Research Interests

  • Historiography
  • Historical Research Methodology
  • History of Ancient Civilizations
  • Tribal Studies

Details of Awards/Honors/Scholarships received

  • President of India’s Award for Excellence in Scouting.
  • Kerala Governor’s Award for Excellence in Scouting.
  • JRF&SRF – UGC Maulana Azad National Fellowship for PhD.
  • MHRD – Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR): Travel cum Contingent Fellowship for PhD.

Mahatma Gandhi University – Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding Performance as NSS Programme Officer during 2021-22

Research Publications

SL No Journal/Magazine Articles
1  Thomas, Jojy. 2012. “Tribal Disease Theories and Medicinal Practices.” South Indian History Congress, 32nd Annual Session Proceedings. ISSN 2229-3671.
2 Thomas, Jojy. 2016. “External Interventions – Tribal Land Relations and Modes of Production.” International Journal of Kerala Studies. ISSN 0337-0443.
3 Thomas, Jojy. 2018. Socio-Economic Impact of International Migration: A Case Study of Idukki.”  Proceedings of the ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar.
4 Thomas, Jojy. 2020. “Digital Divide in Education.” Jeevadhara. ISSN 0970-1117.
5 Thomas, Jojy. 2023. “Charithratheethakala Keralam.” Advanced Course Reader on Kerala: Land and Culture, Chapter II. Mysuru: Central Institute of Indian Languages. ISBN 978-81-19411-12-2.
6 Thomas, Jojy. 2023. European Shakthikalude Aagamanam: Kuthaka Vanijyavum Kolaneekaranavum.” Advanced Course Reader on Kerala: Land and Culture, Chapter VIII. Mysuru: Central Institute of Indian Languages. ISBN 978-81-19411-12-2.
7 Thomas, Jojy. 2023. “European Intrusions and Their Impacts on Muthuvan Tribe in the Western Ghats of Idukki.” South Indian History Congress, 42nd Annual Session Proceedings. ISSN 2229-3671.
8 Thomas, Jojy. 2024. Chavadi: A Tribal Social Institution of the Muthuvans.” South Indian History Congress, 41st Annual Session Proceedings. ISSN 2229-3671
9 Thomas, Jojy. 2025. Asanthamaya Bhoomi: Akramangalude Charithravum Samadhanathinayulla Anveshanavum.” Jeevadhara. ISSN 0970-1117.
10 Thomas, Jojy. 2025. “Historic Routes of Change: Socio-economic Impact of Migration from Kerala and the Rising Trends in Student Exodus.” South Indian History Congress, 42nd Annual Session Proceedings. ISSN 2229-3671

Seminars /Workshops Attended/Papers Presented/ Invited Talks

Venue & Name of the program Participation/ Contributory Title of the Paper Presented
Trivandrum – Govt. of Kerala; Institute of Parliamentary affairs National Seminar on “State and Society in South India” 05-07 November 2008 Trivandrum – University of Kerala Participation
International Seminar on Democratic & Secular  Education  Organized by Govt. of Kerala 04-06 December, 2008 Participation
Tamil Nadu – Tirunelveli, M. S. University South Indian History Congress –  29th Annual International Conference Participation and Paper Presentation Problems and Prospects of Tribal Development: The Case of Tribes in Idukki
National Seminar on Ayyankali and Social Transformation 11-13 March 2009 Participation
Trivandrum – UGC Nehru studies Centre -University of Kerala National Seminar on Changing Security Scenario in South Asia 25 & 26 March 2009 Participation
Trivandrum – Department of Political Science, University of Kerala National Seminar on State, Development and the Adivasi Question 02 & 03 April 2009 Trivandrum Participation
Association of Third World Studies- South Asia Chapter – 15th International Annual Conference 24-26 may 2010 Participation and Paper Presentation Tribal Development in Kerala: A Critique
Trivandrum, Mahatma Ayyankali Chair & Department of History, University of Kerala National Seminar on Mahatma Ayyankali – Interface of an Era of Social Resurgence 28-30 March, 2011 Participation
Chennai – University of Madras South Indian History Congress International Conference – 32nd Annual Session  03-05 February 2012 Participation and Paper Presentation Disease Theories and Medicinal Practices: A study of Tribes of Kerala
Trivandrum – University of Kerala National Seminar and Commemoration Lecture 3/18/2012 Participation
Kalady, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit Workshop – Erudite Scholar in Residence Programme – Writing about Indian Nationalism 01 – 05 October 2012 Participation
Trivandrum – University of Kerala National Seminar and Commemoration Lecture 3/18/2012 15-17 February 2013 Trivandrum – University of Kerala Participation and Paper Presentation Situating Tribal Women in the Social Scenario of Kerala
National Seminar on Introspecting Post Independent Kerala 18-20 March 2013 Trivandrum – University of Kerala Participation and Paper Presentation An Introspection into the role of Christianity in the formation of Post- independent Kerala
ICHR – National Seminar on Modern Kerala 03-05 October 2013 Trivandrum – Kerala University Participation and Paper Presentation A Historiographic Critique on Social Reform Movements in Kerala
National Workshop on Historical Method and Historiography 11 – 13 November 2013 Trivandrum – Senate Chamber Contributed   & Awarded  A Grade
National Seminar – Martyred in History: Men & Causes 16 – 18 January 2014 Tamil Nadu, Tanjavur – VVMSP College Participation and Paper Presentation Unravelling the forms of Tribal Resistance in Colonial India
South Indian History Congress – 34th Annual International Conference 28 February & 1,2 March 2014 Participation and Paper Presentation
Trivandrum – National Human Rights Commission & Centre for International Relations Training Programme on “Protection and Promotion of Human Rights” 5/21/2014  Senate Chamber – Trivandrum Participation and Paper Presentation Historical Background of Human Rights Violations Experienced by the Tribes
International Seminar on “Re- imagining Struggles at the Margins Kerala University” 17-19 July 2014 Trivandrum – Senate Chamber, University of Kerala, Participation and Paper Presentation Tribal Society in Kerala: Towards a New Modernity
National Seminar on “Political Process towards a Democratic Culture” 16-18 March 2015 Participation
New Delhi – Jawaharlal Nehru University Indian History Congress  – 75th International Conference 28-30 December 2014 Participation and Paper Presentation Land Hunger and Deforestation: A Case Study of idukki
Trivandrum – School of Social Sciences & IQAC University of KeralaNational Multi-Disciplinary Annual Research Conference (MARC) 15-18  December 2015 Participation and Paper Presentation
Trivandrum – University of Kerala Kerala History Congress – 1st International Conference 29-31 January 2016 Participation and Paper Presentation A Re-reading on Ideologies and Institutions in 20th Century Kerala
Trivandrum – School of Social Sciences , University of Kerala Participation and Paper Presentation Differential Response to Change: A Comparative Analysis of Five Tribal Groups in Kerala
National Seminar on “Nationalism and Transitions in Kerala Society” 18-19 March 2016
Trivandrum, SSSR, RUSA & University of Kerala National Conference on “Secularism and its Discontents” 13-14 June2016 Participation and Paper Presentation Secularism and Narrow Fundamentalist Religious Bigotry in Contemporary Kerala Society
Trivandrum – Govt. of Kerala & University of Kerala Indian History Congress  – 77th  International Conference  28-30 December 2016 Participation and Paper Presentation The Significance of Culture in the Understanding of Social Change in Contemporary Kerala Society
Trivandrum – Govt. of Kerala – Directorate of Environment and Climate Change State Level Training Programme for Faculties in Charge of BMC 9/16/2017 Participation
Melukavu – Henry Baker College Regional seminar on “Last Sixty Years of Kerala: History and Culture” 11/20/2017 Participation
Thodupuzha – ICSSR & Newman College, Thodupuzha National Seminar on “Miscegenation and Anthrophobia: A Historic Discourse”16-18 January 2018  Pala – St Thomas College Participation and Paper Presentation Socio – Economic Impact of International Migration: A Case Study of Idukki
International Seminar on “The Portuguese in the Indian Ocean Regions with special reference to the Malabar Coast(1500-1663)” 2/2/2018 Participation
Trivandrum – University of Kerala Kerala History Congress – 4th International Conference 20-22 December 2018 Participation and Paper Presentation Kerala: Between Renaissance and Revivalism
Trivandrum – Centre for Gandhian studies National Seminar on “Gandhian Secularism in the Contemporary Society” 1-3 November 2019 Participation and Paper Presentation A re-reading of Secularistic Responses of Contemporary Kerala Society
Tamilnadu – Servite Arts and Science College  International webinar on “Vision of a better Post-Covid 19 World” 6/30/2020 Participation
West Bengal – Sivanath Sasthri college National webinar on “Inequality, Equity and the Law: Myth of Gender Justice in india” 8/6/2020 Participation
Kanjirapally – St. Dominic’s College International Webinar on “Social Justice and Indian Modernity” 16-18 September 2020 Participation
Karnataka, Raichur – S.R.K College National Webinar on “E-Resources and Research Support for Academics” 9/24/2020 Participation
Uttar Pradesh, Prayagraj – S.S. Khanna College National Webinar on “National Education Policy 2020: Challenges and Opportunities in Higher Education” 10 November, 2020 Participation
Chennai – Women’s Christian College National Webinar on “Emerging Trends in History and Economics: Issues and Challenges in India” 16 February, 2021 Participation
New Delhi – Indian Council of Philosophical Research National Webinar on “Yoga and Holistic Health” 26 February, 2021 Participation
Henry Baker College, Melukavu 1/28/2020 Invited Talk World System Theory
St. Thomas College, Ranni Invited Talk Theories of Imperialism
St. Thomas College Palai Invited Lecture Subaltern History and Subaltern Studies
Alphonsa College, Palai Invited Lecture Subaltern History and Subaltern Studies
Government of India, MHRD – Dept. of Higher Education, Central Institute of Indian Languages(CIIL), Southern Regional Language Centre, Mysore .21-25 October 2019 Resource Person History of Land and Culture of Malayalam
G T N Arts college, Dindigal, Tamilnadu South Indian History Congress – 41st   International  Conference 26-28 August 2022 Participation and Paper Presentation Chavadi: A Social Tribal Institution of  the Muthuvans in Idukki
ST. Thomas College Palai Workshop on “Methods and Techniques of Designing Projects in History”  6/23/2022 Resource Person Preliminary Operations in Historical Writing

Programs Organized

Event Organized by Responsibility/ Position Venue Date
International seminar on Social Justice and Indian Modernity Departments of History St Dominic’s College Kanjirapally Coordinator Online Mode 16 – 18 September, 2020
Faculty Development Programme on  Academic Writing Departments of History St Dominic’s College Kanjirapally Co-coordinator Online Mode 16 – 18 October, 2021
South Indian History Congress – 33rd Annual Session South Indian history Congress & University of Kerala General Facilitator & Organizing Committee Member University of Kerala 15-17 February 2013
Indian History Congress – 77th Annual Session Indian history Congress & University of Kerala General Facilitator & Organizing Committee Member University of Kerala 28-30 December 2016
Kerala History Congress International Conference – 1st Annual Session Government of Kerala & Kerala History Congress Organizing Committee Member University College, Trivandrum 29-31 January 2016

Offices held or holding in the institution

  • IQAC Member                                              – 2017-2021
  • NSS Program Officer –  Pursuing
  • Bhoomitra Sena Club – 2017-2018
  • Young Researchers Club                             – 2018-2021
  • Career and Placement Cell – 2018-2021
  • Electoral Literacy Club – 2018-2021
  • Blood Donors Forum –  Pursuing
  • Disaster Management Committee            – 2020-2021

Refresher/Orientation Programmes attended

Name of the course Organizing Institute Period
Orientation Programme UGC HRDC – Rani Durgawati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 11/ 02/ 2019 to 09/03/2019
Refresher Course UGC HRDC – Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam 05/10/2020 to 18/10/2020
Faculty Development Programme on Academic writing UGC-STRIDE, MG University & SD College, Kanjirapally 18/10/2021 to 24/10/2021
Orientation Programme for NSS Programme officers Empanelled Training Institute for NSS, University of Calicut – Malappuram (Empanelled by Govt. of India) 10/08/2022 to 16/08/2022

Membership in Professional Bodies:

Name of the Society Nature of the Membership
Indian History Congress Member
South Indian History Congress Life Member
Kerala History Congress Member

Contributions to Curriculum Development

Office Position
Government of India, MHRD – Dept. of Higher Education, Southern Regional Language Centre, Mysore. Resource Person for Preparation of a Text Book, “Advanced Course Reader on Kerala: Land and Culture”
Govt. of India, MHRD – National Translation Mission (NTM), Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore. Translation Expert
Samagra Shiksha Keralam – BRC Kanjirapally, Kottayam Resource Person
Institute of Parliamentary Affairs Resource Person
Mahatma Gandhi University NSS PFMS Trainer & Resource Person
SDCK

Dr. Jojy Thomas

Assistant Professor (HoD)
MA, BEd, MPhil, PhD
jojytom@gmail.com