Pearl Research Centre
Pearl Research Centre for History Culture and Tourism
The highlight of the department of History is the learner centered education of excellence. We develop adaptability to technological skills to meet the challenges to global changes, induce knowledge that foster self learning, community oriented skills and research. In April 2009, the Department of History and Tourism was upgraded into Research Centre. It is named as Pearl Research Centre for History, Culture and Tourism affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu.
The objectives of the Research Centre are:
- To promote national integration through the study of history.
- To help young women make careers in history and tourism.
- To inculcate in the youth an awareness about the richness of our past.
- To promote an awareness about local history.
Aims
- To update recent trends in history.
- To reveal forgotten history.
- To promote inter-disciplinary research in the humanities and social sciences.
- To focus scientific writing of history.
- To apply concepts from history to current issues and provide solutions.
- To acquire in-depth knowledge of historical periods.
Faculty Approved as Research guides & scholars
| Name of the Guide &Guideship No | No. of Scholars | No. of Scholars |
| (On going) | (Awarded) | |
| Dr. Sr. S. Decla | 2 | 6 |
| (MSU/Res/R1/Guide Recogn. –08.08.2007) | ||
| Dr. M. Grace Hepzibah Anbumani | 7 | 1 |
| Dr.D.Dorcas Shanthini | - | 2 |
| MSU/Res/R1/Guide Recogn. –11.06.2008 | ||
| Dr. M. Mary Hepsi Bai (MSU/RES/INT/GUIDESHIP/R5/2010 – 27.09.2010) | 3 | 4 |
Ph. D Awarded under the guidance of Research Supervisors
| S.No. | Guide Name | Scholar Name | Reg. No. | Topic | Reg.Year | Full / Part Time | Awarded Year |
| 1 | Dr.Sr.S.Decla (MSU/Res/R1/Guide Recogn. –08.08.2007) |
T.Durga Devi | 5277 | Ordeal and Torture in the Nineteenth century Tamilnadu | 11.08.2010 | Full Time | 10th July 2013 |
| 2 | Dr.Sr.S.Decla (MSU/Res/R1/Guide Recogn. –08.08.2007) |
J.Jane D’Almeida | 5278 | The British on the Pearl Fishery Coast | 11.08.2010 | Full Time | 20th October 2014 |
| 3 | Dr.Sr.S.Decla (MSU/Res/R1/Guide Recogn. –08.08.2007) |
M.Mahendran | 4172 | The Cotton Relate Trade and Industries in and Around Thoothukudi | 12.01.2010 | Full Time | 6th March 2015 |
| 4 | Dr.Sr.S.Decla (MSU/Res/R1/Guide Recogn. –08.08.2007) |
O.S.Manju | 9398 | Spices, Pearls and Political Economy of Peninsular India – A Study on Mercantile Network of Marakkars and the Portuguese (1500 – 1600) | 12.07.2012 | Full Time | 16th September 2016 |
| 5 | (MSU/Res/R1/Guide Recogn. –08.08.2007) | F. Maria Jenifer Thaya | 9397 | Social History in 18th and 19th Century Tamil Society as Revealed by the Jesuits Annual Letters and Writings of Indian History | 05.07.2012 | Full Time | 2nd February 2018 |
| 6 | Dr.Sr.S.Decla | A.Malini Apsala | 5952 | The Legacy of the Salvation Army in the Educational, medical, Evangelical and Social legacy Over the Southern Districts of Tamil Nadu | 2010 | 4th February 2021 | |
| 7 | Dr.D.Dorcas Shanthini | M.Divya | 7965 | Spread of Protestantism in Tirunelveli District | 05.05.2011 | Full Time | 16th July 2015 |
| 8 | Dr.D.Dorcas Shanthini | S.M.Vimala | 5279 | The Rule of Government of Tamilnadu in uplifting welfare of the Women (Post Independent Era 1950-2000) | 12.08.2010 | Full Time | 4th December 2015 |
| 9 | Dr.M.Grace Hepzibah Anbumani | S.Antony Pappa | 5265 | Historical Social Economic and Political Life of the Sri Lankan Refugees in Thoothukudi Camps | 19.08.2010 | Part Time | 28th August 2018 |
| 10 | Dr. M. Mary Hepsi Bai | T. Jayanthi | 9303 | History of Cotton Trade in Madras Presidency with special reference to Tamil Districts (1900 – 1947) | 08.08.2012 | Full Time | 25th July 2016 |
| 11 | Dr. M. Mary Hepsi Bai | G.Andrews | 2937 | History of Religious Conversions in South Tamilnadu with Special Reference to Tirunelveli District 1800-1900 | 15.05.2008 | Part Time | 18th September 2018 |
| 12 | Dr. M. Mary Hepsi Bai | M.Sumathi | 11559 | Colonialism and Emergence of Social Changes. Effects of Christianity in Tirunelveli District – A Study (1797 -1947) | 12.08.2014 | Full Time | 26th October 2018 |
| 13 | Dr. M. Mary Hepsi Bai | J. Jemi Merlin Rani | 8344 | Social Service Activities of CSI Diocese of Tirunelveli | Part Time | 30th July 2019 |
Ph.D. Scholar
| S. No. | Guide Name | Scholar Name | Reg. No. | Topic | Reg. Year | Full Time / Part Time | Submission Year |
| 1 | Dr.Sr.S.Decla (MSU/Res/R1/Guide Recogn. –08.08.2007) |
S. Siluvai Santha Prince | 8513 | Punnaikkayal Through the Ages | 27.06.2011 | Part Time | 2018 |
| 2 | Dr.Sr.S.Decla (MSU/Res/R1/Guide Recogn. –08.08.2007) |
A. Thirumani Selvi | 8460 | History of Srivaikundam Anaicut | 13.06.2011 | Full Time | 2018 |