Ms Twincy varghese, faculty member of the department attended the Annual Conference and International Seminar of the Association of Third World Studies – South Asian Chapter held at Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady from 10th to 12th of December. The seminar was inaugurated by Dr. M C Dileepkumar, Vice Chancellor of the University and the Keynote address was given by Dr. I Sarkar,Head of the Department of History,North Bengal University, West Bengal. Ms Twincy presented a paper titled Kochirajya Prajamandalam – Cochin’s vehicle Towards modernity. The paper makes an inquiry into the socio – cultural role played by Prajamandalam. The paper gives the organization a social identity along with being a political party striving towards achievement of Responsible Government in the State of Cochin.