University of Kerala, formerly the University of Travancore,[2] is an affiliating university[3] located in Thiruvananthapuram, capital of the state of Kerala, India. It was established in 1937, long before the birth of the state of Kerala India, by a promulgation of the Maharaja of Travancore, Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma who was also the first Chancellor of the university: C. P. Ramaswami Iyer
