Sree sankaracharya university is the only one sanskrit university in kerala.it is situated at kalady, which is werth place of sree sankara, who is the founder of advaita vedanta. This university was established in the year of 1993. It is located at the bank of periyar.
The moto of the university is "liberation through knowledge". The present vice-chancellor is Dr.Dharmaraj Adat.this university is 9 regional centers including kalady main center.more than 20 departments are there in this university. Facilities like library, internet lab, language lab, health center, etc. are also heare.This university accrediced by NAAC.