in Kerala. In 2000, the institute started the music department offering Post Graduate and PhD courses. Institute of Tribal Studies and Research: Institute of Tribal Studies & Research is located at Chethalayam in Wayanad district is established for empowering tribal students for higher education. The centre is also devoted to carry out research on tribal communities. Affiliated colleges From the 2019 Annual Report Its current jurisdiction extends to five central and northern districts of the state. The university currently has about 391 'affiliated colleges'. These colleges are spread over Malappuram district (122), Kozhikode district (105 colleges), Thrissur district (74), Palakkad district (73) and Wayanad district (17). It also conducts examinations for the students of the affiliated colleges. A total annual intake of students in the affiliated colleges is nearly 100,000. Most of the colleges are Self Financing Colleges and the rest are Government or Aided Colleges. Most of the colleges offer only under-graduate degrees, while around 100 colleges also offer post-graduate degrees. Classification based on funding Government Colleges (41) Aided Colleges (60) Self Financing Colleges (290) Subject-wise they comprise 254 Arts & Science Colleges, 63 Training Colleges, 40 Engineering/Technical Colleges, 10 Law Colleges, 33 Arabic/Oriental Title Colleges, 11 I. H. R. D. Centres, eight Management Studies Colleges, one Music College, one Fine Arts college, two Colleges of Physical Education, two colleges for Hotel Management. The university publishes a list of affiliated colleges and courses. Types of affiliated colleges Architecture-Engineering Training Management Law Arts & Science-Arabic/Oriental Title Physical Education Academics Rankings University of Calicut ranked 69 among Indian Universities in NIRF ranking 2022. Demographics Student life Cultural festival The annual 'Interzonal' cultural festival, 'kalolsavam', is held during the months of January - April or in between. The Interzones are conducted among students from the independent 'affiliated colleges' spread across five northern Kerala Districts. The various Kerala Districts conducts different zonal competitions and the winners gain entry to the 'interzonal' event. The festivals goes on for a week at the most (offstage and onstage). Sports competitions The annual sports competitions also takes place between the inter colleges among the zones as well as among the zonal colleges. The sports event follow the cultural event and go on for a week. Notable alumni Politician R. Bindu, Minister of Higher Education Kerala K. T. Jaleel, former Minister of Higher Education Kerala P. Sreeramakrishnan, Former speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly M. B. Rajesh, Current Minister