The Sree Sankara Vidyapeetom College was started as a Junior College in the year 1967.The department of Economics has been a faculty of importance since then. The department was allotted an Undergraduate course in Economics with Political Science and History as subsidiaries subjects on the 30th November 1998. 18 batches of students have graduated in Economics from this college. The department maintains a good teacher-student relationship and has a strong P.T.A.