The Department of Philosophy was set up in 1976. Inspired by the vision and values of the University, the department offers extensive courses to Post Graduate students, conducts MPhil and PhD programs, and contributes to the development of knowledge frontiers in philosophy. The department strives to uphold the principle of equality and it has successfully undertaken various academic activities required. The department pursues interdisciplinary research and the teaching interests we offer unique. Our areas of expertise include Contemporary European (Continental) Philosophy, Indian philosophy, and Analytic Philosophy.

Vision

• To be a center for advanced studies with an interdisciplinary orientation having a strong grounding in rigorous philosophical, conceptual analysis.

Mission

• To create an environment in which new ideas, research and scholarship flourish that could contribute in shaping and reshaping the individuals with an ability of critical reasoning and analytical thinking.
• To provide an education that transforms students through rigorous course work and by providing critical thinking skills to reflect on their own values and ideas and also to examine and re-examine the values of the social, economic and political systems where they live in.
• To create an academic environment where the faculty members continue to be active researchers contributing in the field of knowledge-production, not merely in the field of dissemination of knowledge.     
• To revise the courses periodically by updating the list of readings and incorporating new ideas flourished in the frontier areas of research
• To provide an interdisciplinary orientation to the courses in order to realize the vision of making the department a center for advanced studies where people from different disciplines can come and pursue their research in a philosophically-informed manner.