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The Department of Philosophy, School of Humanities, Pondicherry University is a department of Pondicherry University, India for Philosophical studies.

History

The Department of Philosophy, which was originally Sri Aurobindo School of Eastern & Western Thought, was established in the year 1989 under the headship of Professor R. Balasubramanian, formerly Chairman, Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi. The Department launched M.Phil and Ph.D. programmes for Philosophy in the same year. M.A. degree programme was started in 1991. Later in 2024 B.A. was started with the development of National Education Policy 2020

Location

Pondicherry University is located in a campus spread over 780 acres (3.2 km²), facing the Bay of Bengal on the East Coast Road. It is accessible from Chennai (168 km) and Bangalore (300 km). The Department is now situated in the Silver Jubilee Campus of Pondicherry University.

MA program

M.A. Philosophy (4 Semesters) This course is operated on the basis of the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) that provides flexibility for the choice of the courses from the Department of Philosophy as well as from the other Centers/Departments/Schools. The students under this Programme are expected to complete 72 credits in 04 semesters out of which minimum 48 credits (prescribed Hard-Core & Soft-Core ) are to be taken from the Department from which they are getting their Master’s Degree. However, students are also allowed to take maximum 60 credits (prescribed Hard-Core & Soft-Core) from their home Department. But it is mandatory that every student must opt for minimum 12 credits from other Departments. This enables students not only to have good grounding in their own discipline, but also some basic knowledge in the allied discipline of their taste. Weekly Seminars, Assignments, Term-Papers, and Tests are conducted for the purpose of continuous assessment. Students would be trained in: (a) the art of Philosophizing, (b) the techniques of problem analysis, and (c) textual study and evaluation.

Ph.D. program

Ph.D. Philosophy (Full-Time: 3 Years & Part-Time: 4 Years ) A Master’s Degree in Philosophy with a minimum of 55% Mark sand all SC/ST students who passed the qualifying examination are eligible to apply irrespective of the percentage of marks obtained.

List of faculty

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Faculty	Education	Designation	Alma Mater	Notes
Dr. R. Balasubramanian	Ph.D., D.Litt.	Professor	University of Madras	Founder
Dr. V. C. Thomas	M.A., Ph.D.	Professor	Delhi University
Dr. K. Srinivas	M.A., Ph.D.	Professor	Jawaharlal Nehru University
Dr. P. Kesava Kumar	M.A., Ph.D.	Senior Lecturer	University of Hyderabad
Dr. B. R. Shantha Kumari	M.A., Ph.D.	Professor	Pondicherry University
Dr. S. Indira	M.A., Ph.D.	Professor	Sri Venkateswara University
Dr. K. Velmurugan	M.A., Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Pondicherry University

List of current faculty

Head & Professor Dr S. Indira
Assistant Professor Dr. K. Velmurugan

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20200419073809/http://www.pondiuni.edu.in/

External links

Pondicherry University [1]
Professor R. Balasubramanian [2]
Dr. V. C. Thomas [3]
YouTube channel [4]

References