About Us

	The School of Religions, Philosophy and Humanist thought has come into existence from the year 1991 incorporating a few departments of religious study already existing and creating a few more departments.
	The School is a unique one in the whole of India since the Departments of the School Conduct research and teaching activities, organize various seminars, and offer counseling on various fields of Culture, Philosophy, Religions, Secular and Humanist Thought. Its major orientation is on National integration, religious harmony, cultural awareness and social awakening. These could be achieved since the school represents all the major religions.
	The School has been designed to make effective Academic intervention into Religious Studies and Conduct Philosophical Hermeneutics of Religious Scriptures and practices. The School engages itself in comparative religious studies of Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Tamil Religious Thought and Gandhian Thought. It conducts conceptual studies of ethical and social Philosophy of Religions and secular Thoughts and works out practical social models for inter religious and multi-cultural living.

Vision

To make effective academic intervention into religious studies

To engage in comparative religious studies of Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism and Tamil religious Thought.

To conduct conceptual studies of ethical and social philosophy of religious and secular thought.

To study philosophical hermeneutics of religious scripture and practices.

To workout practical social models for our inter – religious and multi – cultural living.

Mission

Uniqueness of the School

Unique School covering various Religious and Philosophical disciplines

Only School of Religions and Philosophy awarded DRS-UGC-SAP (Phase I, II, III) programme since 2004

Only Department of Guru Nanak Studies in Tamil Nadu

The School also takes pride that it had five UPE projects and they had been successfully completed

10,000 students have written Gandhian Thought examinations in March 2017 – Inculcating values and Attitude change in Students

Short Courses on yoga, Non Violence, Peace, Nature Cure, Ramalinga Vallalar are being Conducted

Department of Islam and Islamic Tamil Studies Dr. K. Maideen, Assistant Professor & Head i. c.