The Department of Philosophy, Pondicherry University, boasts a rich intellectual legacy. At its essence, philosophy is the study of ideas. Students of philosophy learn how to examine closely important concerns: human nature and happiness, death and the meaning of life, ethics and morality, society and politics, the existence of God, what defines knowledge, the nature of the human mind and many other evergreen subjects that have occupied the greatest brains for millennia.
Pondicherry University’s Philosophy department owes much of its early expansion to its founding faculty member , R. Bala Subramaniam, who had not only been committed teacher but also filled in important administrative posts all throughout the university. Scholars from the department have over time made major contributions to the administrative and academic worlds of Pondicherry University, including serving as Deans, Heads of Departments, and on several university committees.
The Department has a long and illustrious history of turning out innovative academics who interact with the outside world to generate philosophy that is rigorous and relevant. Leading academics in the disciplines of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, logic, and more are produced by the postgraduate-level department.
Whatever your career aspirations, philosophy can enable you to increase your preparation by means of building your capacities to think and reason well, therefore enhancing your ability to deal critically and analytically with the ideas, concepts, issues, and approaches fundamental to your chosen field. For professional schools stressing analytical capacity and clear thinking, it is also quite good preparation.
