About Us

The Department (formerly Averroes Centre for Philosophical Studies) is the first Department of Philosophy to be established in the valley of Kashmir. With an emphasis on classical, medieval, and modern schools of philosophy across spatiotemporal trajectories, the Department serves as a teaching and research centre that upholds the relevance of IKS, fosters normative introspection through experiential and problem-based pedagogies, and embodies the spirit of NEP-2020. Along the contemporary axis, the Department emphasizes the relevance of philosophy in the fields of technology and AI intervention through its teaching-learning approaches. The Department provides exemplary opportunities for students and researchers to build a formidable foundation in philosophical studies and contribute to the existing body of scholarly work through learning and understanding of diverse branches of philosophy such as Ontology and Epistemology (Western, Indian and Islamic), Metaphysics (Western, Indian and