If you are a monastic and want to convert your practice in Academic fold , if you are a lay and want to learn the teachings of Buddha from academic view point, learn meditation methods directly taught by Buddha ,The Enlightened one and other Masters of Buddhist lineage ; or if you are a having a bent of scientific mind and want to do inter-disciplinary research, then you are at the right place .
Where whole world is burning with stress, psychosomatic disorders , dis-satisfaction , war, violence and epidemics there is an urgent need for real transformation to happen in the lives of people .The world now need healers ,Educators who can practice and teach direct methods to achieve personal, social and global peace . Our department is dedicated for this cause and we promote people from all walks of life to learn and engage themselves for the cause .
We are the First University in the Uttarakhand state of India to open the” Buddhist studies department” under the UGC Guidelines.