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Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram Pontifical Athenaeum of Philosophy and Theology also known as DVK Pontifical Athenaeum is an institution of higher learning established by the Syro-Malabar Catholic congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) and is located in Bengaluru, India. It is a Pontifical Athenaeum with degree-granting authority validated by the Vatican, empowered to grant degrees, including Licentiate and Doctorate in Philosophy and Theology.
History
Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram was established at Dharmaram College, the Central Study House of the CMI, an indigenous religious congregation founded in 1831. The Study House which was founded in 1918 at Chethipuzha, Kerala was moved to Bangalore in 1957. On 8 December 1965, it became affiliated to the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and was later given the charter to be recognised as a Pontifical Athenaeum, under the direction of the Congregation for Catholic Education, Vatican, and is empowered to award academic degrees up to PhD in Philosophy and Theology, and Licentiate in Philosophy, Theology, Canon Law, and Formative Spirituality and Counselling.
Faculties and Institutes
DVK has various specialist centres and institutes.
= Faculties and Institutes
=Faculty of Theology
Faculty of Philosophy
Institute of Oriental Canon Law
Institute of Formative Spirituality and Counselling
= Constituent Centres
=Extension Study Centres
Chavara Institute of Indian and Inter-Religious Studies (CIIS), Rome, Italy
Chavara International Centre for Indian and Interreligious Studies (CICIIS), Sacramento, California, USA
= Affliated Institutes
=Following Institutes are affliated to Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram
Dharmaram Publications
Dharmaram Publications publishes books dealing with theological, scriptural and philosophical topics in Christian as well as non-Christian traditions. Dharmaram regularly publishes many academic journals including,
Journal of Dharma: Dharmaram Journal of Religions and Philosophies
Asian Horizons: Dharmaram Journal of Theology
Vinayasadhana: Dharmaram Journal of Psycho-Spiritual Formation
Iustitia: Dharmaram Journal of Canon Law
Herald of the East: Dharmaram Journal of Chavara Studies
Faculty
Kurian Kachapally, Faculty of Philosophy.
William Sweet
Emmanuel Giles Pothanamuzhi, Past Rector
Joseph Pathrapankal
Virginia Rajakumari, SAB
Mathew Chandrankunnel, Professor of Philosophy of Science
Saju Chackalackal, Professor of Philosophy
A. Mathias Mundadan, Past Rector
Thomas Aykara, Rector
Alumni
Abraham V. M, Vice-chancellor of Christ University, Bangalore.
Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, The Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.
Jose Nandhikkara, Professor of Philosophy
Kurian Kachappilly, Professor of Philosophy
Paul Poovathingal, Carnatic Artist
Virginia Rajakumari, Biblical scholar, Congregation of Sisters of St. Anne, Bangalore (SAB)
References
External links
Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram official website
Dharmaram Publications website