Department of Philosophy
The post-graduate department of Philosophy
is one of the oldest departments of Patna
University. The post-graduate teaching started
in the year 1918 as a unit of Patna College. As
an independent Department it came into
existence on 2nd January, 1957 and was
shifted to the palatial building of Darbhanga
House on the bank of river Ganges. The Department imparts post-graduate teaching
and provides facilities to research scholars. The
Department has the honour of having Dr. D. M.
Dutta, an eminent scholar of international
repute as its first Head.
Master's Programme
M. A. in Philosophy
Duration : 2 years, M.A. Part-I &
M.A. Part-II
No. of Seats : 80
No. of Papers : 16
Areas Covered : Indian & Western
Philosophy (Ancient
Medieval,Modern
and Contemporary)
Ethics:
Indian and Western.
Logic:
Indian and Western,
Gandhian Thought.
Religion (Indian and Western)
Indian Philosophy: Detailed study of Ancient Indian
Philosophy.
Religion:
Philosophy of
Religion and
Comparative
Religion.
Ethics:
Virtue Ethics,
Applied Ethics,
Professional Ethics
and Environmental
Ethics
Infrastructure and facilities
Rich Library facility with more than five thousand books and a reading room.
Faculty
Dr.(Mrs.) Sudha Sinha (HOD)
Dr. R. N. Prasad
Dr. R. S. Arya
Dr. N. P. Tiwari
Phone No. :0612-2660071
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