Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute, Chennai

Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute in Chennai was set up in the year of 1945 to take up Sanskrit and Indological research studies. Situated in the cosmopolitan area of Mylapore, Chennai this affiliated college has been a hallmark of traditional learning for over seven decades. The institute offers two specialised courses: M. Phil and Ph.

D in Sanskrit is designed for those scholars who are eager to explore this ancient language and monumental cultural treasures connected with it. Currently the faculty of the institute is quite small with only 3 members which gives the institute faculty and students opportunity to give individual attention to every student that joins the institute.

Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute boasts of a large library which is indeed treasure chest for the researchers and learners. Current estimate the library has collection of around 60000 books in different fields like Dance and Music, Epigraphy, Ethics, Law, Language and Literature, Philosophy, and Ayurveda.

Besides its fine collection of books, the institute has applied modern practices of education by offering a Computer Lab facility to students and teach them how to use books jointly with computers and other latest technologies. Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute offers two full-time courses: , offering M. Phil programme with the duration of one year and Ph.

D programme with a duration of six years respectively, both in Sanskrit. These programmes are intended for the promotion of higher learning and research and in the area of Sanskrit literature. The process of admitting candidates in Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute is designed in such a way that the Institute finds out the apt candidates having background knowledge of Sanskrit and interest in research.