**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

Constituent Centres

Extension Study Centres

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,

Faculty

Alumni