The thrust areas of teaching and research include:

· Specific focus on India’s foreign policy, Indian political system, Political Theory, Public Administration, South Asian Security Issues. The salient features of the Department include
· Exchange programmes with prestigious foreign and Indian universities.
· Interactions with distinguished Indian and foreign scholars through seminars, conferences, workshops and refresher courses, etc.
· Promoting teaching and research in the areas of International Relations and Area Studies in general and South and South-east Asian studies in particular.
· Exchange programmes with prestigious foreign and Indian universities.
· Policy input to the makers of India’s foreign and security policies as well as the theoretical understanding of International Relations.

Programmes of study
M.A. Politics and International Relations
M.Phil. International Studies (Full time)
Ph.D. International Studies
(Full-time & Part-time (Internal & External))

Entrance Examination
For M.A. in Politics and International Relations, the question paper will consist of objective type questions with multiple choices in the areas of Contemporary International Relations, Indian History, Politics, and Foreign Policy; and General Knowledge. For M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes, the question paper will consist of essay type questions in the areas of International Relations, Indian Political System including Indian Constitution, Indian Foreign Policy and Indian Politics and Economy, and current affairs of national and international importance.

Infrastructure Facilities
The Department has good infra-structural facilities including computers, over head projector and slide projector, etc., to assist teachers and students in their pursuit of academic excellence and relevance.           

Faculty	Qualification	Area of Specialization/Interest	Phone
Professor
* N.K. Jha	Ph.D., (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) .	India's Foreign Policy, Indian Constitution and Politics, South Asian Security Issues, Ancient Indian Political Thought.	332,333
Readers
* D. Sambandhan	Ph.D. (Gokhale Institute, Pune)	International Finance, Exchange Rate Economics, Structural Economic Reforms.	330,333
* P. Moorthy	Ph.D. (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)	Peace and Disarmament Studies, Science and Technology, Nation Building and Human Resources Management.	334,333
* B. Krishnamurthy	Ph.D.,(M.S. University of Baroda, Baroda)	European Integration, Indo – French Relations, and Human Rights.	335,333
* T.S.N. Sastry (On Leave)	Ph.D., (Andhra University, Vizhakapatnam)	International Law, Law of the Sea, Conflict of Laws, International Institutions.	336,333
* P. Lazarus Samraj	Ph.D., (Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar)	Indo-U.S. Relations, Terrorism, Indian Politics.
Guest Faculty	3 No.