• To take initiatives to promote studies and researches in Vedic topics with interdiscipli -narity and multidisciplinarity with an intention of attracting international academic community.
• To teach the method of traditional way of Vedic chanting to all irrespective of caste, creed, gender and religion.  

• To document and preserve Vedic chanting tradition preserved in Kerala with Prakrti and Vikrti Pathas.
• To organise seminars, workshops, extension lectures, short term courses and certificate courses for propagating Vedic wisdom to the public.
• To analyse and study the style of traditional Vedic chanting of Kerala in an academic perspective relating the Svaras and Mudras with other branches of learning.
• To publish important Vedic texts reconstructed from Manuscripts, Transcripts and oral tradition preserved among the scholars of Veda.

Programmes offered in the Centre:

 M.A. in Sanskrit - Vedic Studies

Direct Ph. D. in Sanskrit-Vedic Studies

The University has started Direct Ph. D. programme in Centre for Sanskrit -Vedic Studies from December 2014 admission onwards. Dr. Dharmaraj Adat, Vice Chancellor, SSUS Kalady and Dr. K.A. Ravindran are the supervising teachers.

M. Phil Programme in Sanskrit-Vedic Studies

 Projects Completed

 Projects Financed by the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India.  

This was a major project sanctioned to Vedic Studies by the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India. An amount of Rs. 13, 30, 000/= has been sanctioned as part of the project of which 75 % (Rs. 9,97,500/=) was released as the first installment. The heads in which the amount sanctioned was: 

1. Strengthening of the institution : This aims at building up of Dept. Library in  Vedic  Studies. 

4. Workshop: Conducting a National seminar on Vedas and allied topics. 
5. Documentation – As mentioned earlier, remaking the audio/video CDs of Samaveda already recorded by Vedic Studies into interactive mode incorporating the text in Devanagari script, transliteration and translation in English, graphics and indices was the third phase of the project. It started in 2008 and completed in 2015. The name of the new document is “Jaiminiyasamavedasamhita – Kerala Namputiri Version – An Interactive Multimedia” which has got copyright from Govt. of India. 

Participation in National Level Festivals / Seminars 

International Vedic Workshop - 2014 

At present, five students are doing research. Their details are given below:

Endowments instituted

(i). Panditar E.V. Raman  Namboothiri Memorial Lecture

Annual Endowment Lecture in the name of late Sri. Panditar E.V. Raman   Namboothiri has been instituted in Vedic Studies, SSUS, Kalady from 2008 onwards by the sons, daughters and family members of the scholar. 

Pandithar E.V. Raman Namboothiri Memorial Lectures so far:

(ii). Dr. C.M. Neelakandhan Endowment Lecture

Annual Endowment Lecture in the name of Dr. C.M. Neelakandhan, Former Professor-in-charge and Co-ordinator of Centre for Vedic Studies,  has been instituted in Vedic Studies, SSUS, Kalady from 2013 onwards, jointly by the direct Ph. D. students and family members of the scholar.

Dr. C. M. Neelakandhan Endowment Lecture so far:

(iii) Sri. R. K. Srikanta Kumara Swamy and Jayalakshmy Endowment scholarship 

An endowment in the name of (Late) Sri. R. K. Srikanta Kumaraswamy, a great Vedic scholar and Formerly, Professor of Metallurgy in IIT, Madras and his wife, Jayalakshmi has been instituted in the Centre by their daughter, Dr. (Ms.) Suma Damodaran, Professor of Economics, XLRI, Jamshedpur. An amount of Rs. 5,00,000/= is deposited in the University for the purpose. The annual interest of the amount is utilized for giving an endowment scholarship to the full time research scholars in the Centre for Sanskrit-Vedic Studies. The 

interest amount acquired yearly may be given to all full-time Ph.D. scholars, dividing equally.

Future plans

• To develop the centre for Vedic Studies as an internationally advanced centre learning for Vedas, Vedangas and allied topics. 
• To document and preserve the chanting tradition of Rgveda and Yajurveda and Sama- veda (Tamil tradition) preserved in Kerala with all modes of chanting. 
• To document the oral chanting of Kerala tradition of Kausitakibrahmana and Taittiriya brahmana.
• To organise seminars, workshops, extension lectures, short term courses and certificate courses for propagating Vedic wisdom to the public.
• To publish important Vedic texts reconstructed from Manuscripts, Transcripts and oral tradition preserved among the scholars of Veda.

The whole academic community all over the world related to Sanskrit and Veda is looking to Kerala, attracted by the peculiar Vedic tradition preserved here which is entirely different from other parts of India in several aspects like accent, elaboration of Svara etc., connected with the chanting procedure. This gives scope and opportunity for the centre for further extension and developments. But it is difficult to achieve this goal without developing it as a full-fledged department. Hence, it is requested that necessary steps may be taken to identify the centre as a separate department and to appoint required permanent teaching faculty.