| Established
in 1967,
CIHTS initially functioned as a special constituent
wing of Sampurnananda Sanskrit University, Varanasi.
Thereafter the government of India reviewed the
progress of the Institute and decided to accord
it a status of an autonomous body under the Department
of Culture, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India
in 1977 with 100% financial support from the Govt.
of India. The Institute steadily progressed
with optimal success. The Govt. of India declared
the Institute to be a "Deemed to be a University"
on 5th April, 1988. Until 2000, the Institute
was headed by Ven. Samdhong Rinpoche, the now
Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government in Exile.
The
Institute is currently headed by Geshe Ngawang
Samten as Director and is ably assisted by learned
faculty members of the Institute in achieving
its goal of excellence in the field of Tibetology,
Buddhology and Himalayan Studies.
CIHTS
is also a premier Research Institute, with a substantial
staff of research scholars and many visitors from
other academic Institutions in India and from
around the world. It provides a platform for interaction
between Buddhist and non-Buddhist Indian philosophical
schools; between Buddhist and Western Philosophers;
and between Buddhist scholars and scientists.
The
National Assessment and Accredition Council, an
autonomous Council established by the UGC for
assessing the quality and standard of education
of various universities and institutions in India,
accredited CIHTS with 5 Stars which is the highest
grading of the quality assurance after assessing
the academic standard of the Institute by a peer
team of experts sent by NAAC. It is the only university
institution in Varanasi, and one of the two in
the entire of Northern India, to recieve the highest
grading. |
