· ESTABLISHED IN 1983 AS ONE OF THE FIRST STATUTORY POST-GRADUATE TEACHING AND RESEARCH DEPARTMENTS OF THE MAHATMAGANDHIUNIVERSITY.
· THE FIRST INSTITUTION IN SOUTH INDIA TO OFFER A POST-GRADUATE DEGREE IN POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND POLITICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
· THE FIRST INSTITUTION IN INDIA TO OFFER A POST-GRADUATE DEGREE IN PUBLIC POLICY AND GOVERNANCE.
· A CENTRE THAT OFFERS TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN HUMAN RIGHTS.
· STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL COME FROM BOTH INDIA AND ABROAD.
· COLLABORATION IN STUDENT/ FACULTY EXCHANGE WITH INSTITUTIONS OUTSIDE INDIA.
· TIE-UP/MOU WITH FOREIGN INSTITUTIONS
· SEATS RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS.
· MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY HAVE TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FROM REPUTED UNIVERSITIES IN INDIA AND ABROAD.
· TIME-BOUND INNOVATIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES.
· PUBLICATION OF INDIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND SOUTH ASIAN JOURNAL OF DIPLOMACY.
· PUBLICATION OF OCCASIONAL PAPERS SERIES.
· KPS MENON CHAIR FOR DIPLOMATIC STUDIES