The Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (SSUS) is one of the pioneering Sanskrit Universities in India in teaching, research and innovations. The University was established in 1993 in Kalady, Kerala. The foundational aims of the University is to impart knowledge in Sanskrit, other Indian and Foreign Languages, Social Sciences and Fine Arts. With 10 faculties abiding to 23 departments and 5 interdisciplinary research centres, the University now offers 8 U.G courses, 24 P.G courses along with their MPhil as well as PhD programmes accompanied by various diploma courses like Ayurveda Panchakarma & International Spa Therapy. The University celebrated its Silver Jubilee year in 2018 through a prolonged set of artistic and scholarly events throughout the year.