The Department of Philosophy, Since its inception in1958, is an important part of the Faculty of Arts. In the beginning it was linked with the Department of Psychology for administrative purposes. The Department of Philosophy as an Independent Department came into existence in1973. Prof. (Dr.) Smt. Lakshmi Saxena was the founder Head of the Department. and under her dynamic Leadership the reputation of the Department as the centre of research and learning spread all over India. Eminent Professors from Hungry, Ottawa, Shanghai etc. visited and delivered lectures in the Department. The Department has made significant contribution in the field of Existentialism, Phenomenology, Wittgenstein, Kant, Vedant, Buddhism, Vivekanand, Gandhi, Aurobindo, Paramahansa Yoganand and different schools of Indian and Western Philosophy as well as in the field of Logic. The Department of Philosophy has been Consistently moving towards excellence under the following Heads of the Department Late Prof. (Smt.) Lakshmi Saxena, Prof Sabhajeet Mishra, Late Prof. M.M. Trivedi, Late Prof. A. K. Singh, Prof. C.P. Srivastav, Prof. D. N. Yadav and Prof. Dwarka Nath, the present Head of the Department.

The Department of Philosophy offers U.G. , P.G. and Ph.D. Courses along with Post Graduate Diploma in Yoga and M.A. in Yoga. Several research scholars are working under the guidance of the present faculty members, out of them many research scholars are U.G.C. and I.C.P.R. fellows.