About Us

Vision

Building the nation and the society through providing comprehensive, integrated and trans-cultural quality education and to be the global front runner country in value education and nurturing talent in which Modernity blends with Tradition to make thought leaders.

Mission

The mission of the institution to impart International Relations through different programmes is to enhance the skills of in-depth and critical analysis of international politics, and become familiar with the latest, cutting-edge research in the discipline. The specialization provides a compact knowledge of the global politico-economic environment recognizing politics, cross-cultural values and ethics as key components. Effective leadership during this new era requires the ability to work across the private, public, non-profit sectors and across different disciplines among varied stakeholders to solve global challenges and crises. It provides knowledge to apply a global mindset to conflict management and peacebuilding while leveraging the tools of the Education 4.0 to help organizations navigate this age of rapid technological advancement.

Core Values

1. Academic Excellence

The core commitment of institution lies with academic excellence in teaching accommodating advanced and modern pedagogies and in learning, research and multidisciplinary scholarship.

2. Research & Innovation

Institution is driven by research and innovation and ensures continuous engagement in the scholarly activities in the pursuit of innovation, creativity and excellence viz., AIIS Weekly, Global Mirror and so on.

3. Accountability & Sense of Responsibility

Institution encourages shared decision-making through a process that rests upon collaborative consultation, open flow of information, diverse involvement and collective deliberations to inculcate accountability and sense of responsibility in all stake holders.

Institution nurtures an environment of mutual respects, appreciation of diverse cultural practices across the world and promotes to interact with and learn about various societies across the globe

4. Service to Humanity and Community Engagement

Institution creates and nurtures an inclusive milieu where everyone can develop their full potential contributing to the interests of the society to initiate and sustain community engagement.

5. Ecosystem Conservation

The Institute is an ardent adherent of 3R policy with respect to ecosystem conservation, that is, reduce, reuse, and recycle. Through active participation in NGOs, students are encouraged to get involved in voluntary cleanup and community-based activities. Likewise, the Institute adheres to conserving water and energy through sustainable usage. The students are also motivated towards benefits of planting trees on World Environment Day. 

Objectives and Functions:

The Amity Institute of International Studies (AIIS) was established with the sole objective of contributing prominently to the existing knowledge domain in the field of International Relations. By introducing the programme even at under-graduate level, AIIS has become the first Institute in India to initiate International Relations at such levels.

Benchmarked with eminent institutions of the country such as Jawaharlal Nehru University, India; New Castle University, Australia; University of Michigan, US; Pondicherry University, India, the courses offered at AIIS are of international standard and thus aim to equip students with trainings to get absorbed in nationally and internationally acclaimed institutions, universities, think tanks and industries. Signing of MoUs with institutions such as National Maritime Foundation (NMF); United Services Institute (USI); Jinan University, China; University of Warsaw, Poland; Plymouth University, UK and others in pipeline has not only enriched our curriculum but has also made our courses more inclusive and diverse in nature.

Purpose
AIIS aims to cultivate future leaders and diplomats in the domains of foreign and public and international studies which entails multi-disciplinarity. By incorporating innovative pedagogy for teaching, research, training, and consulting in the allied fields. The purpose of the institution is to achieve the following, among others:

  1. Offer academic programmes at UG, PG and Doctoral level.
  2. We also offer one-year course of PG Diploma in Peace and Conflict Studies.
  3. To include multi-disciplinarity post the implementation of NEP, AIIS also offers a four-year honours research programme at under-graduate level.
  4. Organise relevant special lectures, round table discussions, seminars, workshops, and conferences.
  5. Organise student-initiated Intra-Model United Nations, IR Dialogues, AIIS Blog, Newsletters (monthly): Parmanu, Public Diplomacy, Samudra Sambandh, South Asia Gazette; AIIS Weekly, Club Activities, Matrix Gaming exercises as part of extra-curricular activities for better understanding of current international phenomenon through profound indulgence by the students.