Our mission is to foster critical thinking and problem-solving skills through the interpretation, analysis, and synthesis of masterpieces, and contemporary works in arts and social sciences to harness the social, ethical, and emotional capacities and dispositions, optimize contemporary-based learning, and the holistic development of all students. We strive to create a strong research culture based on scientific temper and evidence-based thinking, aimed at bringing out the unique capabilities and creativity of each student to transform the department into a vibrant knowledge hub by the virtue of achieving full human potential, contingent, on the pillars of accessibility, equity, quality, affordability, and accountability, aligned with the aspirational goals of the 21st century. We unfailingly promote patriotism, social engagement, continuous professional development, and life-long learning to uphold the values of open, respectful discourse and exchange of ideas from the widest variety of intellectual, religious, class, cultural, and political perspectives imbued with the sense of aesthetics and art.