Hostel Life

The College has two hostels - Thiruvalluvar hostel for men and Pandita Ramabai hostel for women. With a view to building up friendships, understanding and helping tendencies among the students. They manage their own mess. Besides this, they will have to see to the cleanliness of the environment. Rules framed for the hostel are aimed to encourage students to grow spiritually.

Sports and Games Programs

Sports and games are available throughout the academic year. Annual Sports Day and Inter-seminary Sports and Games are held every year to build up the spirit of community participation.

Campus Environment

Gurukul is always conscious of the importance of environment, that is, to keep the entire campus clean and healthy and to live in harmony with the creation of God. It is also aware of the importance of students and staff participating in the off-campus ecological programs so as to grow with a sense of responsibility in relation to environment and ecology.

Off-Campus Social Welfare Residence Program

The Off-Campus Social Welfare Residence Programme of the College is being conducted in partnership with the Kodungaiyur Slum Project of SWAP/UELCI and in addition to this students are visiting the Govt. Observation Home at Chennai, India. It is a living-in-experience in urban poverty and is offered to all B.D. students through their weekly visits to the slum. Programmes like free tuition for the under-privileged students, distribution of study materials and house visitations, street play, awareness classes, cleaning, (used) cloth distribution and medical camps were conducted during this academic period.

In addition to this, the Director of Social Defence, Chennai has given permission to students of Gurukul to visit Govt. Observation Home, Chennai - 10, on Saturdays between 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. Each team consists of 10 students, including boys and girls. The purpose of the visit is both instructive and educative in nature. Students help them in healing their wounds by just offering a hand of friendship and being with them. It helps our students to become aware of their problems. In each session, there are group discussions, singing of action songs, skits, story telling, games etc. At the end of each day, food packets are being distributed.

The Concurrent Practical Work

The program enhances students to access congregation-related ministries such as Christian education - Sunday School, Work among Youth and Women, House visits with the pastors, Hospital and Prison visits, involvement in Worship and Preaching during the four-year period of students. The rural and urban exposure program during their September breaks and the Internship program for a period of five months at the end of their second year of study and work in the slums periodically provide ample opportunity to have a guided experience in the work of congregations and other life situations that motivate them to learn and to serve, discover for themselves the meaning of the Gospel, and develop the essential sensitivity, ability and responsibility to lead others.

Internship Program

Internship commences from May to August of every year, where students of third year B.D. class are engaged in an intensive internship program based on the Four-fold ministry of worship, nurture, proclamation and development. The object of this is to train students and challenge congregations towards a holistic ministry of the church.

Student's Exposure to International Ecumenical Challenges

Many international conferences are held at Gurukul where students not only have the privilege of listening to the lectures but also meeting national and international leaders for a dialogue.