1. Research Centre for Doctoral level studies
2. Cooperation with the University of Chichester in UK. Co-operation is envisaged in the exchange of professors and students. The Chair and the University of Chichester would jointly conduct symposia, international lecture series etc.
The Chair is a member in the Ecclesiological Investigations Network, initiated by the University of Chichester. 
In view of a meaningful encounter with the environment, culture and ethos of the land and people, the Chair undertakes inculturation and interreligious dialogue as its two specialized areas of study. In cooperation with the Institute of Theology, the Chair conducts a three day International Conference on Inculturation (January 2008). Themes such as Inculturation and theology, Inculturation and its relationship with II Vatican Council teachings, liturgy and music, will be dealt with.
The Interreligious dialogue and its relationship with ecclesiology will be the other topic of specialization. The Chair Dr Paul Pulikkan presented this theme in the Ecclesiological Investigations Ist International Conference in Hawarden, UK, 2007. The new self awareness of the dialogue partners, especially that of Christians, the new commitment towards the building up of the society, the new vision of church’s mission – all these will be studied in depth in this Network.

A new Hall and lecture room for the Chair will be constructed at the University Campus this year.