CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, September 14, 2012 (Press Release): Claremont Lincoln University and the Indic Foundation are pleased to announce a new collaboration. On Sept. 18, 2012, at 2:30 p.m., officials and guests from each institution will meet in the Haddon Conference Center at Claremont Lincoln University to sign an agreement to establish an accredited graduate program in Hindu Dharma studies at Claremont. The signing ceremony is the culmination of long-term discussions between the Indic Foundation leadership and Claremont Lincoln University. The Indic Foundation joins the Nalanda Confluence Institute (NCI), which signed an agreement with Claremont Lincoln on August 24, 2012, and other funders to establish the new School of Hindu Studies. Future plans call for offering the following degrees and concentrations: MA in Hindu Studies; MA in Hindu Clinical Pastoral Chaplaincy; MA in Hindu Theology/Philosophy; along with concentrations in Hindu Contemplative, Yogic, and Consciousness studies, Applied dharma etc.
Established in 2011, Claremont Lincoln University is an inter-religious graduate school offering accredited degree programs, advanced certificates and custom-designed curricula for leadership that spans multicultural, multi religious, spiritual and secular value systems. The University also serves as the hub of a history-making consortium of professional schools that educate religious leaders in their respective traditions while sharing a common inter religious curriculum.