Diploma in Vasthu Sastra (Duration - 6 months)
Vasthu Academy offers correspondence course in Vasthuvidya under the name and style of Diploma in Vasthu Sastra, with the help of a well defined syllabus. This course is intended to equip the student to teach and practice scientific discipline. The course is conducted under the leadership of Sri Kanippayoor Krishnan Nampoothiripadu and his team of great scholars.

Admission
Application form is available online.

Fees
The student have to pay USD 200 or INR 8000 as course and examination fees. The fees can be paid as Demand Draft by post. Please use the online application form to apply & choose the preferred mode of payment.

Eligibility
Any person who is seriously interested to learn Vasthu Vidya is eligible for admission.

Course
Institution will send study material and clarifications by post every month
Medium of Instruction - Malayalam

Examination and Certificate
There will be an examination at the end of the course and the certificate will be awarded by the academy with the signature of the Dean of the faculty.

Syllabus

Part 1 Theory and Methodology
Origin, History, Theorists and Pioneers....., Modern Engineering and Vasthu Vidya, Vasthu Purusha Concept and Designing, Astrology- An Introduction, Mutuality between Vasthu Vidya and Jyothisham, Contemporary importance of Vasthu Vidya

Part 2 Theory and Practice
Architects- Their types, Learning, Pedagogy and Qualifications, The role of ‘Sthapathi’, Awareness of receiving Architects, Plot and its judgement, Vasthumandala and its analysis, Selection of Plot,Settlement planning according to Vasthu vidya, Astrology and Prasna Sastra- A Modern Approach,Assessment of Planetory position and Horoscope of the owner.

Part 3 Residential Architecture
Dimentional system in Vasthu Vidya, Orientation of the Vasthu, Position of Vasthu and Yoni Principle,Demarcation of Plot (Deva khanda, Manushya Khanda, Asura Khanda and Yama Khanda), Importance of Brahma Nabhi, Brahma Sutra, Yama Sutra etc., Vithi concept, Ashta Varga (8 8), NavaVarga (9 9), Dasa Varga (10 10) Padavinyasa, Construction principles of Eka Sala, Dwi Sala, Tri Sala and Chathu Sala, Position of Walls, Well, Padippura, Mullathara etc.

Part 4 Interior Decoration
Theories of Interior Decoration, Lay out of rooms for different purposes, Lay out of Pooja Room, Bed
Room, Kitchen, Study Room, Dressing Room, Bath Room etc., Application of Sculpture and Painting. 

Part 5 Architecture- The Secular
Village- Town Planning, Construction principles and Interior Decoration of Stage, Office, Common
Halls, Theatres, Industrial Buildings, Shops, Hotel, Shopping Complex etc.

Part 6 Architecture- The Religious 
Consturction of Temples, The Theory Behind the Power of the Temple

Part 7 Ecology and Vasthu
Problems of Eco- Balancing, Methods of Eco- balancing, Green Architecture, Gaia Hypothesis, Bio-Dynamics etc., Holy Trees for Human beings and their Protection