Sameeksha is an initiative of the Kerala Province of the Jesuit Society. Jesuit Society – Society of Jesus, SJ – is an international Religious Order within the Catholic Church. One of the basic orientations of the services of the Jesuit Society is the promotion of a culture of inter-religious harmony. With this orientation the Jesuits of Kerala started Sameeksha in 1987.

Sameeksha offers the following services:

• Facilities for individuals and groups to spend a few days in retreat, seminar or study.
• Meditation courses, seminars and inter-religious dialogue sessions organized occasionally from Sameeksha (mostly in Malayalam).
• Counseling and Life Orientation Programmes for teenagers, either at Sameeksha (Atmamitra) or at various schools / institutions.
• Caring for the migrant labourers (Jeevika)employed in different parts of Kerala.
• Seminars, retreats, programmes of inter-religious dialogue by the Sameeksha staff on request in other places.
• A two-year course in Christian Theology for the laity (Jnanasameeksha). The participants attend intensive courses of three days every month.
• A seminar on “Spirituality beyond religions” in Malayalam on every first Saturday of the month (Dharmasameeksha).
• A guided retreat lasting for 5 days for lay people every month according to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius (Dhyanasameeksha)