Prof. A Raghuramaraju
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Education:
- Ph.D. : Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Appointments:
- Principal Investigator, e-Content development for Philosophy subject for e-PG Pathasala of U.G.C. (2014-2016)
- CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2007 for the book Debates in Indian Philosophy, Classical Colonial and Contemporary.
- Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, March-May 1993.
- Advisor, Deleuze Studies in India.
- Commissioned to write a monthly column from October 2019 for the News Paper, The Telegraph, Kolkata.
Visiting Faculty:
- Adjunct Visiting Professor at the Department of Philosophy and Humanities, School of Communication, Manipal University, for two years from 2013 to 2017.
- International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad. (2002-2007 and 2013)
- Centre for Sri Aurobindo Studies, Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, during 21-28 August 2006
- Department of Philosophy, Smith College, Southampton, U S A, during 24-31 October 2009.
- Department of Political Science, Delhi University, Delhi, during 24-31 March 2010.
- Guest Faculty, Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati, from July-December 2017.
- Visiting Faculty, KREA University, Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, February-May 2023.
Editor and Member Editorial Board:
- Member: Journal of World Philosophies, Indian University, Bloomington
- Member Editorial Board: Plurologue: Politics and Philosophy Reviews
- Series Editor for Porugu Nunchi Telugu Loki: Charcha Kosam, Vimarsha Kosam. This series translates one hundred books from other languages into Telugu. The main focus is on the books written on Post-Independent India. This series has already published 40 books since 2010. EMESCO, Vijayawada, publishes this series.
- Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Human Values, Sage Publications.
Member of the Committees:
- Member Advisory Committee: National Library, Kolkata. Ministry Department of Culture, Government of India.
- Committee Member of National Council of Rural Institutes, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Hyderabad.
- Member, Board of Studies, Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, Manipal University, Manipal.
- Member of the Advisory Committee, UGC-SAP, Department of Philosophy, Allahabad University, Allahabad.
- Member of Advisory Committee, UGC-SAP Centre for Gandhian Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam.
- Member, Advisory Committee, Centre for Gandhian Studies, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam.
- Board of Studies, Department of Philosophy, Goa University.
- Member, Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi.
- Member, Academic Audit Committee, Department of Philosophy, Goa University, 2012-2014.
- Member Review committee evaluating, Department of Humanities and Social Science, IISER, Mohali.
- Member, Senate, Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati. (February 2017- January 2018).
- Member, Board of Studies, Department of Philosophy, Bengaluru Central University, Bengaluru.
- Member, Ethics Committee, IISER, Tirupati.
- Member, Board of the School of Education and Humanities, Mizoram University, Mizoram, 20-3-2020 to 19-3-2023.
- Member, Board of Studies, Department of Philosophy and Culture, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University.
- Member, Board of Studies, Dept of Political Science and Public Administration, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa.
- Member, Senate Indian Institute of Science Education Research, Tirupati 1-10-2021 to 30-9-2024.
- Member Board of Studies, Department of Philosophy, Pondicherry University.
- Member, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati during 2020-2022.
Short Story in Telugu:
Vilaasini, Andhra Jyoti, Telugu Weekly, Vol. 24, Vo.22. 10 August 1990, pp.22-23
Book Review in Telugu:
- “Satyanveshana nunchi satyadhikkaram varaku,” review of Sathyanveshana by Chinaveerabhadrudu, Vaartha, 1-6-2003.
- “Kathavimarsha vistrutiki vupakarinche itivrittam,” review of Intivrittam by Gudipati, Vaartha, 1-2-2004
Reference Material:
- Edited, DPOE– 413: ETHICAL THEORIES AND ORGANIZATION for the Post-Graduate Diploma in Professional and Organizational Ethics and Values. Centre for Distance Education, University of Hyderabad.
- “Social Significance of Values,” lesson for the Post-Graduate Diploma in Professional and Organizational Ethics and Values. DPOE – 412, Center for Distance Education, University of Hyderabad.
- “Critique of Economic determinism in Marx: Antonio Gramsci and Louis Althusser '' Module is written for the Paper, Social and Political Philosophy, EPG-phatsala, U.G. C.
- “Metaphysical assumptions of Modernity,” Module is written for the Paper, Metaphysics I, EPG-phatsala, U.G. C.
- “Recent Trends in Indian Metaphysics: Spiritualism and Materialism”, Module is written for the paper Metaphysics 2, EPG-phatsala U. G. C.
Reviewer:
BOOKS
- Oxford University Press, New Delhi, New York.
- Cambridge University Press
- Routledge, New Delhi
- Springer Verlag
- Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
- Orient Black Swan, New Delhi
- Sage Publications, New Delhi
- Continuum International Publications, London
- Peter Lang
- South Asian Press, New Delhi
JOURNALS
- Journal of World Philosophies
- Sophia
- Philosophy East and West
- International Journal of Hindu Studies
- Politics and Religion
- History of Philosophy Quarterly
- Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research
- Sociological Bulletin
- Economic and Political Weekly
- Indian Philosophical Quarterly
- Journal of Human Values
- Studies in Indian Politics
- Journal of Social and Political Philosophy
Newspaper articles and Radio Talks
- “Philosophy of Descartes”, All India Radio, Hyderabad.
- “The Art of Desire in the Writings and Philosophy of Vaddera Chandidas,” All India Radio, Hyderabad, 27-7-2009.
- “Gandhi and Corruption: Beyond Fact and Norm,” in The Hans India, 8-10, 2013.
- “Corruption and The AAP: A Case of Treating Cancer with Paracetamol?” in The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, website, January 11, 2014.
- “The relation between Gandhi and Common people,” Prajavani, Kannada News Paper, 26-1-2014
- “Vivekananda and the Other,” DNA, 4th March 2014.
- “The Recognition and Identification,” TRAI, SynTalk discussion on 11-10-2015.
- “Interview” by Richard Marshall, for 3: Am Magazine, Ramchandra Gandhi and Contemporary Indian Philosophy, 24-2-2018.
- Interviewed Professor Rajmohan Gandhi for Telugu Daily, Saakshi, titled, “Idi Pedalanu Pattinchukoni Prajaswamyam,” 1-1-2019.
- “From no-Violence to Non-Violence: Understanding Gandhi, A Different Format,” The Telegraph, 4-10-2019.
- “Poetry of politics India’s independence movement displays aspects of epic realism,” The Telegraph, 4-11-2019.
- “A Weary of modernity: The rise of non-reason,” The Telegraph, 2-12-2019.
- “ Tinted Codes: Colours and Movement in Modern India,” The Telegraph, 6-1-2020.
- “Bringing light: Politics and the interpretation of texts,” The Telegraph, 3-2-2020.
- “Odd Relationship: An Approach through Ethics to Understand Indian Society,” The Telegraph, 2-3-2020.
- “Three Options: A Medical Emergency and the Need to help the Underprivileged,” The Telegraph, 6-4-2020.
- “Inner Tension: What is Modern about Renaissance Art?” The Telegraph, 4-5-2020.
- “A Perfect Frame: Picturing Language Pluralism in India,” The Telegraph, 8-6-2020.
- “And over Or: The Relationship between Science and Religion,” The Telegraph, 6-7-2020.
- Fact and Fiction: The Truth about Liberalism,” The Telegraph, 3-8-2020.
- “Meaningful Reliance: The Philosophy of Atmanirbhar Bharath Merits Scrutiny,” The Telegraph, 14-09-2020.
- “Ancient Wisdom: Mythology can provide insights into troubled human ties,” The Telegraph, 5-10-2020.
- “Courageous Thinking: The Relationship between Freedom and Development,” The Telegraph, 9-11-2020.
- “The Golden Years: The Experiences of the Elderly are an Asset and not a Burden,” The Telegraph, 7-12-2020.
- “Turning the Tables: The Other Side of Orientalism,” The Telegraph, 4-1-2021.
- “Dream Collaborators: Iconic Relationships were at the Heart of the National Movement,” The Telegraph, 8-2-2021.
- “Reassessing Ideas: The Pandemic, the Self and the Other,” The Telegraph, 15-3-2021.
- “Different Departures: Descartes and Ambedkar’s Roads to Modernity,” The Telegraph, 5-4-2021.
- “A Fine Balance: Agricultural Reform is necessary as is Farmers Agency,”
- The Telegraph, 10-5-2021.
- “Memories Lost: Inferences from the past could have helped tackle the Second Wave,” The Telegraph, 7-6-2021.
- “The Key Element,” The Telegraph, 5-7-2021.
- “The Rousing Text: The Bhagavad Gita and the Indian National Movement,” The Telegraph, 2-8-2021.
- “Special Bonds: Remembering some teachers and their students,” The Telegraph, 14-9-2021.
- “Hybrid Model: Modernizing Indian would require Data on Premodern,” The Telegraph, 11-10-2021.
- “Modern Masterpiece,” The Telegraph, 15-11-2021.
- “A Second Look,” The Telegraph, 13-12-2021.
- “Cerebral Minds: Reversal as Restatement often Adds Something New,” The Telegraph, 10-1-2022.
- “Inner Voice: Internal Criticism as a moral virtue,” The Telegraph, 14-2-2022.
- “The Relevance of Badarayana: Original Compiler,: The Telegraph, 14-3-2022.
- “Deceptive Dance: The aesthetics of the ‘item number’” The Telegraph, 11-4-2022
- “Diverse Voices: Upanishads’ Women and Non-Brahmins,” The Telegraph, 16-5-2022.
- “Fresh Perspective: An Empirical Critique of Development is not enough,” The Telegraph, 13-6-2022.
- “Robust Bridge: A Philosopher’s Contribution to Harmony,” The Telegraph, 11-7-2022.
- “Treasure Trove: A Policy on Unpublished Manuscripts is necessary”
- The Telegraph, 15-8-2022.
- “ Second Look: Reappraising Independence and its Promises,” The Telegraph, 12-9-2022.
- “Lost Childhood: What Indian Parents can Learn from Citizen Cane,” The Telegraph, 16-10-2022.
- “Bearers of Light: The Ingenuity of India’s Social Reformers,” The Telegraph. 14-11-2022.
- “Tools of Wisdom: Revisiting Tilak’s Interpretation of the Gita,” The Telegraph, 12-12-2022.
- “Context is Key: India is Premodern Plural Society,” The Telegraph, 9-1-2023.
- “Unique Position: India’s Non-Alignment is rooted in the Non-Binary,”
- The Telegraph, 13-2-2023.
- “Profound Potential: ChatGPT and the Future of Human Society,” The Telegraph, 13-3-2023.
- “New Dimension: Probing the Intention of Politicians Can Enrich Democracy,” The Telegraph, 10-4-2023.
- “Stay Apolitical: Business Lessons from the East India Company,” The Telegraph, 15-5-2023.
- “Macaulay’s Trap: Reinterpreting Minutes on Indian Education,” The Telegraph, 12-6-2023.
- “Faith, Family and Freedom in American Life: New Possibilities,” The Telegraph, 10-7-2023.
- “Spirit of Enquiry: Reassessing the Past for the Future of the Nation,” The Telegraph, 14-8-2023.
- “How it all began: Scientific exploration must shun commerce,” The Telegraph, 11-9-2023
Lectures delivered
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- “The Project of Rationality and the Discipline of Social Sciences,”;
- “Utilitarianism and Positivism in Social Sciences”; and
- “Objectivism, Relativism and Pluralism,”
- delivered in a Social Sciences Workshop organised by TMAM Research and Orientation Centre, at Kottayam, from 3-7 November 1997.
- Panellist on “Secularism, Islam and Modernity,” organised by The Forum for Modern Thought, Hyderabad, on 7-7-2001.
- “Relation between religion and politics” is delivered at the National Institute of Advanced Study, Bangalore, 29 April
- “From quality to quality via quantity: Aristotle, Bentham and Amartya Sen,” Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar, on 2nd March
- Three lectures at the National Institute of Advanced Study, Bangalore, from 20-22 June
- Three lectures at Centre for Sri Aurobindo Studies, Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, during August:
- Dissolving the differences in Contemporary Indian Philosophy;
- The relation between Science and Spiritualism, and
- Krishna Chandra Bhattacharyya’s critique of Sri
- Keynote Address at the launch of the book Essays in the Philosophy of Kant, organised by Goethe Institute/Max Mueller Bhavan, Chennai, on
- Three lectures at the National Institute of Advanced Study, Bangalore, from 18-30 June
- “Internal Criticism in Contemporary Indian Philosophy,” Department of HSS, IIT, Mumbai, on July 1,
- Two lectures on “The state of contemporary Indian Philosophy” at the Department of Philosophy, Pondicherry University, during 6-7 March
- Three lectures at National Institute of Advanced Study, Banglore, on Modernity and Indian Social Sciences, June 18-19, 2008.
- Three lectures on the critique of Indian Social sciences at an ICSSR workshop on Philosophy for Social Sciences at the University of Bombay, Mumbai, 24-25 January 2009.
- Three lectures at the National Institute of Advanced Study, Banglore, on Critique of Modernity, during June 17-19,
- Keynote address: Inauguration of School of Renaissance Studies, Sri Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala on 16th September
- Presidential Seminar: Visiting Professor Scheme of Smith College, USA, titled, “Critical Discourses on Modern India: A case of Swami Vivekananda, October 29, 2009.
- “Practice of Philosophy in India,” at Department of Philosophy, Smith College USA, October 27, 2009.
- “Internal Criticism in Indian Philosophy,” at Centre of Philosophy,
- Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, January 28, 2010.
- “Internal Criticism in the Democracies outside the West,” Department of Philosophy, Allahabad University, Allahabad, 17th February 2010.
- “Reading Rajas and Tamas,” at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, February 5,
- 20 Four Lectures in the Fifth Summer School, “Philosophy for the Social Sciences and Humanities” Theme: The Idea of Justice)1st-8th July 2010 at Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities (MCPH), Manipal University.
- “Philosophy and Film” at Rama Naidu Film School, Hyderabad, 23-07-
- Keynote address in a Three-day National Seminar on Citizenship, Nationality and Globalization from 16th to 18th September 2010, sponsored by the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi at Dravidian University,
- Panellist for the Panel Discussion on Gandhi and Films, being organised by the Sarvodaya International Trust, the Andhra Pradesh Chapter, Hyderabad, on the 23rd of September 2010
- Panellist on the book discussion on “Flaming Feet” by D.R. Nagaraj, organised by Samskruti Trust, Bangalore, on September 26th, 2010.
- Keynote address on the Relevance of Gandhi at Gandhian Studies Centre,
- Andhra University, Visakhapatnam on 02-10-2010
- Released the book Makers of Modern India by Ramachandra Guha at Landmark in Hyderabad on the 21st of December
- Reading Modernity for Social Theory in India on 10-01-2011 at Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, Manipal
- Four lectures at the Department of Political Science, Delhi University, during March 24-31, 2-11. “Critical Evaluation of the concept of the majority”; ii. “Evaluating secularism in the Indian context; iii. Reexamining the relation between power and knowledge”; and iv. “Reading contemporary Indian thinkers”.
- Two lectures in Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, from 13-15th July 2011, in their sixth Summer course on Banality of Evil:
- Relation between Father and Son: Mahatma Gandhi and Harilal
- The relation between evil and
- Participated in the Round Table on Academic Publishing on 25-11-2011 at the University of Hyderabad.
- Two lectures: “Rawls Theory of Justice,’ and “The Influence of Swami Vivekananda on American Mind,” at Osmania University Centre for International Programme, on 10th July
- Chaired five sessions on public debates on contemporary issues organised by Hyderabad Book Fair during 17-21 December
- “The Relevance of Gandhiji,” at Pinakini Satyagraha Ashram, at Nellore, on 30-1-2013.
- “Philosophy of Gandhi,” in a Seminar on Gandhi: A Debate, jointly organised by Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla and Dastakar Andhra, during 7-9th March 2013, at
- “The Contribution of Vaddera Chandidas to Philosophy,” at Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar, on 23ed March
- “The complex relation between Buddhism and Hinduism,” at the Department of Mahayana Buddhism, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar, on 23ed March
- Inaugural address at “Teaching Philosophy to School Students,” U.G. C sponsored seminar on Teaching Philosophy to School Level, organised by Department of Philosophy, Goa University, Goa, on 19-4-2013.
- Inaugurated Photo Exhibition during Ninasam Cultural Course October 2013, on 12th October 2013, at Heggodu,
- Context, Text, and Context, at Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, Manipal University, Manipal on 18th October 2013.
- “What possibly can be inside Humanities within IIT BHU,” at the inaugural session of the Brainstorming Workshop on Humanities, organised by IIT, BHU, during 25-27the October
- Chaired and coordinated the working group on Philosophy in the Brainstorming workshop on Humanities, organised by IIT, BHU, during 25-27the October 2013.
- “The legacy of Mahatma Gandhi,” at Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, Hyderabad, on 7th July
- “The legacy of Mahatma Gandhi,” at Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, Hyderabad, on 5th August
- “Self in Modernity,” Department of Philosophy, Goa University, Goa, 19th August
- “Philosophy behind Gandhi and Ambedkar,” at Centre for Political Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, on 3ed September 2014.
- “Democracy and Mahatma Gandhi,” at Gujarat Central University, on 27th September
- “The legacy of Mahatma Gandhi,” at Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, Hyderabad, on 7th October
- “The State of Philosophy in India-1,” in Philosophy Teachers Meet, organised by Centre for Mahayana Buddhist Studies, Acharya Nagarjuna University, sponsored by ICPR, 15-18th November 2014.
- “The State of Philosophy in India-2,” in Philosophy Teachers Meet, organised by Centre for Mahayana Buddhist Studies
- Acharya Nagarjuna University, sponsored by ICPR, from 15-18th November 2014.
- “The legacy of Mahatma Gandhi,” at Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, Hyderabad, on 19th November
- “Philosophical critique of Indian Social Sciences,” ICPR sponsored World Philosophy Day 2014, at the Department of Philosophy, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala, 17th December
- Conducted a two-day workshop on ‘Theorizing India’ during 6-7 t h M a r c h, 2 0 1 5 ) at Nirma University and delivered the following lectures:
- Present to the Past: Debates in Indian
- Text in Indian Philosophy: Enduring
- Philosophy and Social Sciences: Modernity in Indian Social
- Hindutva Politics’.
- Debating Gandhi and
- “Social variance and methodological invariance in Indian social sciences,” at Research Methodology Course in Social Sciences,” organised by Indian Council of Social Science Research, Southern Regional Centre, Hyderabad, in 20-09-2015.
- Conducted a workshop on “Viability of Philosophy Festival and Reading a Philosophical Texts,” at Centre for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 13th October
- “Excavating the problem of Non-Being,” Centre for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 14th October 2015.
- Conducted a workshop on “Rereading Rousseau’s Social Contract” at the Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai, on 26th January
- Delivered 5th Professor K. Sachidananda Murty Memorial Lecture on 30-1-2016 at Acharya Nagarjuna University,
- Delivered three lectures in an ICPR-sponsored National Workshop on “Initiating Dialogical Encounters: Contemporary Western Episteme and Indian Philosophy” at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur during 8-12 February
- Knowledge and Power: Bacon, Foucault and Apoha's theory of Knowledge;
- Problem of Non-Being: Upanishad, Bergson, Deleuze and Vaddera Chandidas; and
- The relation between Slavery and Svaraj: Rousseau, Hegel and Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya.
- Delivered two sets of lectures of 3 hours duration on 26 and 27th February 2016 to students on “Self that is slavery’s attempt to attain Svaraj” at Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts, Pune.
- Delivered a talk on “Interrogating the debate between Gurudev Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi” in the series, Between the Lines: Interpreting India, at Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts, Pune on 27-2-2016.
- Delivered a talk in Telugu on “The Relation between Philosophy and Literature in Vaddera Chandidas” at Tirupati Book Festival, Tirupati, on 23-10-2016.
- Delivered a talk in Telugu in the panel discussion on “Inclusive Development” at Vijayawada Book Festival on 5-1-2017.
- Delivered a talk on “Writing India,” a workshop on Research Methodology, at the Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad, on 27-1-2017.
- Delivered three talks on “Philosophy and Society,” “Ethics and Society,” and “Modern Indian Thought” at the workshop on Philosophy and Social Action at Ninasam, Heggodu, during 24-26 March
- Delivered a talk on “Two forms of the Word, the Spoken and Written: Derrida, Pre-Platonic Writing West and Speaking India,” at the Department of Philosophy, Delhi University, on 24th April
- Delivered a talk on “Reterritorializing major/minor literature and cinema” at the Department of Political Science, Delhi University, on 26th April
- Chaired a talk by Venerable Tenzing Priyadarsi on “Re-Imagining Ethics in a World of Rapid Development” at India International Centre, Goa, on 7th May
- Delivered Valedictory Address on “The 'real' and the 'transcendence': Not accepting what we see and accepting what we do not see” in the Theory Praxis workshop conducted but Forum For Contemporary Thought, organised by English and Foreign Language University, Hyderabad on 29-7-2017.
- Talk delivered on “Metaphysical assumption of Modernity and its reception in India,” at Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad on 13-9-2017.
- Chaired an Alladi Memorial talk by Professor Gopal Krishna Gandhi on “The Literary styles of M. K. Gandhi and C. Rajagopalachari,” jointly organised by Alladi Memorial Trust and Centre for Human Rights, University of Hyderabad, on Thursday, 05 October 2017, at 3.00 m.
- Lecture on “Bending Western Philosophy for India: Deleuze and Guattari and Gandhi,” at Centre for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, on 1st November
- Four lectures delivered in a day-long workshop on Ethics and Politics in the Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad on 11-11-2017:
- To know is to do;
- Deontology and Teleology;
- Is-Ought question; and 4. Mahatma Gandhi’s interpretation of the Bhagavad Gita.
- Expert Lecture on “Indian Philosophy: Contributions to and Contestations with the Western Philosophy,” at School of Liberal Studies, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhi Nagar, on 13-11-2017.
- Expert lecture on “From Imperialism to Independence: The Making of Mahatma,” at Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati, on 15th November
- Lecture on “Writing India,” in Academic Writing Workshop, during 5-9 February 2018, at the Department of Sociology, University of
- Talk on “The Impact of Heliocentric View on the Rise of Anthropocentric View in Humanities,” at Colloquium at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati on 9-2-2018.
- Talk on “From No Violence to Non-Violence: India’s appropriate answer to a unique question set by British Colonialism,” at MINDAS, Osaka, Japan, on 6-3-2018.
- Valedictory address on the “ State of Philosophy in India Today,” in a two-day national seminar on “ Philosophy: The Eternal Awakener of Humanity,” organised by the Department of Philosophy, Osmania University, as part of their Centenary Celebrations, on 29-3-2018.
- Delivered D. Rama Kotaiah Endowment Lecture on “From No-Violence to Non-Violence: Mahatma Gandhi’s interpretation of Bhagavad Gita,” at Acharya Nagarjuna University, on 10-4-2018.
- Delivered a talk on “The Relevance of Gandhian Ideals Today” at Amaravathi Institute of Social Science, Guntur, on 14 August
- Delivered a talk on the “Relevance of Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri” at Sri Aurobindo Society, Tirupati, on 15-08-2018.
- Chaired a session in an International workshop on Egalitarianism, Hierarchy and Global Intellectual Labour Beyond the West, jointly organised by the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru and the University of Bergen, Norway, in collaboration with European Research Council, at NIAS, Bengaluru, during 17th to 20th September
- Lecture on “Rereading Rousseau’s The Social Contract” at the Six-day Faculty Development Program on Teaching Methodologies in Philosophy Teaching Learning Centre of Ramanujan College, the University of Delhi on 3ed November 2018.
- Lecture on “Revisiting Explorers in Upanishad, Badarayana the Compiler and Goudapada, the Comparative philosopher,” at Six-day Faculty Development Program on Teaching Methodologies in Philosophy Teaching Learning Centre of Ramanujan College, the University of Delhi on 3ed November 2018.
- Delivered a talk on “Reexamining the Genealogy of Classical Indian Philosophy” at The Centre for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, on 5th November
- Delivered a Special Lecture on “Manage an Enigmatic India” in the Valedictory Function at a one-day International Conference on Essential Management in the Age of Disruption, organised by the Department of Management Studies, S. University, Tirupati, on 19-1-2019.
- Delivered a talk on “Science and Spirituality: The Transition Context” in a two-day Regional Conference on Towards Peace, Harmony, Happiness: Transition to Transformation, organised by the Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, during 22-23 March
- “Contemporary Debates in Indian Philosophy,” at School of Philosophy, Linguistics and Science Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel, on June 4th
- “Calibrating Western Philosophy for India,” at School of Philosophy, Linguistics and Science Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel, on June 5th
- “On the relation between personal and professional,” in the Orientation Program for Teachers, at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Tirupati, on 11th June 2019.
- “Minor and Major Literature: Reading Kafka,” in the Department of English, Sri Padmavati Mahila Vishvavidhyalama, Tirupati on 6th September 2019
- “On the relation between Student and Teacher,” at the Orientation
- Programme, organised by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, S. V. University on 23-9-2019.
- “How to Review a Book,” at the Orientation Programme, organised by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, S. University on 23-9-2019.
- “The making of Mahatma,” in Refresher Course for College Teachers conducted by Academic Staff College, S. University Tirupati on 26th December 2019.
- “Delivered Valedictory Address” at Tirupati Book Festival organised by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Tirupati Kendra, on 9-2-2020.
- Chaired the First Session in an online International conference on “The Philosophy of Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya,” organised by the Department of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University, Israel, on 4-6-2020.
- Zoom Conference, 4 June 2020
- Delivered a Web Talk on “And over Or: The Relationship between Science and Religion” to BITS Hyderabad on 17-7-2020.
- Delivered Web Talk on “The Emerging Trends in Indian Political Philosophy,” organised by College of Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati, on 5-8-2020.
- Delivered Web Talk on “Mahatma Gandhi’s Engagement with the Other,” 22-09-2020, Indian Cultural Centre, High Commission of India. Male, Maldives.
- Delivered an online talk on “Enquiry in Upanishads, compilation in Badarayana and comparison in Gaudapada” 2nd Refresher Course in Philosophy, organised by HRDC-JNU: 12-10-2020.
- Delivered an online talk on “The relationship between Ethical theories and Social Practices” at the AICT Two Week Faculty Development Programme on Professional Morals, Work Ethics and Accountability for Teachers in Technical Education, organised by VRS Engineering College Vijayawada, on 19-10-2020.
- Delivered an online talk on “The Relationship between Utility and Professional Practices” at the AICT Two week Faculty Development Programme on Professional Morals, Work Ethics and Accountability for Teachers in Technical Education, organised by VRS Engineering College Vijayawada, on 26-10-2020.
- Delivered an online talk on “Revisiting Author and Writers from Indian National Movement: A Case Study of Mahatma Gandhi’s Radical Interpretation of Bhagavad Gita,” organised by the Bengaluru Historians Society on 31st October
- Delivered an Online “Revisiting the Lively Activities in Indian Philosophy,” Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Memorial Lecture, organised by the Department of Philosophy, Kamala Nehru College, the University of Delhi on 10th November
- Delivered an Online talk on ‘The Relationship between teacher and a student in an engineering education,” AICTE sponsored Faculty Development Program, organised by JNTU College of Engineering, Anantapur, 14-12-2020.
- Delivered an Online talk on “Cooperative Learning,” AICTE sponsored Faculty Development Program, organised by JNTU College of Engineering, Anantapur, 16-12-2020.
- Delivered an online talk on “Classical Indian texts in modern philosophy: Bhagavad Gita, in a Two Weeks Refresher Course on India Studies: Thinking Through India: Intellectual Traditions in India Contemporary Challenges, organised by UGC Human Resource Development Centre, Panjab University, on 8-2-2021.
- Delivered an online talk on “Classical Indian themes in modern philosophy: Bhagavad Gita” in a Two Weeks Refresher Course on India Studies: Thinking Through India: Intellectual Traditions in India Contemporary Challenges, organised by UGC Human Resource Development Centre, Panjab University, on 9-2-2021.
- Delivered an Online talk on “The Mahabharata in Indian National Movement: The Radical Interpretation of Bhagavad Gita by Mahatma Gandhi,” organised by the International Institute of Indic Studies, University of Latvia, on 20-3-2021.
- Delivered an Online Talk on “Enquiry in Upanishad, Compilation in Badarayana and Comparison in Gaudapada” in a One Week Online Faculty Development Program on Philosophical Methodologies in Higher Education: Research and Teaching, organised by Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, on 23-3-2021.
- Delivered an Online Talk on “Deleuze and Guattari for India: Relooking at the relationship between literature and politics in the West and India” in a One Week Online Faculty Development Program on Philosophical Methodologies in Higher Education: Research and Teaching, organised by Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, on 24-3-2021.
- “Gurdev Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi,” Webinar organised by Probhodha Trust, Kochi, Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan, Wardha and Centre for Gandhian Studies, Central University of Kerala, on 14-05-2021.
- “Rousseau and the institution of old age home,” an online talk organised by the School of Philosophy, Gangadhar Meher University, Sambalpur, Odisha, on 27-05-2021.
- “Making of the Nation: Lessons from the Recent Past,” a webinar organised by Sri Vidyaniketan Institute of Management, Tirupati, on 18-6-2021.
- Chaired a Distinguished Gandhi Lecture on “Indian Ideas of Freedom,” by Dennis Dalton, organised by Zakir Husain Delhi College of Delhi University, via Webinar on 28-7-2021.
- “Indian Philosophy Today: Reclaiming, Critiquing, Describing and Evaluating,” Keynote Address Delivered in a webinar on Indian Philosophy Today: An Appraisal, organised by Department of Philosophy, Delhi University, 30-7-2021.
- “Enlightenment and Woman: M. Okin’s Critique of Kant,” webinar organised by Department of Philosophy, Hindu College Delhi,6-8-2021.
- “Hermeneutics outside the Academic Institutions in Modern India: Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi on Gita,” Webinar organised by Department of English and Cultural Studies, Punjab University Chandigarh, 31-8-2021,
- “Making of the Mahatma: Revisiting the relationship between Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi,” Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, MCHV Special Lecture Webinar, 5-11-2021.
- 120 Chaired the first plenary of the 5th International Annual Conference on “Deleuze and Guattari studies Indian Conference, 11 November 2021, webinar.
- Delivered a webinar on “Way Forward” in the Concluding session of the 5th International Annual Conference on “Deleuze and Guattari Studies Indian Conference on 11 November
- Delivered the 44th Lecture of the Visva-Bharati Lecture Series on "The Relationship between a Teacher and a Student: Understanding Guru Dev Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi" via Zoom, organised by Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, on 30-11-2021 at 4 pm,
- Delivered a webinar on “Problematising two aspects in critical thinking: The thought that is criticised and the thinker criticising,” organised by Pandu College, Guwahati, on 15-12-2021.
- Online Lecture on “Uses of Tradition by Modern Indian Thinkers,” in the Refresher Course organised by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre,
- V. University, Tirupati on 20-12-2021.
- Offline lecture on “The Setting Question paper and evaluating Answers for Relative Grading,” in a Faculty Development Programme, Department of Management, Sri Vidyaniketan, Tirupati on 24-12-2021.
- Two Online Lectures on
- Revisiting classical Indian philosophy;
- Use of the past by the
- in a Refresher Course in Indian Folklore, Culture and Traditions (IMD) organised by DU Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education (CPDHE), UGC-HRDC, the University of Delhi on 28-12-2021.
- Online Lecture on “Non-Being and Permanence in Indian and Western Philosophies,” 11-1-2022, in 3ed Refresher Course in Philosophy, organised by HRDC JNU, New Delhi.
- Online Lecture on “Calibrating Western Philosophy for India,” in Research Methodology Course for Doctoral Students, organised by NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, on 4-3-2022.
- Online Lecture on “Why Indian Modernities Turn Towards the Past,” in a Refresher Course on Locating the Contours of Indian Modernities: Challenges and Possibilities,” on 19-3-2022, organised by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Panjab University,
- Conducted along with Dr Bharath Kumar GIAN course on “The Advaita Vedanta Tradition and the Possibilities for a Hindu Theology of Liberation,” from 25-29th April 2022, at the Indian Institute of Technology
- “Mahatma Gandhi on Truth and Non-Violence,” online talk to Sarvodaya International Truth (Telangana and Andhra Pradesh) on 19-8-2022.
- “Unprecedented Nature of the Entry of the East India Company into India and Unique Exit by the Indian National Movement,” Institute Colloquium at Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research Tirupati on 24-8-2022.
- “Alternative formula of Nationalism: Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi's interpretation of Bhagavad Gita”, an online Inaugural talk in an ICPR-sponsored Study Circle Programme of the Department of Philosophy, University of North Bengal, on the themes Ethics and Politics, on 24-9-2022.
- “Relevance of Gandhi today,” at the Amaravati Institute of Social Sciences, Guntur, 2-10-2022.
- “Other as an Enabler: The Relationship between the Self and the Other in Modern Indian Philosophy,” Karl H Potter Memorial Lecture Series in Philosophy On the Problem of the ‘Other Minds’ II organised by Department of Humanities and Social Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, on 6-10-2022.
- “Taking the present seriously: Visiting the writings of Indian National Movement Leaders,” Online Colloquium organised by Sai University, Chennai, on 3-11-2022.
- Chaired a session at an International Conference on “Revisiting Social Theory: Challenges and Possibilities,” organised by the Department of Sociology, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong from 16th to 17th November 2022.
- “Philosophy of Research: Doing Research in India,” in a workshop on Research Methodology organised by NALSAR Law University, Hyderabad from 26th February to 6th March
- “The Predicament and Challenges of Recalling the Past in the Indian National Movement,” organised by the Department of Philosophy, Ashoka University, Sonipat, 17-3-2023.
- “Textual Criticism,” in a Refresher course on Telugu, organised by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Osmania University, Hyderabad on 12-7-2023.
Teaching and Research:
- Indian Philosophy
- Political Philosophy
Projects:
- Consultant to Fetzer Institute, Michigan, USA, in their project on “Thirta Yatra: The Pilgrimage", A Hindu Sacred Story
BOOKS:
- Existence, Experience and Ethics, editor. D.K. Print World Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 2000.
- Debates in Indian Philosophy: Classical, Colonial and Contemporary, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, New York, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014. CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2007.
- Debating Gandhi: A Reader, editor. Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014.
- Enduring Colonialism: Classical Presences and Modern Absences in India Philosophy, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2009, 2011.
- Grounding Morality: Freedom, Knowledge and Plurality of Cultures, eds., with Jyotirmaya Sharma, Routledge, New Delhi, 2010.
- Modernity in Indian Social Theory, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2011, 2012, 2015.
- Ramchandra Gandhi: The Man and his Philosophy, editor. Routledge, New Delhi, 2013
- Philosophy and India: Ancestors, Outsiders and Predecessors, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Debating Vivekananda: A Reader, editor, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2014.
- Seven Sages: Selected Essays of Ramchandra Gandhi, editor, Penguin, New Delhi, 2015.
- Modern Frames and Premodern Themes in Indian Philosophy: Border, Self and Other, Routledge, London and New Delhi, 2017.
- Desire and Liberation: Biography of a Text by Vaddera Chandidas, editor with an introduction, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Calibrating Western Philosophy for India: Rousseau, Derrida, Deleuze, Guattari and Vaddera Chandidas, Routledge, London and New Delhi, 2019.
- Ramchandra Gandhi: Talks and Writings, Orient BlackSwan, Hyderabad, 2020.
- Maidanam Lotulloki; Postmodern; Parisheelana. Vijayawada: Emesco Publications, 2003, 2011, in Telugu.
- Vaddera Chandidas; Dharsanamu; Sahityamu, Vijayawada; Emesco Publications, 2019, in Telugu.
JOURNALS
- “Popper’s `Closed Society’ Reconsidered,” with S.A. Shaida, Indian Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. XIV, No, 4, October- December 1987, pp. 431-446.
- “Problematising Nationalism,” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol, XXVIII, Nos. 27-28, July 3-10, 1993, Pp. 1433-1438.
- “A Note on Critique and Alternative in Alasdair MacIntyre,” Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, Vol. XII, No. 2, January-April 1995, Pp. 128-136.
- “Objectivism, Relativism, Pluralism: Notes on the Study of Communities and Communalism,” Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, special issue, Discourse and Truth, edited by Javeed Alam, Vol. II, Vo, 2 Winter 1995, Pp. 217-227.
- “Of Thinking Machines and the Centered Self” AI & Society: Journal of Human-centred Systems and Machine Intelligence, Springer and Verlag, London.9: 1995, pp. 184-192.
- “Secularism and Time,” Social Scientist, Vol. 29, Nos. 11-12, Nov- December. 2000. Pp. 20-39
- “Mapping novelty and repetition in creativity,” Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, special issue on “Philosophical Traditions in the Indian Languages,” 2002, Pp. 235-246.
- “Entries into the Family” Families: A Journal of Representations, Vol. 1, No. 2. February 2003.
- “Gandhi and Gujarat” Seminar, 522, February 2003. Pp. 93-4.
- “Self-Experience of Birth: Abortion Debate Revisited,” Summer Hill IIAS Review, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, vol. X. Nos. 1-2, 2004, pp.28-34.
- “Internal project of modernity and post-colonialism,” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XL, No. 39, September 24-30, 2005, pp.4214-4218.
- “Rethinking the West” Third Text, Vol. 19, Issue 6, November 2005, pp.595-598. Earlier published as “West,” in The Future of Knowledge and Culture: A Dictionary for the 21st Century, eds. Vinay Lal and Ashis Nandy, Penguin Viking, New Delhi, pp. 347-352. Reprinted in Documenta Magazine 12 and Arte & Ensaios, July 2009, it is translated into Spanish and published in the June 2009 issue of Criterios: International Journal of Theory of Literature, arts and Culture.
- “Pre of Art in Modern India,” Third Text, 100 Special Issue, Vol. 23, Issue 5, September 2009 pp. 617-624.
- “Internal Criticism in the Democracies outside the West,” Alternatives, Vol. 34, No. 3, July-Sept. 2009, pp.339-358.
- “Problematising Lived Dalit Experience,” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XLV. No. 29, July 17-23. 2010, pp. 162-167.
- “Buddhism in Indian Philosophy,” India International Centre Quarterly, Winter 2013, Spring 2014, vol. 40, Nos. 3 & 4, 65-85.
- “Universal Self, Equality and Hierarchy in Swami Vivekananda,” Indian Economic and Social History Review, 52, 2, 2015, 1-21.
- “Debates as a Methodology of Knowledge Production in Pre-Modern India,” Indian Journal of History of Science, Vol. 51, No. 1, March 2016, pp. 97-104. 19.
- “Consolidation before Expansion: Revisiting Cross-Cultural Philosophy,” in Journal of World Philosophies, 2, summer 2017, 130-34.
- “Two forms of the word, the spoken and written: Derrida, Pre-Platonic writing West and Speaking India,” esocialscience journal, IKF (IRIS Knowledge Foundation) Mumbai, March 2017.
- “Excavating the Relation between Non-Being and Permanence in the Vedas, Upanishads, Bergson, Deleuze and Vaddera Chandidas,” Deleuze and Guattari Studies, 12.1, 2018, Pp. 66-83.
- “Bending Deleuze and Guattari for India: Re-Examining the Relation Between Art and Politics in Europe and India,” Sophia, Vol. 57, No. 3, September 2018, pp. 475-487.
Papers in Edited Volumes
- “The Project of Rationality and the Discipline of Social Sciences,” in Facets of Rationality, editors, Daniel Andler, Parthasarathy Banerjee, Mahasweta Chaudhury, Olivier Guillaume, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 1995, Pp. 131-140.
- “Gandhian Discourse in a Context and a Reformulate Critique of Modernity,” in Gandhi: And the Present Global Crisis, edited by Ramashray Roy, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. 1996. Pp. 45-55.
- “Perspectives on the Relation between Religion and Politics: St. Augustine,D. Savarkar, and Mahatma Gandhi,” in Mahatma Gandhi and Communal Harmony, ed. by Asghar Ali Engineer, Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi, 1997.
- “The (Dark) Womb of Rights: An Exploration in Political Gynecology,” in Existence, Experience and Ethics, edited by A. Raghuramaraju, D.K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 2000.
- “Rallying around the question, ‘who owns India?’” Contributions Towards an Agenda for India, edited by Samir Banerjee and Sanjeev Ghotge, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 2001. Pp. 169-179.
- “Religion and Modern Thinkers,” Kannada Vishvavidyalaya Vishwakosha: 3, Dharma, Kannada University, Hampi, pp. 49-54, 2001.
- “Abortion: Ethical and Bio-ethical Issues,” in Social Relevance of Philosophy, ed. P. George Victor, D.K. Printworld, Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 2002.
- “Savarkar and Gandhi: Politicizing religion vs spiritualising politics,” in Communalism, Civil Society and the State, eds. K.N. Panikkar and Sukumar Muralidharan, New Delhi: Sahmat, 2002. Pp. 123-129.
- “Reordered Polygyny and Retained Patriarchy: Recurrent Themes in Popular Telugu Cinema,” in Film and Philosophy, ed. K. Gopinathan, Publication Division, University of Calicut, Calicut, 2003, Pp. 171-191.
- “Trespassing the binary between tradition and modernity,” in Writing the West, ed. C. Vijayasree, Sahitya Academi, New Delhi, 2004, pp. 109-128.
- “Tracing the (Dis)continuities: Heidegger on Technology,” in Readings in Environmental Ethics: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, ed. D. C. Srivastava, Rawat Publications, Jaipur and New Delhi, 2005, pp. 60-66.
- “Gramsci on Base and Superstructure,” in Gramsci Today, eds. Y.V. Krishna Rao and Arun Kumar Patnaik, Neelam Rajasekhara Reddy Research Centre, Hyderabad, 2006, pp.56-64.
- “Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya on the unknowability of Self in Kant: Problematising the Programme of Indian Remedies to Western Problems,” in Reason, Morality and Beauty: Essays on the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant, eds. Bindu Puri and Heiko Sievers, Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 134-151.
- “Computer Ethics: Constitutive and Consequential Morality,” in Information Technology and Social Justice, eds. Emma Rooksby and John Weichert, Information Science Publishing, Hershey, London, 2007, pp. 226-239.
- “Forward,” to the book, Ethics and the History of Indian Philosophy by Shyam Ranganathan, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited, pp. 1-3, 2007.
- “Ontology of Permanence and Change: A Critique of Globalisation,” in The Politics and Culture of Globalisation: India and Australia. Eds. Hans Lofgren and Prakash Sarangi, New Delhi: Social Science Press, 2009, pp. 40-55 2009.
- “The forgotten exemplars of the West: A Critique of Akeel Bilgrami’s Projection of Gandhi,” in Grounding Morality, eds. Jyotirmaya Sharma and A Raghuramaraju, Routledge, New Delhi, 2010, pp. 183-197.
- “Gandhi’s Death” in Speaking of Gandhi’s Death, Edited by Tridip Suhrud and Peter Ronald de Souza, Orient Black Swan, Hyderabad, 2010.
- “Indian Political Theory,” in The Routledge Companion on Social and Political Philosophy,” eds. Gerald Gaus and Fred D’Agostino, NewYork: Routledge, 2013, pp. 192-203.
- “Ideology and Social Reality,” in Marx, Gandhi and Modernity: Essays Presented to Javeed Alam, editor, Akeel Bilgrami, Tulika Press, New Delhi, 2014, pp. 267-281.
- “Disaggregating the Discourse of Man Vs. Nature,” Beyond Humanism: Philosophical Essays on Environmental Ethics, ed. Saji Varghese, Concept Publishing Company, Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 2014, 16-177.
- “In search of a Suburb: Exploring the Relation between Villages and Cities in India” in Public Sphere from Outside the West, Eds. Divya Dwivedi andSanil, Bloomsbury Academic, U.K. 2015, 126-138.
- “Perspectives on the relation between science and religion in India,” Routledge Companion to Science and Religion: East and West, editor, Yiftach Fehige, New York: Routledge, 2015, pp. 88-103.
- “The Ethics of M K Gandhi: Truth and Nonviolence,” in Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Ethics, edited by Shyam Ranganathan, Bloomsbury, London, 2016, pp. 341-356.
- “Modern Philosophy in India,” in History of Indian Philosophy, eds. Purushottama Bilimoria with Amy Rayner, New York: Routledge, 2017, Pp. 534-544.
- “On the Idea of Mahatma,” Reasoning Indian Politics: Philosophers Politicians and Politicians seeking Philosophy, eds. Narendra Pani and Anshuman Behera, Routledge, 2018, pp. 71-87.
- “Relating Ashis Nandy’s Interpretation of Swami Vivekananda and Mahatma Gandhi,” in A Life in Dissent, eds. Ananya Vajpeyi and Ramin Jahanbegloo, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 140-152.
- “Compilers Now and Authors Later: Indent from Indian Philosophy,” in Barefoot Philosophers: Taking Philosophy Back, 2019, http://www.barefootphilosophers.org/compilers-now-authors-later-indent-f rom-indian-philosophy/
- “Introduction” to The Prince by Machiavelli, New Delhi: South Asian Press, 2020.
- “Philosophy and India,” in Reason, Revelation and Peace,” editor Ashok Vohra, Motilal Banarsidass Private Limited, Delhi, pp. 135-151.
- “Three Moods in Krishna Chandra Bhattacharyya,” The Making of Contemporary Indian Philosophy: Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya, Eds. Daniel Raveh and Elise Coquereau-Saouma, Routledge, London, 2022, pp. 193-208.
- “Forward,” to Chakradhar Dharnidhar Deshmukh’s book, Modern Idealism and Individualism, South Asian Press, New Delhi, 2023, pp. ix-xi.
Book Reviews
- “The Origin and the Development of Classical Hinduism”, by A.L. Basham, in Freedom First, No. 409, April-June 1991, Pp. 39-41.
- “Perspectives in Philosophy, Religion and Art: Essays in Honour of Margaret Chatterjee”, Eds. R. Balasubramanian and V.C. Thomas. Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, Vo. XII, NO. 2, January-April, 1995, Pp.173-175.
- “Knowing the Indian Mind”, review of The Indian Psyche by Sudhir Kakar, Andhra Pradesh Times, Feb 23, 1997, p. iv.
- “Gandhian world view: A critical perspective”, by G. Hargopal, Indian Journal of Human Rights, Jan-June, 1997, Vol.1, No.1. (Special Issue.) Pp. 145-148.
- “Feminism after Postmodernism: Theorising through practice”, by Marysia Zalewski in Political Studies, Basil Blackwell, London. Vol. 49, No. 2, June 2001, P. 344.
- “Indian Literature”, in The Book Review, Vol. XXVI, No. 2, February 2002, Pp. 14-15.
- “Telugu Resurgence: C. P. Brown and Cultural Consolidation of Nineteenth-Century South India”, by Peter L. Schmitthenner, in Indian Economic and Social History Review. 39, 4. 2002, pp. 448-450.
- “John Rawls and the Agenda of Social Justice”, in Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, Vol. XIX, No. 3, July-September 2002.
- “Hindutva: Exploring the Idea of Hindu Nationalism” by Jyotirmaya Sharma, in Seminar, No. 551, July 2005, pp. 79-83.
- “Virtual Inequality: Beyond Digital Divide”, by Karen Mossberger, CaroleTalbert and Mary Stansbury, Political Studies, vol. 3, Issue 2, April 2005, p. 246.
- “Social Reality and Tradition: Essays in Modes of Understanding”, eds by Bijoy Boruah and Ramashankar Mishra, Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, vol. XXV, No. 3, July-September, 2008, pp. 168-172.
- “The Divine Body in History: A Comparative Study of the Symbolism of Time and Embodiment in St. Augustine and Ramanuja”, by Ankur Barua, Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, vol. XXVI. No. 1, January- March 2009, pp. 161-163.
- “Colonial Modernization and Gandhi”, by Saila Kumar Ghosh and “Gandhi is Gone: Who will Guide Us Now,” ed. Gopal Krishna Gandhi, The Indian Economic and Social History Review, 47, 2, 2010, pp.261-263.
- “Indian Philosophy in English: From Renaissance to Independence”, eds. Nalini Bhushan and Jay L. Garfield Oxford University Press, 2011, Notre Dame Philosophical Review, February 2012.
- “Cambridge Companion to Gandhi”, eds. Judit Brown and Anthony Parel, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011, in Gitam Journal of Gandhian Studies, vol. 1, Jan-June 2012. pp.234-238.
- “Breaking Barriers: Essays in Asia and Comparative Philosophy essays in honour of Ramakrishna Puligandla”, eds. Frank J. Hossman and Godabarisha Mishra, Formont: Asian Humanities Press, published in Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, Vol. XXVIII, Number 3, July-September 2011, pp. 187-191.
- “Ethics for our Times: Essays in Gandhian Perspective”, by M. V. Nadkarni, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2011, in Sociological Bulletin, volume 61, Number 2, May-August 2012.
- “Beloved Bapu: The Gandhi-Mirabehn Correspondence”, eds. Tridip Suhrud and Thomas Weber, Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan, 2014, in Gitam Journal of Gandhian Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2, July-December 2015, pp. 486-490.
- “Philosophy and Anthropology: Border Crossing and Transformations”, eds. Ananta Kumar Giri and John Clammer, London and New York: Anthem Press, Sociological Bulletin, 64 (3) September-December 2015, pp. 396-8.
- “Gandhi in the Company of Western Philosophers”, book review of Gandhi and Philosophy: On Theological Anti-Politics by Shaj Mohan and Divya Dwivedi, Foreword by Jean-Luc Nancy, New Delhi: Bloomsbury, 2019 in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 54, Issue No. 31, 03 August 2019, pp. 28-30.
- “Science and Narratives of Nature: East and West”, Jobin M. Kanjirakkat, Gordon McOuat and Sundar Sarukkai, eds. The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science, Fall 2019, pp. 407-410.
- “Vivekananda: Cosmopolitan Vedantic Philosopher?,” book review of Swami Medhananda. Swami Vivekananda's Vedantic Cosmopolitanism. New York, Oxford University Press, 2022, pp. i–xvi and 1–412, in the Journal of World Philosophies 8 (Summer 2023): 157-162.
Papers in Telugu
(Literary Criticism in Telugu Literature and Culture)
- “Choopula valayallo chikkukunna Chalam,” Udayam, Telugu Daily, 22-8-1994, p. 3.
- “Chalam Rajeshwari feminista?” Andhra Bhoomi, Telugu Daily, 3-4-1995, p.9.
- “Chalam Vismarinchina Rajeshwari balyam,” Vaartha, Telugu Daily, 13-4-1996, p.12. (translated by Alladi Uma and M. Sridhar into English “Rajeshwari’s Childhood that Chalam ignored,” in Vibhanna: Voices from Contemporary Telugu Writing, eds. Alladi Uma, M. Sridhar and K. Suneetha Rani, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 2015, pp. 362-368
- “Deepasilatho Marosaari …” Vaartha, Telugu Daily, 28-12-1996.
- “Srujanathmaka Kathanamlo Antharthanamkagala Amsalu:: Abhasupalayina Chalam Rajeswari Matruprema. Misimi, Telugu Monthly, April 1997.
- “Mallimalli Ameeru Maranamtho …” Vaartha, Telugu Daily, 19-7-1997, p.10.
- “Ragamamsaalu raagadweshalu,” with Ananth, Marodaari, Telugu Bi-Monthly, August 1997.
- “Prachanna darshakudu prekshakudu,” Marodaari, Telugu Bi-Monthly, May-June, 1998.
- “Aadhunikotharavadam ‘akkada’, ‘ekkada’ Telugu, Literary Monthly, July, 1998. Pp.14-23
- “Vachananga Chalam Maidanam:: Rachayitaku patakuniki madya teevra jugalbandhee,” Vaartha,Telugu Daily, 14-11-1998.
- “Chalam vyavastha nirmatha leka bhavavishkartha ?” Vaartha,
- 27-7-2003 and 3-8-2003.
- “Aaaradhanatatvam Sri Sri imegiki sankella,” Vaartha, 26-10-2003.
- “Paripoorna Dharshanikudu,” Vaartha, I st February 2005.
- “Virasam Vishmarinchina Anushanikam,” Andhra Jyothi, 28- 5-2007.
- “Anushanikam: Bhinna Patralu, Swabhavalu,” Vaartha, 28-10-2007 and 4-11-2007.
- “Antahkaranalu, Niguda Bhavalu,” Vaartha, 4-11-2007, pp. 34-38.
- “Parichayam,” Kant Rachanalu Compilation and Translation, Vadrevu Chinaveerabadrudu, Peacock Publications, Hyderabad.
- “Vachakam chuttu,” Sakshi, 28-04-2008.
- “Okadharshan Sastram Palu parshvalu,” Vartha, p.26, 5-07-2009.
- “Pitrusamya vyavasthalo purushuni bheethi: Munemma,” The Sunday Indian, 14-27, June 2010, pp. 42-44.
- “Parichayam,” Himohasadanam nunchi premato, Emesco, Vijayawada, 2011,
- “Aadyantalakuandani Okanoka Geeta, Sakshi, 10-12-2012.
- “Ananthamlo Vyakaranam: Vimarshanatmaka Pariseelana,” Satavasantala Sri Sri, ed. Kinnera Sridevi, Kuppam, Dravidian University, 2012.
- “Paatyam: Adyana Paddatulu,” in Bahula: Sahitya Vimarsha, Siddantalu, Prameyalu, Parikaralu, ed. A. K. Prabhakar, Hyderabad: Perspectives, 2018, pp. 65-73.
Papers presented in Seminars
- “Militant Nationalist Thought in India,” in a seminar on Political Thought in Western India, an ICSSR Western Region seminar organised by the Department of Political Science, Goa University, Goa, during 10-11 January 1990.
- “Search for Community: Human Action in Enlightenment Discourse,” Seminar on Human Action, organised by Indian Council of Philosophical Research, Lucknow, during 27-29 March 1990.
- “Of(f) Thinking Machines and the Centred Self,” International Workshop on Human-Centred Systems, National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi, 18-20, November 1991. Paper presented in absentia.
- “Contextualising Contemporary Indian Philosophy,” Seminar on The Self in Indian Philosophies, Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, organised at Goa University, Goa, from 24-26 March 1992.
- “Project of Rationality and the Discipline of Social Sciences,” International Workshop on Rationality in Cognitive Sciences and Social Sciences, National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi, 15-18, December 1992. Paper presented in Absentia.
- “Gandhian Discourse in a Context and a Reformulated Critique of Modernity,” seminar on Gandhi and the Present Global Crisis, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 22-25, March 1994.
- “Objectivism, relativism, and pluralism,” Seminar on Mahatma Gandhi and Communal Harmony, 14-15 October 1994, Centre for the Study of Society and Secularism, Bombay.
- “Popper’s Closed Society: A Revaluation,” Seminar on Sir Karl Popper, 15-16, January 1995, The British Library, Hyderabad.
- “Perspectives on the Relation between Religion and Politics: St. Augustine, Savarkar, and Mahatma Gandhi,” in an Indo- French Colloquium on Representation and Uses of the Sense of Belonging, 1-2 November 1995. Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi.
- “Swami Paradigm and Mahatma Paradigm: An Essay in Contemporary Indian Philosophy,” Seminar on Interpretations of Gandhi, organised by Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 21-23, March 1996.
- “India at the Turn of the Century”, organised by Sahitya Academy, New Delhi, February 21-23, 1997.
- “Ethics in Hans Jonas,” in a symposium on Ethics Today: Conversations of Hans Jonas, jointly organised by Indian Council of Philosophical Research and Max Muller Bhavan, New Delhi, March 17-18, 1997.
- 13 “Indian Bioethics: An exercise in Squaring the circle,” an ICPR seminar at Goa University, Goa, Nov. 26-28, 1997.
- “Rallying around the question ‘who owns India’,” seminar on Towards Creating the Agenda for India, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, January 4-7, 1999.
- “The Philosophy of Vaddera Chandidas,” in a national seminar on Telugus Contribution to Philosophy, organised by Department of Philosophy, Osmania University, Hyderabad, during 22-23 January 1999.
- “Notes on Marginalised Narratives: Situating ‘us’ and ‘them’”, workshop on Marginalised Narrative Performing and Visual Cultures, Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad, March 20-21, 1999.
- “Dialogical Modes in Contemporary Indian Philosophy,” in a seminar on Major Currents of Thought in Twentieth Century, Sri Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala, 26-27, 1999.
- “Reordered Polygamy and Retained Patriarchy: Recurrent Themes in Recent Telugu Cinema.” International seminar on Film and Philosophy, sponsored by U.G.C. at the University of Calicut, September 25-29, 2000.
- “Seminar by Evandro Agazzi” sponsored by Indian Council of Philosophical Research, at Goa University, October 22-24, 2000.
- “Ethics, Bioethics and Indian Bio-ethics: Abortion debate revisited,” National seminar on Social Relevance of Philosophy in the New Millennium, Department of Philosophy, Andhra University, 7-9, December 2000.
- “Rethinking the relation between public and the private,” National Seminar on Rethinking Modernity, Sri Shankaracharya SanskritUniversity, Kalady, 16-18, November 2001.
- “Computers on Community,” in an International Conference on Practical Ethics: Globalization and Transcultural Interaction: Indian and Western Perspectives, organised by Australian National University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 6-8, January 2002.
- “A Note of Cultural Imperialism,” in an International Conference on Cultural Imperialism, organised by Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi in association with CSDS, Delhi, 22- 23, February 2002.
- “Entries into the Family,” in the seminar on Representation of the family in Telugu and Urdu Women’s writings held at IACIS, Hyderabad on 27-7-2002
- “Religion and Nationalism: Secularism, Hindutva and Gandhi,” in an international workshop on Traditions of Plurality in South Asia and Europe, organised by Konrad Adenauer Foundation, New Delhi, 23-26, October 2002.
- “Public and Private: Demarcations, Demolitions and Directions,” Reinventing Political Theory in the Context of Globalisation, UGC-SAP seminar organised by Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, January 3-4, 2003.
- “Understanding Indian Identity,” in a National Seminar on Defining Indian Identity in an Era of Globalisation, organised by Institute of Human Studies, Hyderabad, 14th February 2004.
- “Foundations of (in)equality in nature: Aristotle, Rousseau and Gender studies,” Nature and Culture, organised by National Institute of Advanced Study, Bangalore, 28-29 May 2004.
- “Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya on the unknowability of self and continuity between science and philosophy in Kant,” in an international seminar on 200 Years of Kant: An examination of the notions of autonomy, enlightenment and terror, organised by Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi during 7-9 October 2004 at Neemrana.
- “Criticism: Internal and external in contemporary Indian Political theory,” in a national seminar on Reconstructing Democratic concerns in Modern India, organised by Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, during 8-10, October 2004.
- “Off Comparison and on to the Debates,” in a Seventh International Conference on Dialogues of Cultural Encounters, organised by Forum on Contemporary Theory, at Andhra University, Waltair, during 13-16 December 2004.
- “Ethics of Salt: Dandi March from then to now,” in a seminar on The Relevance of Gandhi, organised by U.G.C, New Delhi, at North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, on April 26-28, 2005.
- “Rereading Gandhi for relevance,” in an international seminar on Gandhi: A Philosophical debate, organised by Alam Khundmiri Foundation, Hyderabad, 2-4th January 2006.
- “Relation between modernity and tradition in Telugu Literary Texts,” in an international seminar on Indian modernities, during 7-8th January 2006 at CIEFL, Hyderabad.
- “Three modes of relation between science and spiritualism,” in an international conference on Science and Spirituality in modern India, during Feb 5-7, 2006, organised by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
- “Critiquing postcolonial critique of universalism in modernities,” in a National Seminar on Justice and Social Equality, organised during 18-20th March 2006, organised by Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla at India International Centre, New Delhi.
- “Postmodern Critique of Enlightenment.” in a National Seminar on Philosophical Challenges of Postmodernism, organised on 28-30th March 2006, by Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, at University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.
- “Gandhi and Salt Satyagraha,” in the national seminar on Gandhi and the Academia: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, organised by the University of Delhi, during 27-28 September 2006.
- “Ontology of Permanence: A Critique of Globalization,” in an international seminar on Challenges of Globalization: Indian and Australian Perspectives, jointly organised by the Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad and Deakin University, Australia, during 7-9 December 2006.
- “Enigma of Arrival in Ambekar,” in a seminar on Human Rights in the Era of Globalisation, during 3-4 January 2007, Department of Political Science, the University of Hyderabad from 28th February to 1 st March 2007.
- “Loveless Nation in Telugu Cinema,” in a national seminar on Nation, Region and Ideology in Film, organised by Department of English, University of Hyderabad, from 28 February to 1 March 2007.
- “A Philosophical Critique of the relation between majority and minority,” in an international seminar on Indian secularism and French Laicite, jointly organised by ICSSR, New Delhi and MSH, Paris, during 2-3 March 2007.
- “Equality and Nature,” in a Social Justice and Equality seminar organised by Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla from 18-20th March 2007.
- “Reading Rajas and Tamas in Gandhi,” in an international seminar on Swaraj in Literature: Decolonization, Social Justice and Cultural Identity organised by Sahitya Academi, New Delhi, February 22-24, 2008.
- “Understanding the Transformative character of Mahatma Gandhi,” in a national seminar on Ethics: Theory and Application, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, during March 18-20, 2008.
- “Sending a Text on Sabbatical,” National Seminar on Daya Krishna: A Life Work in Philosophy, organised by ICPR, at Jaipur University, 25-27 March 2008.
- “Temporal Imbalances in Contemporary Indian Philosophy: A critique of Daya Krishna,” in a national conference on Philosophy as Samvad and Swaraj, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla during 28-30 April 2008.
- “Texts on Sabbatical: A Critique of Samvad Project,” organised by the Department of Philosophy, University of Pune, Pune, January 21-23, 2009.
- “Shifting Majority and Minority,” National Seminar on Democracy and Secularism, at Madras University, 18-19 February 2010.
- “Relativism and Pluralism”, presented in the ICSSR-sponsored workshop on Method and Context of North East India during 30-31st October 2010 at NEHU, Shillong.
- “The Other in Modernity,” in the national seminar on The Other and the Community: Philosophical Reflections on Identities, Tribes and Worldviews, organised by the Department of Philosophy, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, sponsored by ICPR, during 18–20 November 2010.
- “Disinheritance in Descartes” presented in an International seminar on Alternative Modernities: Views from Pre-colonial India, organised by the Department of English, Banaras Hindu University, during 11-12 December 2010.
- “Action, Inaction, and Nonviolent Action” presented in a National Seminar on Containing Violence, organised by The Center for Gandhian Studies, GITAM Institute of Management, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam during 29-31 January 2011.
- “John Locke and Indian Secularism: Shifting Majority and Minority” in an International Seminar on Human Rights Liberalism and Multiculturalism, organised by the Department of Philosophy, Delhi University on 22nd February-2011.
- “Feminism and Justice,” paper presented in an Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi sponsored seminar at Dravidian University on “Justice and Multiculturalism,” 8-10, February 2011.
- “Mahabharata disguised in Kanyasulkam,” paper presented in a seminar on Modern Kurus: Revising Mahabharata, organised by Sahitya Academi, New Delhi at Dharamsala, during 26-28 August 2011.
- “Philosophy and India” paper presented in a national seminar on the Philosophy of K. Sachidananda Murti, at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, sponsored by Indian Council for Philosophical Research, New Delhi, during 24-26 September 2011.
- “Rabindranath Tagore on Nationalism,” in a national seminar on Contributions of Rabindranath Tagore, sponsored by ICPR, at Lucknow during 22-24 September 2012.
- “Disaggregating the discourse of man vs nature” in ICPR, sponsored National Seminar on Environmental Ethics in Tribal Societies, during 21-23ed, November 2012, at Lady Keane College, Shillong.
- “Universal Self, Equality and Hierarchy in Swami Vivekananda,” in an International Conference on Swami Vivekananda and the Making of Modern India, organised by Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Indian Council of Historical Research, Jamia Millia Islamia, during 11-12th January 2013.
- “A Critique of Philosophy in India,” in a CSC-sponsored National seminar on The Philosophy of K. Satchidananda Murty, organised by the Department of Philosophy, University of Madras, on 28-30th January 2013.
- “Engaging with diversity between Buddhism and Hinduism,” in an international seminar on Living with Religious Diversity, during 18-19th February 2013, organised by the University of Ottawa, Canada, at India International Centre, New Delhi.
- “Teaching Philosophy to School Students,” U.G. C sponsored seminar on Teaching Philosophy to School Level, organised by Department of Philosophy, Goa University, Goa, on 19-4-2013.
- “Critique of Edward Said’s use of Foucault,” in a Symposium on Edward Said, organised by Department of English, University of Hyderabad, September 23ed, 2013.
- “From circle to square: Indian society’s move from pre-modern to modern via tradition,” at a plenary session in Ninasam Cultural Course October 2013, on 13th October 2013, at Heggodu, Karnataka.
- “Reading sub-texts around the idea of the autonomous self,” in an International Conference on Methodological Horizons: Changing Frontiers of Political Theory, organised by Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, during 9-10th January 2014.
- Speaker in a panel discussion on “My City-My Vision” organised during Hyderabad Literary Festival on 24-1-2014.
- Speaker in a panel discussion on “Gandhi Vs Growth Conundrum,” organised by Savvodaya International, Hyderabad, on 30-1-2014 at Lamakan, Hyderabad.
- Speaker at a One-day panel discussion on “Rethinking Engineering Education: A Case for accommodating Multiple Discourses”, March 22, 2014, organised by the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar.
- “Dialectic between Customary and Modern Positivist Law,” in a Questioning Legal Reality seminar, 26-27, September 2014 at Nirma University, Ahmedabad.
- “Is there an Indian way of doing philosophy,” at a plenary session in Ninasam Cultural Course October 2013, on 4th October 2014, at Heggodu, Karnataka.
- “Svaraj, a concept, a norm, and a universal: A Re-examination of Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya,” in a seminar on Rethinking Svaraj: Ontology and Intellectual Self-Determination, at Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, Manipal, during 15-17th January 2015.
- “Engaging with Professor Romila Thapar,” in a meet-the-author seminar titled Dharma and the Past, at Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, Manipal, during 19-20th January 2015.
- “Debate as a methodology of knowledge production in Pre-modern India,” in a national seminar on Methodological aspects of knowledge production in pre-modern India, organised by Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, on 24-26th January 2015.
- “Deleuze, Desire and Vaddera Chandidas,” in Third International Deleuze Studies in Asia Conference 2015 at Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, 5-7th May 2015.
- “Revisiting the debate between Gandhi and Tagore,” in an international Seminar jointly organised by Yale University, School of Advanced Study, University of London and NIAS, Banglore, from 6-8th June 2015.
- “Problematizing the idea of debate in modern Indian philosophy” in a Social and Political Philosophy seminar organised by the Department of HSS at IIT Bombay on November 23ed, 2015.
- Presented a paper in a book-releasing seminar on “Lokayata: Responses,” A book review Seminar on Lokayat/Carvaka by Pradeep Gokhale,” at the Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai, 27th January 2015.
- Presented a paper, “Variance between Derrida’s Legacy inside and outside the West,” in a one-day seminar on “Structures and Signs of Play: Derrida/Deconstruction @50”, organised by the Department of English, the University of Hyderabad on 10-11-2016.
- Presented a paper in the Plenary session in the International Seminar on “Politics of Indian Nationalism, Inclusion and Aesthetics of Item Number in Indian Cinema with a Deleuzian Frame” in an International Seminar at TISS, Mumbai, on Aesthetics and the Political in Contemporary India: Deleuzian Explorations, during February 13-17, 2017.
- Presented a paper in the Plenary session on “Reterritorializing the relation between Major and Minor Literature: Deleuze, Guattari and Gandhi,” in a seminar on Comparative Humanities: Re-Configuring Humanities across Cultures, organised by English and Foreign Language University, Hyderabad during 5-6th April 2017.
- “Metaphysics assumption of Modernity and its reception in India,” in an international seminar on Metaphysics and Politics, organised by Blackwater Collective, at Cochin during 14-17, July 2017.
- Keynote address on “Introduction to Contemporary Indian Philosophy,” at the International Workshop on The challenge of postcolonial philosophy in India: Too alien for contemporary philosophers, too modern for Sanskritists? Held at the University of Vienna, Institute for Philosophy on September 28th and 29th, 2017.
- “Reexamining the comparative philosophy between East and West: Deleuze, Guattari and Gandhi,” at the International Workshop on "The challenge of postcolonial philosophy in India: Too alien for contemporary philosophers, too modern for Sanskritists? Held at the University of Vienna, Institute for Philosophy on September 28th and 29th, 2017.
- “Modern Self in the West and India” at an International Conference on The Fragmented Self: An Interdisciplinary Exploration into the Notions of Self and Identity in Contemporary Life, organised during 30-31 October 2017 Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi.
- “Ways of law dealing with the non-law: Modern West and Contemporary India,” in the National Conference on Justice Education, organised by Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, during 10-11 November 2017.
- “Communicating Death: Deleuze-Guattari and Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri, Plenary Lecture at an International Conference on Contemporary Communication Cultures: Controls and Becoming’s, at University of Madras, during 14-17th February 2018.
- “Alternative modernity and religio-political philosophy of M K Gandhi,” in an International Symposium on Secular Religiosity and Religious Secularity: Rethinking the Asian Agency in the Shaping of Modernity, organised by U-PARL, University of Tokyo, Japan, on 9-3-2018.
- “Secular Religiosity and Religious Secularity: Rethinking the Indian Agency in the Shaping of Modernity,” organised by AAS in Asia, New Delhi, from 5-7th July 2018.
- “Excavating the foundations of Inequality,” in an international workshop on Egalitarianism, Hierarchy and Global Intellectual Labour Beyond the West, jointly organised by the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru and the University of Bergen, Norway, in collaboration with European Research Council, at NIAS, Bengaluru during 17th to 20th September 2018.
- “Temporal Imbalance in Debates in Modern Indian Philosophy,” in a panel discussion at an International Conference on New Frontiers in Sanskrit and Indic Knowledge, at Chinmaya University, Cochin, on 17-19th December 2018.
- “Possible ways of knowing: Humanities Knowledge in our part of the world,” in the workshop on World Humanities Report, organised by Kriya University, Sri City, Andhra Pradesh at Chennai, on 28th September 2019.
- “Pluralism and Language Federalism in Indian Society,” in an International Workshop on Indian Conceptions of Multiculturalism, at Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati during 8-9th January 2020.
- Delivered an Intercontinental Web presentation on “Gandhi, Ambedkar and Gramsci,” in a webinar on Gandhi, Ambedkar and Gramsci, organised by the School of Social Sciences and Centre for Ambedkar Studies, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad on 27-7-2020.
- Presented a paper on “Mahatma Gandhi on the Idea of the Normal” in a joint International (online) Symposium on Mahatma Gandhi’s Principles: In the Perspective of Alcoholism and the Road Crashes, jointly organised by IIT Kanpur and La Trobe University Australia in their (SPARC #1442) programme on 29th August 2020.
- Presented online a paper on “Mahatma Gandhi on Compassion” at the Discussion on Gandhian Perspective and the Five Facets of Indian Culture, organised by Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre and The Consulate General of India, Durban, South Africa, on 17-10-2020.
- Presented a paper on “The Student and Teacher relationship between Mahatma Gandhi and Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore” in a Webinar on Gandhi and his contemporaries during 23-24 December 2020.
- Presented paper on “Rallying around Bhagavad Gita: Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi,” in a webinar organised by the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar as part of World Philosophy Day Celebrations on 26-2-2021.
- Presented a paper on “Responsibility, Emotion and Cognitive Competence in Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya,” in a webinar on Philosophy, Science and Values, organised by Centre for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on 7-4-2021.
- Presented a Paper on “Indian Philosophy Today: Reclaiming, Critiquing, Describing and Evaluating” in a Webinar on Indian Philosophy Today: An Reappraisal, organised by the Department of Philosophy, Delhi University 30-7-2021.
- Presented a paper on “How the presence of modernity-colonialism forced enslaved Indians to scout for resources for freedom in the past: Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bhagavad Gita”, Workshop on “Freedom ‘from’ Others or Freedom ‘with’ Others: Alienation, Independence and Liberation in Contemporary Indian Philosophy”, organised by Eberhard Karls Universitat, Tubingen on 11th and 13th December 2021.
- Valedictory Address in two days webinar on “Telugu Literature in the post-independent Era,” 6-7th January 2022, organised by Dean of Student Welfare, the University of Hyderabad.
- “Understanding Gandhi by Dharampal: Gandhi’s Historical Contribution and Contemporary Relevance,” organised by Gandhi Research Foundation, Wardha and Indus University, 22-1-2022.
- “Calibrating Western Philosophy For India,” online Research Methodology Workshop Organized by NALSAR University of Law, during 4-13 March 2023.
- “Self in Slavery Aspiring Svaraj: Revisiting the Debate between Guru Dev Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi,” in an International Conference on Sociality of Selfhood: Varities of Life Writing in South Asia, organised by Government Collge for Women, Srinagar, 5-6-2023, online.
Ph.D.
- Name of the student: B. Srinivas
- Title: “Western Drama, Natya and Lila: A Comparative Study.”
- Degree awarded in 2000 (Co-supervisor: Bhaskar Shewalkar)
- Name of the student: D. Balaganapthy
- Title: “Refounding of Hobbes’s Political Philosophy: A Critical Examination."
- Degree awarded in 2004
- Name of the student: Nibedita Priyadarshini Jena
- Title: “Animal Rights Discourse: A Philosophical Study.”
- Degree awarded in 2009
- Name of the student: Gautam Satyapathy
- Title: “Tradition and Modernity in Alasdair MacIntyre and Charles Taylor: A Critical Study.”
- Degree awarded in 2014
- Name of the student: Narmada Pujari
- Title: "Philosophical Precepts of ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ in Classical Indian Texts,”
- Degree awarded in August 2018
- Name of the student: Vanlalvenperia
- Title: “A Critical Study of John Locke’s Political Philosophy in Relation to Robert Filmer”
- Degree awarded in Feb 2019
- Name of the student: Ragesh, A. V.
- Title: "Foucault: Power and Subject: A Critical Analysis of Foucault’s Perspective.”
- Degree awarded in December 2021
M.Phil.
- Name of the student: Gautam Satyapathy
- Title: “Alasdair MacIntyre: A Critique of Modernity.”
- Degree awarded in 1996
- Name of the student: D. Balaganapthy
- Title: “Twentieth Century Interpretations of Hobbes’ Political Philosophy: A Study”
- Degree awarded in 1996
- Name of the student: Biswanath Jena
- Title: “The relation between testimony and trust: A critical study”
- Degree awarded in 2001
- Name of the student: Sarita Kar
- Title: “Birth and Death: A Critical Examination of Abortion and Euthanasia”
- Degree awarded in 2003
- Name of the student: Prasanna, K V
- Title: Critique of Truth: A Study of Nietzsche’s Philosophy
- Degree awarded in 2008
- Name of the student: Imkunnaro
- Title: “Feminist Critique of Reason: Susan Moller Okin’s Critique of Kant. “
- Degree awarded in 2008
- Name of the student: Jayashree Deka
- Title: “Gandhi on Women”
- Degree awarded in 2009
- Name of the student: Ashoka Tarai
- Title: “Modern Interpretations of Rousseau’s Social Contract Philosophy: A Study”
- Degree awarded in 2009
- Name of the student: Saneesh, P. M.
- Title: “Gandhi’s Critique of Modernity”
- Degree awarded in 2009
- Name of the student: Livikali Z. Zhimo
- Title: “John Rawl’s on Multiculturalism”
- Degree awarded in 2010
- Name of the student: Narmada Poojari
- Title: “Advaita Vedanta: A Contemporary Reception”
- Degree awarded in 2012
- Name of the student: Sameema Zahra
- Title: “Relating Women: A Critique of Simone de Beauvoir and Susan M. Okin.”
- Degree awarded in 2013
- Name of the student: Imsurenla Jamir
- Title: Autonomous Individual Community and Multiculturalism.
- Degree awarded in August 2014
- Name of the student: Bendangsangle Jamir
- Title: “A Critical Evaluation of the Relation amongst Individual, majority and State in J. S. Mill.”
- Degree awarded in December 2015
- Name of the student: Debanath Daimuri
- Title: “Wittgenstein on Ordinary Language: A Study”
- Degree awarded in December 2015
- Name of the student: Vanlalhriatzuali
- Title: A Feminist Critique of the Distinction between the Public and Private.
- Degree awarded in 2018
- Name of the student: Vikedunua Livi
- Title: Assessment of John Locke’s Doctrine of Majority Rule.
- Degree awarded in 2018
- Name of the student: Anthony Lalchhuanwawia
- Title: Marx on Human Nature
- Degree awarded in January 2019
- Name of the student: Athira Sudarsanan
- Title: Early Indian Metaphysics with special reference to Badarayana and Gaudapada
- Degree awarded in January 2019
- Name of the student: Shareef Thodannur
- Title: A Critical Assessment of Nietzsche
- Degree awarded in January 2019
- Name of the student: Suyasa Singh
- Title: "Art of Segregation: Navigating Patriarchy of Plato, Aristotle and Rousseau"
- Degree awarded in March 2019
Research Students Registered for Ph.D.
- Name of the student: Imsurenla Jamir
- Title: “A Critical Examination of Multiculturalism.”
- Name of the student: Bendangsangle Jamir
- Title: "Liberalism of J. S. Mill.”
- Name of the student: Bijoy, K. S.
- Title: Social and Political Philosophy