Indian Council of Philosophical Research
ANNUAL REPORT
2008–2009
Darshan Bhawan 36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 062
Indian Council of Philosophical Research ANNUAL REPORT 2008–2009
This is the 28th Annual Report of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR) for the year from April 2008 to March 2009.
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The Council continued the ongoing activities by achieving its objectives of reviewing all the existing programmes by strengthening those yielding results and attending to modify those that appear failing over the years. The Council also was engaged in long-term creative planning and to develop new programmes and instrumentalities of action to take philosophical research in India to new heights. A number of committees were constituted which included (1) Fellowship Committee, (2) Seminar Committee, (3) Publication, Committee, (4) Project/Award Committee. There are other new initiatives taken by the ICPR during the year as may be gathered from the following pages.
HIGHLIGHTS
During the year under report, the Council was constantly busy with its activities and programmes for the promotion of philosophical research in the country. Under its scheme for the award of fellowships of different categories to scholars to undertake research in different areas in the field of philosophy, the Council awarded 1 National Fellowship, 2 Senior Fellowships, 15 General Fellowships, 39 Junior Research Fellowships and 3 Short-Term Fellowships. Currently there are 60 Fellows supported by ICPR researching on a wide range of philosophical topics. In accordance with the Council’s objective to
3 train young philosophy teachers of the country, a Refresher Course was organized during the year. The Council funded fully or partially seminars, symposia, workshop and conferences, organized in different institutions and universities. The Council also gave contingency grants to scholars to assist them to undertake viable projects. During the year under report the Council published 2 books, reprinted 1 book, and brought out 4 issues of the JICPR (Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research). Under its programme, the Council celebrated International Philosophy Day in 20 universities and institutions of the country. The ‘Hindi Pakhwara’ and ‘Vigilance Awareness Week’ were also observed.
HISTORY AND OBJECTIVES
The Indian Council of Philosophical Research set up by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, was registered as a society in March 1977 under the Societies Act, 1860, but it actually started functioning in July 1981 under the Chairmanship of Professor D.P. Chattopadhyaya. The following are the main objectives of the Council: • to review the progress of research in philosophy • to give financial assistance to institutions engaged in philosophy • to provide technical assistance or guidance in philosophy • to co-ordinate research activities in philosophy • to take all such measures as may be necessary for the promotion of research in philosophy and allied disciplines.
4 ORGANISATIONAL SET-UP
The Council has a broad-based membership comprising distinguished philosophers, social scientists, representatives of the University Grants Commission, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Indian Council of Historical Research, Indian National Science Academy, the Central Government and the Government of Uttar Pradesh. The Governing Body (GB) and the Research Project Committee (RPC) are the main authorities of the Council. These bodies are vested with well-defined powers and functions. The Governing Body which consists of Chairman, Member-Secretary, not less than three or more than eight members appointed by the Council, a representative each of the Ministry of Human Resource Development and Ministry of Finance and two nominees of the Government of Uttar Pradesh, administers, directs and controls the affairs of the Council. The Research Project Committee, which includes the Chairman, not less than five or more than nine members appointed by the Council and the Member-Secretary, scrutinizes and sanctions grants-in-aid for the projects and other proposals received planned by the Council. The Finance Committee scrutinizes the budget estimates and other proposals involving expenditure. The Chairman and the Member-Secretary who are appointed by the Central Government are vested with well-defined powers and duties. During the year under report, Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao continued as Chairman of the Council and Professor G. Mishra as Member-Secretary of the Council. Dr. Mercy Helen as Director (Planning and Research) and Dr. Arun Mishra, as Director (Academic) were continuing to work during the year 2008-09. Dr. S.K. Yadav continued as Director (Administration and Finance). Dr. Bansidhar Barik continued as Programme Officer and Shri S. Sreekumaran also continued as Accounts Officer of the Council.
5 MEETINGS
A Council meeting was held on 10 February, 2009. The Governing Body of the Council met four times during the year, on 9 May 2008, 26 June 2008, 11 November 2008, and 9 February 2009. The Research Project Committee met thrice on 8 May 2008, 16 September 2008 and 9 February 2009.The Finance Committee met four times on 7 May 2008, 25 June 2008, 10 November 2008 and 6 February 2009 respectively.
ACADEMIC CENTRE, LUCKNOW
The Academic Centre of the ICPR located in the Right Wing of the 2nd Floor of PCF Building, 32 Station Road, Lucknow houses an up-to-date specialized library in philosophy and a small office of the Council. The total acquisition of books by the library at the Academic Centre, Lucknow, during the year under report was 384 taking the total number of books available in the Library to 28,641. The Council subscribed to 107 philosophical journals and received 27 journals on exchange basis. The library continued to extend borrowing and reading facilities to scholars all over the country. The library had many borrowing members during the year. besides the participants of various seminars, Annual Lectures and Monthly Lectures, etc., used the library. The Academic Centre continued to extend reprographic services. It provided monthly acquisition lists of the journals and books free of charge to philosophy departments of all the Indian Universities. The acquisition list is provided to the individual scholars on request, against nominal payment. It helped scholars in modifying research topics with the help of experts in the respective areas and made the specialized materials available to the scholars at a nominal cost.
6 FELLOWSHIPS
The Fellowship scheme of the Council continued to be in operation during the year under report. Under this scheme the Council awards different categories of fellowships to assist the scholars to engage in research on full time basis on themes of contemporary relevance and those that fit in with the selected major areas of the Council. • Theories of Truth and Knowledge. • Basic Values Embodied in Indian Culture and their relevance to National Reconstruction. • Normative Inquiries (Ethics and Aesthetics). • Interdisciplinary Inquiries (Ethics and Aesthetics). • Philosophy, Science and Technology. • Philosophy of Man and the Environment. • Social and Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Law. • Comparative and Critical Study in the Philosophical Systems/Movements and Religion. • Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics and Philosophy of Language. • Metaphysics. • Philosophy of Education. • Philosophy of Social Sciences. The Council invites applications for fellowships (excluding the National Fellowships) through advertisements in national dailies. Copies of the advertisements are also sent to the Heads of philosophy departments of all the universities in the country. Details of various categories of fellowships are given below:
7 NATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS
National Fellowships are awarded to eminent scholars who have made outstanding contribution in the field of philosophy. The amount of Fellowship has been fixed as Rs.25,000 per month along with an annual contingency grant of Rs.50,000. These Fellowships are awarded by the Council from among the names suggested to it by the Council members, UGC panel members on the subject of philosophy, Presidents of Indian Philosophical Congress for the past ten years and such members of the RPC who are not members of the Council, without inviting applications and purely on the basis of merit and eminence, regardless of age and official status of the scholars. Professor Mrinal Miri was awarded National Fellowship during this year for the project Philosophy, Education and the Arts.
Senior Fellowships
Senior Fellowships are awarded primarily to those scholars in philosophy and in allied disciplines who have made a significant contribution in their areas of research as evidenced from their publications such as books and research papers, articles, etc., in philosophical journals and periodicals. The Fellowship carries monthly emoluments of Rs.8,000 p.m. However, salary is protected in the case of employed scholars. In addition, the Senior Fellows are entitled to a contingency grant of Rs.36,000 per annum. During the year under report, 2 Senior Fellowships were awarded to Professor Chhanda Gupta and Professor Mrs. Tapti Moitra to work on their projects entitled Justice and Family and Advaita Metaphysics: A Contemporary Perspective respectively. The following scholars who were awarded Senior Fellowships in previous years continued to work on the research projects mentioned against each either throughout or part of the year under report:
8 Sl.No. Name of the Scholar Topics 1. Prof. B. Kar Lokayata Darshan: A Reconstruction and Appraisal 2. Prof. G.P. Das Wittgenstein and Samkara on Religion and ethics: A Critico-constructive Study
General Fellowships
General Fellowships are awarded to scholars who have shown significant promise and competence in carrying on independent research. The award of such category of Fellowship is determined on the basis of the quality of the candidate’s research work in the form of published work, books or articles and in special cases even as evidenced from their unpublished manuscripts. The Fellowship amount has been fixed as Rs.6,000 p.m. with an annual contingency grant of Rs.12,000. However, in the case of employed teachers/scholars, their salary including allowances in their parent institution is protected. The following scholars were awarded General Fellowships during 2008-2009 to work on the research projects mentioned against their names:
Sl.No. Name of the Scholar Topics 1. Dr. Annapurna Singh Samajik Samrasata Evam Manavtavad ko Kabir ke Darshan ka Sandesh 2. Shri Raj Naryan Singh Hathayogapradipika: Ek Samikshatmak Adhyayan 3. Ms Akoijam Thoibisana Radical Sociality and the Problem of Relational Ethics: Heidegger vs. Levinas 4. Mr. C. Bharakh Kumar Philosophical Reflections on Nationalism in the Indian Context
9 5. Dr. Sonali Bhatt Marwah The Lokayat Tradition: Classical Indian Materialism and Contemporary Science 6. Dr. V. Vidya The Implications of Devotions in Indian Tradition 7. Mr. Diwan Taskheer Khan Authenticity: Inauthenticity Debate in Kierkegaard and Heidegger 8. Dr. Pooja Vyas Tulasi Ke Manas Darshan Me ‘Moha’ aur ‘Moksha’ Tattva: Ek Samikshatmak Adhyayan 9. Dr. (Ms) Shubhra Bhartiya Darshanik Vivechan me Chetna ka Savroop: Ek Vishleshnatmak Adhyayan 10. Dr. Sarita Ojha Padmapadacharya Krit Panchapadika ka Tattvamimamsiya Anushilan 11. Dr. Rahul Kumar Singh Anaikantavaadpravesh: Ek Samishatmak Adhyayan 12. Sh. Rajeev Ranjan The Status and Destiny of the Individual in the Philosophy of J. Krishnamurti 13. Dr. Tuhina Pandey The Philosophical Utility of Value — Education in Current Affairs 14. Dr. Pratap Nirbhay Singh Contemporary Indian Philosophy of Education: with special reference to Shri Aurobindo, Shri J. Krishnamurti and Acharya Rajneesh 15. Dr Sanjay Kumar Bhartiya Darshan me Truti ki Samasya The following scholars who were awarded General Fellowship in the previous year continued to work on the research projects mentioned against each either throughout or part of the year under report.
10 Sl. No. Name of the Fellow Title of the Project
1. Dr. Moyeed Ul Zafar Reason and Rationality in Hadith Literature: A critical study 2. Dr. Pius V.T. Critical Hermeneutics and the Purview of a possible intercultural communication 3. Dr. Deepak Kumar Bharatiya chintan mein manav ki niyati: Ek Sanskritik adhyayan 4. Dr. Manoj Kumar Singh Tantrik bhasha ka sameekshanatmak adhyayan 5. Dr. Autar Lal Meena The Doctrine of Social Justice in Indian Philosophy 6. Dr. Sharad Kumar Mishra Analytical Study of concepts of Atmatattwa in Indian Philosophy: In special context of Atmatattwavivek 7. Dr. Seema Bagdwal Samakaleen paridrishya mein Vivekananda ke darshan ki prasangikata 8. Dr. Sanjay Kumar Tiwari Khandana Khanda Khadya ke parampaksha ka anthashtriya vishleshan 9. Dr. Manoj Kumar Tiwari Manushya Ke Swaroop Evam Uski Niyati: Yogvasisth Ke visisth sandharb mein ek anushilan. 10. Dr. Madhvi Bhagwat vedanta sutra evam gita bhashaon ke tulna 11. Dr. Lal Babu Prasad Yadav Mahatma Gandhi aur Ravindranath Tagore ke samajik Rajnaitik aur dharmik vicharaon ka tulnatmak adhyayan.
11 12. Mr. Chennamsetty Yagna The nature of consciousness: Buddhist Sudhakar Aldaya-vijnana and phenomenology 13. Dr. Vinita Pandey Brihadaranyak Upanishad mein paratipadit darshanik vichar aur bauddh mathi: Ek tulanantmak adhyayan 14. Dr. Charu Awasthi Chetnaka Upanishadiya swaroop evam adhunik gyan: Ek sameekshatmak adhyayan 15. Mr. A. Arivazhagan Doctrine of pancakosa on the problem of enworlded subjectivity: Advaitic and continental philosophical perspectives
Junior Research Fellowships
Junior Research Fellowships are awarded to scholars who have good academic record and are pursuing their research on a particular project. The Fellowship carries a grant of Rs.5,000 p.m. (Non-NET) or Rs.6,000 p.m. (NET) with an annual contingency grant of Rs.12,000. The following scholars were awarded Junior Research Fellowships during the year 2008-2009 to work on the research projects mentioned against their names:
Sl.No. Name of the Scholar Topics 1. Miss Namita Das Concept of Consciousness in Yogacara Buddhism – A Study 2. Ku. Ritu Shree Gour Samkaleen Bhartiya Darshan me Budhivadi Praveritiyon: Ek Adhyayan 3. Ms Rajnandini Das The Concept of Bhakti (Celestial Love): A Study of Sankardev and Kabir
12 4. Ms. Koppula Victor Babu Philosophy and Education: A Study with reference to Dewey, Tagore, Gandhi and Martha Naussbaum 5. Sh. Mahi Pal Purusartha ki Avdharana ka Darshanika Vivechan 6. Miss Bineeta Bhatia Karma Yoga in Bhagwad Gita: With Special Reference to Acharya Rajnish 7. Mrs. Akyana-Padmaja A Critical Study of the Pragmatic Philosophy of the Bhagavadgita 8. Ms. Nabanita Bhowal Kant and the Notion of Synthetic – a Priori Judgment 9. Ms Sanapala The Educational Philosophy of Mahatma Chaandravathi Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore–A Comparative Study 10. Sh. Jakku Srinivasa Rao Gandhi: Philosophy of Education and Social Values 11. Sh. Shiv Prakash Singh A Comparative and Critical Study of Religious Thoughts of Wittgenstein and Gandhi 12. Ku. Shilpa Yadav Samkalin Bhartiya Adhyatamvad mein Paramsat ka Swaroop 13. Ms. Pinky Yadav Shiva Dharma – Darshan: Shivamahapuran Ke Vishesh Sandharbha Me 14. Sh. Sadek Ali On Proper Names: A Comparative Study Among Mill, Russell and Frege 15. Sh. K. Edwin George Transformative Nature of Socio-Political Philosophy in the Global Age: An Indian Critque on Fred Dallmayr’s Contribution
13 16. Ms. Mayavee Singh Philosophical Investigation into Liberty and Equality (Mill, Berlin, Rawls & Dworkin). 17. Ms Rashmi Bauddha Darshan Mein Vahya Jagat ki Avadharna 18. Miss Sanchali Banerjee Language Acquisition Beyond Chomsky 19. Km. Jaya Tripathi An Evaluation of Indian Theories of Causality: A Buddhistic Perspective 20. Km. Rinkee Singh The Concept of ‘Humanism’ in the thought of Gandhi and Tagore: A Comparative Study 21. Smt. Shalini Rani Das Sree Arvind Evam Acharya Rajnish ke Samaj—Darshan ka Ek Tulnatmak Adhyayan 22. Sh. Nikhlesh Katara Sufi Mat ke Sadhanayo ke Sidhant evam Vyavhar ka Darshnik Parishleen: Chesti Sampradya ke Vishesh Sandarbh me 23. Sh. Mahesh Kumar Nigam Advaitvadi Bhartiya Darshan ke Khayativaadi Sidhanto ka Sameshatmak Adhyayan 24. Ms Kirtee Choudhary Beesavi Shatabdi me Narivad ka Darshanik Svarup. 25. Ms Jyoti Singh Yog Darshan: Bhojavriti ke Vishesh Sandarbh me 26. Ms Kanchan Sharma Rishi Vasisth ka Darshan: Yog Vasisth ke Sandarb me 27. Ms Anuradha Pathak Advait Vedant me Sushpti 28. Sh. M. Radhakrishnan Hermeneutics of Rituals in Siva Temples (An Indological Study based on the Kamikagama–Purva bhaha)
14 29. Sh. Yougish Kumar An Examination of Connections in the Philosophies of David Hume and A.J. Ayer 30. Ms. Navnita Kishore Visvanath’s Theory of Inference: A Critical Analysis 31. Sh. Ram Narain Mishra Bharatiya Darshan mein Indriya Prapyakaritv evam Aaprapyakartatv ki Samasya ka Sameshkatamak Adhyayan 32. Ms Rachana Ambasht Advaita Vedanta mein Sadhana ka Swarup 33. Ms. Manisha Singh Mahatma Gandhi aur Vinoba Bhave ka Sarvodaya Vichar 34. Sh. Dev Singh Meaning of Life and the Attitudes towards Suicide: An Exploration into Human Existence 35. Ms Puspalata Swain Value Theory in Environmental Ethics 36. Shri V.R. Devika Communication Strategies of M.K. Gandhi: Issues and Dimensions: A Study 37. Ms. Hemlata Keshari Critical and Comparative Study of Atheist Epistemology 38. Ms. Shraddha Pandey Critical Study of Neo-Vedantic Concept of Sri Aurobindo and its Contemporary Relevance in the context of Acharya Shankara 39. Ms. Priyanka Tiwari Critical Study of Ethical Principles of Yagyavalkya Smriti and Its Contemporary Relevance The following scholars who were awarded Junior Research Fellowship in the previous year continued to work on the research projects mentioned against each either throughout or part of the year under report:
15 S. No. Name of the Fellow Title of the Project 1. Ms Saba Parveen A critical study with special reference to Michael Foucault and Jacques Derrida 2. Ms Arati Modak Adhunik Sabhyata ka sankat evam manav ki bhumika—ek darshnik vivechana 3. Mr. Chakrapani Tripathi A critical study of Kantian epistemology 4. Smt Kavita Bhatt Gherand sanhita ka darshnik adhyayan: Shatkarma ke vishesh sandarbh me 5. Ms Chandra Rekha Kierkegaard’s and J.P. Sartre’s vision of man: A philosophical Study 6. Ms Lighitha P Enhancing the boundaries of knowledge: Towards a synthetic model of explanation and understanding types of knowledge 7. Ms Rajani Adusumilli Theory and practice of yoga in Upanishad: A study with special reference to pranayama 8. Mr. Desh Raj A Philosophical study of the concept of mind 9. Mr. Ramesh Chand Jain darshan aur boudh darshan mein gyan mimamsa: Ek tulanatmak adhyayan 10. Mr. Unnava Sada Siva Rao The basic doctrines of the Buddha and of Patanjali: A comparative study 11. Ms Poonam Singh Adhunik pariprekshay mein paramparik bhartiya naitik mulyon ki samichintacak vishleshnatmak adhyayan 12. Mr. Arjuna Charan Behera Globalization and cultural change 13. Mr. Vidyasagar Dharmshastriya evam nitishashtriya parampara mein dharma evam niti ka bhed 16 14. Ms Manjulata Jena The Ecological view of some tribal sects of Orissa: A philosophical study 15. Ms Sneh Lata Singh Sartre evam Kierkegaard Ke darshan mein manviya mulyon ka tulnatmak adhyayan 16. Ms Purni Thapa Globalization and welfare economy: A study from the perspective of human rights 17. Ms Shrineta Pandey Yukti deepika mein pratipadit sankhya darshanik anusheelen 18. Ms Megha Sharma Philosophy of Professional Ethics 19. Ms Asmita Tiwari Swami Vivekananda aur Aurobindo ki drishti mein manushya ka swarup evam uski niyathi 20. Mr. G. Srinivasan The problem of evil: A comparative study in saiva siddhanta and Christianity 21. Mr. G. William Robert The concept of liberation in the philosophy of samkhya yoga: As means 22. Ms Sangeeta Singh Sankhya darshan mein purush evam jain darshan mein jeev tatva: Ek tulnatmak adhyayan 23. Shri Gauranga Das Svadharma sadharana dharma and apad- dharma: A critical Study 24. Mr. Sushabhan Deb Barman Communication and language: A critical study 25. Mr. Mukul Bala Philosophical foundation of women’s empowerment 26. Mr. Tigripalli Bosu Babu The Social Philosophy of K. Satchidananda Murty 27. Ms Joly Roy Ethics in Administration
17 28. Mr. Rajiv Ranjan A study of the environmental philosophy in vedic literature 29. Sh. Gouranga Charana Business and environment: The ethical Behera interface 30. Ms Supriya Sharma Aneeshvarvadi bhartiya darshan mein dharm kee avadharna: Ek vishleshnatmak adhyayan 31. Mr. Om Prakash Mehta Bhartiya darshan mein paryavarniya chintan ki sanatan parampara ka rachanatmak sarvekshan 32. Mr. Rajendra Prasad Aadhunik Bharatiya darshan mein Dr. Bhagwandas ka dharm Vichar—Ek Sameekshatmak Pareekshan 33. Ms Dipti Verma Bharatiya Mahilaon ke uttam mein Gandhi darshan ka yogdan Chattisgarh ke vishesh sandharbh mein 34. Mr. Rewant Ram Saien Samajik evam rastraparaka sad gunaun ke visesh sandharbh mein puranon ka darsanika avalokan 35. Mr. Umesh Saraf Aaadhya Shankaracharya Ka Aashukavitva – Saanskritik Drishti Evam darshnik Bhimbon ka adhyayan 36. Ms Nitu Kumari Paryavaraniya nitishastra ka vishleshanatmaka adhyayan 37. Mr. Arjun Prasad Barnwal A critical study of ecological thinking in Buddhism 38. Mr. Achhe Lal Yadav Concept of Humanism of Pandit Dinadayal Upadhyaya in contemporary context
18 39. Ms Rupjyoti Dutta A Philosophy of Karma: Vivekananda and Tilak—A comparative study 40. Mr. Padmadhar Choudhury Freedom, determinism and moral agent 41. Ms Gitanjalee Bora Pragmatism: A study with reference to contemporary socio-cultural issues 42. Ms. Priyanka Sarmah The concept of suffering in atheistic schools of Indian philosophy 43. Shri Arun Kumar Singh Spirituality and scientific temper: A philosophical study 44. Shri Prakash Tiwari Manusmriti evam yagyavalya smriti mein varnit naitik siddhanton ka tulanatmak adhyayan 45. Ms Prerika Agarwal Shaiv tantron ke vyakhyakara aacharya kshemraja ek adhyayan 46. Ms Uma Dave Sant Shri Asaranji Bapu’s Philosophy: A comparative study
Short Duration Project
Short Duration Projects are awarded for a period of ninety days to scholars in philosophy and allied disciplines irrespective of their age and status, to enable them to engage themselves on whole-time basis in research work. The Project cost is within the ceiling of Rs. 20,000 for up to 90 days. During the year under report the following scholars were given grants to undertake the Short Duration Projects: 1. Dr. Sreekala M. Nair Modelling the Dynamics of Epistemic & Doxartic States: Interplay between epistemology and epistemic logic
19 2. Shri Jayan J. The Social Philosophy of Sikhism and Buddhism 3. Shri Bhupendra Kumar Sarvadev Krit Pramanamanjari Ka Rathor Vivechanatmak Adhyayan
Residential Fellowships
These Fellowships are meant to facilitate scholars to consult the library at ICPR’s Academic Centre, Lucknow, in connection with their ongoing research projects. The selected scholars can avail of the Fellowship during the period of their leave of absence from their place of work or during holidays. The Fellowships are available for a maximum period of 60 days in a financial year, either in one stretch or in parts. They are provided return first-class rail fare from the place of work to the Academic Centre, only once. The Council pays allowance of Rs. 150 per day to the Fellows who make their own arrangements for boarding and lodging and Rs. 120 to the Fellows who are provided accommodation in the guesthouse of the Academic Centre. During the year under report, no candidate was offered the Residential Fellowship.
REFRESHER COURsES
During the year 2008–09 the Council organized a Refresher Course in Logic and Language: Western and Eastern at University of Delhi from March 30, 2009 onwards for 21 days under the Directorship of Professor Ashok Vohra. Here is a brief report about the Refresher Course. The Refresher Course was planned in such a way that on each day there were two lectures on “Logic—Eastern and Western” and two lectures on one or the other aspect of “Philosophy of Language”, “Analytic Philosophy”. For ‘Western Logic’ Professor Amitabha Gupta of the Indian Institute of
20 Technology, Mumbai, and Professor V.N. Jha, former Director of Institute of Advanced Study in Sanskrit, University of Pune, taught Indian Logic. Professor P.K. Mukhopadhyaya of Jadavpur University and Professor Srinivasa Rao of Banglore University delivered lectures and was present as at Observer and Evaluator throughout the Refresher Course. Professors Srinivasa Rao, Amitabha Gupta and V.N. Jha were the Core Faculty of the Refresher Course. Each day of the Refresher Course was divided into four sessions—two in the forenoon and two in the afternoon. The participants were given reading material including books like Kisor Kumar Chakrabarti’s Classical Indian Philosophy of Mind: The Nyaya Dualist Tradition, (Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 2001), Annambhatta’s Tarksamgraha and detailed plan of lectures by the Core Faculty. The Core faculty also gave home work and exercises for practice. The home work was regularly evaluated and discussed with the individual participants by the Core Faculty. Professor Amitabha Gupta finished his course on ‘Western Logic’ in twenty lectures and Professor V.N. Jha finished the teaching of Annambhatta’s Tarksamgraha in thirteen lectures. Four additional lectures were delivered by Professor R.C. Das on Sentential Logic and its Modal extensions. In Indian and Western Logic, Professor Mukhopadhyaya delivered four lectures. Professor S.S. Deshpande delivered a series of two lectures on ‘Deontic Logic’. Professor Srinivasa Rao in his five lectures discussed the Vedantic approach to language as opposed to the Nyaya-Vaisesika approaches. Professor Godabarisha Mishra in his lecture discussed the ‘Advaitic notion of language’. Professor Tandra Patnaik in her four lectures discussed Bhartrihari’s theory of sentence meaning, conditions of sentence meaning, relation between intention and meaning. Ujjawala Jha in her two lectures discussed ‘Mimamsa’s philosophy of language’.
21 Professor Bijoy Boruah in his three lectures discussed the role of language in the description of mental notions. Professor Vijay Tankha delivered three lectures on the Greek theory of language. Professor P.K. Mohapatra delivered four lectures on analytical philosophy especially earlier and later Wittgenstein. Sanil V. delivered a series of three lectures on the notion of ‘text’ in post-modern philosophy. He especially related it with Ram Chandra Gandhi’s thought on language. Professor Amitabh Das Gupta delivered lectures on post-Wittgensteinian thinkers like Davidson, Putnam and Quine among others. Kanchana Mahadevan in her lectures discussed Structuralist, Post-structuralist and Deconstructionist approach to language.
SEMINAR/SYMPOSIA/WORKSHOP/DIALOGUE
In order to provide an opportunity to scholars to express their views and interact with other scholars, ICPR organizes national and international seminars on a variety of themes in the field of Philosophy and interdisciplinary studies. In addition the Council gives grants to Philosophy Departments in Indian Universities to organize seminars/symposia/workshops/dialogues. During the year under report, the Council released the following grants to different institutions for organizing the following programmes:
S.No. Name of the Seminar Name of Director/Place Amt Sanctioned (Rs.) 1. National Seminar on Professor M.P. Dube. 1,00,000 Exclusion/Inclusion and Institute of Gandhian Gandhian Strategies Thought and Peace Studies, October 2-3, 2008 University of Allahabad. 2. National seminar on Professor Vanlalnghak. 2,50,000 Hermeneutics of Department of Philosophy,
22 Philosophy, Politics NEHU, Shillong and Culture November 19-21, 2008 3. National Workshop of Professor Chhanda 2,00,000 Curriculum Development Chakraborti in Applied Philosophy Department of Humanities July 14-16, 2008 and Social Sciences, IIT, Kharagpur 4. Workshop on Three Professor V.N.Jha, 1,00,000 Granthas of Indian Pune Philosophy & December 15-29, 2008 Dr. K.H. Subramanian, Chinmaya International Foundation Shodh Sansthan Adi Sankara Nilayam, Velyanad, Ernakulam, Kerala. 5. National Seminar on Dr. Emmanuel Upmadathil 1,00,000 Philosophy and Religion Dean of Studies, Suvidya August 2008 College, Bangalore 6. National Seminar on Dr. Chandra Kanta 2,00,000 Realism and Idealism in Sharma, Principal, Contemporary Indian Women’s College, Tinsukhia, Philosophy Assam December 5-7, 2008 7. National Seminar on Dr. D.N.Yadav 1,50,000 Freedom and Department of Philosophy, Responsibility DDU University, Gorakhpur November 28-30, 2008 8. National seminar on the Professor Y.V. Satyanarayana 2,00,000 Need for Environmental Department of Philosophy,
23 Ethics Andhra University, September 29 to Visakhapatnam 1 October 2008 9. Seminar on Value Dr. Debika Saha & 1,50,000 Embedded in Indian Dr. Jyotish Basak Culture and their Department of Philosophy, Relevance at Present North Bengal University, Time Darjeeling. November 2008 10. National Seminar on Dr. Aditya Kumar Mohanty, 1,50,000 Metaphysics: Methods Centre of Advanced study and perspectives. in Philosophy, Utkal November 21-23, 2008 University, Bhubaneswar 11. National Seminar on Dr. Saurvpran Goswami, 1,50,000 Perspectives in Social Department of Philosophy, and Political Philosophy Guwahati University, November 20-22, 2008 Gauhati. 12. National Seminar on Dr. Nitish Dubey 1,50,000 Capital Punishment and Department of Philosophy its Moral justification. DAV College November 16-18, 2008. Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj University, Kanpur 13. Seminar on Professor Nitin J. Vyas 2,00,000 Hypnotherapy: A Psycho- M.S. University of Baroda, Philosophical Perspective: Vadodara. Approach to Hypnosis as the Therapy on the Millennium. January 9-11, 2009 14. Seminar on the Freedom Dr. Indu Pandey Khanduri, 1,50,000 of Man and His Attitude Department of Philosophy,
24 towards Environment: Garhwal University, Contemporary Challenges Srinagar, Garhwal and Moral Strategies. Uttaranchal September 12-14, 2008 15. Seminar on Iqbal and his Dr. Reikbuddin Ahmed 2,00,000 Philosophy with Special University of Guwahati Reference to the Self Gauhati (Ego) in Asrar K. Khudi. August 23-24, 2008 16. 83rd session of IPC Dr Pushpa Motiyani, 2,00,000 (Ahmedabad) Department of Gandhian October 22-25, 2008. Philosophy, Peace Studies, Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. 17. 18th Annual conference Dr. Nachiketa Tripathi, 2,00,000 of National Academy of IIT Guwahati Psychology/ Workshop on Indian Psychology. December 14, 2008 18. National seminar on Professor D. Pulla Rao, 2,00,000 Philosophical Department of Economics Foundations of Human Andhra University, Development and Visakhapatnam. Social Exclusion. October 6-7, 2008 19. Seminar on Spectrum of Dr. Geeta Mehta, Director 50,000 Jainism in southern India K.J. Somaiya centre for October 20-21, 2008 studies in Jainism, Mumbai 20. 8th Annual conference of Prof. Baidyanath Labh 50,000 ISBS at Babasaheb Dept. of Buddhist studies, Ambedkar Marathawada University of Jammu,
25 University, Aurangabad. Jammu. September 5-7, 2008. 21. Workshop on Dr. K.Sankaranarayan, 50,000 Philosophy of Aesthetics. Director October 11-12, 2008. J. Somaiya centre for Buddhist studies, Mumbai. 22. Seminar on Socio Shri Gurudas Choudhury 1,50,000 Political Thinking of Vice Principal cum DDO Swami Vivekanand and Ramkrishna Mahavidyalaya the Challenge of Today. Tripura. January 28-29, 2009 23. National Seminar on the Prof. Makarand Paranjape 2,00,000 Culture and Philosophy Centre for English Studies, and Science in India JNU, New Delhi at Pune. February 21-23, 2009 24. Workshop on Indian Dr. Sharada Subramanian 50,000 Philosophy and Social Senior Lecturer, Sri Sathya Concerns Sai University, Anantpur December 8-9, 2008 A.P. 25. National seminar on Prof. Narendra Singh, Head 1,00,000 Morality and Law: An Dept. of Philosophy, Interdisciplinary University of Allahabad, Dialogue. Allahabad. February 16-18, 2009 26. 4th Annual conference of Dr. Neelima Sinha 25,000 BMDP at S S U S, General Secretary Kalady. Bharatiya Mahila Darshnik December 21-23, 2008 Parishad,
26 Dept. of Philosophy, Magadh University, Bodhgaya. 27. International Seminar on Prof. Ashum Gupta, Director 95,873 Hind Swaraj: 100 years Gandhi Bhawan, University and After. of Delhi, Delhi. January 30-31, 2009 28. Silver Jubliee Conference Smt. Gauri Bhagwat 50,000 MTP XXV at Shivaji Executive President Vidyapith Kolhapur. Maharashta Tattvajnan November 6-8, 2008 Parishad, Pune 29. National Seminar on Dr. Nirmalya Narain 1,00,000 Pandits: Twentieth Chakraborty Century Bengal’s Dept. of Philosophy, Contribution to Classical Rabindra Bharati Indian Philosophy of University, Kolkata. Language. March 2009 30. National Seminar on Dr. Rajaram Shukla 50,000 Dvaita Epistemology. Director, Research Institute, December 21-23, 2008. Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi 31. A Global Congress on Professor Mushirul Hasan 2,00,000 World’s Religions after V.C. Jamia Millia Islamia, September 11—An Asian New Delhi Perspective. January 17-20, 2009 32. Conference on the Professor Prabhat Patnaik 1,50,000 Socialist Argument and J.N.U. the Alternative Centre for Economic
27 Enlightenment. Studies, JNU, New Delhi. January 14-16, 2009 33. AIPA 53rd Annual Dr. Ambika Datta Sharma 1,00,000 Session at Gurukul General Secretary, Kangri University, Akhil Bharatiya Darshan Haridwar. Parishad, H.S. Gour November 8-10, 2008 Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar. 34. International Conference Dr. Ranjan k. Panda, 2,00,000 on Language, Mind and Department of Humanities, Social Construction. IIT, Bombay. February 9-11, 2008 35. National seminar on Professor C. Govinda Raju 1,00,000 Tallapaka Sri Venkateswara University Annamacharya’s Oriental Research Institute, Philosophy and Tirupati. Vaisnava Bhakti. December 4-6, 2008 36. National Seminar on Professor Pramod Tandon 1,00,000 Quality and Relevance Vice Chancellor, North- of Higher Education Eastern Hill University, under the Aegis of 83rd NEHU Campus, Shillong. Annual Meeting of Association of Indian Universities. November 16-19, 2008 37. National Seminar on Dr. Bela Das, Head, 1,00,000 Buddhadeb Basu and His Department of Bengali, Contribution to Modern Assam University, Indian Literature and Silchar. Social Philosophy. November 11-13, 2008
28 38. Seminar on Indigenous Fr. (Dr.) George 1,50,000 Philosophies of Thadathil, Principal, Himalayan Communities Salesian College Sonada, March 2009 Darjeeling, West Bengal 39. National Seminar on Prof. Sharad Deshpande 30,000 Philosophy in Colonial Department of Philosophy India. Ganesh Khind January 21-23, 2009 Pune. 40. International Conference ICPR organized seminar *3,00,000 on “Phenomenology, Globlization and Indian Philosophy” January 5-9, 2009 41. National Workshop on Prof. Mirnal Miri 10,00,000 “National Integration and New Delhi (Grant) Identity-Violence” held at (ICPR Organized Workshop) Shillong. March 20-23, 2009 42. International Philosophy Professor Ashok Vohra, *40,000 Day, 2008. Head, Department of (Grant) November 19, 2008 Philosophy, Delhi University, Delhi. Brief reports of few of the seminars are given below:
• A two-day National Seminar on A Philosophy of Love from 5-6 June 2008 was organised by P.K.Roy Memorial College, Dhanbad. The seminar was inaugurated by Dr. J.L.Oroan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Vinoba Bhave University.
• A National Seminar was organized by Institute of Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies, University of Allahabad on Exclusion/Inclusion
29 and Gandhian Strategies under the directorship of Professor M.P. Dube during October 2-3, 2008. Shri T.N. Chaturvedi, former Governor, Karanata was the Chief Guest during the occasion. There were four technical sessions in which many scholars from Political Science, Public Administration, Sociology, Law and Gandhian Studies Departments participated in the seminar. The Valedictory Session on the theme Relevance of Gandhism in Modern Times had some significant presentations by Professor Ramjee Singh, Professor R.P. Mishra and Shri P. Barthwal. There were interesting discussions and deliberations to make the event more and more lively and beneficial. • A two-day National Seminar was organized by the Department of Economics, Andhra University on Human Development and Social Exclusion on 6-7 October 2008 in honour of Professor K.S. Chalam (by Professor D. Pulla Rao). The seminar was a remarkable one in view of the fact that there were more than 230 papers on various aspects on the theme of the seminar. A book Perspectives on Economic Development and Social Change was released during this occasion. • K.J. Somaiya Centre for Studies for Jainism, in collaboration with Jain Visva-Bharati, Ladnun, Rajasthan organized a two-day National Seminar on Spectrum of Jainism in Southern India on 20-21 October 2008. The Seminar began with the welcome address of Shri V. Ranganathan, Secretary of Somaiya Trust and introduction of the theme by Dr. Kokila Shah. In his keynote address, Dr. Hampa Nagarajaiah traced the evolution of Jainism in Southern India. The inauguration was followed by an illuminating speech by Dr. Sagar Mal Jain on Yapani Sect of Southern India. There were 4 academic sessions with different presentations on the contribution of Jainas to society and culture of South India. The Valedictory Session had many important addresses by scholars. Dr. Geeta Mehta, Director of the Seminar, expressed her gratitude to all the participants who contributed to the seminar. • The 83rd Session of the Indian Philosophical Congress was held at the Department of Gandhian Philosophy and Peace Research Centre,
30 Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad during October 22-25, 2008. The session witnessed a galaxy of 254 delegates attending the session. There were 6 endowment lectures by the General President and Sectional Presidents. 2 symposia on Social Equality and Democracy and Gandhi’s concept of Sarvadharma Sambhava were arranged. There was also an important and unique session on Demonstration of Yogic Method. A colloquium was held on Gandhi on Peace and Ahimsa. There were five different sectional meetings and 140 papers were read by the participants. A book on From the Files of Statesman was released by Professor Ramjee Singh. A special lecture was delivered by Professor Kireet Joshi. The organizers arranged a visit for the participants to the Sabarmati Ashram. In all, this session was academically fruitful to the scholars and the delegates as well. • The 25th Session of Maharashtra Tattvagyan Parishad was held at Shivaji University, Kolhapur from 6-8 November 2008 under the Directorship of Smt. Gauri Bhagwat, Executive President of MTP and Dr. J.R. Debhole, Chief Coordinator of the Adhiveshan. The inaugural function had Shri B.G. Kolsepatil (Ex-Judge, Bombay High Court) as the Chief Guest. The main theme of the session was bringing out the meaning of the Philosophy of Rebellion. On the next day, there were three sessions. In the morning session papers were presented by Dr. Archana Degaonkar, Dr. Meenal Katarnikar, Dr. Sharad Deshpande and Dr. Shubhada Joshi on the theme “Methods of the Philosophy” and in the afternoon there were 35 individual papers. On the third day, there was students’ Essay-cum-Elocution Competition. Thus, the three-day sessions were a great success. • The 53rd Session of the Akhil Bharatiya Darshan Parishad was held during 8-10 November 2008 at Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar under the directorship of Dr. Ambika Dutta Sharma. In the inaugural session, Professor S.P. Dubey, Chairman of All India Philosophy Association, Professor S.R. Bhatt and Professor G. Mishra, Member-Secretary, ICPR addressed the participants. Professor Jaydev Vedalankar was felicitated
31 on this occasion. There were two prizes awarded to Dr. Sarita Kumari and Dr. Avinash Kumar Srivastava for their essays and two Professors, Geeta Rani Agarwal and Dr. Sandhya Sati, for their publications. Two other eminent scholars, namely, Dr. D.N. Yadav and Dr. K.C. Pandey received awards for their books. Dr. Deepak Ranjan and Dr. Karuna Sharma were also given awards. There were 325 scholars present. Professor U.S. Bisht was thanked by the organizers for his excellent arrangements made during this session. • A National Seminar on Hermeneutics of Philosophy, Politics and Culture was held during November 19-21, 2008 at North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong under the directorship of Professor Vanlalnghak. Under the chairmanship of Professor C.R. Agera, the Conference began with a welcome address by Professor B.K. Agarwal. The inaugural address was delivered by Professor (Mrs.) Temsula Ao delving into the possibility of doing Philosophy through cultural studies in the context of tribal life of north-eastern region. Professor S.A. Shaida delivered the keynote address, where he traced the origin and development of hermeneutics as a philosophical method independent of natural sciences that ‘objectified’ the meaning and truth in terms of abstract mathematical and physical laws. According to him, the role of human consciousness and specificity of human conceptual understanding by its very nature was ‘interpretative’ and hence it assumes the shape of an ontological enterprise. • There were 8 sessions including the Inaugural and the Valedictory Sessions. The 6 academic sessions were chaired by Professors S.A. Shaida, Jagatpal, B.K. Agarwal, Sujata Miri, Goutam Biswas and Lokenderjit Singh. There were 18 papers presented by learned scholars on different aspects of the themes. In all, the seminar was attended by more than 100 scholars, students and teachers. • A National Seminar on Metaphysics: Methods and Perspectives was organized by Dr. Aditya Kumar Mohanty, Department of Philosophy, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar during 21-23 November 2008. The
32 inaugural session chaired by Professor P.K. Mohapatra had an interesting Keynote Address delivered by Professor Rajendra Prasad. Professor Hrudananda Ray was the chief guest. There were 11 enriching academic sessions during the three days of the seminar and the Chairpersons of these sessions were Professors B. Kar, G.P. Das, S.K. Mohanty, B. Pahi, G. Vedaparayana, N. Malla, Rajat Bhattacharya, D. Nesy, R.C. Pradhan and Tandra Patnaik. The paper presenters were Professors R.C. Pradhan, G. Vedaparayana, D. Nesy, B. Kar, H.P. Shah, A.K. Mohanty, G. Mishra, Tandra Patnaik, N. Malla, Rajat Bhattacharya and G.P. Das. The valedictory function was presided over by Professor Kar and the Chief Guest was Professor B. Pahi. The Vice Chancellor of Utkal University, Professor B. Rath was the guest of honour.
• A National Seminar on The Need for Environmental Ethics was held for three days from 16 to 18 December 2008 under the directorship of Professor Y.V. Satyanarayana at Andhra University, Vishakapatnam. The Vice Chancellor of Andhra University along with Professor J.P. Shukla and Professor R.P. Srivastava were the guests of honour. The Keynote Address was delivered by Professor A.K. Mohanty of Utkal University. There were 9 academic sessions with presentation by twenty scholars. The seminar was focused on different issues concerning environmental pollution, abuse of animals, striking a balance between development and environmental degradation, the measures to be taken to protect natural atmosphere, the ethical issues involved in the exploitation of nature and many other related issues.
• A National Seminar on Hypnotherapy: A Psycho-Philosophical Perspective of Hypnosis as the Therapy of the Millennium was held at Department of Philosophy, M.S. University,Baroda during 9-11 January 2009 under the directorship of Professor Nitin J. Vyas. The Seminar explored the deep theoretical-philosophical foundations of chit or chetna beyond the commonly known waking, dream and sleep
33 states. The eminent speakers who made enormous contributions and gave the seminar a significant direction were Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao, Chairman, ICPR, Professor S. Rinpoche, Chairman, Central Tibet Administration and many other scholars from all over India. There were overseas participants from countries like Israel, Greece, U.K., Canada and Ireland. The inaugural keynote address which was delivered by Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao and the Presidential address by Professor S. Rinpoche left a deep impact and impression among the participants of the seminar. • The Seminar was unique in the sense that the participants were from diverse fields of Philosophy, Psychology, Medicine and Practicing hypnotherapy expressing their views, thus achieving the objectives of the seminar.
• A two-day National Seminar on Socio-Political thinking of Swami Vivekananda and the Challenges of today was organized by Ramakrishna Mahavidyalaya, Kailashahar, North Tripura on 28-29 January 2009. The welcome address was delivered by Professor Gurudas Choudhary, Vice Principal of the organization and the keynote address was delivered by Professor Y.V. Satyanarayana. In his keynote address Professor Satyanarayana showed how the contemporary social problems such as caste system can be tackled by Vivekananda’s thinking. There were four academic sessions and each session had five to six paper presenters. There were rapporteurs in each session. Many young teachers and eminent scholars participated in the seminar. Students also participated in the discussions of each session. The details of the seminar have been put on the website (www.tripurainfo. com). The Valedictory session had Professor Satyanarayana and D.K. Mohanta presenting their views. Many dailies brought out the events giving wide publicity about the seminar.
• A National Seminar on Values Embedded in Indian Culture and their Relevance at Present Time was organized on 3-4 February 2009
34 at North Bengal University, Darjeeling under the directorship of Dr. Debika Saha and Dr. Jyotish Basak of the Department of Philosophy. The Seminar saw active participation by approximately 180 scholars. Professor Indrani Sanyal of Jadavpur University delivered the Keynote Address and Professor R.N. Ghosh delivered the Presidential Address. There were seven academic sessions in all. What was unique about the seminar was that one session was exclusively devoted for presentations by research scholars and students. In the Valedictory Session, a panel discussion was held in which an in-depth analysis was done by the panelists. Dr. J.C. Basak proposed the vote of thanks.
• An International Seminar on Hind Swaraj: 100 Years and After was organized by the University of Delhi under the directorship of Professor (Ms) Ashum Gupta, Director of Gandhi Bhawan at the Conference Centre during 11-13 February 2009. The Inaugural Session had a welcome address by Professor Ashum Gupta. There was the lighting of lump by all the eminent speakers. The introduction of the seminar was given by Professor Vibha Chaturvedi, Chairperson, Gandhi Bhawan. She considered India fortunate to have had an icon like Gandhiji and emphasized the need to bear in mind his ideas while framing the policies as the nation marches forward towards growth and progress. She idolized Gandhiji as an icon, an exemplar and messenger of peace and tolerance who stands on its own class of dignity. 2009 marks the centenary year of the book ‘Hind Swaraj’ which contains all the seminal ideas of Mahatma Gandhi. It is worthwhile to debate on Gandhi’s philosophy in the 21st century. It is the time when we should pay real attention on how Gandhi’s methodology of non-violence, non- cooperation, moral courage and atmashakti need to be revived. There were five academic sessions and very learned scholars from India and abroad spoke on the themes Hind Swaraj: Text-context, Democracy: A Gandhian Critique, Gandhi and Modern Civilization, Satyagraha and Swaraj, and Gandhian Vision of Indian Society. The Seminar was well organized and attended by about 400 scholars.
35 • A National Seminar on Freedom of Man and His Attitude Towards Environment: Contemporary Challenges and Moral Strategies was held during February 12-14, 2009 at HNB Garwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand under the directorship of Dr. Indoo (Pandey) Khanduri. The chief guest of the Seminar, Professor J.P. Shukla, Guest of honour Professor Sabhajit Mishra, the Keynote Speaker, Professor Y.V. Satyanarayana and Professor K.S. Singh, Vice-chancellor of Garwal University threw light on the theme of the seminar during the Inaugural Session. There were many paper presenters who presented their views on different aspects of the theme on environmental issues. • A National Seminar on Morality and Law: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue was organized during February 16-18, 2009 at University of Allahabad under the directorship of Professor Narendra Singh. The Seminar was inaugurated by Professor Bhuvan Chandel, former Head, Department of Philosophy, Punjab University, Chandigarh, on February 16, 2009. Professor Chandel in her address threw light on the concept of law and linked with the concept of morality. Professor Narendra Singh, Director of the Seminar, while presenting the theme of the seminar, also touched upon those aspects of law not based on morality but dependent on it. In his keynote address, Professor R.P. Singh discussed about the dialectics of morality and law. The Presidential Address was given by Professor Rajen Harsha, Vice Chancellor of Allahabad University, who dealt with the diversity of both law and morality. There were four speakers in the first session. In the second session, there were five interesting presentations on the subject. The third session had four presentations. The last day witnessed eight presentations. The Valedictory Session had a very interesting address given by Professor Janak Pandey and Professor Sabhajit Mishra. It concluded with the remarks of two scholars, namely, Professor S.P. Dubey and Professor R.C. Sinha. • A National Seminar on Tallapaka Annamacharya’s Philosophy and Vaishnava Bhakti was held during 12-14 March 2009 at S.V. University, Tirupati under the directorship of Professor C. Govinda Raju.
36 The inaugural session had the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor N. Prabhakara Rao as the Chief Guest. Professor Balagangadhara Rao, Acharya Nagarjuna University, delivered the Keynote Address. Professor C. Govinda Raju, Director of the Seminar, introduced the theme of the seminar. There were 24 paper presenters in 9 sessions on different aspects of Annamacharya’s philosophy. At the seventh session under the Chairmanship of Professor G. Vedayarayana, Professor C. Ramaiah gave a special lecture on Annamayya’s Visistadvaida. The valedictory session was marked by an inspiring address by Professor R.V.S. Sundaram of Mysore.
Workshops
Brief reports of few of the workshops are given below:
• A National Workshop on Applied Philosophy: A Colloquium to discuss curriculum for courses in Applied Philosophy and Human Science was organized by GITAM University, Visakhapatnam from April 11-13, 2008. Thirty delegates participated in the discussions. The function was presided over by Professor M. Gangadhara Rao, Vice– Chancellor, GITAM University. Proessor K. Sivarama Krishna, Principal, delivered the Welcome Address. Professor Janak Pandey, Head of the Centre of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences and a Member of the Research Programme Committee of ICPR and Professor G.J.V. Jagannadha Raju, Chancellor, Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Viswa Mahavidyalaya joined as special guest. The workshop was designed in a manner to facilitate the initiation of discussion on course structure, curriculum, syllabi, the evaluation process, etc. for the proposed programmes―M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Applied Philosophy and five year integrated Masters programme in Applied Psychology, Sociology and Social work and Rural Development.
37 • Sri Satya Sai University, Department of Philosophy, Anantapur organized a workshop on Indian Philosophy and Social Concerns on December 8-9, 2008. Dr. Sharada Subramanian, the Director of the Workshop gave a welcome address wherein she spoke on the importance of creating a general awareness amongst students and scholars about the relevance of Indian Philosophy in the present social scenario as also the richness of Indian Philosophy. The Inaugural Address was given by Dr. Dwarka Rane Rao. The Keynote address was given by Professor R. Balasubramanian who gave an analytic exposition of various aspects of Indian Philosophy and clarified the important concepts. There were 50 scholars who presented their views on different themes on Indian Philosophy. Every session was followed by a brief discussion and a report on the proceedings. The workshop was indeed a useful endeavour on the part of the organizers of the workshop.
• A 15-day Textual Workshop on Nyaya, Mimamsa and Advaita Vedanta (in English) was conducted at Chinmay International Foundation Shodha Sansthan, Veliyanad, Kerala from 15th to 29th December 2008 under the directorship of Professor V.N. Jha and co-ordinated by Dr. K.H. Subramanian, Hon. Director of CIF Shodha Sansthan. The inauguration of the Workshop was done by Hon. Justice Shri K. Narayana Kurup (retd.). Dr. P.C. Muraleemadhavan, Chairman, Managing Committee, Shodha Sansthan presided over the function. The first six days of the workshop were on Nyaya and Mimamsa and Professors V.N. Jha and Ujwala Jha were the resource persons who taught the participants. The remaining days of the workshop were devoted to Vedanta studies. Vedantaparibhasa of Dharmaraja, Bhamati-Chatuhsutri of Vachaspati and Vedanta Samgraha of Ramaraya Kavi were the texts dealt with by Professor R. Balasubramanian, Dr. Goda Venkateswara Sastri, traditional scholars of Chennai and Professor G. Mishra, Member- Secretary, ICPR, respectively. 35 participants from all over India attended this Workshop. In the Valedictory function chaired by Swami Advayananda, Acharya,
38 Chinmaya International Foundation, Professor R. Balasubramanian, delivered the Valedictory address. Professor G. Mishra, Member- Secretary, ICPR distributed the certificates to all the participants. • The National Workshop on National Integration and Identity-Violence was organized by the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla and the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi at the North Eastern Regional Centre of Indian Council of Social Science Research, NEHU Campus, Shillong during March 20-23, 2009. The Inaugural Function of the Workshop was held at the old guest house auditorium and was chaired by Professor Pramod Tandon, Vice-Chancellor, NEHU, Shillong. Professor Mrinal Miri, Director of the Workshop welcomed the gathering and gave a thematic introduction of the Workshop. In his introduction, Professor Miri dealt with the concept of violence and how identity-violence has recently created problems in many parts of the world, especially in India. Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao delivered the Keynote Address and spoke on “Identity Violence – Perspectives”. Professor Rao explained the concept of violence by citing a number of cases of recent violent incidents in India with special reference to identity politics. He spoke of group identity and how identity movement leads to identity violence. He also discussed about the implications and ramifications of such violence and their different causes besides dealing with the psychological structure of violence as well as the Gandhian ways of arresting violence. He concluded his speech by pointing out how individual value is efficacious in containing violence at the levels of the individual, group and society. Professor Pramod Tandon in his Presidential Address gave an exposition of the concept of violence and of the different ways in which we can address this problem. The Chief Guest of the function was Shri Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary, His Excellency the Governor of Meghalaya, who in his brilliant exposition gave the causes of identity violence in a pluralistic set-up as the one we have in this country. He pointed out the
39 problems at a gross-root level and referred to the fact that unless the economic need of the people are taken care of and equality is inculcated in people’s minds, violence cannot be meaningfully arrested. Quoting from a large number of contemporary authorities, His Excellency pointed out that there is an urgent need to discuss this problem so that we may be able to address the issues in the different regions of this country ridden with identity violence. The Inaugural Function came to an end with a Vote of Thanks proposed by Professor G. Mishra, Member- Secretary, ICPR. The Workshop was topically divided into five sessions. The First Session, held on March 21, 2009, was on “Plurality – Linguistic, Cultural and Religious – and National Identity”. Professor Mrinal Miri chaired this session during which four papers were presented. In this session, the highlights were on pluralism and its effect on identity politics. Professor Gautam Biswas, Professor S.S. Rama Rao Pappu, Professor Rajesh Dev and Professor Asghar Ali Engineer presented their papers and they evoked a good lot of discussion among the participants. The broad topic of the Second Session was “Violence, Terrorism and Threat to National Life”. Professor G. Mishra chaired this session. Dealing with various aspects of the theme of the session, Professor Madhuri Sondhi, Shri J.K. Tripathi and Professor C.V. Raghavulu spoke on different aspects of the topics evoking good participation. The Third Session of the Workshop held on 22 March 2009 was devoted to “Tribal India” and was chaired by Professor A.C. Bhagbati. Professor Sujata Miri, Professor Ranju Dhamala, Professor Prasenjit Biswas, Professor T. Subba and Professor Udayan Mishra presented their papers discussing various aspects of Tribal India and Identity Politics with special reference to North-Eastern states. The Fourth Session of the Workshop was devoted to discussing “Tagore, Gandhi, Nehru and Ambedkar” and their contribution to the efforts of achieving National Integration. The session was chaired by
40 Professor S.S. Rama Rao Pappu. There were three papers presented by Professor Makrand Paranjape, Professor Bindu Puri and Shri B. Venketeswara Rao. The well-known participants in this session shed light on different aspects of the contemporary thinking concerning National Integration. The Fifth Session of the Workshop held on March 23, 2009 was devoted to “Global Economic Unity and Cultural Autonomy; and Democracy, Individual Freedom and Community Allegiances.” The session was chaired by Dr. B.B. Datta. There were five papers presented by Dr. Sanjeeb Kakoti, Dr. Mangi Singh, Dr. Kympham Singh Nongkynreih and Dr. Balakrishnan. On the afternoon of March 23, 2009, the Valedictory Function was held under the Chairmanship of Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao, Chairman, ICPR. Professor Mrinal Miri made a brief summing up of the whole seminar proceedings. It was followed by a Valedictory Address by Sri B.N. Yugandhar, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India. Professor Yugandhar in his speech spoke about the relevance of this Workshop and appreciated the organizers for holding such deliberations which addressed the current problems of the country. Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao delivered the Presidential Address wherein he spelt out the different projects and programmes of ICPR for promoting philosophy, especially Applied Philosophy. The Workshop came to a successful conclusion with a Vote of Thanks by Professor G. Mishra, Member-Secretary, ICPR. On the whole, the seminar was successful in addressing many issues which had arisen out of the earlier Workshop at IIAS, Shimla with its focus on the problems of North-Eastern States of the country. Professor G. Mishra expressed the hope that this would be a continuing programme of the ICPR and he further hoped that along with IIAS the next Workshop would be organized again in some place in the North East to continue with the indepth deliberations on National Integration and Violence related issues.
41 PERIODICAL LECTURES
The Periodical Lectures organized by the Council at different Colleges and Universities in the country are for the promotion of philosophy among the young students of different cities of India on low cost budget. Senior scholars of the local area are requested to deliver the lectures to the young scholars and teachers, so as to encourage them to deepen and widen their interest in philosophy by listening to those lectures. During the year 2008-09, the Council organized its Periodical Lectures in different places on various topics as given below:
S. No. Organizer Title of the Lectures delivered by Lectures 1. Dr. V. Sujatha Post-modernism Prof. S. Head, Panneerselvam D e p a r t m e n t o f Philosophy, University College, Palayam, Trivandrum, Kerala 2. Smt. Bindu R Development of Sri. S. Sadasivan Nair Head Values: Role of Department of Upanishads & Philosophy, Sree Bhagavat Gita Narayana College Value Based Professor N. Gopala Kollam-691 001 Education. Krishnan. 3. Smt. K. Sreelatha Hermeneutics Dr. S. Paneerselvam Head Department of Philosophy, Govt. College for Women Trivandrum-695 014 Kerala
42 4. Dr. V. Prabhakaran Quine on Dr. K. Kantamani Head Grammar, Logic Department of and Language Philosophy, Govt. College, Chittur, Palakkad, Kerala 5. Dr. Sumukhi G.P. Management: A Sh. P.N. Subramanian Head Bhagavad Gita Department of Perspective Philosophy H.H.M.S.P.B., NSS College for Women, Neeramankara Kaimanam P.O., Trivandrum, Kerala 6. Dr. N. Nirmala Philosophy Prof. S. Paneerselvam Sl. Gr. Lecturer of Language: Department of Indian and Philosophy Western Maharajas College, Perspective Ernakulam, Cochin 7. Dr. J.K. Lal Principal, St. Andrew’s College, Gorakhpur 8. Dr. Ram Prakash Darshan, Dr. R.P. Singh Singh Sanskrit Evam Head Mulya: Shiksha Department of Paddhati ki Philosophy Punarsanrachna Baisawara P.G. ke Sandarbh College, Lalganj, mein Rae Bareli-229 206
43 9. Dr. Seema Sharma Aj ke Samaajik Professor D.N. Yadav Head, Department Parivesh Mein of Philosophy, G.F. darshan Shastra College, ki Upayogita Shahjahanpur, U.P. 10. Dr. Indu Kumari Pratyitsamutpada Professor H.N. Mishra Head, Dept. of Philosophy, Nari Siksha Niketan P.G. College, Lucknow. 11. Dr. H.C. Yadav Darshan Dwara Professor H.S. Prasad Head, Department Hi Maanav of philosophy, Mulyon ka Vikas Professor A.D. Sharma DAV PG College, Philosophy in the Ausanganj Comtemporary Varanasi World 12. Dr. B.K. Das Understanding Dr. D.S. Gupta Head Plurality in Department of Multiculturalism Philosophy, Meerut in the Era of College, Meerut. Globalization 13. Dr. A.K. Singh Anuprayukt Propessor V.P. Mishra Head Department of Nitishastra philosophy, K.G.K. (PG) College Moradabad. 14. Dr. Ranjana Maini Head, Department of Philosophy, Gangotri Devi Women P.G. College, Gorakhpur
44 15. Dr. Kusum Mishra Srimadbhagavata Professor V.P. Mishra Head, Ras Prasthaan Department of Philosophy, Vasant Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Kamachha, Varanasi 16. Dr. Vineeta Darshan Ki Professor Rajendra Head Prasangikata Prasad Department of Philosophy, Mahila Vidyalaya P.G. College, Aminabad, Lucknow 17. Dr. (Mrs.) Rama Mastiskh, Manas Dr. Devkinandan Rani, Head, Aur Chetna Dwivedi Department of Philosophy, C.M.P. Degree College, University of Allahabad 4, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Allahabad 18. D.C. Srivastava Global Identity Dr. Bijoy Boruah Head and Cultural Department of Solidarity Philosophy Christ Church College Kanpur
45 19. Dr. Vijay Kant Dubey, Head Department of Philosophy K.N. Govt. Post- Graduate College, Gyanpur, Distt. Saint Ravidas Nagar, Badhoi, U.P. 20. Shri Saroj Kumar Padhi Head Department of Philosophy K.S.U.B. College Bhanjanagar, Ganjam, Orissa. 21. Shri Basant Kumar The Health of Dr. Ganesh Prasad Dash our Society and Das Head The Health of Department of Philosophy in it Philosophy Ethics, Applied Dr. P.K. Mohapatra Govt. College Ethics and (Autonomous) Indian Thoeries Angul, Dist. Angul of Values. Orissa. 22. Dr. (Capt.) Madan Awareness of Dr. Sarat Chandra Mohan Das Environmental Panigrahi Head, Department Ethics of Philosophy, Salepur College, Salepur, Dist. Cuttack, Orissa 46 23. Dr. Parshuram Kar Philosophy, Professor N. Malla Head What and Why. Department of Philosophy V.N. College, Jajpur Road Jajpur, Orissa 24. Dr. Ramakanta Nanda Head, Department of Philosophy Godavaris Mahavidyalaya Banpur, Dist. Khurda, Orissa 25. Dr. (Smt.) Deepa Philosophy, Prof. A.K. Mohanty Padhi, Head Science and Department of Spirituality Philosophy Ramadevi Womens’ (Autonomous) College Bhubaneswar, Orissa 26. Dr. Niranjan Mohanty Head Department of Philosophy Christ College, Cuttack, Orissa
47 27. Sri Jitendra Kumar Removal of Prof. Ganesh Prasad Patel Poverty in the Das Head Gandhian Way Department of Philosophy Bonaigarh College P.O. Bonaigarh Dist. Sundargarh, Orissa. 28. Dr. Rabindra Kumar Mohapatra Head Department of Philosophy Dhenkanal Autonomous College, Dhenkanal P.O. Dt. Dhenkanal, Orissa 29. Principal Rajendra College (Auto.) Balangir 30. Dr. Nrusingha Charan Samantaray Head Department of Philosophy Paradip College, Paradip Dist. Jagatsinghpur, Orissa
48 31. Dr. S.C. Lenka Head, Department of Philosophy S.V.M. Auto. College Jagatsinghpur, Orissa. 32. Dr. (Capt.) Minati Science, Prof. Ganesh Prasad Pattanaik, Head Philosophy and Das Department of Society philosophy P.N. (Auto) College Khurda, Dist. Khurda, Orissa 33. Dr. Girija Sankar Ethics and the Prof. P.K. Mohapatra Sahoo, Head Society Department of Philosophy of Prof. Netrananda Philosophy Education in Malla. Choudwar College Indian Context Choudwar, Orissa 34. Dr. Achyuta Nanada Making Dr. Laxman Behera Patel, Head Philosophy Department of intelligible and Philosophy useful—the call Deogarh College, of the hour Prof. Sudarshan Pujari Deogarh, Orissa Political India, Religious Gandhi 35. Mrs. Sabita Kumari Mishra, Head Department of Philosophy Nayagada Autonomous College, Nayagada, Orissa 49 36. Mr. Ashok Kumar Mallick, Head, Department of Logic & Philosophy K.P.P.A. Mahavidyalaya Malipada, Distt. Khurda, Orissa. 37. Dr. Ashok Kumar Roy N.C. Autonomous College, Jajpur Orissa. 38. Dr. Rashmi Bhardwaj Head Department of Philosophy Gargi College New Delhi 39. Dr. Pranita Devi Humanism with Dr. Girish Sharma Head, Department special Reference of Philosophy, Bajali to Vivekananda, College, Pathsala, Dr. Radhakrishnan Dist Borpeta, Assam and Karl Marx 40. Ms. Monica Saikia Advaita Vedanta Prof. Girish Baruah Head and Vaisnavism Department of Mahapurusha of Philosophy Sri Sri Sibsagar College Sankaradeva Joysagar, Joysagar Dist. Sivasagar, Assam
50 41. Dr. (Mrs.) Geeta Kant and Professor Dilip Kumar Goswami Hare on Moral Chakraborty Head Universalization Department of Philosophy, Cotton College, Guwahati 42. Dr. Kalipada Mohanta Head, Department of Philosophy, St. Anthony’s College Shillong 43. Dr. Manjeet Kaur Head, Department of Philosophy, S.L. Bawa DAV College Batala, Punjab 44. Dr. Ambuj Sharma Late Prof. Dr. Lallan Singh Head, Dayakrishna Baghel Department of Memorial Philosophy Lecture Dev Samaj College for Women Ferozepur City, Punjab. 45. Dr. Rajbala Sekhon Social Justice Mufti Fuzail-ur Head and Status of Rahman Hilal Usmani Department of women in India Philosophy, Govt. Ranbir College Sangrur, Punjab.
51 46. Dr. Rajwinder Singh Applied Ethics Prof. Asha Maudgil Head, Department of philosophy, Govt. College, Ropar, Punjab 47. Mrs. Kavita Vij Philosophy of Dr. Gursharanjit Head, Department Sikhism of Philosophy, Hansraj Mahila Mahavidyalaya Jalandhar, Punjab. 48. Dr. Gopal Sahu Why Dr.V.T. Sebastian. Head, Department Philosophy? of Philosophy Government College for Boys, Sector–11 Chandigarh 49. Dr. Shobha Mishra Head, Department of Philosophy, Govt. Madhav College Ujjain (M.P.)
Here are some of the reports received from the organizers: • The Philosophy Department under the headship of Ms. Monica Saikia, Sibsagar College, Joysagar, Assam, organized a lecture by Dr. Girish Boruah on ‘Advaita Vedanta and Vaishnavism of Mahapurusha Sri Sri Sankaradeva’ on 12 December 2008. A large number of scholars as well as teachers from philosophy and other disciplines attended the same.
52 • Dr. H.C. Yadav, Head, Department of Philosophy, DAVP College, Ausanganj, Varanasi, organized a lecture programme by inviting professors, H.S. Prasad of Delhi University and Ambika Dutta Sharma of Sagar University to speak on the topic Philosophy in the Contemporary World on 16th January 2009. While Professor H.S. Prasad spoke on the Significance of Philosophy in Society by moral values and its criteria we adopt, Dr. A.D. Sharma expounded the view that where science ends, philosophy begins and, therefore, the contribution of philosophy to the society and the contemporary world is far greater. The lecture programme was reported in different newspapers. • On the topic Aaj ke samaajik Parivesh mein darshan ki Upyogita an interesting lecture was delivered by Professor D.N. Dwivedi, retired Professor of Allahabad University at Gandhi Faiz-e-Aam, P.G. College, Shahjahanpur, on 24 January 2009. Professor Dwivedi dealt with the importance and significance of Philosophy and its applications in the Society. Several scholars attended the lecture programme which was well arranged by Dr. Seema Sharma, Head of the Department of Philosophy. • Two eminent scholars namely, Professor P.K. Mohapatra of Utkal University and Professor N. Malla of NEHU delivered lectures on the topics Ethics and Society and Philosophy of Education in the Indian Context respectively at the Department of Philosophy, Choudwar College, Cuttack, on 28 January 2009. A large number of teachers and students of philosophy department and other departments attended and participated in the lecture. The thrust of the lectures was on emphasizing the prime importance of philosophical and ethical knowledge at all professional levels and also on how the present educational system could be changed by creating good human beings to develop their cognitive faculty for a better living. The lectures were followed by discussions and were appreciated by those who attended the programme.
53 • The main contention of the lecture was that man is moral by nature and becomes immoral only under compulsion. A human being’s reaction to an immoral act might be characterized either by escapism or cynicism or by aggressive action and both are counterproductive and to be avoided. The right course is to take a positive action to free the society from evil and corruption. It is not always the attempt at achieving wholesale good of the human society that counts, but even the attempt for the good in bits and pieces is praiseworthy. The essence of the moral rule is the reciprocity among people in the society. It is in this context that Ethics and Philosophy gain prominence in the present scenario. Philosophical and Ethical knowledge are of prime importance even in business conduct and professional action. Honesty is the best policy in all walks of life. The second lecture was delivered by Prof. Netrananda Malla, retired Professor of Philosophy of North Eastern Hill University on Philosophy of Education in Indian Context. The students and teachers of the Department of Philosophy as well as of other departments of the College were present and participated in the discussion. The main thesis of the Lecture was that the present educational scene in India is in a mess and all the attempts taken at the growth of education in post-independent India has been counterproductive and confusing. The argument of the lecture was that the aim of education is to create good human beings to develop their cognitive faculty, knowledge and wisdom and to enable them to earn their livelihood. This has been frustrated by the fact that top priority in planning and administration of education has been given on creation of wealth. This has led to commercialization, privatization and mushrooming of coaching centre and private tuition as an outcome. Mahatma Gandhi had rightly envisioned that education up to matriculation should be compulsory and higher education should be privatized. But we are moving at the opposite direction. While primary and secondary education is getting more and more expensive, higher education has been comparatively less expensive.
54 The lectures were followed by discussions and appreciated by those who attended the programme: • On 29 January 2009, the Department of Philosophy, Narishiksha Niketan, P.G. College, Lucknow, under the headship of Dr. Indu Kumari invited Professor H.N. Mishra, former Head, Department of Philosophy, Nagarjuna University, to deliver a lecture on Pratyitsamutpada to an audience of around 150 students and other scholars. Professor Mishra while explicating the concept of pratyitsamutpada drew the attention of the scholars to the different concepts of Buddhism. • Dr. Sumukhi, Head of the the Department of Philosophy, H.H.M.S.P.B., NSS College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, organized a lecture on Management: A Bhagawad Gita Perspective on 30 January 2009. The lecture was delivered by Shri P.N. Subramanian, Dy. Director (Retd.), Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and Chief Executive of Brahmananda Research Foundation for Management Headship Studies, Thiruvananthapuram. Shri Subramanian spoke briefly on modern trends in management and introduced the general concepts of the Bhagavad Gita, the situation of its delivery as positioned in the Mahabharata of Veda Vyasa. The speaker used power point presentation to explain his views. A group of 105 participants drawn from the student-teacher community were benefited from the lecture. • The Department of Philosophy under the headship of Dr. D.C. Srivastava, Christ Church College, Kanpur, organized a lecture programme on 30 January 2009 by Professor Bijoy H. Boruah, Visiting Professor of Philosophy, IIT, Delhi. The title of his lecture was Cultural Identity and Global Solidarity. Speaking on the topic, Professor Boruah opined that modernity seems to have inevitably led to a human world of globalized character in all its significant dimensions: economic, political, cultural, educational, etc. In one sense, globalization is a form of civilization of homogenization in which cultural diversity, rooted in local human practices, is gradually marginalized and eventually diluted in a “faceless”
55 space of general humanity. On the other hand, there is reactive post- modernity that witnesses and celebrates the heterogeneity of a cultural humanity. The lecture was concluded by bringing out the ideas of how human individual’s cultural identity is perfectly compatible with his or her sense of global solidarity. The lecture was attended by more than 50 scholars from different institutions and colleges of the city. • Professor D.N. Dwivedi of Allahabad University delivered a lecture on Brain, Mind and Consciousness (with special reference to Western Theories) on 30 January 2009 at CMP Degree College, Allahabad, under the headship of Dr. (Mrs) Rama Rani. The lecture was attended by 300 students and 50 teachers. There was a very thought-provoking and interactive discussion after the lecture. It was felt that the impact of the lecture was such that an interest was created among the students of philosophy to pursue their future studies and research in philosophy. • A lecture was delivered by Professor Asha Maudgil on Applied Ethics to a large gathering of students in Government College, Ropar in Punjab on 30 January 2009. It had been arranged by Dr. Rajvinder Singh. • A one-day lecture-cum-seminar programme was arranged by Professor A.N. Patel, Department of Philosophy, Deogarh College, Deogarh, on 15 February 2009. There were two distinguished speakers, namely Professor Laxman Behera, H.O.D. of Philosophy, G.M. College, Sambalpur, and Professor Sudarshan Pujari, Principal, Women’s College Bargarh. The topics of the lectures were Making Philosophy Intelligible and Useful: The call of the hour and Political Indian, Religious Gandhi respectively. Professor B.N. Sahu who presided over the lectures spoke about the importance of philosophy in the present era of globalization. • Government Ranbir College, Sangrur, Punjab arranged a lecture by Mufti Fuzail ur-Rehman Hilal Usmani on Social Justice and Status of Women in India on 4 February 2009 under the headship of Dr. Rajbala Sekhon.
56 There was a good participation where students of colleges were benefited through intense interactions. • At the Seminar Hall of Mahilla V.P.G. College, Aminabad, Lucknow, a lecture programme was arranged by Dr. Vineeta on 5 February 2009. The lecture was delivered by Professor Rajendra Prasad, Rtd. Professor of IIT, Kanpur on the topic Darshan ki Prasangikata. Around 110 students and 80 lecturers including the staff members attended the lecture programme. The lecture was covered by local and national dailies as well as news channels. Around 10 newspapers of Hindi, English and Urdu published the report of the programme on 6 February 2009. • Professor Parshuram Kar, Head, Department of Philosophy, V.N. College, Jajpur Road, Orissa, organized a one-day lecture by Professor N. Malla, Retd. Professor of NEHU, the Guest of Honour, and Professor A.K. Mohanty, the Chief Speaker on 4 February 2009. After an introductory speech by Professor Kar, Professor Malla delivered his lecture. Professor Malla upheld the view that Philosophy is not only confined to the doctrines or postulates but is also a way of life. That is to say, it is associated with thoughts and actions of persons in society. He stressed the ethical aspects of philosophical thought in a lucid manner and spoke upon its applicability in every social problem. Professor A.K. Mohanty addressed the participants regarding the nature and scope of philosophy in the 21 century by making a clear distinction between Philosophy, Science and Applied Philosophy. • Dr. Aditya Kumar Mohanty, Professor and Coordinator, Centre of Advanced Study in Philosophy, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, was invited as the Chief Guest-cum-Speaker by the Department of Philosophy, Rama Devi Women’s (Autonomous) College, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, on Saturday, 7 February 2009. Professor Mohanty delivered his lecture on Philosophy, Science and Spirituality. His talk was followed by an interactive session. The Lecture was attended by a large number of students, Faculty members and guests.
57 • A lecture on Humanism with special reference to Vivekananda, Dr. Radhakrishnan, and Karl Marx was organized at Department of Philosophy, Bajali College, Barpedta, Assam, on 10 February 2009. Dr. Pranita Devi, HOD, Philosophy Department, explained the purpose of the lecture which was inaugurated by Dr. Debendra Nath Sarma, Principal of the College. Dr. Girish Sharma, Philosophy Department, Gauhati University, delivered the lecture while also referring to the contributions of ICPR towards development of philosophical studies and research at the national level. Dr. Sharma discussed the concept of humanism in the East and the West and also differences in the humanism of the East and the West. He stated “Humanism is not a new philosophy, it is a traditional concept of man which is spiritual and we cannot ignore the tradition, whether one may accept it or not”. • There was a lecture programme organized by Dr. Basant Kumar Das, Philosophy Department, Government College, Angul at Orissa on 11 February 2009. Professor P.K. Mohapatra and Professor G.P. Das, the two eminent scholars were invited to deliver their lectures on Indian Values. About 75 participants including teachers and students participated in the lecture programme. Professor Mohapatra in his address preferred to reject the three fundamental features of our value traditions such as Universality, Metaphysicality and Negativity which generally constitute the distinctive features of Indian value tradition. Professor G.P. Das in his address emphasized the moral practices of the individual and the society for the growth of a healthy society. The lectures were followed by fruitful discussions by the participants. • The Department of Philosophy, Deogarh College, Deogarh, arranged two lectures by Professor Laxman Behera, G.M. College, Sambalpur on Making Philosophy Intelligible and useful: The Call of the hour and Professor Sudarshan Pujari, Principal, Women’s College, Bargarh on Political India, Religious Gandhi. Professor Pujari explained the relevance of Gandhian Philosophy to the contemporary society.
58 • A lecture on Srimadbhagvat: Ras Prasthan was delivered by Professor Vindhyeshwari Prasad Mishra at Vasant Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Varanasi, on 19 February 2009. The lecture programme was attracted by a large number of students, researchers and teachers. Professor Mishra emphasized the importance of Prasthanatrayi in Indian Philosophy. This programme was featured in many daily newspapers. Scholars from BHU and other institutions attended the lecture. • The Department of Philosophy, Sree Narayana College, Kollam, organized lectures by Dr. Sadasivan Nair on Development of Values: Role of Upanishads and Bhagawad Gita and by Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan on Value based Education on 19 February 2009. There were about 140 scholars who actively participated in the discussions and deliberations of the lecture programme. • The lecture programme of Govt. College, Palakkad, Kerala, was inaugurated by Mr. M. Mahalingam, Vice Principal on 20 February 2009. Dr. V. Prabhakaran, Head, Department of Philosophy, presided over the function. Professor Chithambaram, in his felicitation address indicated the close relation between philosophy and mathematics, especially, the logical basis of mathematics. An eminent scholar of philosophy, Dr. A. Kanthamani, retired Professor, University of Calicut, presented a paper on Quine on Grammar, Logic and Language. copies of which were distributed among the participants which included students, research scholars, and teachers. There was a high level discussion session involving all the participants. • The Hans Raj Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Jalandhar, arranged a lecture programme on 21 February 2009 by Dr. Gurusharanjit Singh of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. He delivered a lecture on Philosophy of Sikhism. Dr. Singh concentrated on the mulamantra of Sikhism and explained with Shabads of Gurbani. Around 100 students and teachers were benefited by this lecture.
59 • K.G.K. College, Moradabad, organized a lecture by Professor J. Sankar Tiwari of Allahabad University on 21 February 2009 on the topic Nitishastra:Vikas Ke Katipay Charan by A.K. Singh. The lecture was attended by several scholars of Moradabad area and had a great impact as two daily newspapers reported the event publicizing ICPR’s contribution in promoting research through this scheme. • On 28 February 2009, the Department of Philosophy, Govt. College, Chandigarh organized a lecture by Professor V.T. Sebastian. About 100 participants, 40 lecturers and 60 students attended the programme. The title of the lecture was Why philosophy? Speaking on the occasion, Professor Sebstian addressed various issues pertaining to philosophy such as what is philosophy, the nature of philosophy and the role of philosophy in today’s materialistic world. He pointed out that the study of philosophy equips a person with the capacity of ratiocination and self-reflection. The talk also dealt with such pertinent questions as the difference between knowledge and wisdom, the nature of consciousness, human nature, etc. The talk was followed by an intense interaction with the faculty members and students of the college. • A lecture programme was organized by Dr. R.P. Singh, Department of Philosophy, Baisawara P.G. College, Lalganj, Rae Bareli on 28 February 2009. Dr. Ramjay Pratap Singh delivered a lecture on Sanskriti evam mulya siksha Paddhati ki purnasamsacana ke sandarbha mein. Dr. D.C. Srivastava from Christ Church College, Kanpur, delivered a lecture on Philosophy and Human Values: Key to Solving Global Problems. • A lecture programme on Awareness of Environmental Ethics was conducted by Salepur College, Cuttack, on 21 February 2009. Professor S.C. Panigrahi spoke at length on the three approaches of Environmental Ethics, i.e. Anthropocentrism, Bio-centrism and Eco- centrism. • Professor S. Panneerselvam of Madras University delivered a lecture on Post Modernism at Department of Philosophy, University College,
60 Trivandrum, on 2 March 2009. The lecture was most beneficial to P.G. Students as well as to the research scholars and teachers of Philosophy. • Department of Philosophy, Government College for Women, Trivandrum, also arranged a lecture on 3 March 2009 by Professor S. Panneerselvam on Hermeneutical Turn in Philosophy. Professor Panneerselvam presented his views in a systematic and methodical manner through L.C.D. presentation with public address system. The thought-inspiring lecture lasted for 2 hours followed by stormy discussion by the students and teachers of philosophy as well as of other departments. • Dev Samaj College for Women in Ferozepur city, Punjab, organized the Professor Daya Krishna Memorial Lecture on 4 March 2009. The lecture was delivered by Dr. Lallan Singh Baghel, Department of Philosophy, Punjab University, Chandigarh. The session was chaired by the College Principal, Dr. (Mrs.) Madhu Parashar. Around 400 students actively participated in this lecture programme. • The Department of Philosophy, Cotton College, Gauhati, organized a lecture programme on 23 March 2009 by Professor Dilip Kumar Chakrabarty on Kant and Hare on Moral Universalization. In his lecture, Professor Chakrabarty dealt with different aspects of moral universalizability with reference to two important thinkers, Kant and Hare. He showed that the two thinkers shared some common views about universalisability of moral statements. The lecture was followed by an interactive session. • A lecture on Philosophy of Language: Indian and Western Perspective was organized by Maharajas’ College, Ernakulam, Kerala on 4 March 2009. The lecture was delivered by Professor S. Panneerselvam of University of Madras who gave a fine exposition of philosophical problems related with language and opined that problems are the creation of philosophers and not of language.
61 NATIONAL LECTURES BY EMINENT INDIAN AND FOREIGN SCHOLARS
With a view to acquainting Indian scholars with the recent thoughts of leading philosophers as well as to provide opportunities for interaction with them, the Council organizes every year two National Lectures each by leading Indian philosophers and overseas Philosophers respectively. Under this scheme, the Lecturers deliver a series of three lectures in at least three different universities in India. The universities are given a grant of Rs.35,000 by the Council to invite the interested scholars from their region to attend the lectures and participate in the discussions. Besides making travel arrangements as well as providing local hospitality to the invited lecturers, the Council pays them a token honorarium of Rs.10,000. The Council had nominated the following Foreign Scholars to deliver lectures in different Universities of India during the year 2008-09:
Sl. No. Name of the Scholar N a m e o f t h e Places Lectured Institutions 1. Profesor Philip Claremont School Mumbai, Clayton of Theology, 1325 Chennai, N. College Ave. Vishakhapatnam, Claremont, CA Bhubaneshwar, 91711 Delhi 2. Professor Emeritus Mumbai, Tirupati, Ramakrishna Professor, Hyderabad Puligandla University of Toledo, USA 3. Professor Probal Kolkata, Dasgupta Shantiniketan, Chennai, Hyderabad
62 4. Professor R. Bhubaneswar, Balasubramanian Mumbai, Madurai 5. Professor P.K. Lucknow, Mukhopadhyaya Kurukshetra, J&K 6. Professor G.C. Nayak Tirupati, Gauhati, Varanasi
LECTURES BY PROFESSOR PHILIP CLAYTON, VISITING PROFESSOR (Overseas)
At Mumbai:
Professor Clayton delivered a lecture at K.J. Somaiya Centre for Buddhist Studies on Philosophy of Religion: Panentheisms East and West on 18 December 2008. He further gave another lecture at University of Mumbai on the topic On Freedom and the Philosophy of Mind: The Asymptotic Theory of Free Will: Why Neuroscience Undercuts both Compatibilitist and Libertarian Accounts of Freedom on 19 December 2008. A lecture was also organized by Dr. A. Shakuntala Singh, Mumbai on the topic On Process Thought: How can Process Philosophy Contribute to Social Change ‘for the Common Good’? on 20 December 2008.
At Chennai:
The Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute agreed to organize the lectures of Professor Philip Clayton, ICPR’s Annual Visiting Professor for the year 2008-09. Under the directorship of Dr. V. Kameshwari a series of two lectures were held on 22-23 December 2008. The lecture series were inaugurated by Professor G. Mishra, Member-Secretary, ICPR. On the second day of the lectures, Professor R. Gopalakrishnan was invited by the Institute as
63 the Chief Guest. Professor Clayton lectured on the topics: On Philosophy of Religion: Pantheisms East and West and On Process Thought: How can Process Philosophy contribute to Social Change for the Common Good? respectively. The lectures were attended by a learned audience of Professors from both Sanskrit and Philosophy departments.
At Vishakhapatnam:
Professor Clayton delivered lectures on 26-27 December 2008 on the topics On Freedom and the Philosophy of Mind: The Asymptotic Theory of Free Will: Why Neuroscience Undercuts both Compatibilist and Libertarian Accounts of Freedom and On Process Thought: How can Process Philosophy contribute to Social Change for the Common Good? at Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam.
At Bhubaneshwar:
The Department of Philosophy, Utkal University,arranged lecture series of Professor Clayton on 29-30 December 2008. Professor Clayton spoke on On Religion and Science: Contemporary Trends in Science-Religion Scholarship in the West and On Freedom and the Philosophy of Mind: The Asymptotic Theory of Free Will: Why Neuroscience Undercuts both Compatibilist and Libertarian Accounts of Freedom.
At Delhi:
At New Delhi a day long lecture-cum-discussion was organized at the JNU by Professor R.P. Singh where there was a large participation by scholars from not only JNU, but also from Delhi University, Miranda House, and IIT. Professor Philip Clayton spoke on the topic Reality Consists of events, Not things; Process Philosophy, Social Responsibility and the Indian Traditions. In his presentation, Professor Clayton went into the details of philosophy as love of wisdom and the dialogical method for philosophizing. He took up such issues where knowledge derived from wisdom is important. This
64 can be found in the consequences and the results. These are the issues concerning applied philosophy as comparative and transcultural method could be used for analyzing such issues. Professor Clayton took up five issues for presentation. These are: 1. Is Philosophy good for anything? 2. What is the status of applied philosophy? 3. What methodology should we pursue in order to philosophize? 4. What exactly is the status of process philosophy? 5. What are the social consequences of process philosophy? The Department of Philosophy, Delhi University, Delhi under the directorship of Professor Ashok Vohra organized a one-day lecture by Professor Philip Clayton on January 12, 2009. The lecture was on Process Philosophy, Social Responsibility, and Indian Traditions. Professor Mrinal Miri chaired the session and the lecture was attended by about 100 teachers from colleges all over Delhi, and various Departments of the University as well as students and research scholars. It was also attended by teachers of neighbouring universities. The lecture was followed by intense discussion.
At Bangalore:
Two lectures were arranged by Suvidya College, Bangalore on 5-6 January 2009, where Professor Philip Clayton presented his views on the topics On Philosophy of Science: From Reductive to ‘Broad’ Naturalism, and Beyond: The Harvard Debate and Expanding the Range of Empirical Study and On Personal Agency and Ultimacy: The Challenge of Ultimacy: Toward a Panentheistic-Participatory Theory of Agency. A seminar was held at NIAS arranged by Dr. Sangeeta Menon where Professor Philip Clayton spoke on Self and Self Transformation: Concept and Implications. The Seminar was held during 7 to 9 January 2009.
65 At Lucknow:
Professor Philip Clayton delivered lectures at the Academic Centre,Lucknow on 10 January 2009 on the following topics: 1. On Philosophy of Religion: Panentheisms East and West 2. On Philosophy of Science: From Reductive to ‘Broad’ Naturalism, and Beyond: The Harvard Debate and Expanding the Range of Empirical Study Scholars from all over Lucknow attended the lectures and were benefited.
LECTURES BY PROFESSOR RAMAKRISHNA PULIGANDLA, VISITING PROFESSOR (Overseas)
Professor Ramakrishna Puligandala, ICPR’s Annual Visiting Professor (overseas) Emeritus Professor, University of Toledo, USA, nominated for the year 2008-09, delivered lectures at the following places: (a) Bombay University, Mumbai – 5-6 February 2009. (b) K.J. Somaiya Institute of Buddhist Studies, Mumbai – 7-8 February 2009. (c) S.V. University, Tirupati – 12-14 February 2009 (d) University of Hyderabad – 16-18 February 2009 (e) Delhi University, Delhi – 27 February 2009 At Bombay University, Mumbai, Professor Puligandla spoke on Consciousness, Cosmology and Science: An Advaitic Analysis on 6 February 2009. On 27 February 2009, Delhi University had the privilege of arranging the lecture of Professor Ramakrishna Puligandla. He lectured on Negation,
66 Knowledge and Reality in Buddhist Logic. The lecture was attended by about 100 scholars from Delhi, Choudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, Aligarh Muslim University, Kurukshetra University and Punjab University, Chandigarh. Professor Mrinal Miri chaired the lecture session. There was an intense discussion after the lecture of the Visiting Professor. Professor Puligandla delivered lectures at the Department of Philosophy, University of Hyderabad on the following topics: (a) Similarities between the Phenomenologies of Hegel and Husserl. (b) Methods and Problems in Husserl’s Transcendental Logic and Paradoxes of Non-Independent Observations. The lectures were well attended by students and teachers.
LECTURES BY PROFESSOR PROBAL DASGUPTA, VISITING PROFESSOR (Indian)
At Jadavpur University, Kolkata:
The Department of Philosophy under the headship of Dr. Madhumita Chattopadhyaya at Jadavpur University arranged the lectures of Professor Probal Dasgupta on 24 November 2008 and 14-16 January 2009 on the topic Philosophy and Language.
At Vishva-Bharati, Shantiniketan:
Three lectures were arranged by Dr. Bijoy Mukherjee from 13-15 February 2009 on the theme Discourse and Generative Grammar: A Substantivist Approach. The lectures were attended widely by teachers not only from Philosophy Department but also from other language department as well as Indology Department.
67 At University of Madras, Chennai:
Professor Probal Dasgupta delivered lectures on 23-24 February 2009 on Philosophy and Substantivist Linguistic Theory at University of Madras, Chennai which was arranged by Dr. Siniruddha Dash.
At English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad:
Lectures of Professor Probal Das Gupta were arranged by Professor Syed A. Sayeed, Head, Department of Arts, Aesthetics and Comparative Philosophy during 24-28 February 2003 at Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Lectures by Professor G.C. Nayak, Annual Visiting Professor (Indian)
At Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati:
Professor G.C. Nayak, Annual Visiting Professor 2008-09 delivered lectures at Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati on the following topics during 5-9 February 2009: 1. Moral Values in Vedanta 2. Philosophical thoughts on Brihad Jatakam 3. Synthesis of Yoga with special reference to Srimadbhagavadam The faculty members and students of the University were greatly benefited by the series of lectures. At Gauhati University:
Professor G.C. Nayak delivered Annual Lectures at the Department of Philosophy, Gauhati University, Guwahati during 17-19 February 2009 on the following topics:
68 1. Justice in Buddhism 2. Sunyata 3. The Concept of Karuna
At Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi:
Professor Nayak delivered a series of three lectures during 17-19 March 2009 on 1. Philosophy of Advaita and World peace 2. Philosophy of Kalidasa 3. Indian Philosophy and its Social Concern
LECTURES BY PROFESSOR P.K. MUKHOPADHYAYA, NATIONAL FELLOW
At Academic Centre, Lucknow:
Professor P.K. Mukhopadhaya, National Fellow delivered lectures on 13-17 November 2008 at the Academic Centre, Lucknow on the topic Language: Indian and Western.
At Shri Mata Veshno Devi University, Katra, Udhampur, J&K:
Professor P.K. Mukhopadhaya, National Fellow delivered lectures on 25-26 November 2008. The topic of the lectures were Logic: Indian and Western, and Philosophy of Language: Indian and Western. Professor Mukhopadhaya in his lecture argued that Indian Logic is strikingly different from Western Logic since Indian Logic is epistemological in nature whereas Western Logic is formal and detached from any psychological
69 contents. Further he distinguished between ‘Doing Logic’ and ‘Philosophically Reflecting on Logic’. He delivered three technical lectures and a general lecture on theme Science Technology and Society: A Philosopher’s Response. The lecture was a great success and was attended by faculty members and students of the university. Professor N.K Bansal, Vice-Chancellor, presided over the session and gave thought provoking remarks. All lectures of Professor P.K. Mukhopadhayaya were scholarly and highly appreciated. On behalf of the School of Philosophy and Culture, Dr. V.K. Tripathi expressed thanks to the National Fellow.
At Kurukshetra:
Professor P.K. Mukhopadhyaya delivered lectures during 26-27 March 2009 on the following topics at Department of Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit, Kurukshetra University: 1. 26 March 2009 (forenoon): Changing Perceptions of Indian Philosophy and Culture. 2. 26 March 2009 (forenoon): Bhartrhari and Philosophy of Language– I 3. 26 March 2009 (afternoon): Bhartrhari and Philosophy of Language– II 4. 27 March 2009 (forenoon): Understanding and Knowing: A problem in the theory of Sabda Pramana– I 5. 27 March 2009 (forenoon): Understanding and Knowing: A problem in the theory of Sabda Pramana– II
TRAVEL GRANTS
In order to enable Indian scholars in the field of Philosophy and interdisciplinary studies, to participate in seminars/conferences/symposia, etc. held abroad and to consult libraries in institutions of higher learning abroad, the Council provides travel grants to them. Normally, the financial assistance is limited
70 to 50 per cent of the total cost of airfare to and fro. Considering the ban from Government of India during the current financial year, travel grant was not given to any scholar.
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
ICPR has a programme of international collaboration between India and overseas nations to facilitate exchange of views among scholars in the field of Philosophy and other related disciplines.
ICPR Delegation to World congress of Philosophy, SEOUL
The Council sent a delegation of 10 scholars to World Congress of Philosophy (WCP), Seoul, led by Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao, Chairman, ICPR. International Federation of Philosophical Societies in collaboration with Korean Philosophical Association had organized XXII World Congress of Philosophy at Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, from July 30 to August 5, 2008. At the WCP, ICPR organized two Round Tables on the topics (1) Rethinking Indian Philosophy: Identity and Globalization and (2) Indian Philosophy and Globalization: Prospects in Peace and Liberation. Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao, Chairman, ICPR, chaired the first Round Table and Professor George F. McLean chaired the second Round Table. Participants of the First Round Table on Rethinking Indian Philosophy: Identity and Globalization were: 1. Professor Ramakrishna Rao, India (Chair) 2. Professor George F. McLean, USA 3. Professor Geo Lyong Lee, Seoul 4. Professor G. Mishra, India
71 5. Professor Sujata Miri, India 6. Professor Nirbhai Singh, India In his lecture at the Congress, Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao, ICPR Chairman, spoke on the ‘Colours of violence’. Multifaceted, bidirectional and many coloured violence, he pointed out, causes various diversities from harmless thoughts to lethal acts. Violence is bidirectional in that some acts of violence are self-directed as in suicides while others are other-directed. This distinction is sometimes blurred when a suicide is used to trigger mass murders as in the case of suicide bombers. Participants of the Second Round Table on Indian Philosophy and Globalization: Prospects in Peace and Liberation were: 1. Professor George F. McLean, USA (Chair) 2. Professor Geo Lyong Lee, Seoul 3. Professor Fred Dallmyar, USA 4. Professor Jalalul Haq, India 5. Professor Y.V. Satyanarayana, India 6. Professor R.P. Srivastava, India 7. Professor J.P. Shukla, India 8. Professor D.N. Yadav, India The discussion and interaction at both the Round Tables forced participants to rethink the great philosophical questions relating to culture, religion, history, science, technology—all with special reference to Asia. ICPR deems it a privilege to thank the authorities of WCP and Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, for their help in making this delegation a great success.
72 INTERNATIONAL PHILOSOPHY DAY
Every year the Council observes the International Philosophy Day in the third week of November to commemorate the birthday of Socrates in compliance with the UNESCO’s declaration to this effect. The Council has been supporting the celebration of the International Philosophy Day in all the Universities/Institutions and is also financially supportive in quite a few of them. Around 20 Universities/Institutions were given grants to organize seminars, debates, essay competitions, panel discussions, symposia dialogues and colloquia as an integral part of the celebration of the International Philosophy Day this year. A good feed back has been received from these institutions. Here are some of the reports of the events held during this period. • ICPR’s International Philosophy Day was organized at Delhi University under the directorship of Professor Ashok Vohra on November 19, 2008 on Philosophy and Aesthetic Experience. There were three sessions. The first Session was marked by the lucid introduction given by Professor Ashok Vohra, Head, Department of Philosophy. Professor Godabarisha Mishra, Member-Secretary, ICPR, welcomed the audience. The speaker of the first session was Professor Mrinal Miri on Philosophy and Modern Predicament. In the second session there were three speakers. Professor Rekha Jhanji, Chandigarh, spoke on Aesthetic Experience and Indian sensibility. Professor Parul Dave Mukherji, School of Art and Aesthetics, JNU, gave her presentation on Rethinking the Comparative Method: Representations of the East-West Divide in the Study of Indian Aesthetics. Dr. Rekha Navneet, Delhi University, spoke on the Concept of Rasa and Abhinava Gupta.
73 This session whose theme of the session was Indian Sensibility was chaired by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan who gave a thought provoking Presidential address. The afternoon session was on Idea and Imagination. There were three speakers here also. Professor S.K. Saxena gave a masterly lecture on Aesthetic Experience and its cultural significance, which was based on his erudite expertise in the area. Professor V. Sanil, IIT Delhi, spoke on Idea and Imagination. Dr. Manju Saxena enlightened the audience by presenting her views on Aesthetic Experience and Western Thought. Dr. Deepa Nag Haksar proposed a Vote of Thanks. • The Department of Philosophy, H.N.B. Garwal University, Srinagar Garwal, under the Directorship of Dr. Vibha Mukhesh, organized a Seminar on the International Philosophy Day on 14 November 2009. The theme of the seminar was The Concept of Human Consciousness in Indian Philosophy. The seminar was inaugurated by the Vice- Chancellor of H.N.B. Garwal University, Srinagar. The significance and relevance of Philosophy, Science and Religion was brought out during the seminar. • The Department of Philosophy, University of North Bengal, Siliguri, celebrated the International Philosophy Day on 18 November 2008. The theme and topic for discussions chosen by the department were Interrelationship between Philosophy, Science and Culture and The Need of Philosophy as a Core Subject in School and Higher Education. The celebration of the Day was marked by Dr. K.L. Das initiating the proceedings by explaining the importance of observing such a day dedicated to philosophy. Dr. Das commended the steps taken by the ICPR in propagating philosophical values supporting such causes. Professor Bhaswati Chakraborty in her deliberation expressed deep concern over the present social conditions in India and the world at
74 large. Defining culture as an all inclusive human phenomenon, she brought out the place of philosophy in it, saying that only philosophy can save humankind from the present crises which is actually the crisis of values. Professor Manjulika Ghosh, one of the main speakers spoke on the topic The need of Philosophy as a core subject in School and Higher Education and explained how philosophy is intimately related to Society, Culture and Values which provide us basics for education. Professor G.C. Khan explained on the different facets of secularism and the need of inculcating it. Dr. Jyotish Ch. Basak appreciated the students for their interest in philosophy. He further emphasized that philosophy plays a vital role in building a nation and society. Dr. Benulal Dhar spoke on the Nature and Range of Philosophical Activities. Dr. Debika Saha spoke on the overall relation between philosophy science and culture. The participants of those discussions and lecture programme were more than 100 in number. • On 20 November 2008, the Department of Religious Studies, Punjabi University, observed the International Philosophy Day with full enthusiasm. A renowned scholar Professor Harjit Singh, G.K. Emeritus Professor, JNU, delivered a lecture on the theme Conceptual Constructs in Guru Granth Sahib. The lecture programme was presided over by Dr. Jaspal Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala. The faculty and students attended and participated in the lecture programme which was concluded by discussions. The celebration was reported in the dailies like Hindustan Times, Dainik Jagaran, etc. The Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Jaspal Singh, while delivering his presidential remarks, appreciated Professor Gill’s works that were devoted to the study of Gurbani. He also exhorted the gathered galaxy of scholars to go deep in their research for exploring the meaning of heritage and employ simple and less complex language in their writings to communicate clearly to all their readers. • The International Philosophy Day was celebrated on 27 November 2008, by the Department of Philosophy, Assam University, Silchar.
75 On this occasion a regional seminar on Philosophy of Education for Peace was organized by Dr. R.C. Majhi, Head of the Department of Philosophy. While Dr. Majhi delivered the welcome address, Professor Gautam Biswas, Dean, School of Humanities, gave a justification of the theme. He explained how ‘Peace’ is a positive concept and the world situation would improve if the difference between saying and doing could be bridged. Professor Sibnath Sarma gave the keynote address during the Inaugural Session. There were two technical sessions with four presentations in all. The speakers were Professor T.B. Subba, Professor N. Biswas, Professor Vanlalnghak, and Professor Abhik Gupta. The two sessions were chaired by Professor Sibnath Sarma and Professor T.B. Subha respectively. • A two-day Seminar was held on Research Methodology in Philosophy during 27-28 November 2008 by the Department of Philosophy, AMU, Aligarh. The seminar was comprised of six sessions including the Inaugural Session which began on 27 November 2008 at 5.00 p.m. Dr. Sanaullah Mir in his welcome address brought out the significance of the seminar by showing how methodological questions have always deep impact on the doing of Philosophy. Professor John C. Miller, University of Colorado, USA was the Chief Guest at the Inaugural Session of the Seminar. Professor Miller stressed the importance of Applied Philosophy in Contemporary Global society. According to him, Philosophers should take up ethical issues pertaining to bio- technological developments, business, sports, engineering, etc., as well as social, political, legal issues and the problems of environmental degradation and global warming. Dr. Mohamad Muquim, Chairperson of Philosophy Department, gave an elaborate account of research methodology in Philosophy. Professor A.R. Kidwai, Director, Academics Staff College who was the Guest of honour, stressed the need for reconciliation between scientific rationality and human creativity. Professor D.N. Tiwari presented his views on the Nature and Method of Research in Indian Philosophy by pointing out certain models of
76 Philosophy. There was another interesting presentation by Professor Spyridon Rangos, Department of Philosophy, University of Patras, Greece. In his presentation on Method of Aristotle’s Metaphysics he brought out the inseparability of research from History of Philosophy. Newspapers like Rashtriya Sahara, Hindustan, Aaj, Shah Times, Dainik Jagaran, Amar ujala, Raaj Path, etc., projected the event in a grand manner thus giving wide publicity about ICPR which created awareness about it in the minds of the general public. • A Seminar on Aadhunik sandarbh mein darshan ki upayogita was held during 6-7 December 2008 at B.N. Mandal University, Madhepura on the occasion of International Philosophy Day. There were three sessions including the inauguration. This Inauguration Session was marked by the welcoming remarks by Dr. Vidya Devi, Head, Department of Philosophy, BNMU, Addresses by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor R.P. Srivastava and Guest speakers Professor Ashok Vohra and Professor Godabarisha Mishra were very scintillating. There were eight presentations by scholars. On 7 December 2008, the seminar was concluded with a Valedictory Session followed by lunch. • Professor D. Nesy, Department of Philosophy, University of Kerala welcomed the audience at the inaugural function on the occasion of the International Philosophy Day celebration held during 11-12 December 2008 held there. It was a two-day regional seminar on the theme Need of Philosophy as a core subject in School and Higher Education and it was inaugurated by Professor Hrdayakumari, Principal (Rtd.), Govt. College for Women. Dr. Balamohan Thampi delivered the presidential address. There were four academic sessions. The speakers of the first session were Shri C. Bhaskar, Dr. V.T. Sebastian, Dr. Jameela Begum and the session was chaired by Dr. S. Radha. The second session was chaired by Dr. Sambasiva Prasad and the session was exclusively devoted to students for presentation of their views. The third session was chaired by Professor S. Panneerselvam and speakers were Dr. S. Radha, Dr. Venkatachalapathy, Dr. Sambasiva Prasad, and Dr. R.
77 Lakshmi. The last session was chaired by Professor D. Nesy and it had presentations by Dr. Sreekala M. Nair, Professor Kanthamani and Professor S. Panneerselvam. Comments and interventions followed every presentation making the sessions interesting and enriching. Dr. P.K. Pokker delivered the Valedictory address. Prizes were distributed to the winners of the Quiz and Elocution competitions conducted by the Department on this occasion. • On the 12 of December 2008, the Department of Philosophy, North Eastern Hill University organized a one-day workshop on the theme Consciousness and Culture. There were 70 scholars who participated in this programme including the teachers from various colleges in Shillong and Jowai. There were scholars from other departments, like Physics, Library Science, Chemistry, History, Biochemistry, Economics, Political Science, etc., which resulted in the creation of some kind of awareness about philosophy in them. The programme began with the welcome speech delivered by Dr. E.R. Tongper. Dr. P. Biswas gave introduction to the theme of the workshop. The Chief Guest, Professor R.N. Charan drew attention to the importance of the notion of Consciousness which was a matter of interest to both scientists and philosophers of modern times. He also emphasized the need for interdisciplinary approach to the study of consciousness for a better understanding of it. Professor B.K. Agarwal explained the relevance of the study of consciousness in the understanding of culture which comes from collective consciousness. The academic session had three lectures delivered by Professor Bijoy Mukherjee, Vishwa Bharati, Professor R.P. Bajpai and Dr. P.V. Joseph. The themes of their lectures were Consciousness, Quantum Physics and Language; Consciousness; and Culture respectively. Professor Mukherjee explored the possibility of an alternative interpretation of consciousness avoiding dualism and disjunctives of quantum physics and showed the possibility of mind-independent and reality-independent
78 nature of Consciousness. Professor Bajpai looked at consciousness as a kind of natural phenomena and also as a pure Quantum effect without any classical analogue and to be incomprehensible in any Philosophy, Culture and Biology built on the foundation provided by the Classical framework. Dr. Joseph explained the meaning of culture and tried to bring out the important characteristics of culture. The lectures were followed by discussions which proved to be extremely fruitful to all who were present. • A workshop on the Need of Philosophy as a core subject in School and Higher Education was organized by Department of Philosophy, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya on the occasion of the International Philosophy Day on 18 and 19 December 2008. The Harvard University teacher, Professor David inaugurated the workshop by lighting the lamp while Professor Kusum Kumari, Head of the Department, welcomed the delegates and participants and introduced the subject by laying emphasis on introducing Philosophy at School and Higher Education level as a core subject under the changing circumstances in which the entire world has been engulfed by chaos, uncertainty, terrorism and religious conflicts. Professor David referred to various off-shoots of modern philosophy. Professor I.N. Sinha advocated on launching Yoga Philosophy and other ethical and value based moral teaching. Dr. N.K. Ambastha in his speech on the concept of education vis-à-vis philosophy suggested various techniques of enriching wisdom. The other speakers were Dr.V.K. Sinha and Dr. Shamal Kishore. • The Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai organized the International Philosophy Day on 19 December 2008 by way of arranging lecture by Professor Philip Clayton of USA. The lecture was followed by two Round Tables on the themes Philosophy – Prospective and Future and Yoga and Peace respectively. Professor Clayton spoke on Consciousness. The programme was concluded by the papers presented by three guest speakers. The Round table Chairpersons
79 were Professor Pradeep Gokhale, Pune University and Professor Ramesh Dave. There was participation by eight students in each of the Round Tables and many other undergraduate students, faculty and visitors were benefited by this programme. • The Department of Jainology and Comparative Religion and Philosophy of Jain Vishwa Bharati University, Ladnun organized a two-day Seminar on the occasion of the International Philosophy Day during 20-21 December 2008. The Inaugural Session took off well with Professor M.R. Gelra, Jaipur as the Chief Guest, and Professor S.R. Bhatt as a special guest. Professor Mun Mahendra Kumar gave the Keynote address and the welcome address was given by Dr. Samani Chaitanya Prajna. Professor Muni N. Mahendra Kumar spoke on reconciliation between spirituality and science. Professor Bhatt’s address was on Philosophy, Culture and Human Existence. There were twelve scholars from outside Ladnun and 50 scholars from within Ladnun. There were seven sessions in all and many interesting papers were presented by the scholars. The titles of the papers were: Dualism in Jainism;The Philosophy of Anekant and Interculturality; Environmental Ethics; Vilem Flusser: on the End of History and futurity of Time; Interrelation of Philosophy, Religion and Science in Indian Thought; Scientific Background of Jain Philosophical Concepts; Sharing for Survival: Philosophical and Scientific Basis of Sustainable Development; The Concept of God; A Higher form of life in Jainism; The Role of Science and the Spiritual Values in Education; Philosophical, Scientific and Religious Interpretation of Dreams; Education in Reference to Science and Philosophy and Culture. The two-day seminar proved to be very beneficial for all the scholars. • The Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University organized a two- day workshop on the theme The Future of Philosophy on 17 and 18 of November 2008. The two-day Workshop was inaugurated by Professor Sukharanjan Saha, Retd. Professor, Jadavpur University. In his short
80 address he spoke about a crisis of the subject in our society. He suggested that the task of the teachers and students of philosophy is to think of a brand of philosophy that would be a comprehensive study of all the philosophies practiced by different nations. In her welcome address, Professor Madhumita Chattopadhyay, Head, Department of Philosophy, rightly pointed out that the study of philosophy need not be alienated from our ordinary daily existence. Professor Indrani Sanyal introduced the topic of the workshop by reiterating the real need for making people aware about the fact that they were living their lives with the help of philosophy. The keynote address was delivered by Professor Sourin Bhattacharya who pointed out how simple words used in our language can engage us in serious philosophical discussions. He was, however, apprehensive about the gradual reduction in the scope of a dialogue between philosophers and ordinary life. The first session chaired by Professor Amita Chatterjee had two lectures, one by Professor Sadhan Kumar Chakraborty and the other by Shri Shibasis Chakraborty. There was a post-lunch debate session on “need of Philosophy in Schools and Higher Studies. Out of eighteen participants four of them spoke against the notion that philosophy is to be taught in schools as well as university which shows that the majority of the young minds had similar thoughts. The day ended with the show of a film entitled Monchay Murshidabad. The second day had two sessions of which Professor Shefali Moitra chaired the first session. The first speaker Shri Durjoy Ghosh viewed philosophy as astudy which helps to build an analytical mind that can dispense our doubts. The second speaker, Smt. Swati Bhattacharya highlighted the different connotations of the term samvada and then shared her experience as a media person. There were other speakers, like Dr. Gopa Dutta, Dr. Prayash Sankar, Shri Tarun Datta and Dr. Sonidatta Bhattacharya. The entire session ended with Pranab Kumar Sen Memorial Prize distribution ceremony. The prize was awarded to Smt. Ipsita Ray. This was followed by a valedictory session.
81 • Annamalai University also organized a One-day Regional Seminar on Interrelationship between Philosophy, Science and Culture on 24 December 2008. The inaugural address was given by Professor M. Ramanathan, Vice-Chancellor; Annamalai University in which he pointed out that philosophy is fundamentally related to science and culture and spoke at large on the necessity of philosophy for the purposeful and meaningful life of an individual in society. Dr. K. Mariappan, Hon’ble member of Human Rights Commission, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, delivered the keynote address and Dr. S. Rajendran, Dean, Faculty of Arts presided over the inaugural function. The seminar had the participation of academicians, research scholars, and students from various regional universities and colleges. Professor A. Appam Ramanujan, Vivekananda College and Dr. R. Murali, Head, Department of Philosophy, Madurai College, Madurai spoke on the following topics: 1. Philosophy and Science 2. Ethics of Science & Technology: Post-Modern Perspectives. In the second session, Dr. Bhaskaran, Registrar, Tamil University, Thanjavur and Professor S. Panneerselvam, Madras University, Chennai, spoke on the Interrelationship between Philosophy, Science and Culture and Philosophy and Culture respectively. After their presentations, there was good discussion among the scholars. There were 100 scholars who attended the seminar. The valedictory function had Dr. M. Rathinasabhapathi, Registrar Anamalai University as the chief guest. He was requested to distribute the certificates and give his valedictory address.
GRANTS FOR PROJECTS
To enable scholars to undertake viable projects of their liking, the Council regularly awards some contingency grants to scholars. The following Scholars/Institutions were given the grants as noted against each:
82 Sl. No. Name of Scholar/ Title Amount Institution to Released whom Given 1. Dr.Kanchana Project on Between Femininity 1.00 lakh Mahadevan, and Feminism: Philosophical Bombay Reflections 2. Professor Development of Navya-Nyaya: 1.00 lakh Satchidananda Udyana to Gangesha Mishra, Varanasi 3. Rastriya Sanskrit Translation project of six 10.00 lakhs University, Tirupathi texts 4. Professor Project on Phenomenology 5.00 lakhs Gangadhara Rao, of Violence Visakhapatnam
JOURNAL OF INDIAN COUNCIL OF PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH
The Council publishes quarterly a philosophical journal entitled Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research (JICPR). The journal contains research papers of high quality in the field of philosophy and interdisciplinary studies by scholars from India and abroad. It also contains Discussions and Comments, Notes and Queries, Focus and Agenda for Research, Book Reviews, etc. During the year under report, four issues of the Journal, Volume XIV Nos. 1-4 were published along with three other books.
PUBLICATIONS
Under its publication programme, the Council publishes:
83 1. Quality work of renowned scholars of philosophy and interdisciplinary studies. 2. Monographs, survey reports, project reports and other works produced by scholars and Fellows of the Council. 3. Selected Proceedings of ICPR sponsored Seminars. 4. Re-publication of rare and out-of-print works of renowned authors in the field of philosophy and interdisciplinary studies. 5. Publication of documentation series. During the year under report, the Council published the following books: 1. Tradition & Truth: Writings in Indian & Western Philosophy by S.P. Banerjee – Ed. Ishita Banerjee 2. Ethics, Language & Tradition: On the Philosophy of Rajendra Prasad – Ed. B. Kar 3. The Philosophy of Tamil Siddhas by Professor T.N. Ganapathy (reprint) OTHER ACTIVITIES
FEELOWS’ MEET
Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR) organised Fellows’ Meet from 8-10 May 2008 at the Centre for Philosophy, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University. A large number of research scholars and a few resource persons from all over the country participated in this programme. The chief guest of this function was Dr. Karan Singh, Chairman, Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) and the ex-Chancellor of JNU.
84 Professor G. Mishra, Member-Secretary, welcomed all the delegates and the Scholars. Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao, Chairman, ICPR, in his opening remarks pointed out that the secret of success lies in hard work. The future of the country largely depends upon the activity of the younger generations. He urged the scholars to involve in incessant activities and contribute their best to the society. Dr. Karan Singh, in his Inaugural Address observed that India’s contribution to the world lies in the fields of art, science, commerce, technology, architecture, music and above all these, philosophy. An eminent scholar, well-versed in Sanskrit language and Indian Culture, Dr. Singh maintained that Vedas and the Upanishads are the cream of Indian philosophy. He stressed that in the age of globalization, moral values are degrading. But the task of restoring them lies in the hands of the students and researchers of philosophy. In his Inaugural Address, he also emphasized the contribution of the twentieth century Indian philosophers like Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo, Gandhi, J. Krishnamurti and others. Professor R.P. Srivastava, Professor Rajendra Prasad, Professor K.S. Radhakrishnan, Professor P.K. Mukhopadhyaya, Professor Janak Pandey, Professor Ashok Vohra, Professor Mrinal Miri, Professor R.L. Singh, Professor Nirbhai Singh, Professor Srinivasa Rao, Professor S.P. Gautam and Professor Sujata Miri participated in the Fellow’s Meet and delivered lectures.
LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FUNCTION
On May 10, 2008, ICPR’s Annual Day and Awards function ceremony was held at SCOPE complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. On this happy and auspicious occasion, ICPR’s Life Time Achievement Award was conferred on Professor Daya Krishna (posthumously). The Minister for Human Resource Development, Hon’ble Shri Arjun Singh, graced this occasion as the Chief Guest. At this function, the Chairman, the past-Chairmen of ICPR, Members of the ICPR Council, Governing Body, Research Programme Committee,
85 Member-Secretary and the Staff of ICPR, National Fellows, Senior Fellows and Junior Fellows of the ICPR and members of the Media were present. The function started with the Minister lighting the lamp. There was also an invocation. The Member-Secretary welcomed all the delegates. Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao, the Chairman of ICPR, delivered the opening remarks. In his opening remarks, he wished that the Ministry extend all kinds of possible help to ICPR. After the opening remarks, the Member-Secretary Professor G. Mishra read the citation, honouring Professor Daya Krishna with the Life Time Achievement Award of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research. The Head of the Department of Philosophy, University of Rajasthan, Professor Kusum Jain received the ICPR Life Time Achievement Award on behalf of Professor Daya Krishna. The Minister presented a shawl and citation to Dr. Shail Mayaram in honour of Professor Daya Krishna. A few books of the Council were released on this occasion. The name of the books and the author’s are: 1. Professor R.S. Bhatnagar: Author and Subject Index, JICPR. 2. Ms. Madhuri Sondhi: Intercivilizational Dialogue on Peace. 3. Professor R.C. Pradhan (ed.): Philosophy, Culture and Value. 4. Professor D.N. Tiwari: The Central Problems of Bhartrhari’s Philosophy. On this occasion, the Minister also presented mementos to staff members, who have completed 25 years of service at ICPR.
Celebration of Hindi Week
Indian Council of Philosophical Research celebrated the Hindi Week from 23 September 2008 to 29 September 2008, for the promotion of Hindi language. As a part of this programme Poetry recitation, Writing, Noting and Drafting
86 and Debate competitions were held. All the staff participated in the event with enthusiasm and received first, second and third position prizes both at Headquarters and Lucknow Centre.
MAJOR PROJECTS FOR THE FUTURE
An Interdisciplinary Research Project on National Identity: The ICPR organized a Working Group comprising of a number of eminent people including two members of the Planning Commission to discuss a draft research proposal on National Initiative on Integration and Inclusive Community. Following these discussions, a research proposal seeking a grant of 45 crore rupees was submitted, which is currently under the consideration of the Planning Commission. A National Workshop on National Integration, Identity–Violence, a sequel to the earlier workshop held at Shimla was organized by ICPR in Collaboration with IIAS, Shimla, at North-Eastern Regional Centre of ICSSR, NEHU, Shillong.
Indian Institute of Philosophy: A proposal to start the Indian Institute of Philosophy (IIP) with an estimated expenditure of Rs. 38 crores during the Eleventh Plan period is under consideration by the Government of India. The IIP is conceived as a virtual campus with floating faculty. As Shri Arjun Singh ji, Hon’ble Minister for Human Resource Development saw it: “It is an innovative concept in higher education, an interesting blend between traditional campus-bound universities and the distance mode of learning.”
Regional Centres: The ICPR also made proposals for starting one Regional Centre in South India during the Eleventh Plan Period. It is proposed to add more Regional Centres as and when the necessary financial resources become available. It is hoped that these Centres will help to encourage and strengthen philosophy in different regional languages. It is all too well known that we have in India a wealth of philosophical wisdom in Indian languages that needs to be identified, evaluated, translated and distributed across the country as well as in other parts of the world.
87 CONCLUSION
The ICPR has completed 26 years of its meaningful academic presence in the country. All through the years, ICPR has striven to create an academically eventful history and legacy for philosophy and its allied disciplines in India. With the visionary and active leadership of Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao, ICPR hopes to go from strength to strength and it is trying its best to live up to the purpose for which it was started and designed. Towards achieving this end, (a) numerous committees are constituted, (b) their reports are being reviewed, (c) the necessary changes and improvements in the existing programmes are being worked out, and (d) new projects and plans of action are proposed. For all matters relating to Lucknow Centre, steps are being taken to explore and obtain suitable space to accommodate the Centre. Other activities will follow, once a suitable space to house the Centre is secured. The ICPR submitted extensive developmental proposals to the Ministry of Human Resource Development, which include among others steps: (1) to establish the Indian Institute of Philosophy (2) to create Regional Centres for the ICPR, (3) to organize Asian Philosophy Congress, and (4) to initiate several new-research programmes, including a research proposal for National Initiative on Integration and Inclusive community during the Eleventh five Year Plan. The new leadership at the ICPR is fully committed to complete transparency, total accountability, honest decision-making, and absolute commitment to excellence in the service of students and scholars of philosophy in the country. At the ICPR, there is a new enthusiasm, vigor and vibrancy. With the support of the HRD Ministry, the cooperative collaboration of the community of Indian philosophers, the goodwill and understanding of media and friends of philosophy in the country, the ICPR not only hopes to simply survive but become a perennially functioning, effective and vibrant organization that the nation can be proud of.
88 MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
1. Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao 2. Professor R.P. Shrivastava 3. Professor Y.V. Satyanarayana 4. Professor Sujata Miri 5. Professor J.P. Shukla 6. Dr. Ram Lal Singh 7. Professor Nirmalangshu Mukherjee 8. Professor K.S. Radhakrishnan 9. Professor Roop Rekha Verma 10. Professor Javed Alam 11. Professor Dhruv Raina 12. Professor Nirbhai Singh 13. Professor Jalalul Haq 14. Professor Sabya Sachi Bhattacharya 15. Professor Tista Bagchi 16. Professor Dilip Kumar Chakraborty 17. Professor Yash Pal, FNA 18. Professor Madan Mohan Trivedi 19. Professor Geeta Rani Agarwal 20. Shri Upamanyu Basu (Representive of Secretary, MHRD) 21. Shri J.R. Aggarwal (Representive of FA, MHRD) 22. Professor Srinivasa Rao 23. Professor C. Ramaiah 24. Professor Sharad Deshpande 25. Professor R.C. Pradhan 26. Professor S. Panneerselvam 27. Professor G. Mishra
89 MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY
1. Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao 2. Professor G. Mishra 3. Professor Dilip Kumar Chakraborty (UGC) 4. Professor R.P. Shrivastava 5. Professor Y.V. Satyanarayana 6. Professor Sujata Miri 7. Professor J.P. Shukla 8. Professor K.S. Radhakrishnan 9. Professor Jalalul Haq 10. Professor Deep Narayan Yadav 11. Professor Nirupama Srivastava 12. Shri Upamanyu Basu (Representive of Secretary, MHRD) 13. Shri J.R. Aggarwal (Representive of FA, MHRD)
90 MEMBERS OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT COMMITTEE
1. Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao 2. Professor Janak Pande 3. Professor Roop Rekha Verma 4. Profesor Srinivasa Rao 5. Professor C. Ramaiah 6. Professor Nirbhai Singh 7. Professor Ram Lal Singh 8. Professor V.N. Jha 9. Professor K.S. Chalam 10. Professor G. Mishra (Member-Secretary, ICPR)
91 MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
1. Member-Secretary Chairman ICPR, Darshan Bhawan New Delhi 2. Director (A&F) Member-Secretary ICPR, Darshan Bhawan New Delhi 3. Professor R.P. Shrivastava Member 4. Shri Upamanyu Basu Member (Representative of Secretary, MHRD) 5. Shri J.R. Aggarwal Member (Representative FA, MHRD)
92 NOTES ON ACCOUNTS
(Annexed to and forming part of the accounts for the year ending March 31, 2009)
(i) Stock of publication is considered at 50% of the market price. Publications of the ICPR are handled by various distributors/publishers on various terms and conditions. Accordingly publications of the ICPR are classified in the three categories: • Publications brought out by the ICPR by absorbing 100% production cost; • Publications brought out by the ICPR on co-publication basis on agreement to share the production cost on 60:40 basis and to receive the sale-proceeds @ 40% of the cost price; As such the opening stock position of the ICPR publications has been taken in the final accounts in the following method: * The total cost price of the publications will be taken for stock purpose @ 50% of the sale price of the books; (ii) Rectification entries passed in the accounts during the year 2008-09 pertaining prior to financial year 2008-09 have been adjusted with capital account. (iii) Balance Sheet and Receipt and Payment Account of GPF, CPF and NPF accounts have been prepared as per the Cash Books maintained by the Council. The balances reflected in the balance sheet and receipt and payment account as on 31.03.2009 are not tallying with broadsheet maintained by the council in case of GPF and CPF account. During the year 2008-09 the Council made reconciliation of various appearing in CPF and GPF account and major differences were sorted out. Some
93 minor differences are still appearing which is need to be settled in the current financial year. (iv) Previous year figures have been regrouped/recast wherever necessary in the account. (v) Cash in hand, and Stock in hand at the closing hours of 31 March 2009 as certified by the Council. (vi) Receipt & Payment Account
Following methodology has been followed in the preparation of Receipt and Payment and Income and Expenditure account regarding adjustment of loans and advances and expenditure incurred against academic and other advances. (a) The gross payments made for advance for academic programmes and other advances during the financial year are taken at payment side of receipt and payment account. (b) The credit side of each advance account is treated as receipt and shown as such in the receipt and payment account. The expenses incurred against the advances are credited in the ledger to adjust the advance. Similarly the balance received over and above the expenses is also credited in the account. (c) The balance outstanding in the advance account is asset and the same is shown in the Balance Sheet. (d) The expenses incurred against the advances are booked under different expense heads, viz., seminar, meetings, etc. These expenses are shown in the Income and Expenditure account as expense. The adjustment of loans and advances is shown as receipt in Receipt and Payment account because expenses against these advances are shown under different expense head and taken in Income and Expenditure account as expense and in Receipt & Payment account also on the payment side. 94 (i) Fixed assets installed and put to use have been certified by the Society and relied upon by the auditors, being a technical matter. (ii) Tax has not been deducted at source from provision for Pay & Allowances for the month of March 08 as the same is deducted when payment of Pay & Allowances is made. Also tax is not deducted from payment of fellowship.
Sd Sd Sd (SREEKUMARAN S.) (DR. ARUN MISHRA) (PROF. G. MISHRA) Accounts Officer Director (A&F) Member-Secretary
Place: New Delhi Dated: 25.07.2009
95 Following details in respect of schedules of Balance Sheet and Income and Expenditure Account are enclosed
Sl.No. Particulars Annexure
1. Detailed computation of depreciation 2 2. Detail of Pre-Paid Expenses 3 3. Detail of addition to Fixed Asset 4 4. Detail of Advance to Employees outstanding 5 as on 31.03.09 5. Detail of Acedemic Advance outstanding 6 as on 31.03.09 6. Detail of Misc. advance (contigency) 7 outstanding as on 31.03.09 7. Detail of deposit with CPWD, outstanding 8 as on 31.03.09 (both Delhi and Lucknow) 8. Detail of Other Advance and Deposits 9 outstanding as on 31.03.09
96 9. Detail of Sundry Cerditors as on 31.03.08 10 10. Detail of Sundry Debtors as on 31.03.08 11
For SURINDER RANJAN & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants
Sd (MUKESH AGGARWAL) Partner
Place: New Delhi Dated: 25.07.2009
97 AS AT AS 31.03.08 Amount in Rs.) 46,468,437.57 14,842,260.00 31,275,230.61 30,035,466.96 61,310,697.57 61,310,697.57 ( Sd Member-Secretary (PROF. G. MISHRA) (PROF. AT AS RESEARCH 31.03.09 40,949,170.47 22,486,281.45 31,663,542.61 31,771,909.31 63,435,451.92 63,435,451.92 Sd
1 2 3 4 Director (A&F) SCHEDU L E (DR. ARUN MISHRA) (DR. OF PHI L OSOPHICA ANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST MARCH, 2009 AT AS BA L ANCE SHEET Sd INDIAN COUNCI L 36, Tughlakabad InstitutionalTughlakabad 36, 62 Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-1100 Accounts Officer FUND & L IABI ITIES (SREEKUMARAN S.) L CAPITA Capital Fund Current Liabilities and Provisions L TOTA ASSETS Assets Fixed Advances Assets, Loans & Current L TOTA PLACE: New Delhi 25.07.2009 DATE:
98 AS AT AS 31.03.08 111,000.00 224,016.00 306,138.00 1,016,259.50 1,702,628.50 5,470,456.00 Amount in Rs.) ( 44,067,000.00 14,453,105.00 27,198,801.12 47,427,042.00 47,122,362.12 AT AS RESEARCH 31.03.09 84,926.55 100,500.00 272,076.00 170,748.00 134,842.00 603,885.35 7,771,639.00 61,407,000.00 28,055,315.00 32,466,291.00 62,773,977.90 68,293,245.00
- - 5 6 7 8 9 11 10 12 SCHEDU L E OF PHI L OSOPHICA INDIAN COUNCI L 36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110062 Institutional Tughlakabad 36, PENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR 2008-2009 ACCOUNT FOR THE AND E X PENDITURE INCOME (A) (B) INCOME Grant Received Fees/Subscription Received Publication, etc. Income from Royalty, Interest Earned Other Income Increase/ (Decrease in stock) Prior period Income L TOTA E X PENDITURE Establishment Expenses Administrative Expenses, etc. Other Depreciation (Corresponding to Schedule-3) L TOTA
99 - - AS AT AS 31.03.08 304,679.88 304,679.88 Amount in Rs.) ( Sd
Member-Secretary - - (PROF. G. MISHRA) (PROF. AT AS 31.03.09 5,519,267.10) (5,519,267.10) ( Sd
Director (A&F) SCHEDU L E (DR. ARUN MISHRA) (DR.
Sd Accounts Officer (SREEKUMARAN S.) Transfer to Special Reserve Transfer to/from General Reserve Transfer Balance being Surplus/ (Deficit) Carried to Capital Fund PLACE: New Delhi 25.07.2009 DATE: INCOME Excess of Income/(Expenditure) (A–B)
100 - 789.00 304,679.88 31.03.08 46,164,546.69 46,468,437.57 YEAR ENDED - - RESEARCH 31.03.09 (5,519,267.10) 46,468,437.57 40,949,170.47 YEAR ENDED OF PHI L OSOPHICA INDIAN COUNCI L 36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 062 Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 Institutional Tughlakabad 36, FUND ES 1 TO 4 ATTACHED TO & FORMING PART OF BA L ANCE SHEET & FORMING PART TO ATTACHED 4 SCHEDU L ES 1 TO SCHEDU L ES SCHEDU L E 1 L CAPITA Opening Balance Additions during the year Add: Less: Deductions during the year Add/(Deduct): Balance of net income/(Expenditure) Account transferred from the Income and Expenditure Balance at the year–end
101 2,764.15 4,472.00 8,000.00 57,312.00 14,698.00 74,457.00 12,600.00 174,747.00 827,628.85 31.03.08 2,777,444.00 YEAR ENDED 3,082.95 4,472.00 15,000.00 25,913.00 59,418.00 12,600.00 674,486.15 260,503.00 330,307.00 31.03.09 1,192,475.00 1,245,305.35 YEAR ENDED CURRENT L IABI ITIES (a) For Goods (b) For Expenses Allowances Payable (a) Pay & (b) CPF Payable (c) GPF Payable (d) LIC-GSLIS Payable (e) LIC-SSS Payable (f) Monthly Pension & Other Pensioners (g) Other Remittances TDS Payable (h) (i) Security Deposit SCHEDU L ES SCHEDU L E 2 CURRENT L IABI ITIES & PROVISIONS A. 1. Sundry Creditors: 2. Other Liabilities:
102 As at 6,260.00 3,200.00 31.03.2009 733,770.20 31.03.08 9,642,100.00 3,193,714.60 6,532,084.00 4,346,493.00 14,842,260.00 YEAR ENDED
during the year Deductions 8,495.00 2,980.00
31.03.09 7,396,609.00 11,254,635.00 22,486,281.45 YEAR ENDED After 03.10.08 Additions GROSS B L OCK up to 03.10.08 Additions
As at 733,770.20 9,642,100.00 3,193,714.60 31.03.2008
Land Building Machinery & PROVISIONS (j) NPF Payable (k) OTA Equipment B. (a) Gratuity (b) Leave Encashment L TOTA SCHEDU L E 3 ASSETS FI X ED DESCRIPTION 1. 2. 3. SCHEDU L ES
103 As at 31.03.2009 377,566.00 1,007,249.53 1,546,166.21 5,689,165.24 4,650,954.50 49,515,207.00 10,844,029.33 87,199,922.61 74,224,885.61
during the year Deductions
28,500.00 After 574,723.00 909,554.00 470,874.00 03.10.08 Additions 5,556,999.00 7,540,650.00 4,658,039.00 3,608.00 up to 619,301.00 619,301.00 03.10.08 Additions
As at 971,443.21 377,566.00 5,660,565.24 9,934,475.33 4,180,080.50 1,007,249.53 31.03.2008 43,338,907.00 79,039,971.61 69,563,238.61 upply s eriodicals p As at March 31 2008 Vehicles Furniture & Office Computer/ Electric Library Books/ Fixtures Equipment peripherals installation Water 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. & Tubewells 10. L TOTA
104 As at 912,613.60 271,982.21 546,410.50 448,333.53 200,868.00 733,770.20 31.03.2008 4,813,870.00 2,101,981.24 3,794,238.33 32,275,280.61 38,727,163.61 NET B L OCK As at 775,720.60 805,908.21 689,437.50 403,499.53 180,781.00 733,770.20 31.03.2009 4,332,483.00 1,920,282.24 4,297,818.33 17,523,842.00 31,663,542.61 31,929,769.61
As at 31.03.2009 740,258.00 603,750.00 196,785.00 6,546,211.00 5,309,617.00 2,417,994.00 3,768,883.00 3,961,517.00 42,295,116.00 31,991,365.00 58,826,380.00 during the year Deductions
the For year 40,797.00 44,834.00 20,087.00 481,387.00 136,893.00 210,199.00 405,974.00 327,847.00 6,103,621.00 7,771,639.00 3,459,040.00 As at 699,461.00 558,916.00 176,698.00 31.03.2008 4,828,230.00 2,281,101.00 3,558,684.00 6,140,237.00 3,633,670.00 DEPRECIATION 25,887,744.00 47,764,741.00 38,836,076.00
105 - 8,089.07 3,127.00 356,014.35 383,900.00 31.03.08 6,188,086.00 6,571,986.00 YEAR ENDED 954.92 1,404.00 7,860.00 355,536.00 778,900.00 31.03.09 5,927,928.00 6,706,828.00
YEAR ENDED Stock in Hand Sundry Debtors Cash Balance in Hand (a) Cash in Hand (b) Imprest Balance with Lucknow Office SCHEDU L ES 4 ADVANCES ASSETS, L OANS & CURRENT ASSETS: A. CURRENT 1. (At cost as taken, valued and certified by the Council) Stock of ICPR Publications Stock of JICPR Journals L TOTA 2. Months Six exceeding period a for outstanding (a) Debts (b) Other Debts 3. 4. Bank Balances With Scheduled Banks: SCHEDU L ES
106 81,019.00 247,372.00 31.03.08 5,943,511.01 2,274,439.00 1,459,313.88 2,329,131.65 4,155,675.95 4,615,100.00 10,727,661.95 YEAR ENDED
950,816.00 225,527.00 134,025.00 31.03.09 5,808,511.01 2,991,589.00 3,606,715.88 2,477,729.50 6,450,200.30
13,157,028.30 YEAR ENDED
(A) Advances recoverable in cash or kind for value to be received (i) With State Bank of Patiala S.B. A/c No. 32319 (i) With State Bank of Patiala S.B. A/c No. 16377 (ii) With Canara Bank S.B. Advance to Employees –Old year –Advance to Employees (For the year) Account (a) Savings L TOTA L TOTA ASSETS AND OTHER ADVANCES B. L OANS, 1. Advance (i) Other Academic Programmes Advance for (a) Mar ’02) to (Prior Programmes ’07) Academic Mar for to –Advance ’02 (April Programmes Academic for –Advance Academic Programmes (For the year) –Advance for Advance to Employees (b)
107 - - 86,741.00 13,016.00 10,000.00 446,807.00 176,300.00 143,892.00 348,365.00 382,018.00 31.03.08 4,539,225.00 19,307,805.01 30,035,466.96 YEAR ENDED
241.00 7,254.00 13,016.00 10,000.00 432,462.00 176,300.00 140,472.00 348,365.00 776,494.00 31.03.09 4,144,091.00 2,455,718.00 18,614,881.01 31,771,909.31 YEAR ENDED (B) (A+B) –Old year Contingency Advance –Old year Contingency –Contingency advance (For the year) –Advance—Others (Prior to Mar ’02) –Advance—Others (April ’02 to Mar ’07) –Advance—Others (For the year) Advance (c) Contingency Advance -Others (d) (e) Deposit with CPWD-Lucknow (f) Deposit with CPWD-Delhi Authorities Telephone (g) Deposit with (h) Deposit with MCD (i) Deposit for Fuel (j) Prepaid Expenses L TOTA L TOTA
108
-
111,000.00 111,000.00 31.03.08 44,067,000.00 44,067,000.00 YEAR ENDED
RESEARCH 500,000.00 100,500.00 100,500.00 31.03.09 60,907,000.00 61,407,000.00 YEAR ENDED OF PHI L OSOPHICA EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT EXPENDITURE INDIAN COUNCI L 36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 062 Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 Institutional Tughlakabad 36, SCHEDULES 5 TO 12 ATTACHED TO & FORMING PART OF INCOME & & FORMING PART TO ATTACHED 12 TO 5 SCHEDULES
–Grant received from Ministry of HRD –Grant received from IIAS, Shimla SCHEDU L ES SCHEDU L E 5 GRANTS RECEIVED (1) Central Government (2) Others L TOTA SCHEDU L E 6 FEES/SUBSCRIPTION RECEIVED (1) Life Membership—JICPR L TOTA
109 57,286.50 57,331.00 958,973.00 166,685.00 224,016.00 31.03.08 1,016,259.50 YEAR ENDED
300.50 53,831.00 116,917.00 271,776.00 272,076.00 170,748.00 31.03.09 YEAR ENDED ICATION, ETC. PUB L ICATION, TY,
(i) State Bank of Patiala—S.B.A/c 01100032319 (ii) Canara Bank –S.B.A/c-1637 L TOTA SCHEDU L E 7 L INCOME FROM ROYA (1) Income from ICPR Publications (2) Income from JICPR Journals L TOTA SCHEDU L E 8 INTEREST EARNED Account: (1) On Savings (a) With Scheduled Banks
110 1,092.00 2,504.00 18,411.00 77,284.00 17,533.00 48,799.00 31.03.08 1,537,005.50 1,702,628.50 YEAR ENDED - - - - 1,133.00 3,300.00 84,926.55 80,493.55 31.03.09 YEAR ENDED
SCHEDU L E 9 OTHER INCOME (1) Office rent received from PHISPC (2) Income from leave salary contribution (3) Misc. Income from Reprography Services (4) Misc. Income from Unserviceable/Obsolete item (5) Misc. Income from interest on advance to Employees (6) Misc. Income–Others (7) Income from pension contribution L TOTA
111 383,900.00 379,150.00 306,138.00 601,932.00 189,669.00 31.03.08 6,188,086.00 6,571,986.00 5,886,698.00 6,265,848.00 10,750,646.00 YEAR ENDED
778,900.00 383,900.00 134,842.00 209,458.00 31.03.09 6,706,828.00 6,571,986.00 5,927,928.00 6,188,086.00 1,191,347.00 17,649,657.00 YEAR ENDED
–Stock of ICPR Publications –Stock of JICPR Journals –Stock of ICPR Publications –Stock of JICPR Journals SCHEDU L E 10 INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN STOCK (a) Closing Stock TOTAL (b) Less: Opening Stock TOTAL Increase/(Decrease) in stock (a–b) SCHEDU L E 11 L ISHMENT E X PENSES ESTAB Allowances to Officers & Staff (1) Pay & (2) Monthly pension & other pensionery Allowance to officers & Staff Travelling (3)
112 - - 97,596.00 12,219.00 15,050.00 12,180.00 38,100.00 50,786.00 38,403.00 36,124.00 304,497.00 31.03.08 1,155,112.00 1,150,491.00 YEAR ENDED 14,453,105.00 21,328.00 19,590.00 10,320.00 50,164.00 74,129.00 44,735.00 79,746.00 112,654.00 190,706.00 414,294.00 135,297.00 31.03.09 4,764,132.00 3,087,758.00 YEAR ENDED 28,055,315.00
(4) Medical Charges (5) Medical Insurance Premium Allowance to Office staff (6) Overtime (7) Conveyance Fees Tuition (8) (9) Employer’s Contribution of CPF (10) Interest on Employer’s contribution-CPF to Officers & Staff LTC (11) (12) Gratuity (13) Leave encashment (14) Employer’s Contribution of NPF (15) Leave salary contribution (16) Pension Contribution L TOTA
113 - 11,347.00 19,012.00 25,809.00 77,888.00 30,953.00 188,711.00 470,187.00 537,474.00 719,267.00 106,308.00 276,923.00 135,422.00 233,382.00 495,194.00 715,475.00 419,351.00 170,000.00 158,150.00 31.03.08 YEAR ENDED 6,545.00 11,643.00 82,583.00 38,269.00 16,943.00 45,139.00 40,174.00 392,891.00 279,663.00 150,731.00 183,991.00 565,033.00 405,863.00 139,041.00 272,682.00 558,280.00 724,328.00 205,167.00 31.03.09 1,496,518.00 YEAR ENDED SCHEDU L E 12 E X PENSES, ETC. ADMINISTRATIVE OTHER (1) Publication Expenses—ICPR (2) Publication Expenses—JICPR Advertisement (3) Audit Fees (4) (5) Electricity charges charges (6) Water & Security Charges (7) Wages (8) Printing & Stationery (9) Postage & Courier Charges Telephone (10) Repair & Maint./AMC of Office Equipment (11) (12) Rent for Lucknow Office (13) Liveries (14) Contingencies (15) Consultant Fee Running Expenses (16) Car/Van Repair & Maintenance (17) Car/Van Insurance Expenses (18) Car/Van Accessories (19) Computer Consumables &
114 230.00 5,298.00 8,215.00 27,115.00 11,427.00 17,589.00 23,371.00 28,060.00 31.03.08 115,482.00 442,115.00 418,282.00 201,186.00 466,012.00 150,000.00 400,000.00 654,545.00 465,383.00 8,831,659.00 1,850,486.00 1,837,388.60 5,910,000.00 YEAR ENDED - 6,539.00 1,225.00 4,846.00 67,211.00 95,218.00 54,100.00 69,136.00 81,908.00 28,090.00 31.03.09 452,318.00 434,947.00 405,000.00 883,942.00 954,099.00 287,713.00 1,644,924.00 3,856,534.00 1,384,468.00 3,419,722.00 YEAR ENDED 10,460,922.00
(20) Repair & Maintenance of Building (21) Legal & Professional Charges Tax (22) Ground Rent/Property Expenses (23) Internet/Website (24) Fellowships (25) ICPR organised Seminars (26) Conferences—National/International (27) Refresher Courses (28) Lectures—National/International Academic Linkages (29) Academic Expenses (30) Other conferences (31) Grants for Seminars, Workshops (32) Grants for Project—Others (33) ICPR Projects (34) Exhibition/Publicity (35) Library Other Expenses (36) Bank Charges (37) Horticulture Expenses Annual subscription (38) to GB, Council & RPC/Fin. TA (39) to Other Committee Members TA (40)
115 - 6,000.00 35,584.00 90,973.00 21,667.00 99,600.00 29,769.00 131,665.00 128,846.00 31.03.08 27,198,801.12 YEAR ENDED 8,881.00 3,000.00 89,391.00 55,444.00 66,400.00 97,404.00 116,045.00 102,383.00 31.03.09 1,585,409.00 32,332,703.00 YEAR ENDED
to non-official members TA (41) (42) Hospitality to GB, Council & RPC/Fin. (43) Hospitality to Other Committee members (44) Hospitality to Guest of Chairman/MS (45) Hospitality non-official members (46) Sitting Fee (47) Workshops Fee Training (48) Staff Grant Travel (49) L TOTA
116 6 2,906.00 (Rs.) 712,519.00 4,046,017.99 10,724,486.83
- 5 (Rs.) 712,519.00 481,043.83 5,000,000.00 6,743,443.00 1,500,000.00 12,224,486.83 ASSETS
RESEARCH harges c ntt: Accrued-2008-09 ntt: 4 i Particulars –Indian Bank S.B. A/c –Indian Bank S.B. 1. Fixed Deposit Addition during Add: Add: Less: FDR Matured —2008-09 2. Special Deposit Addition during Add; the year 3. Bank 4. Balance at Bank as on 31.03.2009 Balance as on 01.04.2008 Balance as on 01.04.2008 the year
PROVIDENT FUND 3 (Rs.) OF PHI L OSOPHICA 14,157,205.00
- l G enera l 2 (Rs.) 960,528.00 2,410,810.00 1,303,355.00 ANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST MARCH, 2009 AT AS BA L ANCE SHEET 12,089,222.00 12,089,222.00 L IABI ITIES INDIAN COUNCI L 36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 062 Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 Institutional Tughlakabad 36, 1 Particulars 1. Subscription 01.04.2008 on as Balance Less: Adjustment Prior period Add: Addition during the year 2008-09 Interest on subscription Less: Refund/Withdrawal and final settlement during the year 117 6 (Rs.) 15,485,929.82
Sd 5 (Rs.) Member–Secretary (PROF. G. MISHRA) (PROF. ASSETS 4 Particulars Grand Total Sd
3 (DR. ARUN MISHRA) (DR. (Rs.) Director (A&F) in charge 1,328,724.82 15,485,929.82
2 (Rs.) 960,528.00 847,997.03 1,441,255.79 L IABI ITIES Sd Accounts Officer (SREEKUMARAN S.) 1 Particulars 2. Income Retained from Fund Investment of GP Balance as on 01.04.2008 Addition during Add: the year Less: Interest on Subscription Grand Total PLACE: New Delhi 25.07.2009 DATE:
118 4 540.00 (Rs.) 1,303,355.00 5,000,000.00 4,046,017.99 10,349,912.99 Sd Member–Secretary (PROF. G. MISHRA) (PROF. RESEARCH PAYMENTS 3 Sd Particulars Refund/Withdrawls and final Investment made on FDR’s Settlement during the year Bank Charges Closing Balance as on 31.03.09 Grand Total
PROVIDENT FUND 2 (DR. ARUN MISHRA) (DR. (Rs.) Director (A&F) in charge OF PHI L OSOPHICA 97,539.00 57,003.00 335,600.00 470,069.96 2,815,985.42 2,410,810.00 2,662,905.61 1,500,000.00 10,349,912.99 GENERA L Sd RECEIPTS INDIAN COUNCI L 36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 062 Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 Institutional Tughlakabad 36, Accounts Officer RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 2009 FOR THE RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS (SREEKUMARAN S.) 1 Particulars Opening Balance as on 01.04.2008 Subscription and refunds of advance Interest received on F.D.R. A/c Bank interest received on S.B. Interest received on Special Deposit Income from investment of Mutual Fund S.B.I. Mutual Fund Switched out Matured F.D.R. Grand Total PLACE: New Delhi 25.07.2009 DATE:
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6 (Rs.) 90,000.00 59,844.00 2,059,424.72
5 (Rs.) 59,844.00 - 259,424.72 750,000.00 r 1,050,000.00 RESEARCH ASSETS 4 Particulars Addition during the year 1. Fixed Deposit Balance as on 01.04.2009 Add: Intt. accrued during the yea 2. Special Deposit Balance as on 01.04.2008 Add: Interest allowed by Bank and Reinvested 3. Bonds 31.03.2009 on as Balance PROVIDENT FUND
3 (Rs.) OF PHI L OSOPHICA 1,182,797.00
2 CONTRIBUTORY CONTRIBUTORY (Rs.) 81,620.00 164,157.00 100,000.00 - 1,037,020.00 1,037,020.00 ANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST MARCH, 2009 AT AS BA L ANCE SHEET L IABI ITIES INDIAN COUNCI L 36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 062 Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 Institutional Tughlakabad 36, 1 Particulars 1. Subscription Balance as on 01.04.2008 Less: Adjustment Prior period Add: Addition during the year Interest on subscription Less: Refund/Withdrawal
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41.00 292.488.73 2,501,798.45
Sd Member–Secretary (PROF. G. MISHRA) (PROF.
As on 31.03.2009
Sd 4. Bank charges 5. Balance at Bank Grand Total
(DR. ARUN MISHRA) (DR. Director (A&F) in charge 606,088.45 712,913.00 2,501,798.45
- 50,164.00 81,620.00 530,144.00 132,605.00 510,189.73 177,518.72 Sd Accounts Officer (SREEKUMARAN S.) Investment of CP Fund Investment of CP 2. Contribution Balance as on 01.04.2008 Add: Employer’s Share of Contribution Interest on contribution Less: Refund/Withdrawl 3. Income Retained from Balance as on 01.04.2008 Add: Addition during the year Less: Intt. on Employer’s Subscription Grand Total PLACE: New Delhi 25.07.2009 DATE:
121 - 4 (Rs.) 100,000.00 750,000.00 292,488.73 1,142,488.73 Sd Member–Secretary (PROF. G. MISHRA) (PROF. PAYMENTS RESEARCH 3 Sd Particulars Refund/Withdrawals and final Settlement during the year Fixed Deposit Bank Charges Closing Balance as on 31.03.09 Grand Total
2 (DR. ARUN MISHRA) (DR. (Rs.) 4,433.00 Director (A&F) in charge OF PHI L OSOPHICA 50,164.00 10,350.00 20,161.00 760,618.73 164,157.00 132,605.00 1,142,488.73 CONTRIBUTORY PROVIDENT FUND CONTRIBUTORY RECEIPTS Sd INDIAN COUNCI L 36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 062 Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 Institutional Tughlakabad 36, Accounts Officer RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 2009 FOR THE RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS (SREEKUMARAN S.) 1 Particulars PLACE: New Delhi 25.07.2009 DATE: Opening Balance as on 31.03.2008 Subscription and refunds of advance During the year Interest on contribution Employer’s share of contribution Bank interest received on IDBI Bond During the year A/c Bank interest received on S.B. Bank Interest received on Special Grand Total
122 6 11.00 (Rs.) 564,116.00 564,105.00 Sd (Rs.) 5 Member-Secretary Member-Secretary (PROF. G. MISHRA) (PROF. RESEARCH ASSETS 1. Bank Charges As on 31.03.2009 Particulars 4 2. Balance at Bank Grand Total Sd
3 (Rs.) 28,795.00 535,321.00 564,116.00 (DR. ARUN MISHRA) (DR. Director (A&F) in charge OF PHI L OSOPHICA NE W PENSION FUND
2 (Rs.) 11,914.00 16,881.00 113,992.00 268.830.00 152,499.00 ANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST MARCH, 2009 AT AS BA L ANCE SHEET L IABI ITIES Sd INDIAN COUNCI L 36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 062 Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 Institutional Tughlakabad 36, Accounts Officer (SREEKUMARAN S.) Particulars 1 1. Contribution Balance as on 01.04.2008 Add: Addition during the year Employer’s Share of Contribution Bank Interset Balance as on 01.04.2008 Addition during the year Grand Total PLACE: New Delhi 25.07.2009 DATE:
123 4 (Rs.) 564,105.00 564,105.00 Sd Member-Secretary (PROF. G. MISHRA) (PROF. PAYMENTS RESEARCH 3 Sd Particulars Closing Balance as on 31.03.2009 Grand Total 2 (DR. ARUN MISHRA) (DR. (Rs.) Director (A&F) in charge OF PHI L OSOPHICA 564,105.00 NE W PENSION FUND 11,914.00 113,992.00 285,700.00 152,499.00 RECEIPTS Sd INDIAN COUNCI L 36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 062 Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 Institutional Tughlakabad 36, Accounts Officer RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 2009 FOR THE RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS (SREEKUMARAN S.) 1 Particulars Opening Balance as on 31.03.2008 Contribution during the year share of contribution Employers’s Interest recd. on S.B.A/c Grand Total PLACE: New Delhi 25.07.2009 DATE:
124 - 4,276.00 31,909.07 57,286.50 111,000.00 958,973.00 31.03.08 2,901,985.05 44,067,000.00 YEAR ENDED
RESEARCH 300.00 8,089.07 3,127.00 271,776.00 500,000.00 100,500.00 31.03.09 3,788,445.53 60,907,000.00 YEAR ENDED OF PHI L OSOPHICA ICATION, ETC. PUB L ICATION, TY, INDIAN COUNCI L 36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 062 Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 Institutional Tughlakabad 36, RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31ST, 2009 YEAR ENDED MARCH 31ST, ACCOUNT FOR THE RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS (1) Income from ICPR Publications (ii) Income from JICPR Journals (i) Cash in Hand (ii) Imprest Balance Accounts (i) In Savings (i) Grant received from Ministry of HRD (i) Grant received from IIAS, Shimla RECEIPTS I. Opening Balances (a) Cash in Hand (b) Bank Balances II. Grants Received (a) From Government of India (b) Others III. FEES/SUBSCRIPTION RECEIVED (a) Life Membership—JICPR L INCOME FROM ROYA IV. (a) (b)
125 - 1,904.00 1,092.00 18,411.00 77,284.00 17,533.00 48,799.00 57,331.00 166,685.00 31.03.08 1,196,741.50 YEAR ENDED
- - - - 1,300.00 1,133.00 53,831.00 80,493.55 116,917.00 595,196.35 31.03.09 YEAR ENDED A/c 01100032319 (i) State Bank of Patiala—S.B. A/c 1637 (ii) Canara Bank-S.B. OTHER INCOME (a) With Scheduled Banks Advances; etc. (2) Loans Advance to Employees (i) Interest recd. on (i) Office rent received from PHISPC (ii) Income from leave salary contribution (iii) Misc. Income from Reprography Services (iv) Misc. Income from Unserviceable/Obsolete item (v) Misc. Income Others (vi) Penson Contributor (vii) Prior Period Recoveries RECEIPTS INTEREST EARNED V. Account: (1) On Savings VI.
126 - 16,000.00 66,820.65 49,192.00 30,148.00 747,849.00 190,738.00 678,746.00 499,363.00 105,500.00 125,314.00 31.03.08 3,968,554.60 1,891,673.00 YEAR ENDED - 61,362.05 49,192.00 56,000.00 106,051.00 197,742.00 623,942.00 156,157.00 158,336.00 124,934.00 31.03.09 5,519,562.00 3,035,724.00 2,236,063.00 YEAR ENDED OTHER RECEIPTS (i) Recovery of Miscellaneous Advances (i) Recovery of Miscellaneous Advance to Employees (ii) Recovery of Advances Academic (iii) Recovery of Advances/Deposits (iv) Recovery of Other Advance (v) Recovery of Imprest Tax (i) Income (ii) LIC-GSLIS (iii) LIC-SSS (iv) GPF (v) CPF (vi) Other Remittances (vii) NPF Accommodation (viii) Rent for Leased VII. Advances: (a) Recovery of (b) Remittances: RECEIPTS
127 - - 14.00 837.00 1,234.00 38,020.00 24,967.00 93,159.00 505,477.00 31.03.08 YEAR ENDED - - 478.35 7,816.00 20,010.00 19,853.00 15,146.00 12,243.00 95,579.00 31.03.09 YEAR ENDED (i) Pay & Allowances (i) Pay & (ii) Employer’s Contribution on CPF (iii) ICPR Organised Seminars (iv) Sundry Debtors (v) Medical Charges (vi) Leave Salary Contribution (vii) Monthly Pension & Other Pensionery (viii) Bonus Charges Telephone (ix) RECEIPTS (c) Other Receipts:
128 - 8,919.00 9,120.00 80,552.00 15,050.00 12,480.00 38,100.00 50,786.00 38,403.00 32,994.00 637,779.00 189,669.00 122,563.00 31.03.08 9,708,055.00 YEAR ENDED 18,348.00 19,590.00 10,320.00 50,164.00 74,129.00 41,581.00 37,642.00 956,619.00 209,458.00 205,852.00 191,737.00 131,507.00 135,297.00 31.03.09 16,103,765.00 YEAR ENDED
E X PENSES: ayments PAYMENTS P I. (a) Establishment Expenses Allowances to Officers & Staff (1) Pay & (2) Monthly pension & other pensionery Allowance to Office Staff Travelling (3) (4) Medical Charges (5) Medical Insurance Premium Allowance to Office staff (6) Overtime (7) Conveyance Fees Tution (8) (9) Employer’s Contribution of CPF (10) Intt. on Employer’s Contribution—CPF to Officers & Staff LTC (11) (12) Employer’s Contribution to NPF (13) Gratuity (14) Leave Encashment
129 - - - 3,210.00 719,267.00 537,474.00 470,187.00 146,913.00 276,923.00 135,422.00 233,396.52 374,987.00 715,475.00 106,308.00 31.03.08 YEAR ENDED 6,545.00 56,978.00 79,746.00 90,762.00 82,583.00 538,896.00 335,552.00 150,731.00 138,552.00 405,863.00 139,041.00 272,682.00 558,280.00 31.03.09 1,371,774.00 YEAR ENDED harges c
harges c Other Administrative Expenses, etc. Other ayments I. P (15) Leave Salary Contribution (16) Pension Contribution I (1) Publication Expenses—ICPR (2) Publication Expenses—JICPR Advertisement (3) Audit Fees (4) (5) Electricity (6) Water & Security Charges (7) Wages (8) Printing & Stationery (9) Postage & Courier Charges Telephone (10) Repair & Maint./AMC of Office Equipment (11) (12) Rent for Lucknow Office
130 - 7,057.00 25,809.00 77,888.00 30,953.00 17,589.00 29,769.00 442,115.00 170,000.00 466,012.00 419,351.00 158,150.00 140,230.00 150,000.00 400,000.00 654,545.00 31.03.08 8,831,659.00 2,342,865.60 YEAR ENDED 5,016.00 38,269.00 16,943.00 45,139.00 40,174.00 95,218.00 54,100.00 724,328.00 205,167.00 399,374.00 434,947.00 405,000.00 883,942.00 31.03.09 1,644,924.00 3,864,350.00 1,585,409.00 1,384,468.00 10,460,922.00 YEAR ENDED ayments P (13) Liveries (14) Contingencies (15) Consultant Fee Running Expenses (16) Car/Van Repair & Maintenance (17) Car/Van Insurance Expenses (18) Car/Van Accessories (19) Computer Consumables & (20) Repair & Maintenance of Building (21) Legal & Professional Charges Tax (22) Ground Rent/Property Expenses (23) Internet/Website (24) Fellowships (25) ICPR organised Seminars (26) Conferences—National/International (27) Refresher Courses (28) Workshop (29) Lectures—National/International Academic Linkages (30)
131 230.00 3,060.00 5,298.00 8,215.00 27,115.00 11,427.00 23,371.00 35,584.00 21,667.00 99,600.00 90,973.00 115,482.00 128,846.00 465,383.00 131,665.00 31.03.08 5,910,000.00 1,850,486.00 YEAR ENDED - - 6,539.00 1,225.00 4,846.00 8,881.00 67,211.00 69,136.00 81,908.00 89,391.00 55,444.00 66,400.00 116,045.00 954,099.00 287,713.00 102,383.00 31.03.09 3,419,722.00 YEAR ENDED ayments P (31) Other Academic Expenses (31) Other (32) Grants for Seminars, Workshops (33) Grants for Project—Others (34) ICPR Projects (35) Exhibition/Publicity (36) Library Other Expenses (37) Bank Charges (38) Horticulture Expenses—Delhi/Lucknow Annual subscription (39) to GB, Council & RPC/Fin. TA (40) to Other Committee Members TA (41) (42) Hospitality to GB, Council & RPC/Fin. (43) Hospitality to Other Comm members (44) Hospitality to Guests of Chairman /MS (45) Sitting Fee (46) Hospitality to non-official members to non-official members TA (47)
132 - 6,000.00 2,764.15 11,500.00 16,000.00 460,200.00 190,448.00 382,018.00 695,671.85 159,300.00 31.03.08 4,816,706.00 5,800,215.00 1,184,465.00 YEAR ENDED - 3,000.00 8,000.00 2,764.15 97,404.00 98,960.00 239,625.00 776,494.00 820,143.85 174,747.00 31.03.09 6,967,476.00 2,437,328.00 5,006,388.00 YEAR ENDED
Other Payments Expenditure on Fixed Assets Expenditure on Fixed (4) Other Advances/Deposits (4) Other Advances-Imprest (5) (i) Purchase of Fixed Assets (i) Purchase of Fixed Advances) (1) Contingency (Misc. Advance to Employees (2) Advances Academic (3) (1) Prepaid Expenses Allowances (2) Provision for Pay & (3) Provision for GPF (4) Provision for CPF (5) Provision for LIC-GSLIS ayments P (48) Staff Training Fee Training (48) Staff Grant Travel (49) III. IV. Advance Payments (a) (b) Other Payments
133 - - - 4,472.00 2,812.00 37,768.00 66,820.65 49,192.00 93,727.00 30,182.00 210,976.00 208,695.00 443,342.00 105,500.00 125,314.00 31.03.08 1,891,673.00 YEAR ENDED - - 4,472.00 6,260.00 3,300.00 48,623.00 14,698.00 31,202.60 49,192.00 56,000.00 655,591.00 156,157.00 158,336.00 124,934.00 31.03.09 2,592,153.00 2,236,063.00 YEAR ENDED
(6) Provision for LIC-SSS (7) Provision for Pensioners (8) Provision for Other Remittances (9) Sundry Creditors (10) Provision for Gratuity Provision for Leave Encashment (11) (12) Provision for NPF (13) Provision for O.T.A. Tax (1) Income (2) LIC-GSLIS (3) LIC-SSS (4) GPF (5) CPF (6) Other Remittances (7) NPF Accommodation (8) Rent for Leased ayments P (c) Remittances
134 8,089.07 3,127.00 31.03.08 3,788,445.53 58,751,850.37 YEAR ENDED Sd Member-Secretary (PROF. G. MISHRA) (PROF.
954.92 7,860.00 31.03.09 6,084,445.38 78,895,198.90 YEAR ENDED Sd (DR. ARUN MISHRA) (DR. Director (A&F) in charge Sd
Accounts Officer
(SREEKUMARAN S.) ‘B’ Closing Balances (1) Cash in Hand (2) Imprest Balance With Scheduled Banks Accounts –On Savings ayments P PLACE: New Delhi 25.07.2009 DATE: V. V. (a) Cash in Hand (b) Bank Balances L TOTA
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