BIO-DATA

A. Name: RAGHUNATH GHOSH

B. Father’s Name: Late Baidyanath Ghosh

C. Date of Birth: The 2nd February, 1950

D. Permanent Address: Professor Emeritus, Department of , University of North Bengal, Dt. Darjeeling-734013, W.B. .

E. Address of Correspondence: ¼, Basera Apartment, B. M. Sarani, Siliguri-734401, W. B. India. Phone No: 0091-353-2433250 ® 0091-94347-15403 (M)

E-Mail: [email protected]

F. Academic Qualifications:

Exams passed years Board/ University Percentage Class/Division H.S. 1967 W.B.B.S.E. 53% 2nd B.A. (Hons) 1970 Calcutta University 63% 1st M.A. 1972 Calcutta University 62% 1st PhD (Arts) 1982 Calcutta University ------

G. Areas of Specialization: a) Indian Philosophy in general and Navya in particular. b) Modern Indian Philosophy. c) Title of the PhD thesis: ‘Vyapti and the Means of its knowledge according to the Navya Nyaya system of Philosophy.

H. Teaching Experience:

Designation College/ University Period of time Lecturer - Hindu College 02.12.74-25.04.75. Lecturer - Mahishadal Raj College 26.04. 75- 17.02.80. Lecturer University of North Bengal 18.02.80- 23.07.85 (on leave) Reader North-Eastern Hill University,24.07.85- 06.05.86 (left on health ground) Lecturer University of North Bengal---07.05.86-30.12.86 Reader University of North Bengal----- 01.01. 87-26.07.98 Professor, University of North Bengal---27.07.98 to 01.02.2015 Professor Emeritus (UGC) University of North Bengal---04.04.2016

I.Published Works: A separate list is enclosed herewith.

J. (A) Thesis supervised for the Ph.D. degree:

1.Supervised jointly with Dr. P.Roy a thesis entitled: ‘A Critical Study of the Universal Religion of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa’ approved for the Ph.D. degree in Philosophy of the University of North Bengal in 1986 (Candidate- Sm. Mamata Kundu). 1 2. Supervised jointly with Dr. P.Roy a thesis entitled: ‘The Concepts of Svalaksana and Samanyalaksana in Buddhism: Acritical Study’ approved for the Ph.D. degree in Philosophy of the University of North Bengal in 1988 (Candidate-Sm Shyamali Sanyal).

3. Supervised a thesis entitled: ‘The Concept of Mind in Nyaya and Advaita system of Philosophy: A Comparative Study’ approved for the Ph.D. degree of the University of North Bengal in 1996 (Sri Hirendranath Bhattacharya).

4. Supervised a thesis entitled: ‘Means of Knowing a Negative fact: A study on Anupalabdhi in Indian Philosophy’ approved for the PhD degree in 1996 (Candidate- Sri Amal Kumar Harh).

5. Supervised a thesis entitled: ‘The concept of Maya in Modern Indian Thought with special reference to Sri Aurobindo, Radhakrishnan and Vivekananda’ approved for the PhD degree in 1996 (Candidate-Mrs. Sanghamitra Dasgupta).

6. Supervised a thesis entitled: ‘Super-normal means of knowing: A critical study on the Alaukika Pratyaksa in Nyaya’ approved for the PhD degree in 1998 (Candidate- Mr. Bhupendra Chandra Das)..

7. Supervised a thesis entitled: ‘The Philosophy of Milindaprasna: A critical study’ approved for the PhD degree of the University of North Bengal in 2000 (Candidate-Mrs. Sabita Bhattacharya).

8. Supervised a thesis entitled: ‘The Philosophy of Aesthetic Experience with special reference to Abhinavagupta: A critical study’ approved for the PhD degree in 2000 (Candidate- Mr. Ashis Tarafdar).

9. Supervised a thesis entitled:‘A Philosophical study of the Aesthetic structure of the Ramayanas with special reference to Adhyatma Ramayana and the Ramayana of Bhanubhakta’ approved for the PhD degree in 2001 (Candidate- Mrs Bani Paul).

10. Supervised a thesis entitled: ‘The Nyaya concept of Prama: A critical study’ approved for the PhD degree in 2002 (Candidate- Sri Anup Barman).

11. Supervised a thesis entitled: ‘A logical illumination of the Advaita Theory of Perception: A critical study’ approved for the PhD degree in 2003 (Mrs. Madhuban Mukherjee)..

12. Supervised a thesis entitled: ‘Tarka as a Philosophical Method: A critical study’ approved for the PhD degree in 2003 (Candidate- Sri Nirmal Roy).

13. Supervised a thesis entitled: ‘Prama. Pramana and Pramanya: A Nyaya Perspective’ approved for the PhD degree in 2004 Candiadte- Sm. Jaya Adhikari).

14. Awarded PhD degree to Sm. Saswati Chakraborty on her thesis entitled: The Concept of Metaphor in Indian Philosophy: A Critical Study in 2005.

15. Awarded PhD degree to Sm. Sudeshna Bhowmick (Mitra) on her thesis entitled: Some Mathematical Problems in Indian Philosophy: A Philosophical Study in 2005.

16. Awarded PhD degree to Sm. Monidipa Das on her thesis entitled: Artha as a Paramapurusartha: A Critical Study in 2005.

17. Awarded PhD degree to Sri Nasiruddin Mandol on his thesis entitled: Tagore’s Philosophical : Apropos and Buddhism’ in 2005.

18. Awarded PhD degree to Sri Bhaskar Jha on his thesis entitled: The Nyaya Theory of Language: Some problems in 2006.

2 19. Awarded PhD degree to Sm. Paramita Das on her thesis entitled: The Concept of Causality in Indian : Some Problems in 2006.

20. Awarded PhD degree to Sm. Arpana Dhar (Das) on her thesis entitled ‘A Non- Anthropological Approach to Environmental Ethics’ in 2008.

21. Awarded PhD degree to Sm. Sutapa Banerjee on her thesis entitled: ‘Social Philosophy of Vivekananda’ in 2008.

22. Awarded PhD degree to Sm. Nayana Bhattacharya on her thesis entitled: ‘The Concept of Tatparya in Navya Nyaya: A Critical Study’ in 2008.

23. Awarded PhD degree to Noni Gopal Dey on his thesis entitled: ‘Philosophy of Social Reformation in Modern Indian Thought’ in 2009

24. Awarded PhD degree to Sm. Sangita Raha on her thesis entitled-‘Identity and Similarity’ in 2010.

25. Awarded PhD degree to Sm. Purnima Das on her thesis entitled- ‘Environmental Issues in the Dhammapada’ in 2010.

26. Awarded PhD degree to Sm. Riki Chakraborty on her thesis entitled ‘Nyaya Theory of Nirvikalpaka Pratyaksa’ in 2010.

27. Awarded PhD degree to Sm Saheli Bose on her thesis entitled: Samkhya Metaphysics: Some Philosophical Problems in 2013.

28. Awarded PhD degree to Sri Goutam Ghosh on his thesis entitled: The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore: In the Light of Buddhism in 2016

29. Awarded PhD degree to Fr. Peter Lingdamo on his thesis entitled: Philosophy of Lepcha Religion: A Critical Study in 2016.

30. Awarded PhD degree to Sm. Minakshi Goswami on her thesis entitled: The Concept of Mind and its Role in Indian in 2017

31. Awarded PhD degree to Sm. Banani Barman on her thesis entitled: The Philosophy of Tattvamasi: A Critical Study in 2017.

B) Supervised the following dissertations for the partial fulfillment of the M.Phil degree:

1. The Advaita Theory of Anupalabdhi: A Critical Study. 2. The Concept of Duhkha in Indian Philosophy. 3. The Tatasthalakshana of Brahman: A Critical Study. 4. The Concept of Tarka in Nyaya : A Critical Study. 5. The Theory of Paratahpramanya: A Critical Study. 6. The Concept of Self in Nyaya-Vaisesika: A Critical Study. 7. The Concept of Man according to Rabindranath Tagore: A Critical Study. 8. Duhkha as a Noble Truth. 9. The Nyaya Theory of Perception: A Critical Study. 10. The Concept of Maya in Advaita Vedanta 11. Identity as a Relation. 12. The Concept of Samsaya with special reference to Nyaya-Vaisesika. 13. The Concept of Self in Nyaya-Vaisesika. 14. Proofs for the Divine Existence. 15. The Concept of Aprama in Nyaya. 16. The Concept of samsaya in Nyaya-Vaisesika Philosophy. 3 17. The Concept of satta, asatta and moral existence. 18. The Buddhist Critique of Samanya.

K. Research Projects:

Completed:

1. Sura, Man & Society: The Philosophy of Harmony in Indian Tradition (Published in 1994) 2. Knowledge, Meaning & Intuition: Some Theories in (Published in 2000) 3. Relation as Real: A Critique of Dharmakirti (Published in 2001) 4. Facets of Feminism: The Concept of Woman in Indian Tradition, (Published in 2005) 5. Humanity, Truth and Freedom: Essays in Modern Indian Thought (Published in 2010) 6. Shilpa, Satta o Yukti: Bharatiya Bhavadharai Adharita Prabandhavali (Published in 2010)

Undertaken:

1. Philosophy of Rashvihary Das (Builders in Indian Philosophical Series by ICPR) 2. The Advaita Concept of Adhyasa. 3. The Concept of Tarka in Indian Logic and Reductio- ad- absurdum in Western Logic.

L) Summer schools /workshops attended:

1. Participated in All India Summer Institute in Philosophy organized by the Philosophy Department, Visvabharati in 1982.

2. Participated in the Summer school on Western Logic arranged by Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi and Prajna Pathashala Mandala, Wai, Maharashtra and received the required degree of proficiency in Truth Functional Sentential Logic, which was the course taught in the school in 1987.

3. Participated in the workshop on Nyāya Logic arranged by Indian Council of Philosophical Research, Lucknow in 1987.

4. Participated in the winter school on Advanced Western Logic arranged by Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi at Goa and got the required degree of proficiency in Quantificational Logic, which was the course taught in the school in 1989.

5. Participated in a school on Symbolic Logic arranged by Vidyapeeth, Puri in 1992.

6.Participated in a Summer School on Symbolic Logic and Navya Nyāya arranged by at Fergusson College, Pune in 1992.

7. Participated in a Summer School on Symbolic Logic organized by Sanskrit Department, Kurukshetra University in 1993.

8.Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Some Reflections on the concept of Metaphor: An Indian Perspective’ in a workshop on ‘ Metaphor and Truth in Literature’ arranged by Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla in 1993.

9. Participated in a Summer School on Symbolic Logic organized by University of Bombay in 1994.

10. Participated and presented a paper in a workshop on ‘Teaching Indian Logic through original sources’ arranged by the ICPR, New Delhi in 2003.

4 M. Academic Distinction:

(i) Visiting Fellow/ Professor:

1. Delivered six lectures on ‘Relation as a category of Real’ and ‘Abhāva’ as a Visiting Fellow (U.G.C.) in the Sanskrit Department, , Calcutta in 1995.

2. Visited and delivered a series of lectures on different aspects of Indian Philosophy as a Visiting Fellow (U.G.C.) in the Department of Philosophy, University of Poona in 1999.

3. On invitation delivered lectures as a Visiting Fellow (UGC) in the Department of Philosophy, Vidyasagar University, Midnapur, W.B. in January 2005.

4. On invitation delivered lectures as a Visiting Fellow (UGC) under Special Assistance Programme in Philosophy, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, 2006.

5. On invitation delivered lectures as a Visiting Fellow (UGC) under Centre for Advanced Studies in Sanskrit, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 2008.

6. On invitation delivered lectures as a Visiting Fellow (UGC) under Centre for Advanced Studies in Sanskrit, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 2010.

7. On invitation delivered lectures as a Visiting Fellow (UGC) under Centre for Advanced Studies in Philosophy, Utkal University, 2010.

8. .On invitation delivered lectures as a Visiting Fellow (UGC) under UGC SAP in Philosophy, University of Hyderabad, 2011.

9. On invitation delivered lectures as a Visiting Fellow (UGC) under UGC SAP in Philosophy, Assam University, Silchar in March 2012.

10. On invitation delivered lectures as a Visiting Fellow (UGC) in the P.G. Department of Sanskrit, A.B.N. Seal College, Coochbehar, in August 2012.

11. Delivered a few lectures as a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Philosophy, University of Gour Banga in 2012.

12. Delivered four lectures as a Visiting Professor (ICPR) in the Department of Philosophy, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala in September 2013.

13. Delivered four lectures as a Visiting Professor (ICPR) in the Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai, Kalina Campus, in October 2013.

14. Delivered four lectures as a Visiting Professor (ICPR) in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Mumbai, in October 2013.

15. Delivered four lectures as a Visiting Professor (ICPR) in the Department of Philosophy, Tripura University, Agartala in January 2014.

16. Delivered four lectures as a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Philosophy, Panchanan Barma University, Coochbehar in April, 2015

17. Appointed Visiting Fellow in the Department of Sanskrit, Jadavpur University in 2014.

18. Appointed Visiting Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Burdwan in 2015. 5 19. Delivered lectures as Visiting Fellow in Panchanan Barma University, Coochbihar in 2015.

(ii) Main Speaker in the Symposium:

1. Participated and presented a paper on ‘Vedanta and Linguistic Analysis’ as one of the main speakers in a symposium at the Indian Philosophical Congress held at Jadavpur University, Calcutta in 1986.

2. Participated and presented a paper on ‘The concept of Beauty in Indian tradition’ as one of the main speakers in a symposium at the Indian Philosophical Congress held at Gujrat University, Ahmedabad in 1989.

(iii) Endowment Lectures:

1. Delivered Buddha Jayanti Endowment Lecture on ‘Nagarjuna’s Critique of Doubt: Some Reflections’ in the 76th session of Indian Philosophical Congress held in Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar from the 29th October to 1st November, 2001.

2. On invitation delivered Sri Swami Harihar Tirtha Memorial Endowment Lectures at the Department of Philosophy, University of Madras on the 30th and 31st July 2002 on ‘ Is Samavaya a relation? A critique from the standpoint of Advaita’ and ‘ The Advaita Theory of Perception: Some Problems’.

3. On invitation delivered Professor Ganeshwar Mishra Memorial Endowment lecture at the Department of Philosophy, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar on the 16th December 2002 on ‘Some aspects of Advaita Vedanta’.

4. On invitation delivered Vivekananda Endowment Lecture at the Department of Philosophy, on the 6th December 2004.

5. On invitation delivered on Determinism and Free Will in Indian Philosophy in connection with International Philosophy Day (as declared by UNESCO) sponsored by ICPR and organized by Gauhati University on the 19th November 2005.

6. On invitation delivered Buddha Jayanti Endowment Lecture on ‘Nagarjuna on the confusing nature of Pramana and Prameya: A Critique’ in the Interim World Congress and 81st session of Indian Philosophical Congress held in New Delhi in 2006.

7. On invitation delivered a special endowment lecture (Shricharan Mandal & Pramilabala Mandal Lecture) on ‘A Comparative Study among the Systems of Indian Philosophy’ in the Department of Philosophy, University of Calcutta in November 2010.

8. Delivered Professor K.K.Handique memorial lecture at the University of Gauhati in 2014.

9. Delivered International Philosophy Day lectures in University of North Bengal, Coochbehar Panchanan Barma University, Dibrugarh University and Gourbanga University in 2014.

10. Delivered ICPR periodical lecture at the department of Philosophy, Mathabhanga College in 2012.

11. Delivered ICPR periodical lecture at the department of Philosophy, Prabhat Kumar College, Contai and Debra College, Midnapur in 2014.

12. Delivered ICPR periodical lecture at the department of Philosophy, Prabhat Kumar College, Contai, Midnapur and Mathabhanga College, Coochbehar in 2015.

6 13. Delivered ICPR periodical lecture at the department of Philosophy, Derozio College, New Town, Kolkata in 2016.

14. Delivered International Philosophy Day lectures in Gourbanga University, Malda and Gauhati University, Gauhati in 2016.

15. Delivered ICPR periodical lecture at the department of Philosophy, Maynaguri College in 2017.

(iii) Awards & Recognition:

a) Received the Best Book Award for the book entitled: ‘Relation as Real: A Critique of Dharmakirti’ by Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi in 2001-2002. b) Appointed National Visiting Professor in the year 2013-14 by Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi. c) My colleagues of the Department of Philosophy have brought out a volume to felicitate me on the occasion of my retirement in 2015 (Philosophical Papers). d) A book entitled: Humanity Over & Above Divinity: Essays in Honour of Professor Raghunath Ghosh edited by Ranjit Kumar Barman, Abhijit Publication, New Delhi, 2017 has been published in my honour.

(iii) Resource Person:

1. Delivered six lectures on ‘The Nyaya Theories of Perception, Language, God etc.’ as a Resource person in a Refresher Course organized jointly by the Philosophy Department and Academic Staff College, Gauhati University in 1991.

2. Delivered a lecture as a Resource person on ‘Some Problems concerning apprehension of Meaning’ in the University Leadership Programme, Burdwan University in 1992.

3.Delivered seven lectures on Indian Materialism, Prama and Pramana, Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo and Rabindranath and Some Philosophical issues in Bhasapariccheda as a Resource person in the Refresher Courses in Philosophy and Sanskrit arranged by Academic Staff College, Gauhati University in 1993.

4. Delivered six lectures on Paramanuvada, Samkhya Metaphysics, Ontological Argument for the etc. as a Resource Person in a Refresher Course organized by Academic Staff College, Visvabharati in 1995.

4. Delivered two lectures on the concepts of Sambandha and Tarka as a Resource Person in a Refresher Course in Indian Philosophy organized by Academic Staff College, Calcutta University in 1995.

5. Lectured as a Resource Person on ‘The Mimamsa concept of Dharma’ in a Refresher Course on Metaphysics organized by Academic Staff College, Burdwan University in 1995.

6. Delivered two lectures on ‘The concept of Rasa according to Abhinavagupta’ as a Resource Person in a Refresher course on Epistemology at Academic Staff College, Burdwan University in 1995.

7. Delivered two lectures on Khyativada as a Resource Person in a Refresher course arranged by Philosophy Department, Visvabharati in 1996.

8. Delivered two lectures on ‘ Abhinavagupta’s Theory of Rasa’ as a Resource Person in the Refresher course on Epistemology arranged by Academic Staff College, Burdwan University in 1996. 7 9. Delivered two lectures as a Resource Person on ‘Some Philosophical problems in Bhasapariccheda’ in a Refresher course arranged by Sanskrit Department, Jadavpur University, Calcutta in 1996.

10.Delivered four lectures as a Resource Person on the ‘The concept of Sambandha’ in a Refresher course on Navya Nyaya at the Philosophy Department, Lucknow University in 1996.

11.Delivered two lectures on ‘The Advaita Theory of Perception’ as a Resource Person in a Refresher Course on Epistemology arranged by Philosophy Department, Jadavpur University, Calcutta in 1998.

12. Delivered two lectures on ‘The Philosophy of Upanishads: Some Reflections’ in a Refresher Course arranged by Sanskrit Department, Jadavpur University, Calcutta in 1998.

13. Delivered two lectures as a Resource person on ‘Analysis of Dharma in Indian Perspectives’ in a Refresher course on Ethics arranged by the Philosophy Department, Jadavpur University, Calcutta in 1998.

14. Participated and presented a paper on ‘The Nyaya concept of Time: Some paradoxes’ in the International conference of East-West Philosophers arranged by the Society for Asian and comparative Philosophy, U.S.A. and the Department of Special Assistance in Philosophy, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar in 1999.

15.Delivered two lectures as a Resource person on ‘ The concept of Vyaptigraha and Tarka ‘ in a Refresher course on the Philosophy of Science held at Jadavpur University, Calcutta in 1999.

16.Visited and delivered two lectures on ‘A logical illumination to the Tadatmya relation in Navya Nyaya’ as a Resource Person in a Refresher course arranged by Sanskrit Department, Calcutta University in 1999.

17. Delivered two lectures as a Resource person on ‘The Nyaya Theory of Inference’ in a Refresher Course in Epistemology arranged by the Philosophy Department, Visvabharati in October 2000.

18. Delivered two lectures as a Resource person on ‘The concepts of Prama, Pramana and Pramanya’ and ‘Gangesa on Vyaptigraha’ in a Refresher Course arranged by the Academic Staff College, Burdwan University on the 14th August 2001.

19. Delivered two lectures as a Resource person on ‘The Nyaya and Bauddha concept of Inference’ in a Refresher Course arranged by Patna University on the 7th September 2001.

20. Delivered six lectures as a Resource Person on ‘Methodology in Nyaya Philosophy’, ‘Some problems concerning Nirvikalpaka Pratyaksa’, ‘ Some problems concerning the theory of Meaning’, ‘The Advaita Theory of Perception’ in a Refresher Course arranged by the Department of Philosophy, University of North Bengal from the 3rd to 17th September 2001.

21. Delivered eight lectures on different aspects of Advaita Vedanta as a Resource Person in a Refresher Course sponsored by ICPR, New Delhi arranged by Pacchunga University College, Aizawl, Mizoram University from the 19th to 23rd October 2001.

22. Delivered six lectures on different aspects of Indian Poetics as a Resource Person in a Refresher Course in Nepali arranged by the Nepali Department, University of North Bengal in 2002.

23. Delivered two lectures on ‘The concept of Aesthetic Experience in Indian tradition’ as a Resource Person in a Refresher Course in English arranged by the English Department, University of North Bengal in 2002. 8 24. Delivered two lectures on ‘Syntactical analysis of Meaning’ as a Resource Person in Refresher course in Philosophy arranged by the Department of Philosophy, University of Calcutta in November 2002.

25. Delivered two lectures on ‘Methodology in Buddhist logic’ as a Resource Person in a refresher course arranged by the Department of Indo-Tibetan Studies, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan in December 2002.

26. Delivered six lectures on Indian Poetics as a Resource Person is a Refresher Course arranged by the Nepali Department, University of North Bengal in the month of February 2003.

27. Delivered two lectures on Indian Poetics as a Resource Person is a Refresher Course arranged by the English Department, University of North Bengal in March 2003.

28. Delivered four lectures on Indian concept of Consciousness as a Resource Person in a Refresher Course arranged by the Department of Philosophy, Assam University, Silchar in March 2003.

29. Delivered a few lectures on Dharmakirti’s contribution in Buddhism as a Refresher Course arranged by Indo-Tibetan Department, Visva-Bharati in 2004.

30. Delivered a few lectures on Indian Philosophy of Language in a Refresher Course in Philosophy, Visvabharati, Santiniketan in March 2005.

31. Delivered five lectures on Social Philosophy in a Refresher Course in Philosophy, University of North Bengal in March-April 2005.

32. Delivered two lectures on Scepticism as a Resource Person in the Department of Philosophy, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata in November 2005.

33. Delived two lectures on Karma-theory and Guna-dynamics in the Administrators Training Programme in Administrative training Centre, D.M. office, Jalpaiguri in December 2005.

34.Delivered two lectures on Karma-theory and Guna-dynamics in the Administrators Training Programme in Administrative training Centre, D.M. office, Jalpaiguri in February 2006

35. Delivered two lectures on Karma-theory and Guna-dynamics in the Administrators Training Programme in Administrative training Centre, D.M. office, Jalpaiguri in November 2006

36. Delivered six lectures on Educational Methodology in Indian Philosophy in a Refresher Course organized by the Department of Education, Assam University, Silchar in November 2006.

37. Delivered three lectures on Indian Philosophy of language in a Refresher Course organized by the Department of Philosophy, University of Lucknow, in December 2006.

38. Delivered six lectures on Indian Logic in a Refresher Course organized by the Department of Philosophy, Mithila University, Darbhanga, in 2008.

39. Delivered two lectures on Indian Philosophy in a Refresher Course arranged by the Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, 2009.

40. Delivered two lectures on Indian Philosophy in a Refresher Course arranged by the Department of Philosophy, Calcutta University, 2009.

41. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Dream’ of the Vaisesikas’ in Indian Philosophical Congress held at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar in 1981.

9 42. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘A note on Kalidas Bhattacharya’s Indian Concept of Freedom’ in U.G.C.-I.C.P.R sponsored seminar at the University of North Bengal in 1983.

43. Participated and presented a paper entitled ‘Can there be more than One God?’ in Indian Philosophical Congress held at Andhra University, Waltair in1984.

44. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘The Navya Nyaya refutation of Vallabhacharya’s definition of Vyapti’ in Indian Philosophical Congress held at Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur in 1984.

45.Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘The Gandhian Concept of Truth: In the light of Advaita Vedanta’ in a seminar organized by the Department of Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies, University of Allahabad in 1985.

46. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘The Role of Tarka in the Phenomenon of Vyaptigraha’ at the Diamond Jubilee session of Indian Philosophical Congress held at the University of Hyderabad in 1985.

47.Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘The Nature of Aesthetic Experience’ in a seminar organized by Humanities and Social Science Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 1986.

48. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Harmony: A central theme in Tagore’s ’ in a seminar on ‘Perspectives in Contemporary Philosophy’ arranged by Philosophy Department, Gauhati University in 1986.

49. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Sacrifice: The Prescription of the Srimadbhagavadgita’ in the International Gita Conference held at Allahabad in1986.

50. Participated in a seminar on ‘Public and Private Morality’ at Burdwan University in1987.

51. Participated in a seminar on ‘Chitta, Chittasuddhi and Dharmacetana’ arranged by Jadavpur University, Calcutta in1987.

52. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘The Nyaya concept of Anuvyavasaya: A Phenomenological Analysis’ in I.C.P.R.-C.A.S.P. sponsored International conference on ‘Phenomenology and Indian Philosophy’ in New Delhi in 1988.

53. Participated and lectured on ‘The Relation between Man and Nature: In the light of Classical Indian Philosophy’ in the U.G.C.-sponsored seminar arranged by Philosophy Department, Raigunj University College in 1988.

54. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘The Phenomenon of Vakyarthbodha with special reference to Sabaraswami’ in a workshop on Purvamimamsa organized by Philosophy Department, Delhi University in 1988.

55. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘The Role of Prohibition in the world of Harmony’ in Indian Philosophical congress held at Pondicherry University in1988.

56. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Some Problems concerning the Nyaya concept of Tarka’ in a workshop on Nyaya Logic organized by Philosophy Department, Delhi University in 1989.

57. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Some Reflections on the Nyaya Theory of Action’ organized by Indian Council of Philosophical Research, Lucknow in 1990.

58. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘The Concept of Sat in Indian Tradition’ in Indian Philosophical Congress held at Madurai Kamraj University in 1990. 10 59 Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Jnapya-jnapaka-bhava Relation’ in a seminar arranged by Centre for Advanced Studies in Sanakrit, Unversity of Puna in 1991.

60. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Social Justice in Indian Perspectives’ in a seminar on ‘Social Justice and its ancient Indian base’ arranged by Sri Jagannath Sanskrit University, Puri in1991.

61. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘On the Definition of Nimittakarana’ in a seminar arranged by the Philosophy Department, Jadavpur University, Calcutta in1991.

62. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Is Absolute freedom possible?’ in a seminar arranged by the Philosophy Department, Gauhati University in1992.

63.Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Artha as a value concept’ in a seminar on Purushartha arranged by the Department pf Philosophy, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar in1993.

64.Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Understanding values: secular and non-secular’ in a seminar arranged by DST Project, Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, Calcutta in1993.

65. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Some basic concepts in Sri Caitanya’s Philosophy’ in a seminar arranged by Sri Caitanya Research Institute, Calcutta in1993.

66. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Rahul’s Critique of Samanya’ in a seminar on Rahul Sankirtyayana organized by International Centre for Buddhist Studies and Research, Siliguri in 1993.

67. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Some aspects of Swami Vivekananda’s Practical Vedanta’ in ICPR-sponsored seminar arranged by the Philosophy Department , Gauhati University in 1993.

68. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘The concept of Mukti in Vaisnavism’ in a seminar held at Gaudiya Math, Mayapur in 1994.

69. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Harmony: The Fundamental Aspect of Swami Vivekananda’s Philosophy’ in a National seminar arranged by the Department of Philosophy, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar in1994.

70. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Some Problems in Nyaya Philosophy of language’ in a seminar on ‘The tradition of Theory building in India: Contribution of Panini and Gangesa’ arranged by FAMTSIT, Jadavpur University, Calcutta in 1994.

71. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘The role of Sunyavada in restoring World Peace’ in a seminar organized by International Centre for Buddhist Studies and Research, Siliguri in 1995.

72. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Tatparya and its role in verbal understanding’ in a seminar on ‘The Philosophy of Language’arranged by De Nobilee College, Pune in 1995.

73. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘The concept of Mind in Modern Indian Thought with special reference to Rabindranath, Sri Aurobindo and K.C. Bhattacharyya’ in a seminar on ‘Contemporary Perspectives of Mind’ held at Jadavpur University, Calcutta in 1995.

74. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘The Necessity of Tatparya’ in a seminar held at Cotton College, Guwahati in 1996.

11 75. Participated and chaired a session in the seminar on ‘The concept of Freedom with special reference to Marx, Mill and Sri Aurobindo’ held at Narasingha Datta College, Howrah in1996.

76. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘The Synthesis of values in the Bhagavadgita’ held at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar in 1997.

77. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘The concept of Dharma in Indian Tradition’ in a seminar on ‘Religion and State’ arranged by the Department of , University of North Bengal in 1998.

78. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘K.C, Bhattacharya on Swaraj in Ideas’ in a seminar on ‘Rethinking Swaraj’ arranged by the Philosophy Department, Gauhati University in 1998. .

79. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Indian Aesthetics: The concept of Rasa’ arranged by the Department of English, University of North Bengal in 1998.

80. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘The Relation between a word and meaning according to Prasthanaratnakara’ arranged by Vallabhacharya Trust, Amedabad (Gujrat) in 1999.

81. Attended and presented a paper on ‘Artha as a Paramapurushartha’ in a seminar on ‘ Artha as a Purushartha’ arranged by Dayananda Sarasvati Institute of Vedic Studies, Chandigarh University in September, 2000.

82. Attended and presented a paper on ‘The concept of Dharma in the Mimamsa and Vaisesika systems of Philosophy’ in a seminar on ‘Indian Moral Philosophy’ organized by the Department of Philosophy, University of Puna in October, 2000.

83. Attended and presented a paper on ‘In search of the seed of Laksana’ in a seminar on ‘Indian Philosophy of Language’ organized by the Department of Philosophy, University of Hyderabad in October, 2000.

84. Attended and presented a paper on ‘Vallabha’s concept of Causality: Some Philosophical problems’ in a seminar on ‘The Vallabha’s concept of causality’ organized by Vallabhacharya Trust at Baroda in November 2000.

85. Participated and presented a paper on ‘The Advaita concept of Duhkha’ in a seminar sponsored by U.G.C. held at Dinabandhu Mahavidyalaya, Bangaon in Feb’2001.

86. Participated and presented a paper on ‘Gangesa on Vyaptigraha’ in a seminar on ‘Inference: Indian and Western Logic’ held at the Department of Philosophy, University of Puna in 2001.

87. Participated and presented a paper on ‘ Blowing thunder on the wall of the prison of Religion’ in a seminar on ‘Plurality of Religion and Indian heritage with special reference to North-East’ organized by the Department of Philosophy, Gauhati University in September 2001.

88. Participated and presented a paper on ‘Can there be right without the sense of duty?’ in a seminar on Ethics of Right arranged by the Department of Philosophy, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar in 2002.

89. Participated and presented a paper on ‘Sankara’s Critique of Samavaya’ in a seminar arranged by Sree Sankaracharya Sanskrit University, Kalady (Kerala) in 2002.

90. Participated and presented a paper on ‘Can sense be distinguished from reference in Nyaya?’ in a seminar arranged by Sanskrit Department, Jadavpur University in March 2003.

12 91. Participated and presented a paper in a workshop on Indian Logic in Sanskrit texts arranged by ICPR, New Delhi in 2003.

92. Attended International seminar on Contribution of Nakamura arranged by ICPR and Japan Foundation in New Delhi in 2004.

93. Attended and presented a paper on ‘Rashvihary Das on Vedantism’ arranged in Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata sponsored by ICPR in 2004.

94. Delivered keynote address on Meditation and its social values in a seminar arranged by International Centre for Buddhist Studies and Research, Siliguri in April 2005.

95. Attended and presented a paper on ‘Shibajivan Bhattacharya on the theory of Nirvikalpaka Pratyaksa’ in a seminar on Philosophy of Sibajiban Bhattacharya arranged by Burdwan University in September 2005.

96. Attended and presented a paper on Understanding the meaning of Culture in a seminar on Understanding Cultures arranged by NEHU, Shillong in November 2005.

97. Delivered a lecture (on invitation) on Communal Harmony in the Siliguri B.Ed College in November 2005.

98. Attended seminar on Sikhism organized by Visvabharati, Santiniketan, on the 2nd and 3rd February 2006.

99. Participated and presented a paper entitled: “K.C.Bhattacharyya on ‘Subject as Freedom’ in a seminar organized jointly by ICPR and R.K.Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata from 6th to 8th February 2006.

100. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Can There be Culture independent of Language?’ in the seminar jointly arranged by the Department of Philosophy, University of Madras and IIAS, Shimla in 2006.

101. Delivered a lecture on Nairatmyavada in the Department of Philosophy, Assam University, Silchar, in November 2006.

102. Participated and presented a paper entitled: Humanistic Approach to Indian Philosophy in ICPR-sponsored seminar held at Women’s College, Tinsukiya, Assam, in November 2006.

103. Presented a paper on Yoga in Nyaya-Vaisesika in a seminar organized by I.C.P.R., New Delhi in March 2006.

104. Delivered a lecture on Environmental Ethics in University College, Raigunj, in August 2006.

105. Presented a paper on Vakrokti as a vehicle of communication in a seminar on ‘Knowledge & Communication’ organized by the Department of Philosophy, University of North Bengal in November 2006.

106. Delivered key-note address in a seminar on Language and Grammar arranged under SAP in Philosophy, University of North Bengal in 2007.

107. Presented a paper on Can There be Unbiased Epistemology in Indian Philosophy? in a seminar arranged by Sri Sankaracharya Sanskrit University, Kalady (Kerala) in 2007.

108. Presented a paper on Indian Philosophy and Its Argumantative Base in a seminar on the Philosophy of Amartya Sen arranged by Madurai College, Madurai (Tamilnadu) in 2007.

13 109. Presented a paper on The Concept of Apoha in Buddhist Logic in an ICPR-sponsored seminar organized by the University of Burdwan in 2008.

110. Presented a paper on Significance of the Buddhist Paintings in Sikkim Monasteries in International Conference on Buddhism arranged by Somaiya Vidya Vihar, Bombay, Universities of Mumbai and Pune in 2008.

111. Delivered a special lecture on invitation at the Department of Philosophy, Bhagalpur University in 2008.

112. Presented a paper on the Buddhist Concept of Peace arranged by Buddhist Study Centre, Puna University, Pune in 2008.

113. Delivered two lectures on Indian Philosophy in a workshop arranged by the Department of Philosophy, Banaras Hindu University in 2008.

114. Presented a paper on ‘Pandit Panchanan Bhattachary’s Contributions to Navya Nyaya’ arranged by SAP in Philosophy, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata in 2009.

115. Presented a paper on ‘Dharmakirti’s Logic’ in a seminar arranged by Nalanda Mahavihar, Bihar in 2009.

116. Presented a paper on ‘Ethics in Debate: An Indian Perspective’ in a seminar arranged by Assam University, Silchar in 2010.

117. Delivered lectures as a Resource Person in a Refreshers Course in Philosophy at Jadavpur University in 2010.

118. Delivered lectures as a Resource Person in a Refreshers Course in Sanskrit at Jadavpur University in 2010.

119. Delivered lectures as a Resource Person in a Refreshers Course in Philosophy at Calcutta University in 2010.

120. Attended and presented a paper in a seminar on the occasion of 50th year of D.P. Chattopadhyaya’s Lokayata in Asiatic Society, Kolkata in 2010.

121. Delivered lectures as a Resource Person in Refreshers Courses on Women’s Studies, Law, Bengali, Anthropology, Political Science, Bengali and English at the Academic Staff College, University of North Bengal in 2010-11.

122. Delivered lectures as a Resource Person in three Orientation Courses and one Principals Workshop held at the Academic Staff College, University of North Bengal in 2010-11.

123. Presented a paper on ‘Hermeneutics vis-à-vis Prasatapadabhasya’ in a seminar arranged by Centre for Advanced Studies in Sanskrit, University of Pune in 2011.

124. Presented a paper on ‘Tatparya and its Role in Verbal Comprehension’ in a seminar arranged by Allahabad University in 2011.

125. Presented a paper on ‘Janmantaravada and Karmaphalavada’ jointly arranged by Mahishadal Raj College and Mahishadal Girls’ College in 2010.

126. Presented a paper on ‘Ethics on Terrorism’ arranged jointly by Dakshineshwar Girls’ College and Brahmananda Keshab Chandra College in 2010.

127. Presented a paper on ‘Prabhakaras on the Nature of Cognition’ arranged jointly by P.G. Department of Philosophy, Krishnagar Govt. College and Dwijendranath College in 2010. 14 128. Presented a paper on ‘Tarka and Samsaya as Logical Methods’ arranged jointly by Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandir, Belur and Rasvehary Das Foundation Kolkata in 2011.

129. Presented a paper on ‘Philosophy of Rabindranath’ arranged jointly by Vivekananda College, Alipurduar and Tufangunj College in 2011.

130. Delivered inaugural lecture of the seminar on Rabindranath Tagore arranged by Birpara College in 2011.

131. Delivered presidential address in a seminar on Bhasha Divas held at the University of North Bengal on the 21st February 20111.

132. Presented a paper on ‘Ethics of Negation: In the Light of Rabindranath Tagore’ in a seminar arranged by Jadavpur University in 2011.

133. Presented a paper on ‘Positivity of the Negatives according to Rabindranath Tagore’ in a seminar arranged by History Department, University of North Bengal in 2011.

134. Presented a paper on ‘Role of Consciousness in Perception’ in a seminar arranged by Centre for Advanced Studies in Philosophy, Utkal University in 2011.

135. Delivered a key note address and presented a paper on ‘D.P.Chattopadhyaya on the Concept of Rasa’ in a seminar on ‘Philosophy since Independence’ arranged by Department of Philosophy and Life World, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore in 2011.

136. Presented a paper on ‘Determinacy and Freedom’ arranged by the Department of Philosophy, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata in 2011.

137. Delivered lectures as a Guest Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Assam University, Sichar in 2011.

137. Delivered lectures in the Department of Philosophy, Assam University, Sichar in a seminar on Applied Ethics in march 2012 and presented a paper.

138. Delivered lectures as Resource Person in the Refreshers Courses in English, Bengali, Commerce, Women’s Studies, Orientation Courses, , Research Methodology and non- teaching Staff Training Programme held during 2012-13 held at Academic Staff College, University of North Bengal.

139. Delivered a lecture on ‘Justice: An Amalgamation of Legality and Morality’ in a conference on ‘Justice in Transition’ organized by the Departments of Law and Management, University of North Bengal,in 2012.

140. Delivered lectures as a Resource Person in Refresher Courses in Women’s Studies, History, Philosophy, Commerce, Research Methodology, Life-long Learning, Political Science, Geography, Environmental Law, Physics, Orientation Programmes, and short term courses at Academic Staff College, University of North Bengal during 2013-14.

141. Delivered lecture on ‘A.B.N. Seal on Scientific Method’ in a seminar held at Kalyani University in October 2013.

142. Delivered lecture on “Metaphysical Foundation of Epistemology’ in a seminar held at Calcutta University in September, 2013.

143. Delivered lecture on ‘Environmental Ethics’ in a Refresher Course on Environmental Science held at P.V.P. College, Lony, Rahata, Maharashtra in October 2013. 15 144. Delivered lecture on ‘Nature of Consciousness in Nyaya-Vaisesika’ in a seminar held at Philosophy Department, Assam University, Silchar in November 2013.

145. Delivered a lecture on ‘Nagarjuna on Pramana and Prameya’ in a seminar held at Vidyanagar College, 24 Parganas (S) in 2014.

146. Delivered lecture on ‘Epistemology of Perception’ in a seminar on Buddhist Logic since Dinnaga held at Philosophy Department, Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 2014.

147. Delivered lectures in RC in Sanskrit and Culture at Academic Staff College, Burdwan University in 2014.

148. Delivered a special lecture on invitation at the Department of Philosophy, Bhagalpur University in 2014

149. Delivered key-note address in the seminar on Philosophy of Acharya Brajendranath Seal held at Philosophy Department, Vidyasagar University in March 2014.

150. Delivered a lecture on ‘Matter Matters’ in a seminar on ‘Physics and Samkhya Philosophy’ held at Sripat Singh College, Jiagunj in March 2014.

151. Delivered lecture on ‘Philosophy of Ramakrishna’ in a seminar on ‘Ramakrishna and Mystic Tradition’ held at Visva-Bharati in 2014.

Delivered 30 lectures approximately during 2015-16.

N. International Programmes:

1. Visited and delivered a few lectures on Indian Philosophy (Classical and Modern) at Kern Institute, University of Leiden (Netherlands) under Indo-Netherlands Cultural Exchange Programme in 1996.

2. On invitation visited Maison De Sciences Del Homme (Institute of Human Science), Paris, (France) five times for my personal research and exchanged my views on my research with the French colleagues in 1996, 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2008.

3. Visited and delivered a lecture on ‘Relation as a category of Real at King’s College, University of London, U.K. in 1996.

4. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Is Relation really unreal? A critique of Dharmakirti’ in the Third International Dharmakirti Conference held at Hiroshima University, Japan in 1997.

5.Under the auspices of DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) visited, lectured and studied in the Department of Philosophy, University of Saarland, Saarbrucken (Germany) for three months in 1998 and another two months in 2003.

6 Invited and delivered a lecture on ‘The Concept of Tarka (Reductio-ad-absurdum) in Indian Logic’ in the Department of Philosophy, University of Freiburg (Germany) in 1998.

7. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Tatparya and its role in verbal understanding’ in the 20th World Congress of Philosophy held at Boston University, U.S.A. in 1998.

8. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Methodology in Indian Philosophical Research’ in the 11th International Conference on Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science held at Jogiellonian University, Cracow, Poland in 1999. 16 9. On invitation a lecture is delivered on ‘Indian Aesthetics’ in the Department of Philosophy, University of Dhaka, (Bangladesh) in February 2000.

10. On invitation visited Visuddhananda Peace Foundation, Chittagong (Bangladesh) in connection with the birthday celebration of Visuddhananda, a Buddhist Philosopher and presented a paper on ‘The contribution of Vishuddhananda in the ’ in a seminar arranged on this occasion in February 2000.

11. Delivered a lecture on ‘The Concept of Relation and Tarka (Reductio-ad-absurdum) in Indian Logic’ in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Philosophy, University of Tampere (Finland) under Indo-Finnish Cultural Exchange Programme in May’2000.

12. Delivered a few lectures on ‘Methodology in Indian Philosophy’ and ‘Some problems in Indian Epistemology’ in the Department of Philosophy, University of Jyvaskulya (Finland) under Indo-Finnish Cultural Exchange Programme in May’2000.

13. Delivered a lecture on ‘The Philosophy of Aesthetic Experience with special reference to Indian Music’ in the School of Art and Media, Tampere Polytechnic (Finland) under Indo- Finnish Cultural Exchange Programme in May’2000.

14. Delivered a lecture on ‘Some basic concepts in Navya Nyaya Logic’ jointly organized by the University of Paris Sorbonne and the Institute of Indian Civilization, Paris in May-June’2000.

15.Paticipated and presented a paper on ‘The Distinction between Upādhi and Visesana: Some reflections’ in the 5th Bimal Krishna Matilal Memorial Conference held at King’s College, University of London (U.K.) in January’2001.

16.Participated and presented a paper on ‘Indian Music and its relevance in the 21st century’ in the 15th International Congress of Aesthetics held at the Kanda University of International Studies, Tokyo (Japan) from the 27th to 31st August, 2001.

17.On invitation from Agrasar Buddhist Association, Chittagong, Bangladesh, visited the Institute as Guest of Honour and delivered lecture from the 19th to 23rd January 2006.

18. Participated and presented a paper on Can there be unbiased Epistemology in Indian Philosophy? in a seminar organized by Department of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland in May 2006.

19. Participated and presented a paper on The Concept of Culture and Its Relation to Language: An Indian Perspective in the Malaysia International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture (MICOLLAC) arranged by University Putra Malaysia, Kuala lampore in 2007.

20. Delivered a special lecture on The Concept of Relation in the Department of Philosophy, National University of Singapore on the 28th May 2007.

21. Visited Maison De Sciences Del Homme (Institute of Human Science), Paris, France, University of Paris Sorbonne and Institute of Indian Civilisation, Paris under Indo-French Cultural Exchange Programme sponsored by ICPR, New Delhi in 2007 for one month.

22. Under the auspices of DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) visited, lectured and studied in the Department of Philosophy, University of Saarland, Saarbrucken (Germany) for two months in 2008.

23. Presented a paper on ‘The Concept of Peace in Indian Philosophy’ arranged by the Philosophy Department, Berlin Technical University (Germany) in 2008. 17 24. Visited and delivered lectures in the Institute of Indology, Leibzig University (Germany) in 2009.

25. Visited and discuss regarding research with the colleagues of Institute of Tibetology and Buddhist Studies, Vienna, Austria, in 2008.

26. Participated and presented a paper on ‘Environmental Issues in the Dhammapada’ in the Third International Conference on Applied Ethics held at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan in 2009.

27. Participated and presented a paper on ‘Can there be Right without sense of Duty?’ in the 8th International Society for Universal Dialogue (ISUD) Conference held at Beijing International University, China in 2010.

28. Participated and presented a paper on ‘Educational Methodology with Special Reference to India, in a seminar organized by Olympia Centre for Philosophy and Culture, Ancient Olympia, Greece from 20th to 27th July 2011.

29. Visited Maison De Sciences Del Homme (Institute of Human Science), Paris, France, & University of Paris Sorbonne under Indo-French Cultural Exchange Programme for two weeks in October 2011.

30. Participated and presented a paper on ‘Bio-informatics: Its Limitations and Ethical Issues’, in the 9th International Society of Universal Dialogue (ISUD) held at Olympia Centre for Philosophy and Culture, Ancient Olympia, Greece from 20th to 27th June 2012.

31. Visited Maison De Sciences Del Homme (Institute of Human Science), Paris, France, & University of Paris Sorbonne under Indo-French Cultural Exchange Programme for one week in November 2013.

32. Participated and presented a paper on ‘The Advaita Theory of Contentless Cognition: A Critical Study’ in the 21st International Congress of Vedanta held at Centre for Indic Studies, University of Massachusetts (Dartmouth), USA in 2013.

33.On invitation visited and discussed philosophical issues with Faculty members at the Department of Indology, University of Leipzig, Germany from the 1st to 3rd July, 2014.

34. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Morality and its Role in Human Being: An Indian Approach’ in Tenth World Congress of the International Society of Universal Dialogue (ISUD) organized by University of Craiova, Romania from 4th to 9th July, 2014.

35. Participated and presented a paper entitled: ‘Contemporary Relevance of Moral Principles in Advaita Vedanta ’ in Eleventh World Congress of the International Society of Universal Dialogue (ISUD) organized by Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland in July, 2016.

O. Administrative Experience:

1. Assumed the office of the Head of the Department of Philosophy, NBU four times (1991-93, 1999-01, 2003-05 & 2007-09).

2. Assumed the Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts, Commerce & Law, NBU two terms (2005-07, 2007 -10)

18 3. Assumed the office of Director, Department of M.B.A., Centre for Buddhist Studies, Centre for Ambedkar Studies, Centre for Women’s Studies, UGC Academic Staff College, Academic Coordinator, Special Assistance Programme (DRS-I and DRS-II), Department of Mass Communication and Department of Sanskrit, University of North Bengal.

4. Member, Ethical Committee, North Bengal Medical College, Siliguri.

5. Course-Coordinator, UGC’s E-Pathashala Propgramme.

6. Member, UGC’s Visiting Team in Xth plan to the H.N.Bahuguma University, Srinagar and Bikram University, Ujjaini

7. UGC’s nominee to SAP in Philosophy, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya and in Guru Nanak Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.

8. External Member, Research and PG Board of Studies in Philosophy and Indo-Tibetan Studies, Visva-Bharati, in Philosophy, Gour Banga University, in Philosophy, Assam University, Silchar and Philosophy and Religion in BHU.

9. Awarded Indo-Netherlands, Indo-Finnish and Indo-French Cultural Exchange Fellowship in 1996, 2000 and 2007 respectively by UGC and ICPR.

10. Member, Board of Executives, International Society of Universal Dialogue (ISUD), USA, in two terms 2013-14 and 20014-15.

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