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Science,
Philosophy, and Culture : Multi Disciplinary Explorations
Prajit K. Basu holds a master degree in
chemistry from IIT, Kanpur and Ph.D. degree in history and philosophy of
science from the University of Iowa. Currently he is engaged in teaching
and research in the areas of history and philosophy of science at Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,
IIT, Delhi. Pushpa M. Bhargava
is the founder and former Director of the Centre for Cellular and
Molecular Biology(CCMB) at Hyderabad. Currently associated with the
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, he is a CSIR
Distinguished Fellow. He has authored many papers and several books. Sibajiban Bhattacharyya has taught philosophy
for more than four decades in different universities and institutions in
India and abroad. He has authored and edited many books and papers. He is currently
a National Fellow of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR),
New Delhi. Chandana Chakrabarti holds a degree in science
from Osmania University and was, until recently, associated with the
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) at Hyderabad.
She has to her credit a number of articles on such subjects as science
and aesthetics, culture and history. Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya was a renowned
Marxist scholar and has made significant contribution in the different
areas of Indic Studies. He has authored numerous papers and books. One
of the pioneers in the areas of philosophy, history of science and
technology in India. Chattopadhyaya has taught at Calcutta University
and received honors from many universities and academic bodies in India
and abroad. D.P. Chattopadhyaya , Director of the Project
of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture (PHISPC), was a
Professor of Philosophy at Jadavpur University, Calcutta.Founder and
former Chairman of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR),
he has published several books and papers. He is currently a National
Fellow of the ICPR. Vijaya Jayant Deshpande did her research work
in the area of history and science at Bhandarkar Oriental Research
Institute. Her research work and publication have received high
professional recognition. O.P. Jaggi, an Editorial Fellow of the Project
(PHISPC), was Dean, faculty of Medical Science , University of Delhi. He
has done significant research on the history of science and technology
in India and published many books in this area. He was elected Fellow of
the Royal Asiatic Society, London. Kireet Joshi is an erudite Scholar on Sri
Aurobindo and has several papers and books to his credit. Formerly a
senior administrator in the Ministry of Human Resource Development and Member Secretary of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research
(ICPR),
he is at present President of the Dharam Hinduja International Centre of
Indic Research. Daya Krishna, an Editorial Fellow of the
Project (PHISPC), was Professor of Philosophy at Rajasthan University,
Jaipur. Formerly National Fellow both of ICPR and ICSSR, he has authored
many books and papers on philosophy both Indian and western. He edits
Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR). Ravinder Kumar, Director, Nehru Memorial
Museum and Library, and Chairman, Indian Council of Historical Research,
is the Academic Coordinator, Project of History of Indian Science,
Philosophy and Culture (PHISPC). He has published many papers and books
on social history. J.N. Mohanty is Professor of Philosophy at
Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. He has taught at many universities
and institutions in India, USA and other countries. He has published
extensively on Indian philosophy, culture and phenomenology. P.K. Mukhopadhyay is Professor of Philosophy
at Jadavpur University. He has published many papers and books.
Currently he is associated with the Foundations and Methodology of
Theoretical Sciences in Indian Tradition, a project of NISTADS (DST),
and Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture (PHISPC). J.V. Narlikar is Director, Inter-University
Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Pune. Formerly
associated with TIFR and several other universities, he has published
many learned papers in India and abroad. His works on history of science
in India and popular science have proved influential. G.C. Pande and Editorial Fellow of the Project
(PHISPC), was Professor of Indian Ancient History and Archaeology at
Allahabad University. Former Vice-Chancellor of both Rajasthan
University and Allahabad University, Pande has to his credit several
books and papers on history, philosophy and culture. He was a National
Fellow of (ICHR). A.Rahman, an Editorial Fellow of the project (PHISPC),
was the first Director, National Institute of Science, Technology And
Development Studies (NISTADS), a CSSIR unit. Pioneer in the field of
history of technology in India, Rahman has authored edited and co-edited
many books and learned papers. Raja Ramanna, former Chairman of the Atomic
Energy Commission of India, is now Director, National Institute of
Advanced Study, Bangalore. He has to his credit many publications on
scientific and interdisciplinary subjects. S.R. Rao is known for his discovery of
Harappan Port of Lothal and the submerged city of Dwaraka of the
Mahabharata tradition. He has published several books and papers and was
an Emeritus Scientist of the Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR). S.Shankaranarayanan an Associate Editor of the
Project (PHISPC), was formerly Professor of Indian Culture, S.V.
University, Tirupati. Versed in classical language and thought his
publications on different aspects of Indian history and thought have
been highly acclaimed. S.N. Sen, one of the pioneers in the History
of Science in India, worked at the Indian Association for Cultivation of
Science, Calcutta and Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture,
Calcutta. He has to his credit many learned books and papers. Till the
end he was actively associated with the Project of History of Indian
Science, Philosophy and Culture (PHISPC). B.M. Udgaonkar was formerly a Director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bombay. He is now the Director of Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education. He has published extensively in learned journals in India and abroad on scientific and interdisciplinary subjects. |
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