Newsletter - Indian Council of Philosophical Research

Book Release: by Smt. D. Purandeswari , honorable
Minister of State, MHRD, marks a new chapter of
Indo-German relations during the international conference
on Schopenhauer at JNU as the chief Guest in
the special session of evening. She praised Arthur
Schopenhauer, the first significant Western philosopher
to recognize Indian Upanishads. The honorable
minister also formally released a book “Gandhi and
Grant: Their Philosophical Affinities” edited by Arati
Barua, Deshabndhu College, published by Academic
Excellence, New Delhi 2010 during the seminar.
Each day of the seminar there were four academic
sessions and in each session there were two papers for
presentation. Thus 16 papers in total were presented
in the seminar. Of these 16 papers, there were 8
papers from foreign participants (6 from Germany, 1
from UK, 1 from USA) and 8 from Indian scholars
including (4 from outstation).
Brief Report on the proceedings of 22nd Annual Conference of
All Orissa Philosophy Association
A view of the Inaugural Function at the All Orissa
Philosophy Association
The twenty-second annual conference of All Orissa
Philosophy Association was held in Choudwar College,
Choudwar (Dist. Cuttack) on 23rd & 24th January
2010. The conference was inaugurated by Professor
Jitendra Nath Mohanty, Professor Emeritus, Temple
University, Philadelphia, USA. Prof. K.B. Jena, Principal
of Choudwar College delivered the welcome
address. Professor S.K Mohanty, Vice-President of
the AOPA introduced the guests. Professor S.C. Panigrahi,
General Secretary of the Association presented
a brief report on the different activities of the Association.
Periodical Lectures
Two Periodical Lectures organized by Dept. of Philosophy,
C.M.P. Degree College, University of Allahabad
The dignitaries on the dais
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Dept. of Philosophy, C.M.P. Degree College, University
of Allahabad organized two periodical lectures
under the sponsorship of the ICPR, New Delhi. The
first lecture organized on December 16,2009 was given
by Prof. Sabhajit Mishra, Retd. Professor of Philosophy
Department, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University
on the topic - ‘Brain, Mind and Consciousness-with
special reference to Indian Theories’. He spoke on
how consciousness is related either to self or ego or
mind or body from the viewpoint of Indian theories.
The lecture was attended by around 300 students and
50 teachers.
The second lecture was organized on February 6, 2010
by Prof. Ram Lal Singh, Retd. Professor, Philosophy