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Indian Council of Philosophical ResearchANNUAL REPORT2008–2009Darshan Bhawan36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area,M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 062

Indian Council of Philosophical ResearchANNUAL REPORT 2008–2009This is the 28th Annual Report of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research(ICPR) for the year from April 2008 to March 2009.introductionThe Council continued the ongoing activities by achieving its objectivesof reviewing all the existing programmes by strengthening those yieldingresults and attending to modify those that appear failing over the years. TheCouncil also was engaged in long-term creative planning and to develop newprogrammes and instrumentalities of action to take philosophical researchin India to new heights. A number of committees were constituted whichincluded (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 begathered from the following pages.HIGHLIGHTSDuring the year under report, the Council was constantly busy with its activitiesand programmes for the promotion of philosophical research in the country.Under its scheme for the award of fellowships of different categories toscholars to undertake research in different areas in the field of philosophy,the Council awarded 1 National Fellowship, 2 Senior Fellowships, 15 GeneralFellowships, 39 Junior Research Fellowships and 3 Short-Term Fellowships.Currently there are 60 Fellows supported by ICPR researching on a widerange of philosophical topics. In accordance with the Council’s objective to3

train young philosophy teachers of the country, a Refresher Course wasorganized during the year.The Council funded fully or partially seminars, symposia, workshop andconferences, organized in different institutions and universities. The Councilalso gave contingency grants to scholars to assist them to undertake viableprojects.During the year under report the Council published 2 books, reprinted 1book, and brought out 4 issues of the JICPR (Journal of Indian Councilof Philosophical Research). Under its programme, the Council celebratedInternational Philosophy Day in 20 universities and institutions of thecountry. The ‘Hindi Pakhwara’ and ‘Vigilance Awareness Week’ were alsoobserved.HISTORY AND OBJECTIVESThe Indian Council of Philosophical Research set up by the Ministry ofEducation, Government of India, was registered as a society in March 1977under the Societies Act, 1860, but it actually started functioning in July 1981under 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 ofresearch in philosophy and allied disciplines.4

ORGANISATIONAL SET-UPThe Council has a broad-based membership comprising distinguishedphilosophers, social scientists, representatives of the University GrantsCommission, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Indian Councilof Historical Research, Indian National Science Academy, the CentralGovernment and the Government of Uttar Pradesh. The Governing Body(GB) and the Research Project Committee (RPC) are the main authorities ofthe Council. These bodies are vested with well-defined powers and functions.The Governing Body which consists of Chairman, Member-Secretary, notless than three or more than eight members appointed by the Council, arepresentative each of the Ministry of Human Resource Development andMinistry of Finance and two nominees of the Government of Uttar Pradesh,administers, directs and controls the affairs of the Council. The ResearchProject Committee, which includes the Chairman, not less than five or morethan nine members appointed by the Council and the Member-Secretary,scrutinizes and sanctions grants-in-aid for the projects and other proposalsreceived planned by the Council. The Finance Committee scrutinizes thebudget estimates and other proposals involving expenditure.The Chairman and the Member-Secretary who are appointed by the CentralGovernment are vested with well-defined powers and duties.During the year under report, Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao continued asChairman of the Council and Professor G. Mishra as Member-Secretary ofthe Council. Dr. Mercy Helen as Director (Planning and Research) and Dr.Arun Mishra, as Director (Academic) were continuing to work during theyear 2008-09. Dr. S.K. Yadav continued as Director (Administration andFinance). Dr. Bansidhar Barik continued as Programme Officer and Shri S.Sreekumaran also continued as Accounts Officer of the Council.5

MEETINGSA Council meeting was held on 10 February, 2009. The Governing Body ofthe Council met four times during the year, on 9 May 2008, 26 June 2008, 11November 2008, and 9 February 2009. The Research Project Committee metthrice on 8 May 2008, 16 September 2008 and 9 February 2009.The FinanceCommittee met four times on 7 May 2008, 25 June 2008, 10 November 2008and 6 February 2009 respectively.ACADEMIC CENTRE, LUCKNOWThe Academic Centre of the ICPR located in the Right Wing of the 2nd Floorof PCF Building, 32 Station Road, Lucknow houses an up-to-date specializedlibrary in philosophy and a small office of the Council. The total acquisition ofbooks by the library at the Academic Centre, Lucknow, during the year underreport was 384 taking the total number of books available in the Library to28,641. The Council subscribed to 107 philosophical journals and received27 journals on exchange basis.The library continued to extend borrowing and reading facilities to scholars allover the country. The library had many borrowing members during the year.besides the participants of various seminars, Annual Lectures and MonthlyLectures, etc., used the library. The Academic Centre continued to extendreprographic services. It provided monthly acquisition lists of the journals andbooks free of charge to philosophy departments of all the Indian Universities.The acquisition list is provided to the individual scholars on request, againstnominal payment. It helped scholars in modifying research topics with thehelp of experts in the respective areas and made the specialized materialsavailable to the scholars at a nominal cost.6

FELLOWSHIPSThe Fellowship scheme of the Council continued to be in operation during theyear under report. Under this scheme the Council awards different categoriesof fellowships to assist the scholars to engage in research on full time basison themes of contemporary relevance and those that fit in with the selectedmajor areas of the Council.• Theories of Truth and Knowledge.• Basic Values Embodied in Indian Culture and their relevance to NationalReconstruction.• 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/Movementsand 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 NationalFellowships) through advertisements in national dailies. Copies of theadvertisements are also sent to the Heads of philosophy departments of allthe universities in the country. Details of various categories of fellowshipsare given below:7

NATIONAL FELLOWSHIPSNational Fellowships are awarded to eminent scholars who have madeoutstanding contribution in the field of philosophy. The amount of Fellowshiphas been fixed as Rs.25,000 per month along with an annual contingencygrant of Rs.50,000. These Fellowships are awarded by the Council fromamong the names suggested to it by the Council members, UGC panelmembers on the subject of philosophy, Presidents of Indian PhilosophicalCongress for the past ten years and such members of the RPC who arenot members of the Council, without inviting applications and purely on thebasis of merit and eminence, regardless of age and official status of thescholars.Professor Mrinal Miri was awarded National Fellowship during this year forthe project Philosophy, Education and the Arts.Senior FellowshipsSenior Fellowships are awarded primarily to those scholars in philosophyand in allied disciplines who have made a significant contribution in theirareas of research as evidenced from their publications such as books andresearch papers, articles, etc., in philosophical journals and periodicals. TheFellowship carries monthly emoluments of Rs.8,000 p.m. However, salary isprotected in the case of employed scholars. In addition, the Senior Fellowsare entitled to a contingency grant of Rs.36,000 per annum.During the year under report, 2 Senior Fellowships were awarded to ProfessorChhanda Gupta and Professor Mrs. Tapti Moitra to work on their projectsentitled Justice and Family and Advaita Metaphysics: A ContemporaryPerspective respectively.The following scholars who were awarded Senior Fellowships in previousyears continued to work on the research projects mentioned against eacheither throughout or part of the year under report:8

Sl.No. Name of the ScholarTopics1. Prof. B. Kar Lokayata Darshan: A Reconstruction andAppraisal2. Prof. G.P. Das Wittgenstein and Samkara on Religion andethics: A Critico-constructive StudyGeneral FellowshipsGeneral Fellowships are awarded to scholars who have shown significantpromise and competence in carrying on independent research. The awardof such category of Fellowship is determined on the basis of the qualityof the candidate’s research work in the form of published work, books orarticles and in special cases even as evidenced from their unpublishedmanuscripts. The Fellowship amount has been fixed as Rs.6,000 p.m. withan annual contingency grant of Rs.12,000. However, in the case of employedteachers/scholars, their salary including allowances in their parent institutionis protected. The following scholars were awarded General Fellowshipsduring 2008-2009 to work on the research projects mentioned against theirnames:Sl.No. Name of the ScholarTopics1. Dr. Annapurna Singh Samajik Samrasata Evam Manavtavad koKabir ke Darshan ka Sandesh2. Shri Raj Naryan Singh Hathayogapradipika: Ek SamikshatmakAdhyayan3. Ms Akoijam Thoibisana Radical Sociality and the Problem ofRelational Ethics: Heidegger vs. Levinas4. Mr. C. Bharakh Kumar Philosophical Reflections on Nationalismin the Indian Context9

5. Dr. Sonali Bhatt Marwah The Lokayat Tradition: Classical IndianMaterialism and Contemporary Science6. Dr. V. Vidya The Implications of Devotions in IndianTradition7. Mr. Diwan Taskheer Khan Authenticity: Inauthenticity Debate inKierkegaard and Heidegger8. Dr. Pooja Vyas Tulasi Ke Manas Darshan Me ‘Moha’aur ‘Moksha’ Tattva: Ek SamikshatmakAdhyayan9. Dr. (Ms) Shubhra Bhartiya Darshanik Vivechan me Chetna kaSavroop: Ek Vishleshnatmak Adhyayan10. Dr. Sarita Ojha Padmapadacharya Krit Panchapadika kaTattvamimamsiya Anushilan11. Dr. Rahul Kumar Singh Anaikantavaadpravesh: Ek SamishatmakAdhyayan12. Sh. Rajeev Ranjan The Status and Destiny of the Individualin the Philosophy of J. Krishnamurti13. Dr. Tuhina Pandey The Philosophical Utility of Value —Education in Current Affairs14. Dr. Pratap Nirbhay Singh Contemporary Indian Philosophy ofEducation: with special reference toShri Aurobindo, Shri J. Krishnamurti andAcharya Rajneesh15. Dr Sanjay Kumar Bhartiya Darshan me Truti ki SamasyaThe following scholars who were awarded General Fellowship in the previousyear continued to work on the research projects mentioned against eacheither throughout or part of the year under report.10

Sl. No. Name of the FellowTitle of the Project1. Dr. Moyeed Ul Zafar Reason and Rationality in HadithLiterature: A critical study2. Dr. Pius V.T. Critical Hermeneutics and thePurview of a possible interculturalcommunication3. Dr. Deepak Kumar Bharatiya chintan mein manav ki niyati:Ek Sanskritik adhyayan4. Dr. Manoj Kumar Singh Tantrik bhasha ka sameekshanatmakadhyayan5. Dr. Autar Lal Meena The Doctrine of Social Justice in IndianPhilosophy6. Dr. Sharad Kumar Mishra Analytical Study of concepts ofAtmatattwa in Indian Philosophy: Inspecial context of Atmatattwavivek7. Dr. Seema Bagdwal Samakaleen paridrishya meinVivekananda ke darshan ki prasangikata8. Dr. Sanjay Kumar Tiwari Khandana Khanda Khadya keparampaksha ka anthashtriyavishleshan9. Dr. Manoj Kumar Tiwari Manushya Ke Swaroop Evam UskiNiyati: Yogvasisth Ke visisth sandharbmein ek anushilan.10. Dr. Madhvi Bhagwat vedanta sutra evam gitabhashaon ke tulna11. Dr. Lal Babu Prasad Yadav Mahatma Gandhi aur RavindranathTagore ke samajik Rajnaitik aur dharmikvicharaon ka tulnatmak adhyayan.11

12. Mr. Chennamsetty Yagna The nature of consciousness: BuddhistSudhakarAldaya-vijnana and phenomenology13. Dr. Vinita Pandey Brihadaranyak Upanishad meinparatipadit darshanik vichar aur bauddhmathi: Ek tulanantmak adhyayan14. Dr. Charu Awasthi Chetnaka Upanishadiya swaroop evamadhunik gyan: Ek sameekshatmakadhyayan15. Mr. A. Arivazhagan Doctrine of pancakosa on the problemof enworlded subjectivity: Advaitic andcontinental philosophical perspectivesJunior Research FellowshipsJunior Research Fellowships are awarded to scholars who have goodacademic 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 scholarswere awarded Junior Research Fellowships during the year 2008-2009 towork on the research projects mentioned against their names:Sl.No. Name of the ScholarTopics1. Miss Namita Das Concept of Consciousness in YogacaraBuddhism – A Study2. Ku. Ritu Shree Gour Samkaleen Bhartiya Darshan me BudhivadiPraveritiyon: Ek Adhyayan3. Ms Rajnandini Das The Concept of Bhakti (Celestial Love): AStudy of Sankardev and Kabir12

4. Ms. Koppula Victor Babu Philosophy and Education: A Study withreference to Dewey, Tagore, Gandhi andMartha Naussbaum5. Sh. Mahi Pal Purusartha ki Avdharana ka DarshanikaVivechan6. Miss Bineeta Bhatia Karma Yoga in Bhagwad Gita: With SpecialReference to Acharya Rajnish7. Mrs. Akyana-Padmaja A Critical Study of the Pragmatic Philosophyof the Bhagavadgita8. Ms. Nabanita Bhowal Kant and the Notion of Synthetic – a PrioriJudgment9. Ms Sanapala The Educational Philosophy of MahatmaChaandravathiGandhi and Rabindranath Tagore–AComparative Study10. Sh. Jakku Srinivasa Rao Gandhi: Philosophy of Education andSocial Values11. Sh. Shiv Prakash Singh A Comparative and Critical Study ofReligious Thoughts of Wittgenstein andGandhi12. Ku. Shilpa Yadav Samkalin Bhartiya Adhyatamvad meinParamsat ka Swaroop13. Ms. Pinky Yadav Shiva Dharma – Darshan: ShivamahapuranKe Vishesh Sandharbha Me14. Sh. Sadek Ali On Proper Names: A Comparative StudyAmong Mill, Russell and Frege15. Sh. K. Edwin George Transformative Nature of Socio-PoliticalPhilosophy in the Global Age: An IndianCritque on Fred Dallmayr’s Contribution13

16. Ms. Mayavee Singh Philosophical Investigation into Liberty andEquality (Mill, Berlin, Rawls & Dworkin).17. Ms Rashmi Bauddha Darshan Mein Vahya Jagat kiAvadharna18. Miss Sanchali Banerjee Language Acquisition Beyond Chomsky19. Km. Jaya Tripathi An Evaluation of Indian Theories ofCausality: A Buddhistic Perspective20. Km. Rinkee Singh The Concept of ‘Humanism’ in the thoughtof Gandhi and Tagore: A ComparativeStudy21. Smt. Shalini Rani Das Sree Arvind Evam Acharya Rajnishke Samaj—Darshan ka Ek TulnatmakAdhyayan22. Sh. Nikhlesh Katara Sufi Mat ke Sadhanayo ke Sidhant evamVyavhar ka Darshnik Parishleen: ChestiSampradya ke Vishesh Sandarbh me23. Sh. Mahesh Kumar Nigam Advaitvadi Bhartiya Darshan keKhayativaadi Sidhanto ka SameshatmakAdhyayan24. Ms Kirtee Choudhary Beesavi Shatabdi me Narivad ka DarshanikSvarup.25. Ms Jyoti Singh Yog Darshan: Bhojavriti ke VisheshSandarbh me26. Ms Kanchan Sharma Rishi Vasisth ka Darshan: Yog Vasisth keSandarb me27. Ms Anuradha Pathak Advait Vedant me Sushpti28. Sh. M. Radhakrishnan Hermeneutics of Rituals in Siva Temples(An Indological Study based on theKamikagama–Purva bhaha)14

29. Sh. Yougish Kumar An Examination of Connections in thePhilosophies of David Hume and A.J. Ayer30. Ms. Navnita Kishore Visvanath’s Theory of Inference: A CriticalAnalysis31. Sh. Ram Narain Mishra Bharatiya Darshan mein IndriyaPrapyakaritv evam Aaprapyakartatv kiSamasya ka Sameshkatamak Adhyayan32. Ms Rachana Ambasht Advaita Vedanta mein Sadhana kaSwarup33. Ms. Manisha Singh Mahatma Gandhi aur Vinoba Bhave kaSarvodaya Vichar34. Sh. Dev Singh Meaning of Life and the Attitudes towardsSuicide: An Exploration into HumanExistence35. Ms Puspalata Swain Value Theory in Environmental Ethics36. Shri V.R. Devika Communication Strategies of M.K. Gandhi:Issues and Dimensions: A Study37. Ms. Hemlata Keshari Critical and Comparative Study of AtheistEpistemology38. Ms. Shraddha Pandey Critical Study of Neo-Vedantic Conceptof Sri Aurobindo and its ContemporaryRelevance in the context of AcharyaShankara39. Ms. Priyanka Tiwari Critical Study of Ethical Principles ofYagyavalkya Smriti and Its ContemporaryRelevanceThe following scholars who were awarded Junior Research Fellowship in theprevious year continued to work on the research projects mentioned againsteach either throughout or part of the year under report:15

S. No. Name of the Fellow Title of the Project1. Ms Saba Parveen A critical study with special reference toMichael Foucault and Jacques Derrida2. Ms Arati Modak Adhunik Sabhyata ka sankat evam manavki bhumika—ek darshnik vivechana3. Mr. Chakrapani Tripathi A critical study of Kantian epistemology4. Smt Kavita Bhatt Gherand sanhita ka darshnik adhyayan:Shatkarma ke vishesh sandarbh me5. Ms Chandra Rekha Kierkegaard’s and J.P. Sartre’s vision ofman: A philosophical Study6. Ms Lighitha P Enhancing the boundaries of knowledge:Towards a synthetic model of explanationand understanding types of knowledge7. Ms Rajani Adusumilli Theory and practice of yoga inUpanishad: A study with special referenceto pranayama8. Mr. Desh Raj A Philosophical study of the concept ofmind9. Mr. Ramesh Chand Jain darshan aur boudh darshan mein gyanmimamsa: Ek tulanatmak adhyayan10. Mr. Unnava Sada Siva Rao The basic doctrines of the Buddha and ofPatanjali: A comparative study11. Ms Poonam Singh Adhunik pariprekshay mein paramparikbhartiya naitik mulyon ki samichintacakvishleshnatmak adhyayan12. Mr. Arjuna Charan Behera Globalization and cultural change13. Mr. Vidyasagar Dharmshastriya evam nitishashtriyaparampara mein dharma evam niti kabhed16

14. Ms Manjulata Jena The Ecological view of some tribal sectsof Orissa: A philosophical study15. Ms Sneh Lata Singh Sartre evam Kierkegaard Ke darshan meinmanviya mulyon ka tulnatmak adhyayan16. Ms Purni Thapa Globalization and welfare economy: A studyfrom the perspective of human rights17. Ms Shrineta Pandey Yukti deepika mein pratipadit sankhyadarshanik anusheelen18. Ms Megha Sharma Philosophy of Professional Ethics19. Ms Asmita Tiwari Swami Vivekananda aur Aurobindo kidrishti mein manushya ka swarup evamuski niyathi20. Mr. G. Srinivasan The problem of evil: A comparative studyin saiva siddhanta and Christianity21. Mr. G. William Robert The concept of liberation in the philosophyof samkhya yoga: As means22. Ms Sangeeta Singh Sankhya darshan mein purush evam jaindarshan mein jeev tatva: Ek tulnatmakadhyayan23. Shri Gauranga Das Svadharma sadharana dharma and apaddharma:A critical Study24. Mr. Sushabhan Deb Barman Communication and language: A criticalstudy25. Mr. Mukul Bala Philosophical foundation of women’sempowerment26. Mr. Tigripalli Bosu Babu The Social Philosophy of K. SatchidanandaMurty27. Ms Joly Roy Ethics in Administration17

28. Mr. Rajiv Ranjan A study of the environmental philosophyin vedic literature29. Sh. Gouranga Charana Business and environment: The ethicalBeherainterface30. Ms Supriya Sharma Aneeshvarvadi bhartiya darshan meindharm kee avadharna: Ek vishleshnatmakadhyayan31. Mr. Om Prakash Mehta Bhartiya darshan mein paryavarniya chintanki sanatan parampara ka rachanatmaksarvekshan32. Mr. Rajendra Prasad Aadhunik Bharatiya darshan mein Dr.Bhagwandas ka dharm Vichar—EkSameekshatmak Pareekshan33. Ms Dipti Verma Bharatiya Mahilaon ke uttam mein Gandhidarshan ka yogdan Chattisgarh ke visheshsandharbh mein34. Mr. Rewant Ram Saien Samajik evam rastraparaka sad gunaunke visesh sandharbh mein puranon kadarsanika avalokan35. Mr. Umesh Saraf Aaadhya Shankaracharya Ka Aashukavitva– Saanskritik Drishti Evam darshnikBhimbon ka adhyayan36. Ms Nitu Kumari P a r y a v a r a n i y a n i t i s h a s t r a k avishleshanatmaka adhyayan37. Mr. Arjun Prasad Barnwal A critical study of ecological thinking inBuddhism38. Mr. Achhe Lal Yadav Concept of Humanism of Pandit DinadayalUpadhyaya in contemporary context18

39. Ms Rupjyoti Dutta A Philosophy of Karma: Vivekananda andTilak—A comparative study40. Mr. Padmadhar Choudhury Freedom, determinism and moral agent41. Ms Gitanjalee Bora Pragmatism: A study with reference tocontemporary socio-cultural issues42. Ms. Priyanka Sarmah The concept of suffering in atheistic schoolsof Indian philosophy43. Shri Arun Kumar Singh Spirituality and scientific temper: Aphilosophical study44. Shri Prakash Tiwari Manusmriti evam yagyavalya smriti meinvarnit naitik siddhanton ka tulanatmakadhyayan45. Ms Prerika Agarwal Shaiv tantron ke vyakhyakara aacharyakshemraja ek adhyayan46. Ms Uma Dave Sant Shri Asaranji Bapu’s Philosophy: Acomparative studyShort Duration ProjectShort Duration Projects are awarded for a period of ninety days to scholarsin philosophy and allied disciplines irrespective of their age and status, toenable 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. Duringthe year under report the following scholars were given grants to undertakethe Short Duration Projects:1. Dr. Sreekala M. Nair Modelling the Dynamics of Epistemic& Doxartic States: Interplay betweenepistemology and epistemic logic19

2. Shri Jayan J. The Social Philosophy of Sikhism andBuddhism3. Shri Bhupendra Kumar Sarvadev Krit Pramanamanjari KaRathorVivechanatmak AdhyayanResidential FellowshipsThese Fellowships are meant to facilitate scholars to consult the library atICPR’s Academic Centre, Lucknow, in connection with their ongoing researchprojects. The selected scholars can avail of the Fellowship during the periodof their leave of absence from their place of work or during holidays. TheFellowships are available for a maximum period of 60 days in a financialyear, either in one stretch or in parts. They are provided return first-classrail fare from the place of work to the Academic Centre, only once. TheCouncil pays allowance of Rs. 150 per day to the Fellows who make theirown arrangements for boarding and lodging and Rs. 120 to the Fellows whoare provided accommodation in the guesthouse of the Academic Centre.During the year under report, no candidate was offered the ResidentialFellowship.REFRESHER COURsESDuring the year 2008–09 the Council organized a Refresher Course in Logicand Language: Western and Eastern at University of Delhi from March30, 2009 onwards for 21 days under the Directorship of Professor AshokVohra.Here is a brief report about the Refresher Course.The Refresher Course was planned in such a way that on each day therewere two lectures on “Logic—Eastern and Western” and two lectures onone or the other aspect of “Philosophy of Language”, “Analytic Philosophy”.For ‘Western Logic’ Professor Amitabha Gupta of the Indian Institute of20

Technology, Mumbai, and Professor V.N. Jha, former Director of Instituteof Advanced Study in Sanskrit, University of Pune, taught Indian Logic.Professor P.K. Mukhopadhyaya of Jadavpur University and ProfessorSrinivasa Rao of Banglore University delivered lectures and was presentas at Observer and Evaluator throughout the Refresher Course. ProfessorsSrinivasa Rao, Amitabha Gupta and V.N. Jha were the Core Faculty of theRefresher Course.Each day of the Refresher Course was divided into four sessions—two inthe forenoon and two in the afternoon.The participants were given reading material including books like KisorKumar Chakrabarti’s Classical Indian Philosophy of Mind: The NyayaDualist Tradition, (Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 2001), Annambhatta’sTarksamgraha and detailed plan of lectures by the Core Faculty. The Corefaculty also gave home work and exercises for practice. The home workwas regularly evaluated and discussed with the individual participants bythe Core Faculty.Professor Amitabha Gupta finished his course on ‘Western Logic’ in twentylectures and Professor V.N. Jha finished the teaching of Annambhatta’sTarksamgraha in thirteen lectures. Four additional lectures were deliveredby Professor R.C. Das on Sentential Logic and its Modal extensions. InIndian and Western Logic, Professor Mukhopadhyaya delivered four lectures.Professor S.S. Deshpande delivered a series of two lectures on ‘DeonticLogic’.Professor Srinivasa Rao in his five lectures discussed the Vedantic approachto language as opposed to the Nyaya-Vaisesika approaches. ProfessorGodabarisha Mishra in his lecture discussed the ‘Advaitic notion of language’.Professor Tandra Patnaik in her four lectures discussed Bhartrihari’s theoryof sentence meaning, conditions of sentence meaning, relation betweenintention and meaning. Ujjawala Jha in her two lectures discussed ‘Mimamsa’sphilosophy of language’.21

Professor Bijoy Boruah in his three lectures discussed the role of languagein the description of mental notions. Professor Vijay Tankha delivered threelectures on the Greek theory of language. Professor P.K. Mohapatradelivered four lectures on analytical philosophy especially earlier and laterWittgenstein. Sanil V. delivered a series of three lectures on the notion of‘text’ in post-modern philosophy. He especially related it with Ram ChandraGandhi’s thought on language. Professor Amitabh Das Gupta deliveredlectures on post-Wittgensteinian thinkers like Davidson, Putnam and Quineamong others. Kanchana Mahadevan in her lectures discussed Structuralist,Post-structuralist and Deconstructionist approach to language.SEMINAR/SYMPOSIA/WORKSHOP/DIALOGUEIn order to provide an opportunity to scholars to express their views andinteract with other scholars, ICPR organizes national and internationalseminars on a variety of themes in the field of Philosophy and interdisciplinarystudies. In addition the Council gives grants to Philosophy Departments inIndian Universities to organize seminars/symposia/workshops/dialogues.During the year under report, the Council released the following grants todifferent institutions for organizing the following programmes:S.No. Name of the Seminar Name of Director/Place AmtSanctioned(Rs.)1. National Seminar on Professor M.P. Dube. 1,00,000Exclusion/Inclusion and Institute of GandhianGandhian Strategies Thought and Peace Studies,October 2-3, 2008 University of Allahabad.2. National seminar on Professor Vanlalnghak. 2,50,000Hermeneutics of Department of Philosophy,22

Philosophy, Politicsand CultureNovember 19-21, 2008NEHU, Shillong3. National Workshop of Professor Chhanda 2,00,000Curriculum Development Chakrabortiin Applied Philosophy Department of HumanitiesJuly 14-16, 2008 and Social Sciences,IIT, Kharagpur4. Workshop on Three Professor V.N.Jha, 1,00,000Granthas of Indian PunePhilosophy&December 15-29, 2008 Dr. K.H. Subramanian,Chinmaya InternationalFoundation Shodh SansthanAdi Sankara Nilayam,Velyanad, Ernakulam, Kerala.5. National Seminar on Dr. Emmanuel Upmadathil 1,00,000Philosophy and Religion Dean of Studies, SuvidyaAugust 2008College, Bangalore6. National Seminar on Dr. Chandra Kanta 2,00,000Realism and Idealism in Sharma, Principal,Contemporary Indian Women’s College, Tinsukhia,PhilosophyAssamDecember 5-7, 20087. National Seminar on Dr. D.N.Yadav 1,50,000Freedom andDepartment of Philosophy,ResponsibilityDDU University, GorakhpurNovember 28-30, 20088. National seminar on the Professor Y.V. Satyanarayana 2,00,000Need for Environmental Department of Philosophy,23

EthicsSeptember 29 to1 October 2008Andhra University,Visakhapatnam9. Seminar on Value Dr. Debika Saha & 1,50,000Embedded in Indian Dr. Jyotish BasakCulture and their Department of Philosophy,Relevance at Present North Bengal University,TimeDarjeeling.November 200810. National Seminar on Dr. Aditya Kumar Mohanty, 1,50,000Metaphysics: Methods Centre of Advanced studyand perspectives. in Philosophy, UtkalNovember 21-23, 2008 University, Bhubaneswar11. National Seminar on Dr. Saurvpran Goswami, 1,50,000Perspectives in Social Department of Philosophy,and Political Philosophy Guwahati University,November 20-22, 2008 Gauhati.12. National Seminar on Dr. Nitish Dubey 1,50,000Capital Punishment and Department of Philosophyits Moral justification. DAV CollegeNovember 16-18, 2008. Chhatrapati Sahuji MaharajUniversity, Kanpur13. Seminar on Professor Nitin J. Vyas 2,00,000Hypnotherapy: A Psycho- M.S. University of Baroda,Philosophical Perspective: Vadodara.Approach to Hypnosis asthe Therapy on theMillennium.January 9-11, 200914. Seminar on the Freedom Dr. Indu Pandey Khanduri, 1,50,000of Man and His Attitude Department of Philosophy,24

towards Environment: Garhwal University,Contemporary Challenges Srinagar, Garhwaland Moral Strategies. UttaranchalSeptember 12-14, 200815. Seminar on Iqbal and his Dr. Reikbuddin Ahmed 2,00,000Philosophy with Special University of GuwahatiReference to the Self Gauhati(Ego) in Asrar K. Khudi.August 23-24, 200816. 83rd session of IPC Dr Pushpa Motiyani, 2,00,000(Ahmedabad)Department of GandhianOctober 22-25, 2008. Philosophy, PeaceStudies, Gujarat Vidyapeeth,Ahmedabad, Gujarat.17. 18th Annual conference Dr. Nachiketa Tripathi, 2,00,000of National Academy of IIT GuwahatiPsychology/ Workshopon Indian Psychology.December 14, 200818. National seminar on Professor D. Pulla Rao, 2,00,000PhilosophicalDepartment of EconomicsFoundations of Human Andhra University,Development and Visakhapatnam.Social Exclusion.October 6-7, 200819. Seminar on Spectrum of Dr. Geeta Mehta, Director 50,000Jainism in southern India K.J. Somaiya centre forOctober 20-21, 2008 studies in Jainism, Mumbai20. 8th Annual conference of Prof. Baidyanath Labh 50,000ISBS at Babasaheb Dept. of Buddhist studies,Ambedkar Marathawada University of Jammu,25

University, Aurangabad.September 5-7, 2008.Jammu.21. Workshop on Dr. K.Sankaranarayan, 50,000Philosophy of Aesthetics. DirectorOctober 11-12, 2008. J. Somaiya centrefor Buddhist studies,Mumbai.22. Seminar on Socio Shri Gurudas Choudhury 1,50,000Political Thinking of Vice Principal cum DDOSwami Vivekanand and Ramkrishna Mahavidyalayathe Challenge of Today. Tripura.January 28-29, 200923. National Seminar on the Prof. Makarand Paranjape 2,00,000Culture and Philosophy Centre for English Studies,and Science in India JNU, New Delhiat Pune.February 21-23, 200924. Workshop on Indian Dr. Sharada Subramanian 50,000Philosophy and Social Senior Lecturer, Sri SathyaConcernsSai University, AnantpurDecember 8-9, 2008 A.P.25. National seminar on Prof. Narendra Singh, Head 1,00,000Morality and Law: An Dept. of Philosophy,Interdisciplinary University of Allahabad,Dialogue.Allahabad.February 16-18, 200926. 4th Annual conference of Dr. Neelima Sinha 25,000BMDP at S S U S, General SecretaryKalady.Bharatiya Mahila DarshnikDecember 21-23, 2008 Parishad,26

Dept. of Philosophy,Magadh University,Bodhgaya.27. International Seminar on Prof. Ashum Gupta, Director 95,873Hind Swaraj: 100 years Gandhi Bhawan, Universityand After.of Delhi, Delhi.January 30-31, 200928. Silver Jubliee Conference Smt. Gauri Bhagwat 50,000MTP XXV at Shivaji Executive PresidentVidyapith Kolhapur. Maharashta TattvajnanNovember 6-8, 2008 Parishad, Pune29. National Seminar on Dr. Nirmalya Narain 1,00,000Pandits: Twentieth ChakrabortyCentury Bengal’s Dept. of Philosophy,Contribution to Classical Rabindra BharatiIndian Philosophy of University, Kolkata.Language.March 200930. National Seminar on Dr. Rajaram Shukla 50,000Dvaita Epistemology. Director, Research Institute,December 21-23, 2008. Sampurnanand SanskritUniversity, Varanasi31. A Global Congress on Professor Mushirul Hasan 2,00,000World’s Religions after V.C. Jamia Millia Islamia,September 11—An Asian New DelhiPerspective.January 17-20, 200932. Conference on the Professor Prabhat Patnaik 1,50,000Socialist Argument and J.N.U.the AlternativeCentre for Economic27

Enlightenment.January 14-16, 2009Studies, JNU, New Delhi.33. AIPA 53rd Annual Dr. Ambika Datta Sharma 1,00,000Session at Gurukul General Secretary,Kangri University, Akhil Bharatiya DarshanHaridwar.Parishad, H.S. GourNovember 8-10, 2008 Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar.34. International Conference Dr. Ranjan k. Panda, 2,00,000on Language, Mind and Department of Humanities,Social Construction. IIT, Bombay.February 9-11, 200835. National seminar on Professor C. Govinda Raju 1,00,000TallapakaSri Venkateswara UniversityAnnamacharya’s Oriental Research Institute,Philosophy and Tirupati.Vaisnava Bhakti.December 4-6, 200836. National Seminar on Professor Pramod Tandon 1,00,000Quality and Relevance Vice Chancellor, NorthofHigher Education Eastern Hill University,under the Aegis of 83rd NEHU Campus, Shillong.Annual Meeting ofAssociation of IndianUniversities.November 16-19, 200837. National Seminar on Dr. Bela Das, Head, 1,00,000Buddhadeb Basu and His Department of Bengali,Contribution to Modern Assam University,Indian Literature and Silchar.Social Philosophy.November 11-13, 200828

38. Seminar on Indigenous Fr. (Dr.) George 1,50,000Philosophies ofThadathil, Principal,Himalayan Communities Salesian College Sonada,March 2009Darjeeling, West Bengal39. National Seminar on Prof. Sharad Deshpande 30,000Philosophy in Colonial Department of PhilosophyIndia.Ganesh KhindJanuary 21-23, 2009 Pune.40. International Conference ICPR organized seminar *3,00,000on “Phenomenology,Globlization and IndianPhilosophy”January 5-9, 200941. 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, 200942. International Philosophy Professor Ashok Vohra, *40,000Day, 2008. Head, Department of (Grant)November 19, 2008 Philosophy, DelhiUniversity, Delhi.Brief reports of few of the seminars are given below:• A two-day National Seminar on A Philosophy of Love from 5-6 June2008 was organised by P.K.Roy Memorial College, Dhanbad. Theseminar was inaugurated by Dr. J.L.Oroan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, VinobaBhave University.• A National Seminar was organized by Institute of Gandhian Thoughtand Peace Studies, University of Allahabad on Exclusion/Inclusion29

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 fourtechnical sessions in which many scholars from Political Science, PublicAdministration, Sociology, Law and Gandhian Studies Departmentsparticipated in the seminar. The Valedictory Session on the themeRelevance of Gandhism in Modern Times had some significantpresentations by Professor Ramjee Singh, Professor R.P. Mishra andShri P. Barthwal. There were interesting discussions and deliberationsto make the event more and more lively and beneficial.• A two-day National Seminar was organized by the Department ofEconomics, Andhra University on Human Development and SocialExclusion on 6-7 October 2008 in honour of Professor K.S. Chalam (byProfessor D. Pulla Rao). The seminar was a remarkable one in view ofthe fact that there were more than 230 papers on various aspects on thetheme of the seminar. A book Perspectives on Economic Developmentand Social Change was released during this occasion.• K.J. Somaiya Centre for Studies for Jainism, in collaboration withJain Visva-Bharati, Ladnun, Rajasthan organized a two-day NationalSeminar on Spectrum of Jainism in Southern India on 20-21October 2008. The Seminar began with the welcome address of Shri V.Ranganathan, Secretary of Somaiya Trust and introduction of the themeby Dr. Kokila Shah. In his keynote address, Dr. Hampa Nagarajaiahtraced the evolution of Jainism in Southern India. The inauguration wasfollowed by an illuminating speech by Dr. Sagar Mal Jain on YapaniSect of Southern India. There were 4 academic sessions with differentpresentations on the contribution of Jainas to society and culture ofSouth India. The Valedictory Session had many important addressesby scholars. Dr. Geeta Mehta, Director of the Seminar, expressed hergratitude to all the participants who contributed to the seminar.• The 83rd Session of the Indian Philosophical Congress was held atthe Department of Gandhian Philosophy and Peace Research Centre,30

Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad during October 22-25, 2008. Thesession witnessed a galaxy of 254 delegates attending the session.There were 6 endowment lectures by the General President andSectional Presidents. 2 symposia on Social Equality and Democracyand Gandhi’s concept of Sarvadharma Sambhava were arranged.There was also an important and unique session on Demonstrationof Yogic Method. A colloquium was held on Gandhi on Peace andAhimsa. There were five different sectional meetings and 140 paperswere read by the participants. A book on From the Files of Statesmanwas released by Professor Ramjee Singh. A special lecture wasdelivered by Professor Kireet Joshi. The organizers arranged a visitfor the participants to the Sabarmati Ashram. In all, this session wasacademically fruitful to the scholars and the delegates as well.• The 25th Session of Maharashtra Tattvagyan Parishad was heldat Shivaji University, Kolhapur from 6-8 November 2008 under theDirectorship of Smt. Gauri Bhagwat, Executive President of MTP andDr. J.R. Debhole, Chief Coordinator of the Adhiveshan. The inauguralfunction had Shri B.G. Kolsepatil (Ex-Judge, Bombay High Court) asthe Chief Guest. The main theme of the session was bringing out themeaning of the Philosophy of Rebellion. On the next day, there werethree sessions. In the morning session papers were presented by Dr.Archana Degaonkar, Dr. Meenal Katarnikar, Dr. Sharad Deshpande andDr. Shubhada Joshi on the theme “Methods of the Philosophy” and inthe afternoon there were 35 individual papers. On the third day, therewas students’ Essay-cum-Elocution Competition. Thus, the three-daysessions were a great success.• The 53rd Session of the Akhil Bharatiya Darshan Parishad was heldduring 8-10 November 2008 at Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar underthe 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, ICPRaddressed the participants. Professor Jaydev Vedalankar was felicitated31

on this occasion. There were two prizes awarded to Dr. Sarita Kumariand Dr. Avinash Kumar Srivastava for their essays and two Professors,Geeta Rani Agarwal and Dr. Sandhya Sati, for their publications. Twoother eminent scholars, namely, Dr. D.N. Yadav and Dr. K.C. Pandeyreceived awards for their books. Dr. Deepak Ranjan and Dr. KarunaSharma were also given awards. There were 325 scholars present.Professor U.S. Bisht was thanked by the organizers for his excellentarrangements made during this session.• A National Seminar on Hermeneutics of Philosophy, Politics andCulture was held during November 19-21, 2008 at North-Eastern HillUniversity, Shillong under the directorship of Professor Vanlalnghak.Under the chairmanship of Professor C.R. Agera, the Conference beganwith a welcome address by Professor B.K. Agarwal. The inauguraladdress was delivered by Professor (Mrs.) Temsula Ao delving into thepossibility of doing Philosophy through cultural studies in the contextof tribal life of north-eastern region. Professor S.A. Shaida deliveredthe keynote address, where he traced the origin and developmentof hermeneutics as a philosophical method independent of naturalsciences that ‘objectified’ the meaning and truth in terms of abstractmathematical and physical laws. According to him, the role of humanconsciousness and specificity of human conceptual understanding byits very nature was ‘interpretative’ and hence it assumes the shape ofan ontological enterprise.• There were 8 sessions including the Inaugural and the ValedictorySessions. The 6 academic sessions were chaired by Professors S.A.Shaida, Jagatpal, B.K. Agarwal, Sujata Miri, Goutam Biswas andLokenderjit Singh. There were 18 papers presented by learned scholarson different aspects of the themes. In all, the seminar was attended bymore than 100 scholars, students and teachers.• A National Seminar on Metaphysics: Methods and Perspectives wasorganized by Dr. Aditya Kumar Mohanty, Department of Philosophy,Utkal University, Bhubaneswar during 21-23 November 2008. The32

inaugural session chaired by Professor P.K. Mohapatra had aninteresting Keynote Address delivered by Professor Rajendra Prasad.Professor Hrudananda Ray was the chief guest. There were 11enriching academic sessions during the three days of the seminar andthe 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 presenterswere Professors R.C. Pradhan, G. Vedaparayana, D. Nesy, B. Kar,H.P. Shah, A.K. Mohanty, G. Mishra, Tandra Patnaik, N. Malla, RajatBhattacharya and G.P. Das.The valedictory function was presided over by Professor Kar andthe Chief Guest was Professor B. Pahi. The Vice Chancellor of UtkalUniversity, Professor B. Rath was the guest of honour.• A National Seminar on The Need for Environmental Ethics was heldfor three days from 16 to 18 December 2008 under the directorship ofProfessor 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. TheKeynote Address was delivered by Professor A.K. Mohanty of UtkalUniversity. There were 9 academic sessions with presentation by twentyscholars. The seminar was focused on different issues concerningenvironmental pollution, abuse of animals, striking a balance betweendevelopment and environmental degradation, the measures to betaken to protect natural atmosphere, the ethical issues involved in theexploitation of nature and many other related issues.• A National Seminar on Hypnotherapy: A Psycho-PhilosophicalPerspective of Hypnosis as the Therapy of the Millennium washeld at Department of Philosophy, M.S. University,Baroda during 9-11January 2009 under the directorship of Professor Nitin J. Vyas. TheSeminar explored the deep theoretical-philosophical foundations ofchit or chetna beyond the commonly known waking, dream and sleep33

states. The eminent speakers who made enormous contributions andgave the seminar a significant direction were Professor K. RamakrishnaRao, Chairman, ICPR, Professor S. Rinpoche, Chairman, Central TibetAdministration and many other scholars from all over India. There wereoverseas participants from countries like Israel, Greece, U.K., Canadaand Ireland. The inaugural keynote address which was deliveredby Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao and the Presidential address byProfessor S. Rinpoche left a deep impact and impression among theparticipants of the seminar.• The Seminar was unique in the sense that the participants were fromdiverse fields of Philosophy, Psychology, Medicine and Practicinghypnotherapy expressing their views, thus achieving the objectives ofthe seminar.• A two-day National Seminar on Socio-Political thinking of SwamiVivekananda and the Challenges of today was organized byRamakrishna Mahavidyalaya, Kailashahar, North Tripura on 28-29January 2009. The welcome address was delivered by ProfessorGurudas Choudhary, Vice Principal of the organization and the keynoteaddress was delivered by Professor Y.V. Satyanarayana. In his keynoteaddress Professor Satyanarayana showed how the contemporarysocial problems such as caste system can be tackled by Vivekananda’sthinking. There were four academic sessions and each session hadfive 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. Thedetails 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 eventsgiving wide publicity about the seminar.• A National Seminar on Values Embedded in Indian Culture and theirRelevance at Present Time was organized on 3-4 February 200934

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 KeynoteAddress and Professor R.N. Ghosh delivered the Presidential Address.There were seven academic sessions in all. What was unique about theseminar was that one session was exclusively devoted for presentationsby research scholars and students. In the Valedictory Session, a paneldiscussion was held in which an in-depth analysis was done by thepanelists. Dr. J.C. Basak proposed the vote of thanks.• An International Seminar on Hind Swaraj: 100 Years and After wasorganized by the University of Delhi under the directorship of Professor(Ms) Ashum Gupta, Director of Gandhi Bhawan at the ConferenceCentre during 11-13 February 2009. The Inaugural Session had awelcome address by Professor Ashum Gupta. There was the lighting oflump by all the eminent speakers. The introduction of the seminar wasgiven by Professor Vibha Chaturvedi, Chairperson, Gandhi Bhawan.She considered India fortunate to have had an icon like Gandhiji andemphasized the need to bear in mind his ideas while framing thepolicies as the nation marches forward towards growth and progress.She idolized Gandhiji as an icon, an exemplar and messenger ofpeace and tolerance who stands on its own class of dignity. 2009marks the centenary year of the book ‘Hind Swaraj’ which contains allthe seminal ideas of Mahatma Gandhi. It is worthwhile to debate onGandhi’s philosophy in the 21st century. It is the time when we shouldpay real attention on how Gandhi’s methodology of non-violence, noncooperation,moral courage and atmashakti need to be revived. Therewere five academic sessions and very learned scholars from India andabroad spoke on the themes Hind Swaraj: Text-context, Democracy: AGandhian Critique, Gandhi and Modern Civilization, Satyagraha andSwaraj, and Gandhian Vision of Indian Society. The Seminar was wellorganized and attended by about 400 scholars.35

• A National Seminar on Freedom of Man and His Attitude TowardsEnvironment: Contemporary Challenges and Moral Strategies washeld 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 honourProfessor Sabhajit Mishra, the Keynote Speaker, Professor Y.V.Satyanarayana and Professor K.S. Singh, Vice-chancellor of GarwalUniversity threw light on the theme of the seminar during the InauguralSession. There were many paper presenters who presented their viewson different aspects of the theme on environmental issues.• A National Seminar on Morality and Law: An InterdisciplinaryDialogue was organized during February 16-18, 2009 at Universityof Allahabad under the directorship of Professor Narendra Singh. TheSeminar was inaugurated by Professor Bhuvan Chandel, former Head,Department of Philosophy, Punjab University, Chandigarh, on February16, 2009. Professor Chandel in her address threw light on the concept oflaw and linked with the concept of morality. Professor Narendra Singh,Director of the Seminar, while presenting the theme of the seminar, alsotouched upon those aspects of law not based on morality but dependenton it. In his keynote address, Professor R.P. Singh discussed about thedialectics of morality and law. The Presidential Address was given byProfessor Rajen Harsha, Vice Chancellor of Allahabad University, whodealt with the diversity of both law and morality. There were four speakersin the first session. In the second session, there were five interestingpresentations on the subject. The third session had four presentations.The last day witnessed eight presentations. The Valedictory Sessionhad a very interesting address given by Professor Janak Pandeyand Professor Sabhajit Mishra. It concluded with the remarks of twoscholars, namely, Professor S.P. Dubey and Professor R.C. Sinha.• A National Seminar on Tallapaka Annamacharya’s Philosophy andVaishnava 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, ProfessorN. Prabhakara Rao as the Chief Guest. Professor BalagangadharaRao, Acharya Nagarjuna University, delivered the Keynote Address.Professor C. Govinda Raju, Director of the Seminar, introduced thetheme of the seminar. There were 24 paper presenters in 9 sessions ondifferent aspects of Annamacharya’s philosophy. At the seventh sessionunder the Chairmanship of Professor G. Vedayarayana, Professor C.Ramaiah gave a special lecture on Annamayya’s Visistadvaida. Thevaledictory session was marked by an inspiring address by ProfessorR.V.S. Sundaram of Mysore.WorkshopsBrief reports of few of the workshops are given below:• A National Workshop on Applied Philosophy: A Colloquium todiscuss curriculum for courses in Applied Philosophy and HumanScience was organized by GITAM University, Visakhapatnam fromApril 11-13, 2008. Thirty delegates participated in the discussions. Thefunction 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 ofthe Centre of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences and a Member ofthe Research Programme Committee of ICPR and Professor G.J.V.Jagannadha Raju, Chancellor, Sri Chandrasekharendra SaraswatiViswa Mahavidyalaya joined as special guest.The workshop was designed in a manner to facilitate the initiationof discussion on course structure, curriculum, syllabi, the evaluationprocess, etc. for the proposed programmes―M.Phil. and Ph.D. in AppliedPhilosophy and five year integrated Masters programme in AppliedPsychology, Sociology and Social work and Rural Development.37

• Sri Satya Sai University, Department of Philosophy, Anantapur organizeda workshop on Indian Philosophy and Social Concerns on December8-9, 2008. Dr. Sharada Subramanian, the Director of the Workshopgave a welcome address wherein she spoke on the importance ofcreating a general awareness amongst students and scholars aboutthe relevance of Indian Philosophy in the present social scenario asalso the richness of Indian Philosophy. The Inaugural Address wasgiven by Dr. Dwarka Rane Rao. The Keynote address was givenby Professor R. Balasubramanian who gave an analytic expositionof various aspects of Indian Philosophy and clarified the importantconcepts. There were 50 scholars who presented their views on differentthemes on Indian Philosophy. Every session was followed by a briefdiscussion and a report on the proceedings. The workshop was indeeda 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 ShodhaSansthan, Veliyanad, Kerala from 15th to 29th December 2008 underthe directorship of Professor V.N. Jha and co-ordinated by Dr. K.H.Subramanian, Hon. Director of CIF Shodha Sansthan. The inaugurationof 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 theworkshop were on Nyaya and Mimamsa and Professors V.N. Jha andUjwala 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 Vachaspatiand Vedanta Samgraha of Ramaraya Kavi were the texts dealt withby 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 theValedictory 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-Violencewas organized by the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla andthe Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi at the NorthEastern Regional Centre of Indian Council of Social Science Research,NEHU Campus, Shillong during March 20-23, 2009. The InauguralFunction of the Workshop was held at the old guest house auditoriumand was chaired by Professor Pramod Tandon, Vice-Chancellor, NEHU,Shillong. Professor Mrinal Miri, Director of the Workshop welcomedthe gathering and gave a thematic introduction of the Workshop. Inhis introduction, Professor Miri dealt with the concept of violence andhow identity-violence has recently created problems in many parts ofthe world, especially in India.Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao delivered the Keynote Address andspoke on “Identity Violence – Perspectives”. Professor Rao explainedthe concept of violence by citing a number of cases of recent violentincidents in India with special reference to identity politics. He spoke ofgroup identity and how identity movement leads to identity violence. Healso discussed about the implications and ramifications of such violenceand their different causes besides dealing with the psychologicalstructure of violence as well as the Gandhian ways of arresting violence.He concluded his speech by pointing out how individual value isefficacious in containing violence at the levels of the individual, groupand society.Professor Pramod Tandon in his Presidential Address gave an expositionof the concept of violence and of the different ways in which we canaddress this problem. The Chief Guest of the function was Shri RanjitShekhar Mooshahary, His Excellency the Governor of Meghalaya,who in his brilliant exposition gave the causes of identity violence in apluralistic set-up as the one we have in this country. He pointed out the39

problems at a gross-root level and referred to the fact that unless theeconomic need of the people are taken care of and equality is inculcatedin people’s minds, violence cannot be meaningfully arrested. Quotingfrom a large number of contemporary authorities, His Excellency pointedout that there is an urgent need to discuss this problem so that we maybe able to address the issues in the different regions of this countryridden with identity violence. The Inaugural Function came to an endwith a Vote of Thanks proposed by Professor G. Mishra, Member-Secretary, ICPR.The Workshop was topically divided into five sessions. The FirstSession, held on March 21, 2009, was on “Plurality – Linguistic, Culturaland Religious – and National Identity”. Professor Mrinal Miri chaired thissession during which four papers were presented. In this session, thehighlights were on pluralism and its effect on identity politics. ProfessorGautam Biswas, Professor S.S. Rama Rao Pappu, Professor RajeshDev and Professor Asghar Ali Engineer presented their papers andthey evoked a good lot of discussion among the participants.The broad topic of the Second Session was “Violence, Terrorism andThreat to National Life”. Professor G. Mishra chaired this session.Dealing with various aspects of the theme of the session, ProfessorMadhuri Sondhi, Shri J.K. Tripathi and Professor C.V. Raghavulu spokeon different aspects of the topics evoking good participation.The Third Session of the Workshop held on 22 March 2009 was devotedto “Tribal India” and was chaired by Professor A.C. Bhagbati. ProfessorSujata Miri, Professor Ranju Dhamala, Professor Prasenjit Biswas,Professor T. Subba and Professor Udayan Mishra presented theirpapers discussing various aspects of Tribal India and Identity Politicswith 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 theefforts of achieving National Integration. The session was chaired by40

Professor S.S. Rama Rao Pappu. There were three papers presentedby Professor Makrand Paranjape, Professor Bindu Puri and Shri B.Venketeswara Rao. The well-known participants in this session shedlight on different aspects of the contemporary thinking concerningNational Integration.The Fifth Session of the Workshop held on March 23, 2009 was devotedto “Global Economic Unity and Cultural Autonomy; and Democracy,Individual Freedom and Community Allegiances.” The session waschaired by Dr. B.B. Datta. There were five papers presented by Dr.Sanjeeb Kakoti, Dr. Mangi Singh, Dr. Kympham Singh Nongkynreihand Dr. Balakrishnan.On the afternoon of March 23, 2009, the Valedictory Function was heldunder the Chairmanship of Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao, Chairman,ICPR. Professor Mrinal Miri made a brief summing up of the wholeseminar proceedings. It was followed by a Valedictory Address by SriB.N. Yugandhar, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India.Professor Yugandhar in his speech spoke about the relevance of thisWorkshop and appreciated the organizers for holding such deliberationswhich addressed the current problems of the country. Professor K.Ramakrishna Rao delivered the Presidential Address wherein hespelt out the different projects and programmes of ICPR for promotingphilosophy, especially Applied Philosophy. The Workshop came to asuccessful conclusion with a Vote of Thanks by Professor G. Mishra,Member-Secretary, ICPR.On the whole, the seminar was successful in addressing many issueswhich had arisen out of the earlier Workshop at IIAS, Shimla withits focus on the problems of North-Eastern States of the country.Professor G. Mishra expressed the hope that this would be a continuingprogramme of the ICPR and he further hoped that along with IIAS thenext Workshop would be organized again in some place in the NorthEast to continue with the indepth deliberations on National Integrationand Violence related issues.41

PERIODICAL LECTURESThe Periodical Lectures organized by the Council at different Colleges andUniversities in the country are for the promotion of philosophy among theyoung students of different cities of India on low cost budget. Senior scholarsof the local area are requested to deliver the lectures to the young scholarsand teachers, so as to encourage them to deepen and widen their interestin philosophy by listening to those lectures. During the year 2008-09, theCouncil organized its Periodical Lectures in different places on various topicsas given below:S. No. Organizer Title of theLecturesLectures delivered by1. Dr. V. SujathaHead,D e p a r t m e n t o fPhilosophy, UniversityCollege, Palayam,Trivandrum, Kerala2. Smt. Bindu RHeadDepartment ofPhilosophy, SreeNarayana CollegeKollam-691 001Post-modernism Prof. S.PanneerselvamDevelopment ofValues: Role ofUpanishads &Bhagavat GitaValue BasedEducation.Sri. S. Sadasivan NairProfessor N. GopalaKrishnan.3. Smt. K. SreelathaHeadDepartment ofPhilosophy, Govt.College for WomenTrivandrum-695 014KeralaHermeneuticsDr. S. Paneerselvam42

4. Dr. V. PrabhakaranHeadDepartment ofPhilosophy, Govt.College, Chittur,Palakkad, Kerala5. Dr. Sumukhi G.P.HeadDepartment ofPhilosophyH.H.M.S.P.B., NSSCollege for Women,NeeramankaraKaimanam P.O.,Trivandrum, Kerala6. Dr. N. NirmalaSl. Gr. LecturerDepartment ofPhilosophyMaharajas College,Ernakulam, Cochin7. Dr. J.K. LalPrincipal, St.Andrew’s College,Gorakhpur8. Dr. Ram PrakashSinghHeadDepartment ofPhilosophyBaisawara P.G.College, Lalganj,Rae Bareli-229 206Quine onGrammar, Logicand LanguageManagement: ABhagavad GitaPerspectivePhilosophyof Language:Indian andWesternPerspectiveDarshan,Sanskrit EvamMulya: ShikshaPaddhati kiPunarsanrachnake SandarbhmeinDr. K. KantamaniSh. P.N. SubramanianProf. S. PaneerselvamDr. R.P. Singh43

9. Dr. Seema SharmaHead, Departmentof Philosophy, G.F.College,Shahjahanpur, U.P.10. Dr. Indu KumariHead, Dept. ofPhilosophy, NariSiksha Niketan P.G.College, Lucknow.11. Dr. H.C. YadavHead, Departmentof philosophy,DAV PG College,AusanganjVaranasi12. Dr. B.K. DasHeadDepartment ofPhilosophy, MeerutCollege, Meerut.13. Dr. A.K. SinghHead Department ofphilosophy, K.G.K.(PG) CollegeMoradabad.14. Dr. Ranjana MainiHead, Departmentof Philosophy,Gangotri DeviWomen P.G.College, GorakhpurAj ke SamaajikParivesh Meindarshan Shastraki UpayogitaProfessor D.N. YadavPratyitsamutpada Professor H.N. MishraDarshan DwaraHi MaanavMulyon ka VikasPhilosophy in theComtemporaryWorldUnderstandingPlurality inMulticulturalismin the Era ofGlobalizationAnuprayuktNitishastraProfessor H.S. PrasadProfessor A.D. SharmaDr. D.S. GuptaPropessor V.P. Mishra44

15. Dr. Kusum MishraHead,Departmentof Philosophy,Vasant KanyaMahavidyalaya,Kamachha,Varanasi16. Dr. VineetaHeadDepartment ofPhilosophy, MahilaVidyalaya P.G.College, Aminabad,Lucknow17. Dr. (Mrs.) RamaRani, Head,Departmentof Philosophy,C.M.P. DegreeCollege, Universityof Allahabad4, Mahatma GandhiMarg, Allahabad18. D.C. SrivastavaHeadDepartment ofPhilosophyChrist ChurchCollegeKanpurSrimadbhagavataRas PrasthaanDarshan KiPrasangikataMastiskh, ManasAur ChetnaGlobal Identityand CulturalSolidarityProfessor V.P. MishraProfessor RajendraPrasadDr. DevkinandanDwivediDr. Bijoy Boruah45

19. Dr. Vijay KantDubey, HeadDepartment ofPhilosophyK.N. Govt. Post-Graduate College,Gyanpur, Distt.Saint RavidasNagar, Badhoi, U.P.20. Shri Saroj KumarPadhiHeadDepartment ofPhilosophyK.S.U.B. CollegeBhanjanagar,Ganjam, Orissa.21. Shri Basant KumarDashHeadDepartment ofPhilosophyGovt. College(Autonomous)Angul, Dist. AngulOrissa.22. Dr. (Capt.) MadanMohan DasHead, Departmentof Philosophy,Salepur College,Salepur, Dist.Cuttack, OrissaThe Health ofour Society andThe Health ofPhilosophy in itEthics, AppliedEthics andIndian Thoeriesof Values.Awareness ofEnvironmentalEthics46Dr. Ganesh PrasadDasDr. P.K. MohapatraDr. Sarat ChandraPanigrahi

23. Dr. Parshuram KarHeadDepartment ofPhilosophyV.N. College, JajpurRoadJajpur, Orissa24. Dr. RamakantaNandaHead, Departmentof PhilosophyGodavarisMahavidyalayaBanpur, Dist.Khurda,Orissa25. Dr. (Smt.) DeepaPadhi, HeadDepartment ofPhilosophyRamadevi Womens’(Autonomous)CollegeBhubaneswar,Orissa26. Dr. NiranjanMohantyHeadDepartment ofPhilosophyChrist College,Cuttack, OrissaPhilosophy,What and Why.Philosophy,Science andSpiritualityProfessor N. MallaProf. A.K. Mohanty47

27. Sri Jitendra KumarPatelHeadDepartment ofPhilosophyBonaigarh CollegeP.O. BonaigarhDist. Sundargarh,Orissa.28. Dr. Rabindra KumarMohapatraHeadDepartment ofPhilosophyDhenkanalAutonomousCollege, DhenkanalP.O. Dt. Dhenkanal,Orissa29. PrincipalRajendra College(Auto.)Balangir30. Dr. NrusinghaCharan SamantarayHeadDepartment ofPhilosophyParadip College,ParadipDist. Jagatsinghpur,OrissaRemoval ofPoverty in theGandhian WayProf. Ganesh PrasadDas48

31. Dr. S.C. LenkaHead, Departmentof PhilosophyS.V.M. Auto.CollegeJagatsinghpur,Orissa.32. Dr. (Capt.) MinatiPattanaik, HeadDepartment ofphilosophyP.N. (Auto) CollegeKhurda, Dist.Khurda, Orissa33. Dr. Girija SankarSahoo, HeadDepartment ofPhilosophyChoudwar CollegeChoudwar, Orissa34. Dr. Achyuta NanadaPatel, HeadDepartment ofPhilosophyDeogarh College,Deogarh, Orissa35. Mrs. Sabita KumariMishra, HeadDepartment ofPhilosophyNayagadaAutonomous College,Nayagada, OrissaScience,Philosophy andSocietyEthics and theSocietyPhilosophy ofEducation inIndian ContextMakingPhilosophyintelligible anduseful—the callof the hourPolitical India,Religious Gandhi49Prof. Ganesh PrasadDasProf. P.K. MohapatraProf. NetranandaMalla.Dr. Laxman BeheraProf. Sudarshan Pujari

36. Mr. Ashok KumarMallick, Head,Department of Logic& PhilosophyK.P.P.A.MahavidyalayaMalipada, Distt.Khurda, Orissa.37. Dr. Ashok Kumar RoyN.C. AutonomousCollege, JajpurOrissa.38. Dr. RashmiBhardwajHeadDepartment ofPhilosophyGargi CollegeNew Delhi39. Dr. Pranita DeviHead, Departmentof Philosophy, BajaliCollege, Pathsala,Dist Borpeta, Assam40. Ms. Monica SaikiaHeadDepartmentof PhilosophySibsagar CollegeJoysagar, JoysagarDist. Sivasagar,AssamHumanism withspecial Referenceto Vivekananda,Dr. Radhakrishnanand Karl MarxAdvaita Vedantaand Vaisnavismof MahapurushaSri SriSankaradevaDr. Girish SharmaProf. Girish Baruah50

41. Dr. (Mrs.) GeetaGoswamiHeadDepartment ofPhilosophy, CottonCollege, Guwahati42. Dr. KalipadaMohantaHead, Departmentof Philosophy, St.Anthony’s CollegeShillong43. Dr. Manjeet KaurHead,Department ofPhilosophy, S.L.Bawa DAV CollegeBatala, Punjab44. Dr. Ambuj SharmaHead,Department ofPhilosophyDev Samaj Collegefor WomenFerozepur City,Punjab.45. Dr. Rajbala SekhonHeadDepartment ofPhilosophy, Govt.Ranbir CollegeSangrur, Punjab.Kant andHare on MoralUniversalizationLate Prof.DayakrishnaMemorialLectureSocial Justiceand Status ofwomen in IndiaProfessor Dilip KumarChakrabortyDr. Lallan SinghBaghelMufti Fuzail-urRahman Hilal Usmani51

46. Dr. Rajwinder SinghHead, Departmentof philosophy, Govt.College, Ropar,Punjab47. Mrs. Kavita VijHead, Departmentof Philosophy,Hansraj MahilaMahavidyalayaJalandhar, Punjab.48. Dr. Gopal SahuHead, Departmentof PhilosophyGovernmentCollege forBoys, Sector–11Chandigarh49. Dr. Shobha MishraHead, Departmentof Philosophy, Govt.Madhav CollegeUjjain (M.P.)Applied EthicsPhilosophy ofSikhismWhyPhilosophy?Prof. Asha MaudgilDr. GursharanjitDr.V.T. Sebastian.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. GirishBoruah on ‘Advaita Vedanta and Vaishnavism of Mahapurusha Sri SriSankaradeva’ on 12 December 2008. A large number of scholars aswell as teachers from philosophy and other disciplines attended thesame.52

• Dr. H.C. Yadav, Head, Department of Philosophy, DAVP College,Ausanganj, Varanasi, organized a lecture programme by invitingprofessors, H.S. Prasad of Delhi University and Ambika Dutta Sharma ofSagar University to speak on the topic Philosophy in the ContemporaryWorld on 16th January 2009. While Professor H.S. Prasad spoke onthe Significance of Philosophy in Society by moral values and its criteriawe adopt, Dr. A.D. Sharma expounded the view that where scienceends, philosophy begins and, therefore, the contribution of philosophyto the society and the contemporary world is far greater. The lectureprogramme was reported in different newspapers.• On the topic Aaj ke samaajik Parivesh mein darshan ki Upyogita aninteresting lecture was delivered by Professor D.N. Dwivedi, retiredProfessor of Allahabad University at Gandhi Faiz-e-Aam, P.G. College,Shahjahanpur, on 24 January 2009. Professor Dwivedi dealt withthe importance and significance of Philosophy and its applications inthe Society. Several scholars attended the lecture programme whichwas well arranged by Dr. Seema Sharma, Head of the Department ofPhilosophy.• Two eminent scholars namely, Professor P.K. Mohapatra of UtkalUniversity and Professor N. Malla of NEHU delivered lectures on thetopics Ethics and Society and Philosophy of Education in the IndianContext respectively at the Department of Philosophy, ChoudwarCollege, Cuttack, on 28 January 2009. A large number of teachersand students of philosophy department and other departmentsattended and participated in the lecture. The thrust of the lectures wason emphasizing the prime importance of philosophical and ethicalknowledge at all professional levels and also on how the presenteducational system could be changed by creating good human beingsto develop their cognitive faculty for a better living. The lectures werefollowed by discussions and were appreciated by those who attendedthe programme.53

• The main contention of the lecture was that man is moral by nature andbecomes immoral only under compulsion. A human being’s reaction toan immoral act might be characterized either by escapism or cynicism orby aggressive action and both are counterproductive and to be avoided.The right course is to take a positive action to free the society fromevil and corruption. It is not always the attempt at achieving wholesalegood of the human society that counts, but even the attempt for thegood in bits and pieces is praiseworthy. The essence of the moralrule is the reciprocity among people in the society. It is in this contextthat Ethics and Philosophy gain prominence in the present scenario.Philosophical and Ethical knowledge are of prime importance even inbusiness conduct and professional action. Honesty is the best policyin all walks of life.The second lecture was delivered by Prof. Netrananda Malla, retiredProfessor of Philosophy of North Eastern Hill University on Philosophyof Education in Indian Context. The students and teachers of theDepartment of Philosophy as well as of other departments of the Collegewere present and participated in the discussion.The main thesis of the Lecture was that the present educational scene inIndia is in a mess and all the attempts taken at the growth of education inpost-independent India has been counterproductive and confusing. Theargument of the lecture was that the aim of education is to create goodhuman beings to develop their cognitive faculty, knowledge and wisdomand to enable them to earn their livelihood. This has been frustratedby the fact that top priority in planning and administration of educationhas been given on creation of wealth. This has led to commercialization,privatization and mushrooming of coaching centre and private tuition asan outcome. Mahatma Gandhi had rightly envisioned that education upto matriculation should be compulsory and higher education should beprivatized. But we are moving at the opposite direction. While primaryand secondary education is getting more and more expensive, highereducation has been comparatively less expensive.54

The lectures were followed by discussions and appreciated by those whoattended the programme:• On 29 January 2009, the Department of Philosophy, NarishikshaNiketan, P.G. College, Lucknow, under the headship of Dr. Indu Kumariinvited Professor H.N. Mishra, former Head, Department of Philosophy,Nagarjuna University, to deliver a lecture on Pratyitsamutpada to anaudience of around 150 students and other scholars. Professor Mishrawhile explicating the concept of pratyitsamutpada drew the attentionof 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 lectureon 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 ofBrahmananda Research Foundation for Management Headship Studies,Thiruvananthapuram. Shri Subramanian spoke briefly on modern trendsin management and introduced the general concepts of the BhagavadGita, the situation of its delivery as positioned in the Mahabharata ofVeda Vyasa. The speaker used power point presentation to explainhis views. A group of 105 participants drawn from the student-teachercommunity 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 on30 January 2009 by Professor Bijoy H. Boruah, Visiting Professor ofPhilosophy, IIT, Delhi. The title of his lecture was Cultural Identity andGlobal Solidarity. Speaking on the topic, Professor Boruah opined thatmodernity seems to have inevitably led to a human world of globalizedcharacter in all its significant dimensions: economic, political, cultural,educational, etc. In one sense, globalization is a form of civilizationof homogenization in which cultural diversity, rooted in local humanpractices, is gradually marginalized and eventually diluted in a “faceless”55

space of general humanity. On the other hand, there is reactive postmodernitythat witnesses and celebrates the heterogeneity of a culturalhumanity. The lecture was concluded by bringing out the ideas of howhuman individual’s cultural identity is perfectly compatible with his orher sense of global solidarity. The lecture was attended by more than50 scholars from different institutions and colleges of the city.• Professor D.N. Dwivedi of Allahabad University delivered a lecture onBrain, Mind and Consciousness (with special reference to WesternTheories) on 30 January 2009 at CMP Degree College, Allahabad,under the headship of Dr. (Mrs) Rama Rani. The lecture was attendedby 300 students and 50 teachers. There was a very thought-provokingand interactive discussion after the lecture. It was felt that the impact ofthe lecture was such that an interest was created among the students ofphilosophy to pursue their future studies and research in philosophy.• A lecture was delivered by Professor Asha Maudgil on Applied Ethics toa large gathering of students in Government College, Ropar in Punjabon 30 January 2009. It had been arranged by Dr. Rajvinder Singh.• A one-day lecture-cum-seminar programme was arranged by ProfessorA.N. Patel, Department of Philosophy, Deogarh College, Deogarh, on15 February 2009. There were two distinguished speakers, namelyProfessor Laxman Behera, H.O.D. of Philosophy, G.M. College,Sambalpur, and Professor Sudarshan Pujari, Principal, Women’sCollege Bargarh. The topics of the lectures were Making PhilosophyIntelligible and Useful: The call of the hour and Political Indian, ReligiousGandhi respectively. Professor B.N. Sahu who presided over thelectures spoke about the importance of philosophy in the present eraof globalization.• Government Ranbir College, Sangrur, Punjab arranged a lecture by MuftiFuzail ur-Rehman Hilal Usmani on Social Justice and Status of Womenin India on 4 February 2009 under the headship of Dr. Rajbala Sekhon.56

There was a good participation where students of colleges were benefitedthrough intense interactions.• At the Seminar Hall of Mahilla V.P.G. College, Aminabad, Lucknow, alecture programme was arranged by Dr. Vineeta on 5 February 2009. Thelecture was delivered by Professor Rajendra Prasad, Rtd. Professor of IIT,Kanpur on the topic Darshan ki Prasangikata. Around 110 students and80 lecturers including the staff members attended the lecture programme.The lecture was covered by local and national dailies as well as newschannels. Around 10 newspapers of Hindi, English and Urdu publishedthe 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 ProfessorN. Malla, Retd. Professor of NEHU, the Guest of Honour, and ProfessorA.K. Mohanty, the Chief Speaker on 4 February 2009. After anintroductory speech by Professor Kar, Professor Malla delivered hislecture. Professor Malla upheld the view that Philosophy is not onlyconfined to the doctrines or postulates but is also a way of life. That is tosay, it is associated with thoughts and actions of persons in society. Hestressed the ethical aspects of philosophical thought in a lucid mannerand spoke upon its applicability in every social problem. Professor A.K.Mohanty addressed the participants regarding the nature and scopeof philosophy in the 21 century by making a clear distinction betweenPhilosophy, Science and Applied Philosophy.• Dr. Aditya Kumar Mohanty, Professor and Coordinator, Centre ofAdvanced Study in Philosophy, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar,was invited as the Chief Guest-cum-Speaker by the Department ofPhilosophy, Rama Devi Women’s (Autonomous) College, Bhubaneswar,Orissa, on Saturday, 7 February 2009. Professor Mohanty delivered hislecture on Philosophy, Science and Spirituality. His talk was followedby an interactive session. The Lecture was attended by a large numberof students, Faculty members and guests.57

• A lecture on Humanism with special reference to Vivekananda, Dr.Radhakrishnan, and Karl Marx was organized at Department ofPhilosophy, Bajali College, Barpedta, Assam, on 10 February 2009.Dr. Pranita Devi, HOD, Philosophy Department, explained the purposeof 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 thecontributions of ICPR towards development of philosophical studiesand research at the national level. Dr. Sharma discussed the conceptof humanism in the East and the West and also differences in thehumanism of the East and the West. He stated “Humanism is not anew philosophy, it is a traditional concept of man which is spiritual andwe cannot ignore the tradition, whether one may accept it or not”.• There was a lecture programme organized by Dr. Basant KumarDas, Philosophy Department, Government College, Angul at Orissaon 11 February 2009. Professor P.K. Mohapatra and Professor G.P.Das, the two eminent scholars were invited to deliver their lectures onIndian Values. About 75 participants including teachers and studentsparticipated in the lecture programme. Professor Mohapatra in hisaddress preferred to reject the three fundamental features of our valuetraditions such as Universality, Metaphysicality and Negativity whichgenerally constitute the distinctive features of Indian value tradition.Professor G.P. Das in his address emphasized the moral practices ofthe individual and the society for the growth of a healthy society. Thelectures were followed by fruitful discussions by the participants.• The Department of Philosophy, Deogarh College, Deogarh, arrangedtwo lectures by Professor Laxman Behera, G.M. College, Sambalpuron Making Philosophy Intelligible and useful: The Call of the hour andProfessor Sudarshan Pujari, Principal, Women’s College, Bargarhon Political India, Religious Gandhi. Professor Pujari explained therelevance of Gandhian Philosophy to the contemporary society.58

• A lecture on Srimadbhagvat: Ras Prasthan was delivered by ProfessorVindhyeshwari Prasad Mishra at Vasant Kanya Mahavidyalaya,Varanasi, on 19 February 2009. The lecture programme was attractedby a large number of students, researchers and teachers. ProfessorMishra emphasized the importance of Prasthanatrayi in IndianPhilosophy. 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. Gopalakrishnanon Value based Education on 19 February 2009. There were about 140scholars who actively participated in the discussions and deliberationsof the lecture programme.• The lecture programme of Govt. College, Palakkad, Kerala, wasinaugurated by Mr. M. Mahalingam, Vice Principal on 20 February 2009.Dr. V. Prabhakaran, Head, Department of Philosophy, presided over thefunction. Professor Chithambaram, in his felicitation address indicatedthe close relation between philosophy and mathematics, especially, thelogical basis of mathematics. An eminent scholar of philosophy, Dr. A.Kanthamani, retired Professor, University of Calicut, presented a paperon Quine on Grammar, Logic and Language. copies of which weredistributed among the participants which included students, researchscholars, and teachers. There was a high level discussion sessioninvolving all the participants.• The Hans Raj Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Jalandhar, arranged a lectureprogramme on 21 February 2009 by Dr. Gurusharanjit Singh of GuruNanak Dev University, Amritsar. He delivered a lecture on Philosophyof Sikhism. Dr. Singh concentrated on the mulamantra of Sikhism andexplained with Shabads of Gurbani. Around 100 students and teacherswere 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 thetopic Nitishastra:Vikas Ke Katipay Charan by A.K. Singh. The lecturewas attended by several scholars of Moradabad area and had a greatimpact as two daily newspapers reported the event publicizing ICPR’scontribution 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 100participants, 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 philosophysuch as what is philosophy, the nature of philosophy and the roleof philosophy in today’s materialistic world. He pointed out that thestudy of philosophy equips a person with the capacity of ratiocinationand self-reflection. The talk also dealt with such pertinent questionsas the difference between knowledge and wisdom, the nature ofconsciousness, human nature, etc. The talk was followed by an intenseinteraction with the faculty members and students of the college.• A lecture programme was organized by Dr. R.P. Singh, Department ofPhilosophy, Baisawara P.G. College, Lalganj, Rae Bareli on 28 February2009. Dr. Ramjay Pratap Singh delivered a lecture on Sanskriti evammulya siksha Paddhati ki purnasamsacana ke sandarbha mein. Dr. D.C.Srivastava from Christ Church College, Kanpur, delivered a lecture onPhilosophy and Human Values: Key to Solving Global Problems.• A lecture programme on Awareness of Environmental Ethics wasconducted by Salepur College, Cuttack, on 21 February 2009.Professor S.C. Panigrahi spoke at length on the three approaches ofEnvironmental Ethics, i.e. Anthropocentrism, Bio-centrism and Ecocentrism.• Professor S. Panneerselvam of Madras University delivered a lectureon Post Modernism at Department of Philosophy, University College,60

Trivandrum, on 2 March 2009. The lecture was most beneficial toP.G. Students as well as to the research scholars and teachers ofPhilosophy.• Department of Philosophy, Government College for Women,Trivandrum, also arranged a lecture on 3 March 2009 by ProfessorS. Panneerselvam on Hermeneutical Turn in Philosophy. ProfessorPanneerselvam presented his views in a systematic and methodicalmanner through L.C.D. presentation with public address system.The thought-inspiring lecture lasted for 2 hours followed by stormydiscussion by the students and teachers of philosophy as well as ofother departments.• Dev Samaj College for Women in Ferozepur city, Punjab, organized theProfessor Daya Krishna Memorial Lecture on 4 March 2009. The lecturewas delivered by Dr. Lallan Singh Baghel, Department of Philosophy,Punjab University, Chandigarh. The session was chaired by the CollegePrincipal, Dr. (Mrs.) Madhu Parashar. Around 400 students activelyparticipated in this lecture programme.• The Department of Philosophy, Cotton College, Gauhati, organizeda lecture programme on 23 March 2009 by Professor Dilip KumarChakrabarty on Kant and Hare on Moral Universalization. In hislecture, Professor Chakrabarty dealt with different aspects of moraluniversalizability with reference to two important thinkers, Kant andHare. He showed that the two thinkers shared some common viewsabout universalisability of moral statements. The lecture was followedby an interactive session.• A lecture on Philosophy of Language: Indian and Western Perspectivewas organized by Maharajas’ College, Ernakulam, Kerala on 4 March2009. The lecture was delivered by Professor S. Panneerselvamof University of Madras who gave a fine exposition of philosophicalproblems related with language and opined that problems are thecreation of philosophers and not of language.61

NATIONAL LECTURES BY EMINENT INDIANAND FOREIGN SCHOLARSWith a view to acquainting Indian scholars with the recent thoughts of leadingphilosophers as well as to provide opportunities for interaction with them, theCouncil organizes every year two National Lectures each by leading Indianphilosophers and overseas Philosophers respectively. Under this scheme,the Lecturers deliver a series of three lectures in at least three differentuniversities in India. The universities are given a grant of Rs.35,000 by theCouncil to invite the interested scholars from their region to attend the lecturesand participate in the discussions. Besides making travel arrangements aswell as providing local hospitality to the invited lecturers, the Council paysthem a token honorarium of Rs.10,000.The Council had nominated the following Foreign Scholars to deliver lecturesin different Universities of India during the year 2008-09:Sl. No. Name of the Scholar N a m e o f t h eInstitutionsPlaces Lectured1. Profesor PhilipClayton2. ProfessorRamakrishnaPuligandla3. Professor ProbalDasguptaClaremont Schoolof Theology, 1325N. College Ave.Claremont, CA91711EmeritusProfessor,University ofToledo, USAMumbai,Chennai,Vishakhapatnam,Bhubaneshwar,DelhiMumbai, Tirupati,HyderabadKolkata,Shantiniketan,Chennai,Hyderabad62

4. Professor R.Balasubramanian5. Professor P.K.MukhopadhyayaBhubaneswar,Mumbai, MaduraiLucknow,Kurukshetra,J&K6. Professor G.C. Nayak Tirupati, Gauhati,VaranasiLECTURES BY PROFESSOR PHILIP CLAYTON, VISITINGPROFESSOR (Overseas)At Mumbai:Professor Clayton delivered a lecture at K.J. Somaiya Centre for BuddhistStudies on Philosophy of Religion: Panentheisms East and West on 18December 2008. He further gave another lecture at University of Mumbai onthe topic On Freedom and the Philosophy of Mind: The Asymptotic Theory ofFree Will: Why Neuroscience Undercuts both Compatibilitist and LibertarianAccounts of Freedom on 19 December 2008. A lecture was also organized byDr. A. Shakuntala Singh, Mumbai on the topic On Process Thought: How canProcess Philosophy Contribute to Social Change ‘for the Common Good’?on 20 December 2008.At Chennai:The Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute agreed to organize the lecturesof Professor Philip Clayton, ICPR’s Annual Visiting Professor for the year2008-09. Under the directorship of Dr. V. Kameshwari a series of two lectureswere held on 22-23 December 2008. The lecture series were inauguratedby Professor G. Mishra, Member-Secretary, ICPR. On the second day ofthe lectures, Professor R. Gopalakrishnan was invited by the Institute as63

the Chief Guest. Professor Clayton lectured on the topics: On Philosophyof Religion: Pantheisms East and West and On Process Thought: How canProcess Philosophy contribute to Social Change for the Common Good?respectively. The lectures were attended by a learned audience of Professorsfrom both Sanskrit and Philosophy departments.At Vishakhapatnam:Professor Clayton delivered lectures on 26-27 December 2008 on thetopics On Freedom and the Philosophy of Mind: The Asymptotic Theory ofFree Will: Why Neuroscience Undercuts both Compatibilist and LibertarianAccounts of Freedom and On Process Thought: How can Process Philosophycontribute to Social Change for the Common Good? at Andhra University,Vishakhapatnam.At Bhubaneshwar:The Department of Philosophy, Utkal University,arranged lecture series ofProfessor Clayton on 29-30 December 2008. Professor Clayton spoke on OnReligion and Science: Contemporary Trends in Science-Religion Scholarshipin the West and On Freedom and the Philosophy of Mind: The AsymptoticTheory of Free Will: Why Neuroscience Undercuts both Compatibilist andLibertarian Accounts of Freedom.At Delhi:At New Delhi a day long lecture-cum-discussion was organized at the JNUby Professor R.P. Singh where there was a large participation by scholarsfrom not only JNU, but also from Delhi University, Miranda House, and IIT.Professor Philip Clayton spoke on the topic Reality Consists of events, Notthings; Process Philosophy, Social Responsibility and the Indian Traditions.In his presentation, Professor Clayton went into the details of philosophyas love of wisdom and the dialogical method for philosophizing. He tookup such issues where knowledge derived from wisdom is important. This64

can be found in the consequences and the results. These are the issuesconcerning applied philosophy as comparative and transcultural method couldbe used for analyzing such issues. Professor Clayton took up five issues forpresentation. 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 directorshipof Professor Ashok Vohra organized a one-day lecture by Professor PhilipClayton on January 12, 2009. The lecture was on Process Philosophy,Social Responsibility, and Indian Traditions. Professor Mrinal Miri chaired thesession and the lecture was attended by about 100 teachers from collegesall over Delhi, and various Departments of the University as well as studentsand research scholars. It was also attended by teachers of neighbouringuniversities. The lecture was followed by intense discussion.At Bangalore:Two lectures were arranged by Suvidya College, Bangalore on 5-6 January2009, where Professor Philip Clayton presented his views on the topics OnPhilosophy of Science: From Reductive to ‘Broad’ Naturalism, and Beyond:The Harvard Debate and Expanding the Range of Empirical Study andOn Personal Agency and Ultimacy: The Challenge of Ultimacy: Toward aPanentheistic-Participatory Theory of Agency.A seminar was held at NIAS arranged by Dr. Sangeeta Menon whereProfessor Philip Clayton spoke on Self and Self Transformation: Conceptand Implications. The Seminar was held during 7 to 9 January 2009.65

At Lucknow:Professor Philip Clayton delivered lectures at the Academic Centre,Lucknowon 10 January 2009 on the following topics:1. On Philosophy of Religion: Panentheisms East and West2. On Philosophy of Science: From Reductive to ‘Broad’ Naturalism, andBeyond: The Harvard Debate and Expanding the Range of EmpiricalStudyScholars from all over Lucknow attended the lectures and were benefited.LECTURES BY PROFESSOR RAMAKRISHNAPULIGANDLA, VISITING PROFESSOR (Overseas)Professor Ramakrishna Puligandala, ICPR’s Annual Visiting Professor(overseas) Emeritus Professor, University of Toledo, USA, nominated for theyear 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 February2009.(c) S.V. University, Tirupati – 12-14 February 2009(d) University of Hyderabad – 16-18 February 2009(e) Delhi University, Delhi – 27 February 2009At 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 thelecture of Professor Ramakrishna Puligandla. He lectured on Negation,66

Knowledge and Reality in Buddhist Logic. The lecture was attended byabout 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 wasan 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 andParadoxes 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. MadhumitaChattopadhyaya at Jadavpur University arranged the lectures of ProfessorProbal Dasgupta on 24 November 2008 and 14-16 January 2009 on thetopic Philosophy and Language.At Vishva-Bharati, Shantiniketan:Three lectures were arranged by Dr. Bijoy Mukherjee from 13-15 February2009 on the theme Discourse and Generative Grammar: A SubstantivistApproach. The lectures were attended widely by teachers not only fromPhilosophy Department but also from other language department as well asIndology Department.67

At University of Madras, Chennai:Professor Probal Dasgupta delivered lectures on 23-24 February 2009 onPhilosophy 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 Philosophyduring 24-28 February 2003 at Osmania University, Hyderabad.Lectures by Professor G.C. Nayak, AnnualVisiting Professor (Indian)At Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati:Professor G.C. Nayak, Annual Visiting Professor 2008-09 delivered lecturesat Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati on the following topics during 5-9February 2009:1. Moral Values in Vedanta2. Philosophical thoughts on Brihad Jatakam3. Synthesis of Yoga with special reference to SrimadbhagavadamThe faculty members and students of the University were greatly benefitedby the series of lectures.At Gauhati University:Professor G.C. Nayak delivered Annual Lectures at the Department ofPhilosophy, Gauhati University, Guwahati during 17-19 February 2009 onthe following topics:68

1. Justice in Buddhism2. Sunyata3. The Concept of KarunaAt Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi:Professor Nayak delivered a series of three lectures during 17-19 March2009 on1. Philosophy of Advaita and World peace2. Philosophy of Kalidasa3. Indian Philosophy and its Social ConcernLECTURES BY PROFESSOR P.K. MUKHOPADHYAYA,NATIONAL FELLOWAt Academic Centre, Lucknow:Professor P.K. Mukhopadhaya, National Fellow delivered lectures on 13-17November 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 25-26November 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 strikinglydifferent from Western Logic since Indian Logic is epistemological in naturewhereas Western Logic is formal and detached from any psychological69

contents. Further he distinguished between ‘Doing Logic’ and ‘PhilosophicallyReflecting on Logic’. He delivered three technical lectures and a generallecture on theme Science Technology and Society: A Philosopher’s Response.The lecture was a great success and was attended by faculty members andstudents of the university. Professor N.K Bansal, Vice-Chancellor, presidedover the session and gave thought provoking remarks. All lectures ofProfessor P.K. Mukhopadhayaya were scholarly and highly appreciated. Onbehalf of the School of Philosophy and Culture, Dr. V.K. Tripathi expressedthanks to the National Fellow.At Kurukshetra:Professor P.K. Mukhopadhyaya delivered lectures during 26-27 March 2009on the following topics at Department of Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit, KurukshetraUniversity:1. 26 March 2009 (forenoon): Changing Perceptions of Indian Philosophyand Culture.2. 26 March 2009 (forenoon): Bhartrhari and Philosophy of Language– I3. 26 March 2009 (afternoon): Bhartrhari and Philosophy of Language– II4. 27 March 2009 (forenoon): Understanding and Knowing: A problem inthe theory of Sabda Pramana– I5. 27 March 2009 (forenoon): Understanding and Knowing: A problem inthe theory of Sabda Pramana– IITRAVEL GRANTSIn order to enable Indian scholars in the field of Philosophy and interdisciplinarystudies, to participate in seminars/conferences/symposia, etc. held abroadand to consult libraries in institutions of higher learning abroad, the Councilprovides travel grants to them. Normally, the financial assistance is limited70

to 50 per cent of the total cost of airfare to and fro. Considering the ban fromGovernment of India during the current financial year, travel grant was notgiven to any scholar.INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONICPR has a programme of international collaboration between India andoverseas nations to facilitate exchange of views among scholars in the fieldof Philosophy and other related disciplines.ICPR Delegation to World congress ofPhilosophy, SEOULThe 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 KoreanPhilosophical Association had organized XXII World Congress of Philosophyat Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, from July 30 to August 5, 2008.At the WCP, ICPR organized two Round Tables on the topics (1) RethinkingIndian Philosophy: Identity and Globalization and (2) Indian Philosophy andGlobalization: Prospects in Peace and Liberation. Professor K. RamakrishnaRao, Chairman, ICPR, chaired the first Round Table and Professor GeorgeF. McLean chaired the second Round Table. Participants of the First RoundTable on Rethinking Indian Philosophy: Identity and Globalization were:1. Professor Ramakrishna Rao, India (Chair)2. Professor George F. McLean, USA3. Professor Geo Lyong Lee, Seoul4. Professor G. Mishra, India71

5. Professor Sujata Miri, India6. Professor Nirbhai Singh, IndiaIn his lecture at the Congress, Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao, ICPRChairman, spoke on the ‘Colours of violence’. Multifaceted, bidirectionaland many coloured violence, he pointed out, causes various diversities fromharmless thoughts to lethal acts. Violence is bidirectional in that some actsof violence are self-directed as in suicides while others are other-directed.This distinction is sometimes blurred when a suicide is used to trigger massmurders as in the case of suicide bombers.Participants of the Second Round Table on Indian Philosophy andGlobalization: Prospects in Peace and Liberation were:1. Professor George F. McLean, USA (Chair)2. Professor Geo Lyong Lee, Seoul3. Professor Fred Dallmyar, USA4. Professor Jalalul Haq, India5. Professor Y.V. Satyanarayana, India6. Professor R.P. Srivastava, India7. Professor J.P. Shukla, India8. Professor D.N. Yadav, IndiaThe discussion and interaction at both the Round Tables forced participantsto rethink the great philosophical questions relating to culture, religion, history,science, technology—all with special reference to Asia. ICPR deems it aprivilege to thank the authorities of WCP and Ministry of Human ResourceDevelopment, Government of India, for their help in making this delegationa great success.72

INTERNATIONAL PHILOSOPHY DAYEvery year the Council observes the International Philosophy Day in the thirdweek of November to commemorate the birthday of Socrates in compliancewith the UNESCO’s declaration to this effect.The Council has been supporting the celebration of the InternationalPhilosophy Day in all the Universities/Institutions and is also financiallysupportive in quite a few of them.Around 20 Universities/Institutions were given grants to organize seminars,debates, essay competitions, panel discussions, symposia dialogues andcolloquia as an integral part of the celebration of the International PhilosophyDay this year.A good feed back has been received from these institutions. Here are someof the reports of the events held during this period.• ICPR’s International Philosophy Day was organized at Delhi Universityunder the directorship of Professor Ashok Vohra on November 19,2008 on Philosophy and Aesthetic Experience. There were threesessions. The first Session was marked by the lucid introductiongiven by Professor Ashok Vohra, Head, Department of Philosophy.Professor Godabarisha Mishra, Member-Secretary, ICPR, welcomedthe audience. The speaker of the first session was Professor MrinalMiri on Philosophy and Modern Predicament. In the second sessionthere were three speakers. Professor Rekha Jhanji, Chandigarh, spokeon Aesthetic Experience and Indian sensibility. Professor Parul DaveMukherji, School of Art and Aesthetics, JNU, gave her presentation onRethinking the Comparative Method: Representations of the East-WestDivide in the Study of Indian Aesthetics.Dr. Rekha Navneet, Delhi University, spoke on the Concept of Rasaand Abhinava Gupta.73

This session whose theme of the session was Indian Sensibilitywas chaired by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan who gave a thought provokingPresidential address. The afternoon session was on Idea andImagination. There were three speakers here also. Professor S.K.Saxena gave a masterly lecture on Aesthetic Experience and its culturalsignificance, which was based on his erudite expertise in the area.Professor V. Sanil, IIT Delhi, spoke on Idea and Imagination. Dr. ManjuSaxena enlightened the audience by presenting her views on AestheticExperience and Western Thought.Dr. Deepa Nag Haksar proposed a Vote of Thanks.• The Department of Philosophy, H.N.B. Garwal University, SrinagarGarwal, under the Directorship of Dr. Vibha Mukhesh, organized aSeminar on the International Philosophy Day on 14 November 2009.The theme of the seminar was The Concept of Human Consciousnessin Indian Philosophy. The seminar was inaugurated by the Vice-Chancellor of H.N.B. Garwal University, Srinagar. The significance andrelevance of Philosophy, Science and Religion was brought out duringthe 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 departmentwere Interrelationship between Philosophy, Science and Culture andThe Need of Philosophy as a Core Subject in School and HigherEducation.The celebration of the Day was marked by Dr. K.L. Das initiating theproceedings by explaining the importance of observing such a daydedicated to philosophy. Dr. Das commended the steps taken by theICPR in propagating philosophical values supporting such causes.Professor Bhaswati Chakraborty in her deliberation expressed deepconcern over the present social conditions in India and the world at74

large. Defining culture as an all inclusive human phenomenon, shebrought out the place of philosophy in it, saying that only philosophycan save humankind from the present crises which is actually the crisisof values. Professor Manjulika Ghosh, one of the main speakers spokeon the topic The need of Philosophy as a core subject in School andHigher Education and explained how philosophy is intimately relatedto Society, Culture and Values which provide us basics for education.Professor G.C. Khan explained on the different facets of secularism andthe need of inculcating it. Dr. Jyotish Ch. Basak appreciated the studentsfor their interest in philosophy. He further emphasized that philosophyplays a vital role in building a nation and society. Dr. Benulal Dhar spokeon the Nature and Range of Philosophical Activities. Dr. Debika Sahaspoke on the overall relation between philosophy science and culture.The participants of those discussions and lecture programme weremore than 100 in number.• On 20 November 2008, the Department of Religious Studies, PunjabiUniversity, observed the International Philosophy Day with fullenthusiasm. A renowned scholar Professor Harjit Singh, G.K. EmeritusProfessor, JNU, delivered a lecture on the theme Conceptual Constructsin Guru Granth Sahib. The lecture programme was presided over by Dr.Jaspal Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala. The facultyand students attended and participated in the lecture programme whichwas concluded by discussions. The celebration was reported in thedailies like Hindustan Times, Dainik Jagaran, etc.The Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Jaspal Singh, while delivering his presidentialremarks, appreciated Professor Gill’s works that were devoted to thestudy of Gurbani. He also exhorted the gathered galaxy of scholars to godeep in their research for exploring the meaning of heritage and employsimple and less complex language in their writings to communicateclearly to all their readers.• The International Philosophy Day was celebrated on 27 November2008, by the Department of Philosophy, Assam University, Silchar.75

On this occasion a regional seminar on Philosophy of Education forPeace was organized by Dr. R.C. Majhi, Head of the Department ofPhilosophy. While Dr. Majhi delivered the welcome address, ProfessorGautam Biswas, Dean, School of Humanities, gave a justification of thetheme. He explained how ‘Peace’ is a positive concept and the worldsituation would improve if the difference between saying and doingcould be bridged. Professor Sibnath Sarma gave the keynote addressduring the Inaugural Session.There were two technical sessions with four presentations in all. Thespeakers were Professor T.B. Subba, Professor N. Biswas, ProfessorVanlalnghak, and Professor Abhik Gupta. The two sessions were chairedby Professor Sibnath Sarma and Professor T.B. Subha respectively.• A two-day Seminar was held on Research Methodology in Philosophyduring 27-28 November 2008 by the Department of Philosophy, AMU,Aligarh. The seminar was comprised of six sessions including theInaugural Session which began on 27 November 2008 at 5.00 p.m. Dr.Sanaullah Mir in his welcome address brought out the significance ofthe seminar by showing how methodological questions have alwaysdeep impact on the doing of Philosophy. Professor John C. Miller,University of Colorado, USA was the Chief Guest at the InauguralSession of the Seminar. Professor Miller stressed the importance ofApplied Philosophy in Contemporary Global society. According tohim, Philosophers should take up ethical issues pertaining to biotechnologicaldevelopments, business, sports, engineering, etc., aswell as social, political, legal issues and the problems of environmentaldegradation and global warming. Dr. Mohamad Muquim, Chairpersonof Philosophy Department, gave an elaborate account of researchmethodology in Philosophy. Professor A.R. Kidwai, Director, AcademicsStaff College who was the Guest of honour, stressed the need forreconciliation between scientific rationality and human creativity.Professor D.N. Tiwari presented his views on the Nature and Methodof Research in Indian Philosophy by pointing out certain models of76

Philosophy. There was another interesting presentation by ProfessorSpyridon Rangos, Department of Philosophy, University of Patras,Greece. In his presentation on Method of Aristotle’s Metaphysics hebrought 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 ina grand manner thus giving wide publicity about ICPR which createdawareness about it in the minds of the general public.• A Seminar on Aadhunik sandarbh mein darshan ki upayogita was heldduring 6-7 December 2008 at B.N. Mandal University, Madhepuraon the occasion of International Philosophy Day. There were threesessions including the inauguration. This Inauguration Session wasmarked by the welcoming remarks by Dr. Vidya Devi, Head, Departmentof Philosophy, BNMU, Addresses by the Vice-Chancellor, ProfessorR.P. Srivastava and Guest speakers Professor Ashok Vohra andProfessor Godabarisha Mishra were very scintillating. There were eightpresentations by scholars. On 7 December 2008, the seminar wasconcluded with a Valedictory Session followed by lunch.• Professor D. Nesy, Department of Philosophy, University of Keralawelcomed the audience at the inaugural function on the occasion of theInternational Philosophy Day celebration held during 11-12 December2008 held there. It was a two-day regional seminar on the theme Needof Philosophy as a core subject in School and Higher Education andit was inaugurated by Professor Hrdayakumari, Principal (Rtd.), Govt.College for Women. Dr. Balamohan Thampi delivered the presidentialaddress. There were four academic sessions. The speakers of the firstsession were Shri C. Bhaskar, Dr. V.T. Sebastian, Dr. Jameela Begumand the session was chaired by Dr. S. Radha. The second sessionwas chaired by Dr. Sambasiva Prasad and the session was exclusivelydevoted to students for presentation of their views. The third sessionwas 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 ithad presentations by Dr. Sreekala M. Nair, Professor Kanthamani andProfessor S. Panneerselvam. Comments and interventions followedevery presentation making the sessions interesting and enriching. Dr.P.K. Pokker delivered the Valedictory address. Prizes were distributedto the winners of the Quiz and Elocution competitions conducted bythe Department on this occasion.• On the 12 of December 2008, the Department of Philosophy, NorthEastern Hill University organized a one-day workshop on the themeConsciousness and Culture. There were 70 scholars who participatedin this programme including the teachers from various colleges inShillong and Jowai. There were scholars from other departments, likePhysics, Library Science, Chemistry, History, Biochemistry, Economics,Political Science, etc., which resulted in the creation of some kind ofawareness 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 importanceof the notion of Consciousness which was a matter of interest to bothscientists and philosophers of modern times. He also emphasizedthe need for interdisciplinary approach to the study of consciousnessfor a better understanding of it. Professor B.K. Agarwal explained therelevance of the study of consciousness in the understanding of culturewhich comes from collective consciousness.The academic session had three lectures delivered by Professor BijoyMukherjee, Vishwa Bharati, Professor R.P. Bajpai and Dr. P.V. Joseph.The themes of their lectures were Consciousness, Quantum Physicsand Language; Consciousness; and Culture respectively. ProfessorMukherjee explored the possibility of an alternative interpretation ofconsciousness avoiding dualism and disjunctives of quantum physicsand showed the possibility of mind-independent and reality-independent78

nature of Consciousness. Professor Bajpai looked at consciousness asa kind of natural phenomena and also as a pure Quantum effect withoutany classical analogue and to be incomprehensible in any Philosophy,Culture and Biology built on the foundation provided by the Classicalframework. Dr. Joseph explained the meaning of culture and tried tobring out the important characteristics of culture.The lectures were followed by discussions which proved to be extremelyfruitful to all who were present.• A workshop on the Need of Philosophy as a core subject in School andHigher Education was organized by Department of Philosophy, MagadhUniversity, Bodh Gaya on the occasion of the International PhilosophyDay on 18 and 19 December 2008. The Harvard University teacher,Professor David inaugurated the workshop by lighting the lamp whileProfessor Kusum Kumari, Head of the Department, welcomed thedelegates and participants and introduced the subject by laying emphasison introducing Philosophy at School and Higher Education level as a coresubject under the changing circumstances in which the entire world hasbeen 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 andother ethical and value based moral teaching. Dr. N.K. Ambastha inhis speech on the concept of education vis-à-vis philosophy suggestedvarious techniques of enriching wisdom. The other speakers wereDr.V.K. Sinha and Dr. Shamal Kishore.• The Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai organized theInternational Philosophy Day on 19 December 2008 by way of arranginglecture by Professor Philip Clayton of USA. The lecture was followedby two Round Tables on the themes Philosophy – Prospective andFuture and Yoga and Peace respectively. Professor Clayton spokeon Consciousness. The programme was concluded by the paperspresented by three guest speakers. The Round table Chairpersons79

were Professor Pradeep Gokhale, Pune University and ProfessorRamesh Dave. There was participation by eight students in each ofthe Round Tables and many other undergraduate students, faculty andvisitors were benefited by this programme.• The Department of Jainology and Comparative Religion and Philosophyof Jain Vishwa Bharati University, Ladnun organized a two-day Seminaron the occasion of the International Philosophy Day during 20-21December 2008. The Inaugural Session took off well with ProfessorM.R. Gelra, Jaipur as the Chief Guest, and Professor S.R. Bhatt asa special guest. Professor Mun Mahendra Kumar gave the Keynoteaddress and the welcome address was given by Dr. Samani ChaitanyaPrajna. Professor Muni N. Mahendra Kumar spoke on reconciliationbetween spirituality and science. Professor Bhatt’s address was onPhilosophy, Culture and Human Existence. There were twelve scholarsfrom outside Ladnun and 50 scholars from within Ladnun.There were seven sessions in all and many interesting papers werepresented by the scholars. The titles of the papers were: Dualism inJainism;The Philosophy of Anekant and Interculturality; EnvironmentalEthics; 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 forSurvival: Philosophical and Scientific Basis of Sustainable Development;The Concept of God; A Higher form of life in Jainism; The Role ofScience and the Spiritual Values in Education; Philosophical, Scientificand Religious Interpretation of Dreams; Education in Reference toScience and Philosophy and Culture. The two-day seminar proved tobe very beneficial for all the scholars.• The Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University organized a twodayworkshop on the theme The Future of Philosophy on 17 and 18 ofNovember 2008. The two-day Workshop was inaugurated by ProfessorSukharanjan Saha, Retd. Professor, Jadavpur University. In his short80

address he spoke about a crisis of the subject in our society. Hesuggested that the task of the teachers and students of philosophy isto think of a brand of philosophy that would be a comprehensive studyof all the philosophies practiced by different nations. In her welcomeaddress, Professor Madhumita Chattopadhyay, Head, Department ofPhilosophy, rightly pointed out that the study of philosophy need not bealienated from our ordinary daily existence. Professor Indrani Sanyalintroduced the topic of the workshop by reiterating the real need formaking people aware about the fact that they were living their lives withthe help of philosophy. The keynote address was delivered by ProfessorSourin Bhattacharya who pointed out how simple words used in ourlanguage can engage us in serious philosophical discussions. He was,however, apprehensive about the gradual reduction in the scope of adialogue between philosophers and ordinary life.The first session chaired by Professor Amita Chatterjee had twolectures, one by Professor Sadhan Kumar Chakraborty and the otherby Shri Shibasis Chakraborty. There was a post-lunch debate sessionon “need of Philosophy in Schools and Higher Studies. Out of eighteenparticipants four of them spoke against the notion that philosophy is tobe taught in schools as well as university which shows that the majorityof the young minds had similar thoughts. The day ended with the showof a film entitled Monchay Murshidabad. The second day had twosessions of which Professor Shefali Moitra chaired the first session.The first speaker Shri Durjoy Ghosh viewed philosophy as a studywhich helps to build an analytical mind that can dispense our doubts.The second speaker, Smt. Swati Bhattacharya highlighted the differentconnotations of the term samvada and then shared her experience asa 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 Prizedistribution ceremony. The prize was awarded to Smt. Ipsita Ray. Thiswas followed by a valedictory session.81

• Annamalai University also organized a One-day Regional Seminaron Interrelationship between Philosophy, Science and Culture on 24December 2008. The inaugural address was given by Professor M.Ramanathan, Vice-Chancellor; Annamalai University in which he pointedout that philosophy is fundamentally related to science and culture andspoke at large on the necessity of philosophy for the purposeful andmeaningful life of an individual in society. Dr. K. Mariappan, Hon’blemember of Human Rights Commission, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, deliveredthe keynote address and Dr. S. Rajendran, Dean, Faculty of Artspresided over the inaugural function. The seminar had the participationof academicians, research scholars, and students from various regionaluniversities and colleges. Professor A. Appam Ramanujan, VivekanandaCollege and Dr. R. Murali, Head, Department of Philosophy, MaduraiCollege, Madurai spoke on the following topics:1. Philosophy and Science2. 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, Scienceand 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 valedictoryfunction had Dr. M. Rathinasabhapathi, Registrar Anamalai Universityas the chief guest. He was requested to distribute the certificates andgive his valedictory address.GRANTS FOR PROJECTSTo enable scholars to undertake viable projects of their liking, the Councilregularly awards some contingency grants to scholars. The followingScholars/Institutions were given the grants as noted against each:82

Sl. No.Name of Scholar/Institution towhom GivenTitleAmountReleased1. Dr.KanchanaMahadevan,Bombay2. ProfessorSatchidanandaMishra, Varanasi3. Rastriya SanskritUniversity, Tirupathi4. ProfessorGangadhara Rao,VisakhapatnamProject on Between Femininityand Feminism: PhilosophicalReflectionsDevelopment of Navya-Nyaya:Udyana to GangeshaTranslation project of sixtextsProject on Phenomenologyof Violence1.00 lakh1.00 lakh10.00 lakhs5.00 lakhsJOURNAL OF INDIAN COUNCIL OF PHILOSOPHICALRESEARCHThe Council publishes quarterly a philosophical journal entitled Journal ofIndian Council of Philosophical Research (JICPR). The journal containsresearch papers of high quality in the field of philosophy and interdisciplinarystudies by scholars from India and abroad. It also contains Discussions andComments, Notes and Queries, Focus and Agenda for Research, BookReviews, etc.During the year under report, four issues of the Journal, Volume XIV Nos.1-4 were published along with three other books.PUBLICATIONSUnder its publication programme, the Council publishes:83

1. Quality work of renowned scholars of philosophy and interdisciplinarystudies.2. Monographs, survey reports, project reports and other works producedby 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 inthe 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 Banerjee2. Ethics, Language & Tradition: On the Philosophy of Rajendra Prasad– Ed. B. Kar3. The Philosophy of Tamil Siddhas by Professor T.N. Ganapathy(reprint)OTHER ACTIVITIESFEELOWS’ MEETIndian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR) organised Fellows’ Meetfrom 8-10 May 2008 at the Centre for Philosophy, School of Social Sciences,Jawaharlal Nehru University. A large number of research scholars and a fewresource persons from all over the country participated in this programme.The chief guest of this function was Dr. Karan Singh, Chairman, Indian Councilof Cultural Relations (ICCR) and the ex-Chancellor of JNU.84

Professor G. Mishra, Member-Secretary, welcomed all the delegates and theScholars. Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao, Chairman, ICPR, in his openingremarks pointed out that the secret of success lies in hard work. The futureof the country largely depends upon the activity of the younger generations.He urged the scholars to involve in incessant activities and contribute theirbest to the society.Dr. Karan Singh, in his Inaugural Address observed that India’s contribution tothe world lies in the fields of art, science, commerce, technology, architecture,music and above all these, philosophy. An eminent scholar, well-versed inSanskrit language and Indian Culture, Dr. Singh maintained that Vedas andthe Upanishads are the cream of Indian philosophy. He stressed that in theage of globalization, moral values are degrading. But the task of restoringthem lies in the hands of the students and researchers of philosophy. In hisInaugural Address, he also emphasized the contribution of the twentiethcentury 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, ProfessorNirbhai Singh, Professor Srinivasa Rao, Professor S.P. Gautam and ProfessorSujata Miri participated in the Fellow’s Meet and delivered lectures.LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FUNCTIONOn May 10, 2008, ICPR’s Annual Day and Awards function ceremonywas held at SCOPE complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. On this happy andauspicious occasion, ICPR’s Life Time Achievement Award was conferred onProfessor Daya Krishna (posthumously). The Minister for Human ResourceDevelopment, Hon’ble Shri Arjun Singh, graced this occasion as the ChiefGuest. At this function, the Chairman, the past-Chairmen of ICPR, Membersof the ICPR Council, Governing Body, Research Programme Committee,85

Member-Secretary and the Staff of ICPR, National Fellows, Senior Fellowsand Junior Fellows of the ICPR and members of the Media were present.The function started with the Minister lighting the lamp. There was also aninvocation. The Member-Secretary welcomed all the delegates. Professor K.Ramakrishna Rao, the Chairman of ICPR, delivered the opening remarks. Inhis opening remarks, he wished that the Ministry extend all kinds of possiblehelp to ICPR. After the opening remarks, the Member-Secretary ProfessorG. Mishra read the citation, honouring Professor Daya Krishna with the LifeTime Achievement Award of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research.The Head of the Department of Philosophy, University of Rajasthan, ProfessorKusum Jain received the ICPR Life Time Achievement Award on behalf ofProfessor Daya Krishna. The Minister presented a shawl and citation to Dr.Shail Mayaram in honour of Professor Daya Krishna. A few books of theCouncil 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’sPhilosophy.On this occasion, the Minister also presented mementos to staff members,who have completed 25 years of service at ICPR.Celebration of Hindi WeekIndian Council of Philosophical Research celebrated the Hindi Week from 23September 2008 to 29 September 2008, for the promotion of Hindi language.As a part of this programme Poetry recitation, Writing, Noting and Drafting86

and Debate competitions were held. All the staff participated in the eventwith enthusiasm and received first, second and third position prizes both atHeadquarters and Lucknow Centre.MAJOR PROJECTS FOR THE FUTUREAn Interdisciplinary Research Project on National Identity: The ICPRorganized a Working Group comprising of a number of eminent peopleincluding two members of the Planning Commission to discuss a draftresearch proposal on National Initiative on Integration and InclusiveCommunity. Following these discussions, a research proposal seeking a grantof 45 crore rupees was submitted, which is currently under the considerationof the Planning Commission. A National Workshop on National Integration,Identity–Violence, a sequel to the earlier workshop held at Shimla wasorganized by ICPR in Collaboration with IIAS, Shimla, at North-EasternRegional Centre of ICSSR, NEHU, Shillong.Indian Institute of Philosophy: A proposal to start the Indian Institute ofPhilosophy (IIP) with an estimated expenditure of Rs. 38 crores during theEleventh Plan period is under consideration by the Government of India.The IIP is conceived as a virtual campus with floating faculty. As Shri ArjunSingh ji, Hon’ble Minister for Human Resource Development saw it: “It isan innovative concept in higher education, an interesting blend betweentraditional campus-bound universities and the distance mode of learning.”Regional Centres: The ICPR also made proposals for starting one RegionalCentre in South India during the Eleventh Plan Period. It is proposed to addmore Regional Centres as and when the necessary financial resourcesbecome available. It is hoped that these Centres will help to encourage andstrengthen philosophy in different regional languages. It is all too well knownthat we have in India a wealth of philosophical wisdom in Indian languagesthat needs to be identified, evaluated, translated and distributed across thecountry as well as in other parts of the world.87

CONCLUSIONThe ICPR has completed 26 years of its meaningful academic presence inthe country. All through the years, ICPR has striven to create an academicallyeventful 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 upto the purpose for which it was started and designed.Towards achieving this end, (a) numerous committees are constituted, (b) theirreports are being reviewed, (c) the necessary changes and improvementsin the existing programmes are being worked out, and (d) new projects andplans of action are proposed. For all matters relating to Lucknow Centre,steps are being taken to explore and obtain suitable space to accommodatethe Centre. Other activities will follow, once a suitable space to house theCentre is secured.The ICPR submitted extensive developmental proposals to the Ministry ofHuman Resource Development, which include among others steps: (1) toestablish the Indian Institute of Philosophy (2) to create Regional Centresfor the ICPR, (3) to organize Asian Philosophy Congress, and (4) to initiateseveral new-research programmes, including a research proposal for NationalInitiative on Integration and Inclusive community during the Eleventh fiveYear Plan.The new leadership at the ICPR is fully committed to complete transparency,total accountability, honest decision-making, and absolute commitmentto excellence in the service of students and scholars of philosophy in thecountry. At the ICPR, there is a new enthusiasm, vigor and vibrancy. With thesupport of the HRD Ministry, the cooperative collaboration of the communityof Indian philosophers, the goodwill and understanding of media and friendsof philosophy in the country, the ICPR not only hopes to simply survive butbecome a perennially functioning, effective and vibrant organization that thenation can be proud of.88

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL1. Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao2. Professor R.P. Shrivastava3. Professor Y.V. Satyanarayana4. Professor Sujata Miri5. Professor J.P. Shukla6. Dr. Ram Lal Singh7. Professor Nirmalangshu Mukherjee8. Professor K.S. Radhakrishnan9. Professor Roop Rekha Verma10. Professor Javed Alam11. Professor Dhruv Raina12. Professor Nirbhai Singh13. Professor Jalalul Haq14. Professor Sabya Sachi Bhattacharya15. Professor Tista Bagchi16. Professor Dilip Kumar Chakraborty17. Professor Yash Pal, FNA18. Professor Madan Mohan Trivedi19. Professor Geeta Rani Agarwal20. Shri Upamanyu Basu (Representive of Secretary, MHRD)21. Shri J.R. Aggarwal (Representive of FA, MHRD)22. Professor Srinivasa Rao23. Professor C. Ramaiah24. Professor Sharad Deshpande25. Professor R.C. Pradhan26. Professor S. Panneerselvam27. Professor G. Mishra89

MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY1. Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao2. Professor G. Mishra3. Professor Dilip Kumar Chakraborty (UGC)4. Professor R.P. Shrivastava5. Professor Y.V. Satyanarayana6. Professor Sujata Miri7. Professor J.P. Shukla8. Professor K.S. Radhakrishnan9. Professor Jalalul Haq10. Professor Deep Narayan Yadav11. Professor Nirupama Srivastava12. Shri Upamanyu Basu (Representive of Secretary, MHRD)13. Shri J.R. Aggarwal (Representive of FA, MHRD)90

MEMBERS OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT COMMITTEE1. Professor K. Ramakrishna Rao2. Professor Janak Pande3. Professor Roop Rekha Verma4. Profesor Srinivasa Rao5. Professor C. Ramaiah6. Professor Nirbhai Singh7. Professor Ram Lal Singh8. Professor V.N. Jha9. Professor K.S. Chalam10. Professor G. Mishra (Member-Secretary, ICPR)91

MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE1. Member-Secretary ChairmanICPR, Darshan BhawanNew Delhi2. Director (A&F) Member-SecretaryICPR, Darshan BhawanNew Delhi3. Professor R.P. Shrivastava Member4. 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 endingMarch 31, 2009)(i)Stock of publication is considered at 50% of the market price. Publicationsof the ICPR are handled by various distributors/publishers on variousterms and conditions. Accordingly publications of the ICPR areclassified in the three categories:• Publications brought out by the ICPR by absorbing 100% productioncost;• Publications brought out by the ICPR on co-publication basis onagreement to share the production cost on 60:40 basis and to receivethe sale-proceeds @ 40% of the cost price;As such the opening stock position of the ICPR publications has beentaken 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 2008-09pertaining prior to financial year 2008-09 have been adjusted with capitalaccount.(iii) Balance Sheet and Receipt and Payment Account of GPF, CPF andNPF accounts have been prepared as per the Cash Books maintainedby the Council. The balances reflected in the balance sheet and receiptand payment account as on 31.03.2009 are not tallying with broadsheetmaintained by the council in case of GPF and CPF account. During theyear 2008-09 the Council made reconciliation of various appearing inCPF and GPF account and major differences were sorted out. Some93

minor differences are still appearing which is need to be settled in thecurrent financial year.(iv) Previous year figures have been regrouped/recast wherever necessaryin the account.(v) Cash in hand, and Stock in hand at the closing hours of 31 March 2009as certified by the Council.(vi) Receipt & Payment AccountFollowing methodology has been followed in the preparation of Receipt andPayment and Income and Expenditure account regarding adjustment ofloans and advances and expenditure incurred against academic and otheradvances.(a) The gross payments made for advance for academic programmes andother advances during the financial year are taken at payment side ofreceipt and payment account.(b) The credit side of each advance account is treated as receipt and shownas such in the receipt and payment account. The expenses incurredagainst the advances are credited in the ledger to adjust the advance.Similarly the balance received over and above the expenses is alsocredited in the account.(c) The balance outstanding in the advance account is asset and the sameis shown in the Balance Sheet.(d) The expenses incurred against the advances are booked under differentexpense heads, viz., seminar, meetings, etc. These expenses areshown in the Income and Expenditure account as expense.The adjustment of loans and advances is shown as receipt in Receipt andPayment account because expenses against these advances are shownunder different expense head and taken in Income and Expenditure accountas 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 Societyand relied upon by the auditors, being a technical matter.(ii) Tax has not been deducted at source from provision for Pay & Allowancesfor the month of March 08 as the same is deducted when payment ofPay & Allowances is made. Also tax is not deducted from payment offellowship.Sd Sd Sd(SREEKUMARAN S.) (DR. ARUN MISHRA) (PROF. G. MISHRA)Accounts Officer Director (A&F) Member-SecretaryPlace: New DelhiDated: 25.07.200995

Following details in respect of schedules ofBalance Sheet and Income and ExpenditureAccount are enclosedSl.No. Particulars Annexure1. Detailed computation of depreciation 22. Detail of Pre-Paid Expenses 33. Detail of addition to Fixed Asset 44. Detail of Advance to Employees outstanding 5as on 31.03.095. Detail of Acedemic Advance outstanding 6as on 31.03.096. Detail of Misc. advance (contigency) 7outstanding as on 31.03.097. Detail of deposit with CPWD, outstanding 8as on 31.03.09 (both Delhi and Lucknow)8. Detail of Other Advance and Deposits 9outstanding as on 31.03.0996

9. Detail of Sundry Cerditors as on 31.03.08 1010. Detail of Sundry Debtors as on 31.03.08 11For SURINDER RANJAN & ASSOCIATESChartered AccountantsSd(MUKESH AGGARWAL)PartnerPlace: New DelhiDated: 25.07.200997

INDIAN COUNCIL OF PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-1100 62BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST MARCH, 2009(Amount in Rs.)CAPITAL FUND & LIABILITIES SCHEDULE AS AT AS AT31.03.09 31.03.08Capital Fund 1 40,949,170.47 46,468,437.57Current Liabilities and Provisions 2 22,486,281.45 14,842,260.00TOTAL 63,435,451.92 61,310,697.57ASSETSFixed Assets 3 31,663,542.61 31,275,230.61Current Assets, Loans & Advances 4 31,771,909.31 30,035,466.96TOTAL 63,435,451.92 61,310,697.57Sd Sd Sd(SREEKUMARAN S.) (DR. ARUN MISHRA) (PROF. G. MISHRA)Accounts Officer Director (A&F) Member-SecretaryPLACE: New DelhiDATE: 25.07.200998

INDIAN COUNCIL OF PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110062INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR 2008-2009(Amount in Rs.)INCOME SCHEDULE AS AT AS AT31.03.09 31.03.08Grant Received 5 61,407,000.00 44,067,000.00Fees/Subscription Received 6 100,500.00 111,000.00Income from Royalty, Publication, etc. 7 272,076.00 1,016,259.50Interest Earned 8 170,748.00 224,016.00Other Income 9 84,926.55 1,702,628.50Increase/ (Decrease in stock) 10 134,842.00 306,138.00Prior period Income - 603,885.35TOTAL (A) 62,773,977.90 47,427,042.00EXPENDITUREEstablishment Expenses 11 28,055,315.00 14,453,105.00Other Administrative Expenses, etc. 12 32,466,291.00 27,198,801.12Depreciation (Corresponding to Schedule-3) - 7,771,639.00 5,470,456.00TOTAL (B) 68,293,245.00 47,122,362.1299

(Amount in Rs.)INCOME SCHEDULE AS AT AS AT31.03.09 31.03.08Excess of Income/(Expenditure) (A–B) (5,519,267.10) 304,679.88Transfer to Special Reserve - -Transfer to/from General Reserve - -Balance being Surplus/ (Deficit) Carried to Capital Fund (5,519,267.10) 304,679.88Sd Sd Sd(SREEKUMARAN S.) (DR. ARUN MISHRA) (PROF. G. MISHRA)Accounts Officer Director (A&F) Member-SecretaryPLACE: New DelhiDATE: 25.07.2009100

INDIAN COUNCIL OF PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 062SCHEDULES 1 TO 4 ATTACHED TO & FORMING PART OF BALANCE SHEETSCHEDULES YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08SCHEDULE 1CAPITAL FUNDOpening Balance 46,468,437.57 46,164,546.69Add: Additions during the year - -Less: Deductions during the year - 789.00Add/(Deduct): Balance of net income/(Expenditure)transferred from the Income and Expenditure Account (5,519,267.10) 304,679.88Balance at the year–end 40,949,170.47 46,468,437.57101

SCHEDULES YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08SCHEDULE 2CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONSA. CURRENT LIABILITIES1. Sundry Creditors:(a) For Goods 1,192,475.00(b) For Expenses 674,486.15 2,777,444.002. Other Liabilities:(a) Pay & Allowances Payable 1,245,305.35 827,628.85(b) CPF Payable 15,000.00 8,000.00(c) GPF Payable 260,503.00 174,747.00(d) LIC-GSLIS Payable 3,082.95 2,764.15(e) LIC-SSS Payable 4,472.00 4,472.00(f) Monthly Pension & Other Pensioners 330,307.00 57,312.00(g) Other Remittances 25,913.00 14,698.00(h) TDS Payable 59,418.00 74,457.00(i) Security Deposit 12,600.00 12,600.00102

SCHEDULES YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08(j) NPF Payable 8,495.00 6,260.00(k) OTA 2,980.00 3,200.00B. PROVISIONS(a) Gratuity 11,254,635.00 6,532,084.00(b) Leave Encashment 7,396,609.00 4,346,493.00TOTAL 22,486,281.45 14,842,260.00SCHEDULE 3FIXED ASSETSDESCRIPTION GROSS BLOCKAs at Additions Additions Deductions As at31.03.2008 up to After during 31.03.200903.10.08 03.10.08 the year1. Land 733,770.20 733,770.202. Building 9,642,100.00 9,642,100.003. Machinery &Equipment 3,193,714.60 3,193,714.60103

As at Additions Additions Deductions As at31.03.2008 up to After during 31.03.200903.10.08 03.10.08 the year4. Vehicles 971,443.21 574,723.00 1,546,166.215. Furniture &Fixtures 5,660,565.24 28,500.00 5,689,165.246. OfficeEquipment 9,934,475.33 909,554.00 10,844,029.337. Computer/peripherals 4,180,080.50 470,874.00 4,650,954.508. Electricinstallation 1,007,249.53 1,007,249.539. Library Books/periodicals 43,338,907.00 619,301.00 5,556,999.00 49,515,207.0010. Tubewells &Water supply 377,566.00 377,566.00TOTAL 79,039,971.61 619,301.00 7,540,650.00 87,199,922.61As at March31 2008 69,563,238.61 3,608.00 4,658,039.00 74,224,885.61104

DEPRECIATION NET BLOCKAs at For Deductions As at As at As at31.03.2008 the during 31.03.2009 31.03.2009 31.03.2008year the year733,770.20 733,770.204,828,230.00 481,387.00 5,309,617.00 4,332,483.00 4,813,870.002,281,101.00 136,893.00 2,417,994.00 775,720.60 912,613.60699,461.00 40,797.00 740,258.00 805,908.21 271,982.213,558,684.00 210,199.00 3,768,883.00 1,920,282.24 2,101,981.246,140,237.00 405,974.00 6,546,211.00 4,297,818.33 3,794,238.333,633,670.00 327,847.00 3,961,517.00 689,437.50 546,410.50558,916.00 44,834.00 603,750.00 403,499.53 448,333.5325,887,744.00 6,103,621.00 31,991,365.00 17,523,842.00176,698.00 20,087.00 196,785.00 180,781.00 200,868.0047,764,741.00 7,771,639.00 58,826,380.00 31,663,542.61 32,275,280.6138,836,076.00 3,459,040.00 42,295,116.00 31,929,769.61 38,727,163.61105

SCHEDULES YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08SCHEDULES 4CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCESA. CURRENT ASSETS:1. Stock in Hand(At cost as taken, valued and certified by the Council)Stock of ICPR Publications 5,927,928.00 6,188,086.00Stock of JICPR Journals 778,900.00 383,900.00TOTAL 6,706,828.00 6,571,986.002. Sundry Debtors(a) Debts outstanding for a period exceeding Six Months 355,536.00 356,014.35(b) Other Debts 1,404.00 -3. Cash Balance in Hand(a) Cash in Hand 954.92 8,089.07(b) Imprest Balance with Lucknow Office 7,860.00 3,127.004. Bank BalancesWith Scheduled Banks:106

YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08(a) Savings Account(i) With State Bank of Patiala S.B. A/c No. 32319 3,606,715.88 1,459,313.88(ii) With Canara Bank S.B. A/c No. 16377 2,477,729.50 2,329,131.65TOTAL 6,450,200.30 4,155,675.95TOTAL (A) 13,157,028.30 10,727,661.95B. LOANS, ADVANCES AND OTHER ASSETS1. Advances recoverable in cash or in kind or for value to be received(i) Other Advance(a) Advance for Academic Programmes–Advance for Academic Programmes (Prior to Mar ’02) 5,808,511.01 5,943,511.01–Advance for Academic Programmes (April ’02 to Mar ’07) 2,991,589.00 2,274,439.00–Advance for Academic Programmes (For the year) 950,816.00 4,615,100.00(b) Advance to Employees–Old year Advance to Employees 225,527.00 247,372.00–Advance to Employees (For the year) 134,025.00 81,019.00107

YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08(c) Contingency Advance–Old year Contingency Advance 432,462.00 446,807.00–Contingency advance (For the year) 7,254.00 -(d) Advance -Others–Advance—Others (Prior to Mar ’02) 176,300.00 176,300.00–Advance—Others (April ’02 to Mar ’07) 241.00 -–Advance—Others (For the year) 4,144,091.00 86,741.00(e) Deposit with CPWD-Lucknow 13,016.00 13,016.00(f) Deposit with CPWD-Delhi 2,455,718.00 4,539,225.00(g) Deposit with Telephone Authorities 140,472.00 143,892.00(h) Deposit with MCD 348,365.00 348,365.00(i) Deposit for Fuel 10,000.00 10,000.00(j) Prepaid Expenses 776,494.00 382,018.00TOTAL (B) 18,614,881.01 19,307,805.01TOTAL (A+B) 31,771,909.31 30,035,466.96108

INDIAN COUNCIL OF PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 062SCHEDULES 5 TO 12 ATTACHED TO & FORMING PART OF INCOME &EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTSCHEDULES YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08SCHEDULE 5GRANTS RECEIVED(1) Central Government–Grant received from Ministry of HRD 60,907,000.00 44,067,000.00(2) Others–Grant received from IIAS, Shimla 500,000.00 -TOTAL 61,407,000.00 44,067,000.00SCHEDULE 6FEES/SUBSCRIPTION RECEIVED(1) Life Membership—JICPR 100,500.00 111,000.00TOTAL 100,500.00 111,000.00109

SCHEDULE 7 YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08INCOME FROM ROYALTY, PUBLICATION, ETC.(1) Income from ICPR Publications 271,776.00 958,973.00(2) Income from JICPR Journals 300.50 57,286.50TOTAL 272,076.00 1,016,259.50SCHEDULE 8INTEREST EARNED(1) On Savings Account:(a) With Scheduled Banks(i) State Bank of Patiala—S.B.A/c 01100032319 53,831.00 57,331.00(ii) Canara Bank –S.B.A/c-1637 116,917.00 166,685.00TOTAL 170,748.00 224,016.00110

SCHEDULE 9 YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08OTHER INCOME(1) Office rent received from PHISPC - 77,284.00(2) Income from leave salary contribution - 17,533.00(3) Misc. Income from Reprography Services - 48,799.00(4) Misc. Income from Unserviceable/Obsolete item 1,133.00 1,092.00(5) Misc. Income from interest on advance to Employees 3,300.00 2,504.00(6) Misc. Income–Others 80,493.55 1,537,005.50(7) Income from pension contribution - 18,411.00TOTAL 84,926.55 1,702,628.50111

SCHEDULE 10 YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN STOCK(a) Closing Stock–Stock of ICPR Publications 5,927,928.00 6,188,086.00–Stock of JICPR Journals 778,900.00 383,900.00TOTAL 6,706,828.00 6,571,986.00(b) Less: Opening Stock–Stock of ICPR Publications 6,188,086.00 5,886,698.00–Stock of JICPR Journals 383,900.00 379,150.00TOTAL 6,571,986.00 6,265,848.00Increase/(Decrease) in stock (a–b) 134,842.00 306,138.00SCHEDULE 11ESTABLISHMENT EXPENSES(1) Pay & Allowances to Officers & Staff 17,649,657.00 10,750,646.00(2) Monthly pension & other pensionery 1,191,347.00 601,932.00(3) Travelling Allowance to officers & Staff 209,458.00 189,669.00112

YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08(4) Medical Charges 190,706.00 97,596.00(5) Medical Insurance Premium 414,294.00 304,497.00(6) Overtime Allowance to Office staff 21,328.00 12,219.00(7) Conveyance 19,590.00 15,050.00(8) Tuition Fees 10,320.00 12,180.00(9) Employer’s Contribution of CPF 112,654.00 38,100.00(10) Interest on Employer’s contribution-CPF 50,164.00 50,786.00(11) LTC to Officers & Staff 74,129.00 38,403.00(12) Gratuity 4,764,132.00 1,155,112.00(13) Leave encashment 3,087,758.00 1,150,491.00(14) Employer’s Contribution of NPF 135,297.00 36,124.00(15) Leave salary contribution 44,735.00 -(16) Pension Contribution 79,746.00 -TOTAL 28,055,315.00 14,453,105.00113

SCHEDULE 12 YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ETC.(1) Publication Expenses—ICPR 392,891.00 470,187.00(2) Publication Expenses—JICPR 279,663.00 537,474.00(3) Advertisement 150,731.00 -(4) Audit Fees 183,991.00 188,711.00(5) Electricity charges 565,033.00 719,267.00(6) Water charges 82,583.00 106,308.00(7) Wages & Security Charges 6,545.00 19,012.00(8) Printing & Stationery 405,863.00 276,923.00(9) Postage & Courier 139,041.00 135,422.00(10) Telephone Charges 272,682.00 233,382.00(11) Repair & Maint./AMC of Office Equipment 1,496,518.00 495,194.00(12) Rent for Lucknow Office 558,280.00 715,475.00(13) Liveries 38,269.00 25,809.00(14) Contingencies 724,328.00 419,351.00(15) Consultant Fee 16,943.00 170,000.00(16) Car/Van Running Expenses 205,167.00 158,150.00(17) Car/Van Repair & Maintenance 45,139.00 77,888.00(18) Car/Van Insurance Expenses 11,643.00 11,347.00(19) Computer Consumables & Accessories 40,174.00 30,953.00114

YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08(20) Repair & Maintenance of Building 1,644,924.00 418,282.00(21) Legal & Professional Charges 452,318.00 201,186.00(22) Ground Rent/Property Tax 95,218.00 17,589.00(23) Internet/Website Expenses 54,100.00 466,012.00(24) Fellowships 10,460,922.00 8,831,659.00(25) ICPR organised Seminars 3,856,534.00 1,837,388.60(26) Conferences—National/International 434,947.00 150,000.00(27) Refresher Courses 405,000.00 400,000.00(28) Lectures—National/International 1,384,468.00 654,545.00(29) Academic Linkages 883,942.00 442,115.00(30) Other Academic Expenses 69,136.00 23,371.00(31) Grants for Seminars, Workshops conferences 3,419,722.00 5,910,000.00(32) Grants for Project—Others - 27,115.00(33) ICPR Projects 954,099.00 1,850,486.00(34) Exhibition/Publicity 81,908.00 230.00(35) Library Other Expenses 67,211.00 115,482.00(36) Bank Charges 6,539.00 11,427.00(37) Horticulture Expenses 1,225.00 5,298.00(38) Annual subscription 28,090.00 28,060.00(39) TA to GB, Council & RPC/Fin. 287,713.00 465,383.00(40) TA to Other Committee Members 4,846.00 8,215.00115

YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08(41) TA to non-official members 116,045.00 90,973.00(42) Hospitality to GB, Council & RPC/Fin. 89,391.00 128,846.00(43) Hospitality to Other Committee members 8,881.00 35,584.00(44) Hospitality to Guest of Chairman/MS 55,444.00 21,667.00(45) Hospitality non-official members 102,383.00 131,665.00(46) Sitting Fee 66,400.00 99,600.00(47) Workshops 1,585,409.00 29,769.00(48) Staff Training Fee 3,000.00 6,000.00(49) Travel Grant 97,404.00 -TOTAL 32,332,703.00 27,198,801.12116

INDIAN COUNCIL OF PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 062General PROVIDENT FUNDBALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST MARCH, 2009LIABILITIES ASSETSParticulars (Rs.) (Rs.) Particulars (Rs.) (Rs.)1 2 3 4 5 61. Subscription 1. Fixed DepositBalance as on 01.04.2008 12,089,222.00 Balance as on 01.04.2008 6,743,443.00Less: Add: Addition during 5,000,000.00Prior period Adjustment - the yearAdd: intt: Accrued-2008-09 481,043.8312,089,222.00 12,224,486.83Add: Less: FDR Matured 1,500,000.00 10,724,486.83Addition during the year 2,410,810.00 —2008-092008-09 2. Special DepositInterest on subscription 960,528.00 Balance as on 01.04.2008 712,519.00Add; Addition duringthe year - 712,519.003. Bank charges 2,906.00Less: 4. Balance at Bank as onRefund/Withdrawal and 31.03.2009final settlement during 1,303,355.00 14,157,205.00 –Indian Bank S.B. A/c 4,046,017.99the year117

LIABILITIES ASSETSParticulars (Rs.) (Rs.) Particulars (Rs.) (Rs.)1 2 3 4 5 62. Income Retained fromInvestment of GP FundBalance as on 01.04.2008 847,997.03Add: Addition duringthe year 1,441,255.79Less: Interest on 960,528.00 1,328,724.82SubscriptionGrand Total 15,485,929.82 Grand Total 15,485,929.82Sd Sd Sd(SREEKUMARAN S.) (DR. ARUN MISHRA) (PROF. G. MISHRA)Accounts Officer Director (A&F) in charge Member–SecretaryPLACE: New DelhiDATE: 25.07.2009118

INDIAN COUNCIL OF PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 062GENERAL PROVIDENT FUNDRECEIPTS & PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 2009RECEIPTS PAYMENTSParticulars (Rs.) Particulars (Rs.)1 2 3 4Opening Balance as on 01.04.2008 2,815,985.42 Refund/Withdrawls and finalSettlement during the year 1,303,355.00Subscription and refunds of advance 2,410,810.00 Investment made on FDR’s 5,000,000.00Interest received on F.D.R. 335,600.00 Bank Charges 540.00Bank interest received on S.B. A/c 97,539.00 Closing Balance as on 31.03.09 4,046,017.99Interest received on Special Deposit 57,003.00Income from investment of Mutual Fund 470,069.96S.B.I. Mutual Fund Switched out 2,662,905.61F.D.R. Matured 1,500,000.00Grand Total 10,349,912.99 Grand Total 10,349,912.99Sd Sd Sd(SREEKUMARAN S.) (DR. ARUN MISHRA) (PROF. G. MISHRA)Accounts Officer Director (A&F) in charge Member–SecretaryPLACE: New DelhiDATE: 25.07.2009119

INDIAN COUNCIL OF PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 062CONTRIBUTORY PROVIDENT FUNDBALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST MARCH, 2009LIABILITIES ASSETSParticulars (Rs.) (Rs.) Particulars (Rs.) (Rs.)1 2 3 4 5 61. Subscription 1. Fixed DepositBalance as on 01.04.2008 1,037,020.00 Balance as on 1,050,000.0001.04.2009Less: Add:Prior period Adjustment - Addition during the year 750,000.001,037,020.00 Intt. accrued during the year 259,424.72 2,059,424.72Add: 2. Special DepositAddition during the year 164,157.00Interest on subscription 81,620.00 Balance as on 01.04.2008 59,844.00Add:Interest allowed by Bankand Reinvested - 59,844.00Less: 3. BondsRefund/Withdrawal 100,000.00 1,182,797.00Balance as on 31.03.2009 90,000.00120

2. Contribution 4. Bank charges 41.00Balance as on 01.04.2008 530,144.00 5. Balance at BankAdd: As on 31.03.2009 292.488.73Employer’s Share ofContribution 132,605.00Interest on contribution 50,164.00Less:Refund/Withdrawl - 712,913.003. Income Retained fromInvestment of CP FundBalance as on 01.04.2008 510,189.73Add:Addition during the year 177,518.72Less:Intt. on Employer’sSubscription 81,620.00 606,088.45Grand Total 2,501,798.45 Grand Total 2,501,798.45Sd Sd Sd(SREEKUMARAN S.) (DR. ARUN MISHRA) (PROF. G. MISHRA)Accounts Officer Director (A&F) in charge Member–SecretaryPLACE: New DelhiDATE: 25.07.2009121

INDIAN COUNCIL OF PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 062CONTRIBUTORY PROVIDENT FUNDRECEIPTS & PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 2009RECEIPTS PAYMENTSParticulars (Rs.) Particulars (Rs.)1 2 3 4Opening Balance as on 31.03.2008 760,618.73 Refund/Withdrawals and finalSettlement during the year 100,000.00Subscription and refunds of advance Fixed Deposit 750,000.00During the year 164,157.00 Bank Charges -Interest on contribution 50,164.00 Closing Balance as on 31.03.09 292,488.73Employer’s share of contribution 132,605.00Bank interest received on IDBI BondDuring the year 10,350.00Bank interest received on S.B. A/c 20,161.00Bank Interest received on Special 4,433.00Grand Total 1,142,488.73 Grand Total 1,142,488.73Sd Sd Sd(SREEKUMARAN S.) (DR. ARUN MISHRA) (PROF. G. MISHRA)Accounts Officer Director (A&F) in charge Member–SecretaryPLACE: New DelhiDATE: 25.07.2009122

INDIAN COUNCIL OF PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 062NEW PENSION FUNDBALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST MARCH, 2009LIABILITIES ASSETSParticulars (Rs.) (Rs.) Particulars (Rs.) (Rs.)1 2 3 4 5 61. Contribution 1. Bank Charges 11.00Balance as on 01.04.2008 268.830.00 2. Balance at BankAdd: As on 31.03.2009 564,105.00Addition during the year 152,499.00Employer’s Share of Contribution 113,992.00 535,321.00Bank IntersetBalance as on 01.04.2008 16,881.00Addition during the year 11,914.00 28,795.00Grand Total 564,116.00 Grand Total 564,116.00Sd Sd Sd(SREEKUMARAN S.) (DR. ARUN MISHRA) (PROF. G. MISHRA)Accounts Officer Director (A&F) in charge Member-SecretaryPLACE: New DelhiDATE: 25.07.2009123

INDIAN COUNCIL OF PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 062NEW PENSION FUNDRECEIPTS & PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 2009RECEIPTS PAYMENTSParticulars (Rs.) Particulars (Rs.)1 2 3 4Opening Balance as on 31.03.2008 285,700.00 Closing Balance as on 31.03.2009 564,105.00Contribution during the year 152,499.00Employers’s share of contribution 113,992.00Interest recd. on S.B.A/c 11,914.00Grand Total 564,105.00 Grand Total 564,105.00Sd Sd Sd(SREEKUMARAN S.) (DR. ARUN MISHRA) (PROF. G. MISHRA)Accounts Officer Director (A&F) in charge Member-SecretaryPLACE: New DelhiDATE: 25.07.2009124

INDIAN COUNCIL OF PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, New Delhi-110 062RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31ST, 2009RECEIPTS YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08I. Opening Balances(a) Cash in Hand(i) Cash in Hand 8,089.07 31,909.07(ii) Imprest Balance 3,127.00 4,276.00(b) Bank Balances(i) In Savings Accounts 3,788,445.53 2,901,985.05II. Grants Received(a) From Government of India(i) Grant received from Ministry of HRD 60,907,000.00 44,067,000.00(b) Others(i) Grant received from IIAS, Shimla 500,000.00 -III. FEES/SUBSCRIPTION RECEIVED(a) Life Membership—JICPR 100,500.00 111,000.00IV. INCOME FROM ROYALTY, PUBLICATION, ETC.(a) (1) Income from ICPR Publications 271,776.00 958,973.00(b) (ii) Income from JICPR Journals 300.00 57,286.50125

RECEIPTS YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08V. INTEREST EARNED(1) On Savings Account:(a) With Scheduled Banks(i) State Bank of Patiala—S.B. A/c 01100032319 53,831.00 57,331.00(ii) Canara Bank-S.B. A/c 1637 116,917.00 166,685.00(2) Loans Advances; etc.(i) Interest recd. on Advance to Employees 1,300.00 1,904.00VI. OTHER INCOME(i) Office rent received from PHISPC - 77,284.00(ii) Income from leave salary contribution - 17,533.00(iii) Misc. Income from Reprography Services - 48,799.00(iv) Misc. Income from Unserviceable/Obsolete item 1,133.00 1,092.00(v) Misc. Income Others 80,493.55 1,196,741.50(vi) Penson Contributor - 18,411.00(vii) Prior Period Recoveries 595,196.35 -126

RECEIPTS YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08VII. OTHER RECEIPTS(a) Recovery of Advances:(i) Recovery of Miscellaneous Advances 106,051.00 747,849.00(ii) Recovery of Advance to Employees 197,742.00 190,738.00(iii) Recovery of Academic Advances 5,519,562.00 3,968,554.60(iv) Recovery of Other Advances/Deposits 3,035,724.00 678,746.00(v) Recovery of Imprest Advance - 16,000.00(b) Remittances:(i) Income Tax 623,942.00 499,363.00(ii) LIC-GSLIS 61,362.05 66,820.65(iii) LIC-SSS 49,192.00 49,192.00(iv) GPF 2,236,063.00 1,891,673.00(v) CPF 156,157.00 105,500.00(vi) Other Remittances 158,336.00 125,314.00(vii) NPF 124,934.00 30,148.00(viii) Rent for Leased Accommodation 56,000.00 -127

RECEIPTS YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08(c) Other Receipts:(i) Pay & Allowances 20,010.00 837.00(ii) Employer’s Contribution on CPF 19,853.00 -(iii) ICPR Organised Seminars 7,816.00 505,477.00(iv) Sundry Debtors 478.35 38,020.00(v) Medical Charges 15,146.00 24,967.00(vi) Leave Salary Contribution 12,243.00 -(vii) Monthly Pension & Other Pensionery 95,579.00 93,159.00(viii) Bonus - 1,234.00(ix) Telephone Charges - 14.00128

PAYMENTS YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08PaymentsI. EXPENSES:(a) Establishment Expenses(1) Pay & Allowances to Officers & Staff 16,103,765.00 9,708,055.00(2) Monthly pension & other pensionery 956,619.00 637,779.00(3) Travelling Allowance to Office Staff 209,458.00 189,669.00(4) Medical Charges 205,852.00 122,563.00(5) Medical Insurance Premium 191,737.00 80,552.00(6) Overtime Allowance to Office staff 18,348.00 8,919.00(7) Conveyance 19,590.00 15,050.00(8) Tution Fees 10,320.00 12,480.00(9) Employer’s Contribution of CPF 131,507.00 38,100.00(10) Intt. on Employer’s Contribution—CPF 50,164.00 50,786.00(11) LTC to Officers & Staff 74,129.00 38,403.00(12) Employer’s Contribution to NPF 135,297.00 32,994.00(13) Gratuity 41,581.00 9,120.00(14) Leave Encashment 37,642.00 -129

Payments YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08(15) Leave Salary Contribution 56,978.00 -(16) Pension Contribution 79,746.00 -II. Other Administrative Expenses, etc.(1) Publication Expenses—ICPR 335,552.00 470,187.00(2) Publication Expenses—JICPR 90,762.00 537,474.00(3) Advertisement 150,731.00 -(4) Audit Fees 138,552.00 146,913.00(5) Electricity charges 538,896.00 719,267.00(6) Water charges 82,583.00 106,308.00(7) Wages & Security Charges 6,545.00 3,210.00(8) Printing & Stationery 405,863.00 276,923.00(9) Postage & Courier 139,041.00 135,422.00(10) Telephone Charges 272,682.00 233,396.52(11) Repair & Maint./AMC of Office Equipment 1,371,774.00 374,987.00(12) Rent for Lucknow Office 558,280.00 715,475.00130

Payments YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08(13) Liveries 38,269.00 25,809.00(14) Contingencies 724,328.00 419,351.00(15) Consultant Fee 16,943.00 170,000.00(16) Car/Van Running Expenses 205,167.00 158,150.00(17) Car/Van Repair & Maintenance 45,139.00 77,888.00(18) Car/Van Insurance Expenses 5,016.00 7,057.00(19) Computer Consumables & Accessories 40,174.00 30,953.00(20) Repair & Maintenance of Building 1,644,924.00 -(21) Legal & Professional Charges 399,374.00 140,230.00(22) Ground Rent/Property Tax 95,218.00 17,589.00(23) Internet/Website Expenses 54,100.00 466,012.00(24) Fellowships 10,460,922.00 8,831,659.00(25) ICPR organised Seminars 3,864,350.00 2,342,865.60(26) Conferences—National/International 434,947.00 150,000.00(27) Refresher Courses 405,000.00 400,000.00(28) Workshop 1,585,409.00 29,769.00(29) Lectures—National/International 1,384,468.00 654,545.00(30) Academic Linkages 883,942.00 442,115.00131

Payments YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08(31) Other Academic Expenses 69,136.00 23,371.00(32) Grants for Seminars, Workshops 3,419,722.00 5,910,000.00(33) Grants for Project—Others - 27,115.00(34) ICPR Projects 954,099.00 1,850,486.00(35) Exhibition/Publicity 81,908.00 230.00(36) Library Other Expenses 67,211.00 115,482.00(37) Bank Charges 6,539.00 11,427.00(38) Horticulture Expenses—Delhi/Lucknow 1,225.00 5,298.00(39) Annual subscription - 3,060.00(40) TA to GB, Council & RPC/Fin. 287,713.00 465,383.00(41) TA to Other Committee Members 4,846.00 8,215.00(42) Hospitality to GB, Council & RPC/Fin. 89,391.00 128,846.00(43) Hospitality to Other Comm members 8,881.00 35,584.00(44) Hospitality to Guests of Chairman /MS 55,444.00 21,667.00(45) Sitting Fee 66,400.00 99,600.00(46) Hospitality to non-official members 102,383.00 131,665.00(47) TA to non-official members 116,045.00 90,973.00132

Payments YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08(48) Staff Training Fee 3,000.00 6,000.00(49) Travel Grant 97,404.00 -III. Expenditure on Fixed Assets(i) Purchase of Fixed Assets 6,967,476.00 4,816,706.00IV. Other Payments(a) Advance Payments(1) Contingency (Misc. Advances) 98,960.00 460,200.00(2) Advance to Employees 239,625.00 190,448.00(3) Academic Advances 2,437,328.00 5,800,215.00(4) Other Advances/Deposits 5,006,388.00 1,184,465.00(5) Advances-Imprest - 16,000.00(b) Other Payments(1) Prepaid Expenses 776,494.00 382,018.00(2) Provision for Pay & Allowances 820,143.85 695,671.85(3) Provision for GPF 174,747.00 159,300.00(4) Provision for CPF 8,000.00 11,500.00(5) Provision for LIC-GSLIS 2,764.15 2,764.15133

Payments YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08(6) Provision for LIC-SSS 4,472.00 4,472.00(7) Provision for Pensioners 48,623.00 37,768.00(8) Provision for Other Remittances 14,698.00 -(9) Sundry Creditors 2,592,153.00 93,727.00(10) Provision for Gratuity - 210,976.00(11) Provision for Leave Encashment - 208,695.00(12) Provision for NPF 6,260.00 2,812.00(13) Provision for O.T.A. 3,300.00 -(c) Remittances(1) Income Tax 655,591.00 443,342.00(2) LIC-GSLIS 31,202.60 66,820.65(3) LIC-SSS 49,192.00 49,192.00(4) GPF 2,236,063.00 1,891,673.00(5) CPF 156,157.00 105,500.00(6) Other Remittances 158,336.00 125,314.00(7) NPF 124,934.00 30,182.00(8) Rent for Leased Accommodation 56,000.00 -134

Payments YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED31.03.09 31.03.08V. Closing Balances(a) Cash in Hand(1) Cash in Hand 954.92 8,089.07(2) Imprest Balance 7,860.00 3,127.00(b) Bank BalancesWith Scheduled Banks–On Savings Accounts 6,084,445.38 3,788,445.53TOTAL ‘B’ 78,895,198.90 58,751,850.37Sd Sd Sd(SREEKUMARAN S.) (DR. ARUN MISHRA) (PROF. G. MISHRA)Accounts Officer Director (A&F) in charge Member-SecretaryPLACE: New DelhiDATE: 25.07.2009135