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PROFESSORS<\/strong><\/h5>\n

B. Ananda Sagar, <\/strong>Ph.D. (University of Hyderabad) \u2013Western Epistemology, Skepticism. (Head of the Department).<\/span><\/strong>
C. A. Tomy<\/a>, <\/strong><\/strong>Ph.D. (University of Hyderabad), Specialization: Philosophy of Mind, Nature of Modality, Critical Philosophy of Immanuel Kant.
Laxminarayan Lenka<\/a>,<\/strong><\/strong>Ph.D. (University of Hyderabad), Analytic Philosophy, Western Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Wittgenstein, Speech Acts.<\/p>\n

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Venusa Tinyi, <\/span><\/strong>Ph.D. (University of Hyderabad) \u2013 Logic, Analytic Philosophy.<\/span>
Kavita Chauhan, <\/span><\/strong>Ph.D. (Panjab University, Chandigarh) \u2013 Philosophy of Art, Indian Philosophy.<\/span><\/p>\n

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Abhijeet Joshi<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, <\/strong><\/span>Ph.D. (Pt. R.S. University) (Senior Scale) \u2013 Advaita Vedanta, Contemporary Indian Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion.<\/span>
Shinod N.K<\/span><\/a><\/span>,<\/strong> Ph.D. ( University of Hyderabad) – History and Philosophy of Science.
Nibedita Priyadarshini Jena, <\/strong>Ph.D.(University of hyderabad): Ethics, Applied ethics, Animal Ethics, Environmental Ethics.
Chaitanya C. Joshi, <\/strong>Ph.D.(IIT Bombay): Ethics, Metaethics, Applied Ethics.
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FORMER\/<\/strong>RETIRED PROFESSORS:<\/strong> <\/span><\/h5>\n

Rama Chandra Gandhi<\/strong>Ph.D.(Delhi University),D.Phil.(Oxford University).<\/span>
Y.N. Chopra<\/strong> M.A., (Punjab University, presently known as Lahore University, Pakistan), Ph.D. (University of Southampton, United Kingdom.).<\/span>
Suresh Chandra <\/strong>Ph.D. (Viswa Bharati University, Shantiniketan), Greek Philosophy, Philosophy of Wittgenstein, Skepticism.<\/span>
Dr. S.A. Zaidi,<\/strong> Ph.D. (New School for Social Research previously known as the University in Exile and the New School University, New York City), Relational Metaphysics.<\/span>
Mihir Vikash Chakravarty<\/strong> M.A., Kolkata University, Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Analytical philosophy.<\/span>
Dr. Vidya Subramanian<\/strong> IIT Bombay. Indian Philosophy, Phenomenology.<\/span>
A. Ram Murthy,<\/strong> Ph.D. Andhra University, Indian Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Advaita Vedanta. (British Council\u2019s visiting fellow, at different universities in the United Kingdom, member of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research.<\/span>
Chinmoy Goswami,<\/strong> Ph.D. (BHU): Logic, Analytical Philosophy.<\/span>
Amitabha Das Gupta,<\/strong> Ph.D. (IIT Kanpur), (Fulbright Scholar), Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Philosophy of language, Analytical Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Logic.<\/span>
R. C. Pradhan,<\/strong> Ph.D. (BHU), Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellow at the University of Oxford, Philosophy of Language, Analytical Philosophy, Philosophy of Wittgenstein, Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology.<\/span>
S. G. Kulkarni,<\/strong> Ph.D. (IIT Kanpur), Philosophy of Science, Analytical Philosophy, Philosophy of Immanuel Kant.<\/span>
A. Raghurama Raju,<\/strong> Ph.D. (IIT, Kanpur) Social and Political Philosophy, Contemporary Indian Philosophy.<\/span>
Sri Ananda V. Wazalwar,<\/strong> (M.A. Vishwa Bharati University, Shantiniketan).<\/span>
Prajit Kumar Basu,<\/strong> Ph.D. (IISc, Bangalore), Ph.D. (Iowa) \u2013 History and Philosophy of Science.<\/span>
K. Siddeswara Prasad,<\/strong> Ph.D. (SVU) Nyaya, Indian Philosophy. <\/span>
Chandra B. Varma,<\/strong> D.Litt. (Ranchi University) \u2013 Buddhism, Indian Philosophy, Phenomenology, Translation of the Philosophical Works from Pali, Prakrit and Sanskrit into English.<\/span><\/p>\n

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