Maya Das Senior Lecturer _________________________________
Department Philosophy
Areas of Specialisation Indian Philosophy (schools of Vedanta, Indian philosophy of Language) Indian Culture and Aesthetics Hinduism (19th & 20th century Hindu Thought) Contemporary Indian Philosophy
Research "Foundations of Indian Culture: A Comparative Study of Vedanta and Contemporary Indian Thinkers" 2. "A Critical Study of Indian philosophy of Language" Publication 20 Journal articles published in reputed Research Journals including The Visva-Bharati Journal of Philosophy, The Philosophical Quarterly, The Journal of Philosophical Studies, The Vedanta Kesari, Prabuddha Bharat Book articles published in The Philosophy of Swami Vivekananda (Progressive Publishers), Indian Philosophical Systems (The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture), Perspectives on the Philosophy of Professor S. Radhakrishnan (Visva-Bharati). 10 Review articles published in The Statesman, The Visva-Bharati Journal of Philosophy The articles on Indian Philosophy, Religion ,Culture, Aesthetics, Women's studies have contributed a great deal to drawing Indian intellectual interest to the recent development in these subject areas
Two Book Prizes for securing highest marks in Higher School Certificate Examination, Visva-Bharati Merit Scholarship, National Scholarship for Post-Graduate Studies, UGC scholarship for Post-Graduate Studies in Sanskrit, Visva-Bharati Research Scholarship, UGC Junior Research Fellowship
Participation and presentation of papers in - a) International Conference Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy,Boston,USA,1998, World Sanskrit Conference, New Delhi, 2001 National Conferences and Seminars : Presented paper in 20 meets including Indian Philosophical Congress, National Seminar on Vakyartha Mimamsa,University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Research Seminar,IIAS, Simla, National Symposium, RKM Institute of Culture, Kolkata, National Seminars at Benaras Hindu University, North Bengal University, Jadavpur University, Visva-Bharati University; All India Oriental Conference, Akhil Bharatiya Darsan parisad, Workshops at ICPR, Lucknow. Academic Assignments and Extension Activities: Executive member Indian Philosophical Congress since 1997, Joint Co-coordinator UGC sponsored Refresher Course in Philosophy 2000, Resource Person in 3 UGC sponsored Refresher Courses, Teacher in charge of Teachers' Seminar in the Dept. of Philosophy & Religion Visva-Bharati 1997-1998.
