Open AccessSundar Sarukkai on Indian Higher Education: Quality, Excellence in Neoliberal Times
Author(s) -
Rolla Das
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
tattva journal of philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0975-332X
DOI - 10.12726/tjp.19.6
Subject(s) - rigour , excellence , phenomenology (philosophy) , western philosophy , postmodernism , philosophy of science , philosophy of education , philosophy education , sociology , engineering ethics , philosophy , social science , higher education , epistemology , political science , engineering , law
Sundar Sarukkai is a philosopher and is currently associated with the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore as a Professor of Philosophy. His research interests range from philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, postmodernism, phenomenology to philosophy of art. A critical philosopher whocan, with élan, and a certain sense of analytical rigour, transverse the philosophical terrains between the Western and Indian traditions. He has authored several books, such as Translating the World: Science and Language (2002), Philosophy of Symmetry (2004) and Indian Philosophy and Philosophy of Science (2005). Hehas earned his doctoral degree from Purdue University, USA following which he has been associated with several institutes such as Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Manipal University and National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. He has been the Founder-Director, Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, Manipal University, Manipal. He can be reached at sarukkai@nias.iisc.ernet.in