The Council

Members (2024–2027)

1. Prof. Nirmalya Narayan Chakraborty

   Chairman (officiating)

   Indian Council of Philosophical Research

   Chairman@icpr.in
2. Prof. Sachchidanand Mishra

   Member-Secretary

   Indian Council of Philosophical Research

   membersecretary@icpr.in
3. Prof. Dhananjay Singh

   Member

   Member-Secretary, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi

   ms@icssr.org
   Nominated by
   ICSSR
4. Prof. (Retd.) Sushmita Pande

   Member

   Noida, Uttar Pradesh
   Nominated by
   ICHR
5. Prof. S.K. Singh (Retd.)

   Member

   New Delhi
   Nominated by
   IPC
6. Prof. S. Panneerselvam (Retd.)

   Member

   Former Head, Department of Philosophy, University of Madras; General Secretary, IPC
   Nominated by
   IPC
7. Secretary

   Member

   Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi

   secy.dhe@nic.in
   Nominated by
   Ministry of Education
8. Financial Advisor

   Member

   Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi

   jsfa-moe@nic.in
   Nominated by
   Ministry of Education
9. Prof. T.S. Girishkumar (Retd.)

   Member

   Vadodara, Gujarat
   Nominated by
   Government of India
10. Prof. Nirmalya N. Chakraborty

    Member

    Department of Philosophy, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata
    Nominated by
    Government of India
11. Prof. Laimayum Bishwanath Sharma

    Member

    Professor & Head, Department of Philosophy, Manipur University, Imphal
    Nominated by
    Government of India
12. Prof. K. Sambathkumar (Retd.)

    Member

    Chennai
    Nominated by
    Government of India
13. Prof. V. Sudhakar

    Member

    Former Dean, School of English Language Education, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad
    Nominated by
    Chairman, UGC
14. Prof. Ashish Pandey

    Member

    Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay

    ashish.pandey@iitb.ac.in
    Nominated by
    Government of India
15. Prof. Namita Nimbalkar

    Member

    Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai
    Nominated by
    Government of India
16. Prof. Pankaj Kumar

    Member

    Department of Philosophy, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University, Ranchi

    pkumar@dspmuranchi.ac.in
    Nominated by
    Government of India
17. Prof. Arnab Rai Choudhuri

    Member

    Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

    arnab@iisc.ac.in
    Nominated by
    INSA
18. Prof. Shrinivasa Varakhedi

    Member

    Vice-Chancellor, Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi
    Nominated by
    Co-opted by the Council
19. Prof. Bindu Puri

    Member

    Centre for Philosophy, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
    Nominated by
    Co-opted by the Council
20. Prof. Gauri Mahulikar

    Member

    Professor & Dean of Faculty, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Ernakulam, Kerala
    Nominated by
    Co-opted by the Council
21. Prof. Ramesh Chandra Pradhan

    Member

    Retd. Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Hyderabad; former Member-Secretary, ICPR
    Nominated by
    Co-opted by the Council