Schedule of Paper Presenters
Date: 20th October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 Value systems in Asia & Africa (1)
Chairperson: 1. Dr. Archana Degoankar
2. Prof Manali Londhe
Chandra, Subhash
Karthikeyan S
Sugumaran M
Kumar, Radha
Malik-Goure, Archana S.
Chinnaiah, P
Gupte, Vrushali Pravin
Guha, Madhumita
Kumar, Manoj
Asian Universal values For World
Peace & Human Unity
Values & Vedanta
When Compassion is Power-Gautama
Buddha and Pasaedi
Buddhist Moral Precepts: Foundation
of Human Life
Jiddu Krishnamurti on World Crisis
Widsom of Asia – Buddhism and
Confucianism
Significance of aesthetic sense in
Education
Philosophical Foundation of Mental
Peace in Sankhya-Yoga Philosophy
Date: 20th October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 History of Philosophies – Asia & Africa (2)
Chairperson: 1. Dr. Shanta Kumari
2. Prof. Himani Choukar
Belho, Thejasenuo
Western Philosophical Views on AsianAfro Environmental Ethics
Man and Cosmos in ancient India and
Africa
Towards a New Understanding of
Objectivity in Social Sciences
The Problem of Personal Identity
Basu, Sangeeta
Self, Other and Communication
Dehury, Gandhi
Gaidhane, Arpita
Gangavane, Deepti
Date: 20th October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 Philosophy of Environment (3)
Chairperson: 1.Prof. Ramkrishnan Chowdhary
2. Prof. Rina Pitale
Shah, Kokila
Jainism & Ecological Consciousness
Sheriff, Faseeha
A Move towards Sustainability
Islam, Md. Sirajul
Environmental Philosophy of India: An
Analysis
Environment in Buddhism and other
religion of the world
Jain Religion and Environment
Kumari, Kusum
Pragya, Samani Satya
Srinivas, Kamala
Sahoo, Harihchandra
Human Indigenity and Environmental
Values: A Comparttive Study of AfroAsian Cultures
Environmental Ethics: An Overview
 Philosophy of Science (4)
Date: 20th October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 Philosophy of Religion & Comparative Studies of Religion – Asia & Africa (5)
Chairperson: 1.Dr. Nirmala Jha
2. Dr. Namita Nimbalkar
Kamei, Peiningchunglui
Concept of God in Zeliangtong
Roy, Indrani
Religion of Asante tribe of Ghana
(western Africa)
Poudyal, Sindhu
Some Issues on Universality of
Religions
A pattern for comparative study of
Religion
Can Religion Change the Present
Political Scenario?
Pragya, Samani Rohini
Bhanusree, B.V.S.
Maradkar, Rajasaheb D.
Pragya, Samani Ritu
Xavier, Basil S
'Religion', 'Peace' and 'Philosophy in
Asia'
Juxtraposition of Politics and Religion
A Study of Role of Worship in South
Indian Folk Philosophy: An African
Inspiration
Date: 20th October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 Moral & Socio-political thoughts – Asia & Africa (6)
Chairperson 1. Prof. Debika Saha
2. dr. Sharmila Virkar
Shekhar, Sudhanshu
Communal Harmony in Hind Swaraj:
A Critical Analysis
Sharma, Laimayum Bishwanath
Ethical Dimension of Manipuri
Vaisnavism
MAI BHAGO –A Spiritual Warrior an
emerging guardian…
Mahatma Gandhi: Unfinished
Revolution
Mahatma or Dharmatma
Meenakshi, Rajan
Ambastha, Naresh Kumar
Kumari, Sunanda
Malla, Muzaffar Ali
Hamdani, Syed Junaid Ahmad
Unravelling Non-violence and Its
Legitimacy in the times of War,
Democracy and Globalisation:
Contextualising Afro-Asian Political
Philosophy
Pathology of Violence, Democracy and
Political Resistance: Critical
Evaluation in Afro-Asian Philosophical
Context
Date: 20th October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 Epistemologies & methods of philosophies of Asia & Africa (7)
Chairperson:1. Dr. Kumkum Sinha
2. Prof. Sangita Pandey
Sinha, R. C.
Borthakur, Paran
Cognative Inwardization: A
Methodology of Philosophizing
Doubt and Indifference: Taking a Dual
Stance
Chhatre, Lata
Anila A.
Shimi C. M.
Reveendran, Sangeetha M.
Role and Importance of Hetu in
Dharmakirti’s Theory of Inference
Apriori Knowledge: A Major Problem in
Empiricism
A Debate Bewteen Empirical Epistemic
Methods v/s Immediate Knowledge
Neurophysiology and the Knowledge
Zones: An Epistemic Analysis
Date: 20th October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 Regional Traditions of Philosophy (8)
Chairperson: 1. Prof. S. Krishnan
2. Prof. Davinder Kour
Sasidharan, P. K.
Ganapathy, T. N.
Upadhyaya, Govind S.
Kumari, Rita
Belsare, Vaijayanti A
Jyothimani, M.
History of Kalarividya: Ethnographic
Present at the Service of Ideological
Past
An Invitation to the Tamil Siddha
Tradition
Does traditional Mosto ritual contain
any philosophical answer?
‘VAISHNAVISM’: Key to moulding
individual and corporate life towards
social solidarity and progress
Relevance of The Philosophy of Prof S
V Dandekar in the modern times
Critical Analysis of Pati in Saiva
Siddhanta Philosophy
Date: 20th October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 Philosophy and Culture in Asia & Africa (9)
Chairperson: 1. Prof. kailash Chandra Dash
2. Dr. Shobha Doshi
Singh, Raghwendra Pratap
Mathur, Deepa S.P.
Saharan, Alka
Multiple Identities in Globalized Era:
Afro-Asian Perspective
The Assertion On “Indianness” In A
Diasporic Community
Inclusion of Culture and Identity of
India-Africa in the Context of
Shah, Hansa S.
Globalization
Jain Shravakachar
Nalwalla, Shehernaz R
Women & Religion
Date: 21stt October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 Value systems in Asia & Africa (1)
Chairperson: 1. Prof. Lata Chhatre
Aagamprajna, Samani
Pragya, Samani Shashi
Bhaduri, Saradindu
Saikia, Abhinandan
Mehta, Vandana
Valmiki, Amita
Ghose, Nilina
Rao, P. Srinivasa
Sachdev Kumar Neeraj
Social Development and Value System
in Jainism
Socio-Spiritual Analysis of Philosophy
of Karma
Time belief and Innovation theories:
Some insights from Shifting
Cultivators of Nagaland
A Study of Jaina Concept of
Parigraha: With Special Reference to
Sutrakrutang Sutra
Title of the paper: Me, Society and the
Corporate Arena – A Value based play!
Technology and deep ecology: a
practical overview
Ethical values in Medical Profession
A Virtue-theoretic Anaysis of Whistle
Bolwing
Date: 21stt October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 History of Philosophies – Asia & Africa (2)
Chairperson: 1. Dr. Kusum Kumari
2. Dr. Priya Vaidya
Pragya, Samani Ramaniya
Balaganapathi, D
Prasannakumar E. M.
Concept of Direction in Indian
Philosophy
[with special reference to Jain
philosophy]
Orientalist and Nationalist histories of
Indian Philosophy: Some reflections
Analysing Popper’s Critical
Rationalism
Padmakumar P. R.
Jetli, Priyedarshi
The Reducability of Mental events to
Physical events on The Basis of MindBrain Identity Theory
The Origins of Western Literature,
Science and Philosophy in Africa and
Asia: Unveiling Eurocentric History
Date: 21stt October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 Philosophy of Environment (3)
Chairperson: 1. Dr. Dipti Gangavane
Sharma, Pooja
Philosophy of Responsible
Environment Behaviour
The Science of Environment in Jain
Philosophy
Taoist Environmentalism
Mehta, Geeta
Philosophy of Environment
Maduka, Chukwugozie
African and Asian Thoughts/Values as
Grounding for Contemporary
Environmental Ethics and Action
Buddhist environmental philosophy
and its relevance
Environmental Concerns
Kaur, Amarjit
Chaitypragya, Samani
Khemani, Seema
Chakravartty, Tapati
Date: 21stt October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 Philosophy of Religion & Comparative Studies of Religion – Asia & Africa (5)
Chairperson: 1. Dr. S.G. Nigal
P, Deepa
Singh, Shailesh Kumar
Bhasin, Davinderpal Kaur
Haokip, S. Nengneithem
Chowdary, Ramakrishna P
Implication of Euthanasia in Africa: A
Social Perspective
Attitude towards Women in East
Asian Religious Traditions
Social Reconstruction through the
Sikh doctrine of Miri Piri
The Christian Concept of love
Religious Pluralism – Gandhian
Perspective
Misao, Paogoulen
Santoke, Janki
INDOI: The Traditional Religion of
Thadou-Kuki
Philosophy: the unity of all religions
Date: 21stt October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 Moral & Socio-political thoughts – Asia & Africa (6)
Chairperson: 1. Dr. Sharmila Virkar
Kumari, B.R. Shantha
Synthetic Biopower, Comprador
Governmentality and
Necrodevelopment
Narrative as discourse in Political
Philosophy: Re-conceptualising Caste,
Race and Resistance in Afro-Asian
Context in the age of Globalisation
Indian Political Thought
Gujalar, B. H.
Dharma as Moral Good
Ramesh, M. P.
The Social Philosophy of Kautilya
Dubey, Kiran
Ethical Issues in Information System
Dubey, Prakash Chandra
Business Ethics in Corporate Life
Mukhopadhyay, Arun G.
Baghel, Lallan Singh
Date: 21stt October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 Epistemologies & methods of philosophies of Asia & Africa (7)
Chairperson: Prof. S. More
Revathy, A.D.
Epistemology of Tolkappiam
Basu, Soma
Do the Gods Exist: Skepticism : The
Vedic Way
Thought Experiments as Mental
Models: What do Models Mould?
Shinod N.K
Imkumnaro
Thomas, Jolly
On Elaborating the Components of
Social Epistemology
On Modality and Modal Realism
Rai, Shruti
Pratyaksha Jnana (Perceptual
knowledge): Its Non-Linguistic and
Linguistic
Date: 21stt October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 Regional Traditions of Philosophy (8)
Chairperson: Prof. Bhelke
Anbazhagan, R.
Kumari, Shobha
Ravikumar, E.
Raul, Sachindra
Bhackiaraj, G.
Chandran, L Jeya
The Basic Concepts of Saiva
Siddhanta Philosophy
Kabir and Philosophy
Locating Saiva Siddhanta Concept of
Anava Mala in a Philosophical
Perspective
The Meaning of ‘Aham’ in
Srimadbhagawad Gita
The Role of Siddhas in Guru Granth
Origin and Development of the Singh
Sabha Movement
Date: 21stt October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 Philosophy and Culture in Asia & Africa (9)
Chairperson: Prof. Shehrnaz Nalwalla
Deka, Jayashree
Gandhi on Woman
Nimbalkar, Namita
Gandhi and Women Empowerment
through SEWA
Universality in Afro–Asian Culture: A
Philosophical Perspective
A Feminist reading of Indian
Philosophy A conceptual
reconstruction
Hijab Controversy (A Tentative
Analysis)
Chattopadhyay, Santi Nath
Khangamcha P. Milan
Mondal, Sukur Ali
Date: 21stt October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
Student Session
Chairperson: Dr. S.G. Nigal and Prof. Archana S. Malik-Goure
Aabha Kiron Pande
DEVIKA SAWANT
KARMAYOGA- THE WAY OF LIVING LIFE
GRACEFULLY
Can Women Save the Environment?The
Chipko Andolan
PETER AKBAR
CHRISTIAN VALUES
Rajiv Nair
Comparing Buddhism and Darwinism
SACHCHIDANAND SINGH
TRUTHFULNESS: - IS IT A PRACTICAL VALUE?
SHILPA BANDIWDEKAR
Women and the Environment Green Belt
Movement
Shivani Mayekar
LOST SIGNIFICANCE OF YAMA &
NIYAMA
Snehal Nadh,
Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhist philosophy
as one of the significant prescriptions for
achieving peace as a value in Asia.
Tauseef Ansari
Oneness of Man and Nature: the views of
Islam
Venkatesh Laxman Kadam
Truth : as moral universal value and
aim of life”.
Date: 22nd October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 Value systems in Asia & Africa (1)
Chairperson: 1. Prof. Mangala Chinchore
2. Prof. Archana Malik-Goure
Nesy, Daniel
Values enshrined in the prose and
poetry of Bharati
Indian Value System: Base of Social
Harmony
“Tena Tyaktena Bhunjitha”- Towards
a Sustainable Society
Mangala Sutta (Prosperity Discourse)
and the Global Family
Upanishads as Promoters of the
Universally Accepted Human Values
Value Systems of Teaching and
Research in Indian University
Education
India and Africa: Partners in the
Process of Progress and Peace
BioEthics Education
Haridas, Remya
Bioethics – A Utilitarian Perspective
Bhadauria, Anil Kumar Singh
Value system in the World
Chandrasekar, V.
Cheema, Ravinder Kaur
Borah, Surjya Kamal
Cara, U Sobhana
Rao, Chilakamarthi Durga Prasada
Chetty, K. M.
Indira, S
Bandyopadhyay, Manik Lal
Date: 22nd October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 Philosophy of Environment (3)
Chairperson: Dr. Tabassum Sheikh
Kumar, Jatinder
Jainism & Environment
Sumant, Y
Singh, Mugdha
Srivastava, Kanika
Singh, Birjendra
The system of Dayalbagh life as a role
model for the environmental
enrichment
Gadade, Kavita Shankar
Philosophical aspects of environmental
problems
Culture and Environment: A
Philosophical Analysis
Towards a Philosophy for Harmonious
Living
Philosophy of Environment: Ethico–
Religious Perspective
DAKSHAYAJNA-Effect of Excellence
Without Benevolence: An Ecological
Perspective
Saha, Debika
Das, Juthika
Jha, Nirmala Kumari
Mukerjee, Tanya
Date: 22nd October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 Moral & Socio-political thoughts – Asia & Africa (6)
 Chairperson: Dr. Amit Valmiki
Sharma, Ambuj
Sreejith K. K.
Sekhon, Rajbala
Krishnan, S
Sahu, Vineet
Ven. Candavara
Puradkar, Rina A Pitale
Civil Disobedience, Rights and
Distributive-Justice: Raising a few
questions in Afro Asian Political
Philosophy
Justification as Social practice
Democracy, Development and
Aspirations of People in India
Some Reflections on Thiruvalluvars’
Approach to Moral Life
Dharma as a Purushārtha: Its
metaethical standpoint
Buddhist View to Modern Society: A
Study of Social Philosophy
Can Business Exist Within the
Periphery of Ethics and Social
Responsibility?
Date: 22nd October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 Regional Traditions of Philosophy (8)
Chairperson: Dr. Uma Shankar
Dr. Priya Vaidya
Dave, Purnima M
Blyden’s Views on Unity and Diversity
Rajadurai, R
Substance of the Aphorism on
Sivajnana Bodham
Relevance of Swami Vivekananda’s
Thoughts to the Youth
Philosophy of Bhagavata Dharma from
Dvaita perspective
The Contributions of Christian
Missionaries to Dalit Culture
The Phenomenological study of the
Kuki Polity and Religion
Bauddha Sankara Narayana
Philosophies and the Advaita Tradition
Vaidya, Priya M
Shenoy, Mita Mohan
Prasaath, Guru M.
Lenthang, Caleb M
Adat, Dharmaraj
of India
Homai R. Palamcoat
Comparative Studies of Sant
Jnanaeshwar and Dastoor Azar
Kaiwan
Date: 23rd October 11, 2010
2.15 pm. To 5.00 p.m.
 Moral & Socio-political thoughts – Asia & Africa (6)
 Chairperson: Dr. Trever Allis
Singh, Udaya Pratap
Justice, Freedom and Development:
Philosophical perspectives of Amartya
Sen
Moral and Socio-Political Thought of
Upanishad
Globalization: Challenges and Remedy
Sinha, Kumkum
Value Centric Approach of Ethics~
Singh, Lokendrajit Soyam
Reasoning with the Terrorist
Ansari, Awataf
Free Will and Determinism: An Islamic
Philosophical Perspective
Molding a Corporate life : A Bhagvad
Gita perspective
Ethical Implications of privatization of
water resources
Daptardar, Vaidehi
Pande, Sangeeta
Londhe, Manali
Chaukar, Himani S