Sundar Sarukkai on Indian Higher Education: Quality, Excellence in Neoliberal Times

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  • Rolla Das Christ University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12726/tjp.19.6

Abstract

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 who
can, 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). He
has 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

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Published

2018-01-01

How to Cite

Das, R. (2018). Sundar Sarukkai on Indian Higher Education: Quality, Excellence in Neoliberal Times. Tattva Journal of Philosophy, 10(1), 89-93. https://doi.org/10.12726/tjp.19.6

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2018): Tattva Journal of Philosophy

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Interviews

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