Course on Philosophical & Textual sources on Yoga Consciousness

[Nagaraj Paturi]

Yoga Consciousness in Mahābhārata and

Bhagavadgītā: The Ethical Value for

Societal/Political Well-being'

F I R S T  A C A D EMI C  END E A VOU R

A  WE E K  LONG  COU R S E

ON

Philosophical and Textual

Sources of Yoga Consciousness

F I R S T A C A D EMI C END E A VOU R

A WE E K LONG COU R S E

ON

MA R C H 7 - 1 4 , 2 0 2 0

D E P A R TMENT OF P H I LOSOP H Y ,

UNI V E R I S T Y OF D E L H I

&

K AMA L A NE H R U COL L E G E ,

UNI V E R S I T Y OF D E L H I

C A L L FOR P A R T I C I P A T ION

Dr. Balaganapathi Devarakonda

Professor and Head

Department of Philosophy

University of Delhi

Dr. Geetesh Nirban

Assistant Professor

Kamala Nehru College

University of Delhi

Principal Investigator : Co-Principal Investigator :

'Yoga Consciousness in Mahābhārata and

Bhagavadgītā: The Ethical Value for

Societal/Political Well-being'

Initiative of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

Coordinating Partner Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

COU R S E WI L L FOC U S ON :

Sāṁ khya and Yoga in the Mahābhārata

Prior scholarship on Sāṁ khya and Yoga

Sāṁ khya and Yoga as Philosophical Schools

Jñāna Yoga and Karma Yoga in the Bhagavadgītā

Yoga as Soteriological Path in the Mokṣadharmaparvan

Universalizing Mokṣa through Iconography and Worship in the Nārāyaṇīya

Bhakti and Yoga in the Bhagavatapurāṇa

A P P L I C A T ION D E A D L INE :

February 20, 2020

R E G I S T R A T ION F E E :

Rs. 3000/- (Participants will cover their own travel costs. No accommodation will be provided)

F A C U L T Y :

International Principal Investigator: Dr. Vishwa Adluri, Hunter College, New York, USA

International Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Joydeep Bagchee, Core Doctoral Faculty, Hindu

University of America and Independent Scholar, Berlin, Germany

Indian Principal Investigator: Dr. Balaganapathi Devarakonda, Department of Philosophy,

Faculty of Arts, University of Delhi

Indian Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Geetesh Nirban, Kamala Nehru College, University of

Delhi

E L I G I B I L T Y C R I T E R I A :

Undergraduates, Postgraduates and Research Scholars interested in Philosophy, Indology,

Sanskrit, Religious Studies, and Cultural Studies

S E L E C T ION C R I T E R I A :

Submit CV along with a letter of interest (600 words) stating why you want to join this program

and email it todrgeeteshnirban@

gmail.com

jaysh...@gmail.com

Venue shall be informed to the selected participants