CALL FOR ABSTRACTS/PAPERS

Delegates wanting to present papers at the congress are requested to adhere to the below guidelines:

(a) Submit an Abstract of 200-500 words by 20-Sep-09. Abstracts submitted on or before this date only will be published in the Book of Abstracts of the Congress. The Abstract/Paper need not be confined to Indian philosophy alone but can be in any stream of philosophy. Only abstracts received before this date will be published in the IPC proceedings. Indicate the IPC section for which you want your paper to be considered. See below for details on sections. Note that the final decision about which section a paper is presented in lies with the Organizers.

(b) Submit a brief CV (not more than one page) along with the Abstract.

(c) Submit Abstracts and Papers in Microsoft Word (any version earlier than Office 2007) or Acrobat (i.e. PDF) format.

(d) Email Abstracts/Papers to: indianphilcongress@gmail.com or post them to: Dr Shubhada Joshi, Professor & Head, Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai, Jnaneshwar Bhavan 1^st Floor, Vidyanagari, Santacruz (E), Mumbai 400 098.

SECTIONS OF IPC

Parallel meetings of each section will be held each day. The sections are as follows:

SECTION 1: HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
          Sectional President: Professor R C Das
             Head, Dept of Philosophy
          Utkal University,
          Bhubaneswar, Orissa - 751004

SECTION 2: LOGIC AND SCIENTIFIC METHOD
          Sectional President: Professor Shreekala M Nair
             Sri Sankaracharya Univesity of Sanskrit
          Kalady, Kerala

SECTION 3: METAPHYSICS & EPISTEMOLOGY
          Sectional President: Professor Sabujkoli (Sen) Mitra
             Head, Department of Philosophy & Religion
          Viswa Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235

SECTION 4: ETHICS & SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY
          Sectional President: Professor H N Pandey
             Department of Philosophy
          B R Ambedkar Bihar University
          Muzaffarpur - 842001

SECTION 5: RELIGION
          Sectional President: Professor Pushpa Motiyani
            Department of Gandhian Philosophy & Peace Research Centre
          Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad - 380014