Assistant Professor

Dr Chandana Deka

Department of Political Science

Interests

  1. Philosophy of Religion
  2. Ethics
  3. Political Philosophy
  4. Socio-cultural Philosophy
  5. Pragmatism
  6. Critical Thinking

Faculty Details

Education

2010

Cotton College
India
BA (Major- Philosophy)

2012

Gauhati University
India
MA (Specialised in Logic)

2021

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
India
PhD

Experience

  • 2021-2022  - Faculty of Ethics (Temporary) - National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
  • 2012-2014 - PG Teacher of Philosophy - Assam Jatiya Bidyalaya

Research Interests

  • Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, Political Philosophy, Socio-cultural Philosophy, and Pragmatism, focusing on foundational questions about faith, morality, justice, and cultural practices.

Awards & Fellowships

  • 2019- Awarded a fellowship and a grant of 700 Euros to attend “The Casablanca Seminars and workshop 2019” with the title “Tolerance in Mediterranean Societies: History, Ideas and Institutions” (July8-July20), held in Morocco, Africa.

List of Publications

  • Singh M. Bikku, Bhutia U, Agha, A and Deka C. (2024). “Futuristic Cities as Marvels of Social Exclusion in India: A Case Study of Amravati” in Adam H, and Rena R. Polycrisis and Economic Development in the Global South. Routledge, (Web of Science and Scopus Indexed).
  • Vineeth Thomas, Jaya Devi and Chandana Deka. (2024) "Political Influencer in Indian Democracy" in Economic and Political Weekly Journal (ABDC-Band Q2), India.
  • Chandana Deka. (2022) "Faith and Healing: Exploring Alternative Medicine" in Proceedings of the International Conference on Science and Philosophy in Indian Knowledge System, December 2022 Publisher: Institute for Science and Spirituality and Ministry of Education, Govt. of India.
  • Chandana Deka and V. Prabhu.( 2021) "Can Capability Approach Pave the Way for Religion? A Study in the Context of Rorty’s Private/Public Sphere’s Debate" in Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, Published: 15th October, 2021, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s40961-021-00263-5, Springer.
  • Chandana Deka and V. Prabhu. (2020) "Are not the new atheists dogmatic?" in Ravenshaw Journal of Philosophy, Vol. VI, pp 44-58, November, Department of Philosophy, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack ISSN: 2395-3209
  • Chandana Deka and V. Prabhu (2020) “Religious Evil? A Response to Hitchens’ View on Hinduism” in Journal of East West Thoughts, Number 4, Volume 10, pp 49-56, December, International Association for East-West Studies, USA. ISSN 2161-7236, E-ISSN 2168-2259.
  • V. Prabhu and Chandana Deka (2020) “Wittgensteinian Response to New Atheism” in Wittgensteinian realms of Religious Beliefs, Values and Metaphysics, Occum Academic Press, Mississauga, Ontario, pp 62-69, ISBN 9781775160762 (Hardcover)
  • Chandana Deka. (2020) “Can Fideism escape from ethical challenges?” in Ethical Issues: Debate and Discussions, BNit Book Builders, Guwahati, Assam, India, pp 101-114, December, ISBN 978-93-89697-08-7
  • Jahnu Bharadwaj and Chandana Deka. (2020) “Love, Desire and Void- Reading The Tale of Nomadic Soul” in The Wire Url: https://thewire.in/books/syed-abdul-malik-novel-aghari-atmar-kahin

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