Professor Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya (November 5, 1933 – February 13, 2022), was educated at the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a public collegiate state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered one of best state research university all over India every year, ...

and was Deputy Minister of Health of India and Union Minister of Commerce and Industry. He founded the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, and served as its Chairman. Till the end of his life, he served as the Chairman of the

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, and General Editor of the

Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture Project of History of Indian science and civilization (PHISPC) is a project initiated by the Centre for Studies in Civilizations under the editorship of Professor D. P. Chattopadhyaya in India. The series also contains 20 monographs. PHISPC is a ...

, which produced a multi-volume

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. Chattopadhyaya has authored many books on culture and philosophy. In 2009 he was awarded the

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, India's second highest civilian award.Complete List of 2009 Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri
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Books

*1967 ''Individuals and Societies: A Methodological Inquiry'' *1976 ''History, Individuals and World'' *1980 ''Rupa, Rasa O Sundara'' (in Bengali) *1988 '' Sri Aurobindo and

Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 ...

'' *1990 ''Anthropology and Historiography of Science'' *1991 ''Induction, Probability and Skepticism'' *1997 ''Sociology, Ideology and Utopia''

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External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20150627044324/http://www.icpr.in/pdf/Newsletter_Apr-Sept_2010.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:Chattopadhyaya, D. P. 20th-century Indian philosophers Chattopadhyay, D.P. Chattopadhyay, D.P. Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in literature & education Living people 1933 births