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 (), is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Kolkata, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate c ...
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
Centre for Studies in Civilizations, and General Editor of the
Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture, which produced a multi-volume
cultural history of India.
Chattopadhyaya has authored many books on culture and philosophy. In 2009 he was awarded the
Padma Vibhushan
The Padma Vibhushan ( , lit. "Lotus Grandeur") is the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "exceptional and distinguished service". All persons w ...
, 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
Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian Modern yoga gurus, yogi, maharishi, and Indian nationalist. He also edited the newspaper Bande Mataram (publication), ''Bande Mataram''.
Aurobindo st ...
and Karl Marx
Karl Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, political theorist, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. He is best-known for the 1848 pamphlet '' The Communist Manifesto'' (written with Friedrich Engels) ...
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*1990 ''Anthropology and Historiography of Science''
*1991 ''Induction, Probability and Skepticism''
*1997 ''Sociology, Ideology and Utopia''
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20150627044324/http://www.icpr.in/pdf/Newsletter_Apr-Sept_2010.pdf
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1933 births
2022 deaths
20th-century Indian philosophers
Chattopadhyay, D.P.
Chattopadhyay, D.P.
Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in literature & education
Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal
Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal