Mrinal Miri (born 1 August 1940) is an Indian

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

and educationalist.

Early life

He was awarded a BA in Philosophy from the

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in 1966 and gained his doctorate in 1970.

Career

From 1970 to 1974 he was a lecturer in philosophy at St. Stephen's College under the

University of Delhi The Delhi University (DU, ISO 15919, ISO: ), also and officially known as the University of Delhi, is a collegiate university, collegiate research university, research Central university (India), central university located in Delhi, India. It ...

, before moving to North Eastern Hill University. Mrinal also served as the director of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study,

Shimla Shimla, also known as Simla ( the official name until 1972), is the capital and the largest city of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared the summer capital of British India. After independence, the city ...

, from 1993 to 1999. He was nominated as a member of Rajya Sabha on 21 March 2012. He has been awarded a Padma Bhushan for his contribution in the field of education and literature. He was a member of the National Advisory Council established by the

Manmohan Singh Manmohan Singh (26 September 1932 – 26 December 2024) was an Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician, and statesman, who served as the prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He was the fourth longest-serving prime minister after Jaw ...

UPA I government. He is a member of the council set up for the implementation of RTE act also called as NAC.

Personal life

He is married to Sujata Miri, a fellow philosopher.

Publications

* The Place of Humanities in Our Universities (ed), Routledge, 2018 () * The Idea of Surplus: Tagore and Contemporary Human Sciences (ed), Routledge, New Delhi, 2016 () * Philosophy and Education, Oxford University Press, 2014 () *''Identity and the Moral life'', Oxford University Press, 2002 *''Tribal India: Continuity and Change'' (Ed), Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 1993 *''Five Essays on Kant'' (Ed), North Eastern Hill University, 1987 *''Philosophy of Psychoanalysis'', Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 1997.

References

External links

Profile
at the NAC website

20th-century Indian educational theorists Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education 1940 births Living people Academic staff of the North-Eastern Hill University Members of National Advisory Council, India Academic staff of Delhi University Scholars from Assam Nominated members of the Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha members from Arunachal Pradesh 20th-century Indian philosophers {{India-academic-bio-stub