Sushil Kumar Saxena is an Indian musicologist, academic, scholar and the author of several books on music, philosophy and
aesthetics
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He is a former member of the faculty of the
University of Delhi
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and has served the University Court as a member.
His works include ''Studies in the Metaphysics of Bradley'',
''Hindustan Music and Aesthetics Today'',
''Art and Philosophy: Seven Aestheticians, Croce, Dewey, Collingwood, Santayana, Ducasse Langer, Reid'',
and ''Swinging Syllables Aesthetics of Kathak Dance''
and his lectures have been included in a book, ''Indian Music: Eminent Thinkers on Core Issues ; Discourses by Premlata Sharma, S. K. Saxena and
Kapila Vatsyayan''.
He is a recipient of the
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship which he received in 2007.
The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the
Padma Bhushan
The Padma Bhushan (IAST: ''Padma Bhūṣaṇa'', lit. 'Lotus Decoration') is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 Januar ...
, in 2008, for his contributions to Indian music.
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Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
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Kapila Vatsyayan
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Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts
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Indian musicologists
20th-century Indian philosophers
21st-century Indian philosophers
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Living people
Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
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