Organization : Indian Council of Philosophical Research
Fellowship Name : ICPR Fellowship Scheme
Applicable States : All India
Website : http://www.icpr.in/ap-fellowship.html
ICPR Fellowship Scheme :
The main objective of ICPR Fellowship Scheme is to promote research in philosophy at various levels by providing opportunities to scholars, especially the young scholars, to engage themselves on a whole time basis, in research projects on the themes of their choice, preferably among the major areas of investigation identified by the Council or in the Council’s own projects in the field of philosophy and related disciplines.
The Council encourages research in the following major areas of investigation.
** Theories of Truth and Knowledge.
** Basic Values Embodied in Indian Culture and their relevance to National Reconstruction.
** Normative Inquiries (Ethics and Aesthetics).
** Interdisciplinary Inquiries (Ethics and Aesthetics).
** Philosophy, Science and Technology.
** Philosophy of Man and Environment.
** Social and Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Law.
** Comparative and Critical Study in the Philosophical Systems/Movements and Religion.
** Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics and Philosophy of Language.
** Metaphysics.
** Philosophy of Education.
** Philosophy of Social Sciences.
About ICPR:
The Indian Council of Philosophical Research set up by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, was registered as a society in March 1977 under the Societies Act, 1860, but it actually started functioning in July 1981 under the Chairmanship of Professor D.P. Chattopadhyaya.
Contact ICPR:
Indian Council of Philosophical Research
Darshan Bhawan
36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area
Mehrauli Badarpur Road
Near Batra Hospital
New Delhi – 110 062