Arabinda Basu
Pondicherry,India

Arabinda Basu is presently:

  • Director, Sri Aurobindo Research Academy, Pondicherry
  • Professor of Philosophy, Sri Aurobindo International Center of Education, Pondicherry
  • Editor, Gavesana, published by Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education

Formerly, he was:

  • Spalding Lecturer in Indian Philosophy and Religion, University of Durham, England
  • Sri Aurobindo Professor of Philosophy, Benaras Hindu University
  • A.C. Mukherjee Lecturer, University of Calcutta, 1969
  • Ranade Memorial Lecturer, 1969
  • Sri Aurobindo Annual Memorial Lecturer, 1972
  • Member, Committee of Experts on Translation of Representative Works, International Council for Philosophic and Humanistic Studies, Paris,1954-55.

He has also been visiting Professor at:

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
  • Institute of Ecumenical Studies (World Council of Churches), Switzerland
  • University of Dubuque, Dubuque, Iow
  • Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California
  • Panjabi University, Patiala, Panjab, India

His publications include:

  • The Chariot of Jagannath by Sri Aurobindo (English translation of Sri Aurobindo's Bengali work, Jagannather Rath). Sri Aurobindo Ashram Pondicherry
  • A Preface to the Study of the Bhagavata Purana
  • Gopinath Kaviraj Memorial Lectures, University of Calcutta
  • Brahman and Ishwara in the Philosophies of Shankara and Sri Aurobindo, Indian Institute of Culture, Bangalore
  • Sri Aurobindo, A Garland of Tributes (Editor). Sri Aurobindo Research Academy
  • The Mother, A Bouquet of Homage (Editor). Sri Aurobindo Research Academy

And articles published in:

  • Encyclopedia Britannica
  • History of Philosophy, Eastern and Western, ed. S. Radhakrishnan. Government of India publication
  • The Cultural Heritage of India. Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Calcutta
  • many other anthologies in India and abroad.

Other activities include:

  • Member, International Advisory Board of Editors, Paragon House Publishers, New York, 1985-1987
  • Member, Advisory Board, Process Studies, Journal of the Centre for Process Studies, Clarement College