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
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