Former Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Delhi University, Chairman of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, General President of the Indian Philosophical Congress and the Akhil Bharatiya Darshan Parishad (All Indian Philosophy Association); Major research fields: Buddhism, Philosophy of Religion, Indian Philosophy and Culture; Selected works: Introduction to Scientific Method and Logical Reasoning (2011), Applied Philosophy, Value Theory and Business Ethics (2010), Studies in Ramanuja Vedanta (1975).