Professor Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya (November 5, 1933 – February 13, 2022),[1] was educated at the University of Calcutta[2] and was Deputy Minister of Health of India and Union Minister of Commerce and Industry.[3] He founded the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, and served as its Chairman. Till the end of his life, he served as the Chairman of the Centre for Studies in Civilizations, and General Editor of the Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture, which produced a multi-volume cultural history of India.

Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya
Governor of Rajasthan
In office
14 February 1990 – 26 August 1991
Preceded byMilap Chand Jain (Acting)
Succeeded bySarup Singh
Minister of Commerce
In office
23 February 1976 – 24 March 1977
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Succeeded byMohan Dharia
Personal details
Born(1933-11-05)5 November 1933
Died13 February 2022(2022-02-13) (aged 88)

Chattopadhyaya has authored many books on culture and philosophy. In 2009 he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award.[4]

Books

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  • 1967 Individuals and Societies: A Methodological Inquiry
  • 1976 History, Individuals and World
  • 1980 Rupa, Rasa O Sundara (in Bengali)
  • 1988 Sri Aurobindo and Karl Marx
  • 1990 Anthropology and Historiography of Science
  • 1991 Induction, Probability and Skepticism
  • 1997 Sociology, Ideology and Utopia

References

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  1. ^ "Obituary: DPC, a philosopher and scholar-politician remembered by academics across the world". Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Newsletter - Indian Council of Philosophical Research".
  3. ^ Chattopadhyay, Savithri (1974). "Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 : A Study of the Legislative Process". Journal of the Indian Law Institute. 16 (4): 549–569. JSTOR 43950392.
  4. ^ Complete List of 2009 Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri
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