About Debi Prasad Chattopadhyay
Lived 1933 – 2022 (aged 88). Debi Prasad Chattopadhyay was an Indian philosopher, writer and politician.
Professor Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya (November 5, 1933 – February 13, 2022), was educated at the University of Calcutta and was Deputy Minister of Health of India and Union Minister of Commerce and Industry. 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.
Chattopadhyaya has authored many books on culture and philosophy. In 2009, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award.
Books 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
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Who was Debi Prasad Chattopadhyay?
Indian philosopher
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Debi Prasad Chattopadhyay was born on 5 November 1933.
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Debi Prasad Chattopadhyay died on 13 February 2022.
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Debi Prasad Chattopadhyay was a philosopher, writer and politician.
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Debi Prasad Chattopadhyay was Indian.
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