1997, BA (Geography, Philosophy, Hindi, English), Kurukshetra University
2004, Certificate Course in Vivekanada studies, Panjab University
2012, Shastri (Three year program) in Sanskrit Literature (Vyakarna, Sahitya,Sanskrit Sahitya ka Itihasa, Darshan, Dharmshastra, Nitishastra), Panjab University
2010,Prak-Shastri (Two year program), Sanskrit literature (Vyakaran, Kavya,Nataka, Karmakanda aur Jyotish), Panjab Uiversity
Employment History +
Assistant Professor, University of Hyderabad,2010- Till date
Areas of Specialization +
Philosophy of Art
Indian Philosophy
Teaching/Research Interests +
Philosophy of Art
Indian Aesthetics
Western Aesthetics
Research Supervision +
Rashmi Nayak Aesthetic Cognition: with reference to Abhinavagupta
Renadev M. V, Nietzsche’s Conception of Subjectivity and Freedom with Reference to Aesthetics.
Deskyong Angmo,Death(Bardo) from Tibetan Buddhism’s Perspective
Published Papers +
Art, Aesthetics and Philosophy Reflections on Coomaraswamy (2015) wth S.G. Kulkarni (Ed.)
Chauhan,K., ‘Art, Aesthetics and Philosophy Reflections on Coomaraswamy’,Editors: S.G. Kulkarni; Kavita Chauhan, Indira Gandhi National Centre For Arts, Delhi, 2005.
Invited Papers in Conferences/Seminars +
Cognitive Value of Art and Beyond: In Abhinavagupta’s Abhinavabharti, National Seminar on ‘Understanding Aesthetic Values’ organised by Centre of Advanced Study in Philosophy, Jadavpur University, 7th Feb 2015
’Dhvani and its significance in Poetic Expression’, ICPR National Sem- inar organised on ‘Art, Language, Emotion’, 6-8 April, 2015
Invited Talks +
National Workshop On Nirukta Epistemology, February 9 to 18, 2017, organised by Kurukshetra University and ICPR:
1. Nirukta: An Exposition of Poetic Meaning
2. Bhava and Sattva: A Ctitical Exposition
National Worshop On Vakyapadiyam, March 29th –April 7th, 2017, ICPR
1. Concept of Pratibhā in Bhartrihari’s Vākyapadīya
2. Pratibhā and Poetic-Communication
Lectures Delivered at UGC- Human Resource Development Centre. University of Hyderabad-500046
1. Communication in Art, 17.11.2016
2. Art Communication and Art Experience, 05.12.2016
3. Relevalnce of Yoga in the Present Scenario, 10.12.2016
4. Art and Values, 22.15.2017
Lectures Delivered at Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (Un- der the aegis of Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India) Hyderabad – 500 084. Orientation Course)
1. Gandhian Philosophy of Education and Craft 05.07.2016
2. Gandhi’s Ideas of Craft and Education 08.08.2016
3. Education and Art 19.08.2016
4. Gandhi on Craft and Education 21.03.2017
5. Art and Life: How Art Inculcates Moral Values 08.05.2017
6. Gandhian Philosophy and Education, (delivered during the period 2016 to 2019)