Khangembam Romesh Singh | Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru University

Khangembam Romesh Singh

Assistant Professor

Centre/School/Special Centre

Centre for Philosophy,

School of Social Sciences

Room No

306, SSS-I

Off. Phone

011-26704465

khangembam@mail.jnu.ac.in, kh.romesh@gmail.com

Personal Webpage

https://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/khangembam/cv.pdf

Qualifications

M.A., Ph.D. in Philosophy

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Ethics, Applied Ethics, Environmental Ethics

Philosophy of Voting

Experience

Earlier worked at Åbo Akademi University, Finland

M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, and IIT Bombay, Mumbai

Awards & Honours

Prof. K. T. M. Hegde Memorial Gold Medal for securing highest mark in MA Philosophy

Prof. A. G. Javadekar Felicitation Prize for securing highest mark in MA Philosophy

The 12^th Session Akhil Bhartiya Darshana Parishad Prize in Philosophy for securing highest mark in MA Philosophy

Jain Academy Research Scholarship (MS University of Baroda)

Junior Research Fellow

NRTT Short-Term Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC), India

Sitra Fellowship (CIMO, Finland) for visiting Postdoctoral Research Programme at Department of Philosophy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

Library and Writing Fellowship at Centre for Contemporary Studies, IISc Bangalore

ICPR General Fellowship

Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, IIT Bombay

International Collaboration/Consultancy

Visiting Researcher at Åbo Akademi University, Finland

IIT Bombay, Mumbai

Free University of Berlin, Germany

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

“Intrinsic Value: A Philosophically Challenging Inquiry in Environmental Ethics”. Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research 26 (3):89-108

“Moral Elements in the Ethical Code of Buddhism”. Public Philosophy and Democratic Education 3 (2):18-35

“Exploring the Concept of Non-violence as a Moral Virtue in Buddhism”. Jadavpur Journal of Philosophy 25 (1):95-122.

“On Question of Environmental Ethics: A Buddhist Contemplation”. In L. Udayakumar (ed), Buddhist Applied Philosophy, vol 1, 199-214. New Delhi: Prestige Books International.

“Theory of Karma: Foundation of Morality in Buddhism”. In Chenna Reddy (ed), Bodhisiri, 46-54. New Delhi: Research India Press

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

“Intrinsic Value: A Philosophically Challenging Inquiry in Environmental Ethics”. Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research 26 (3):89-108

“Moral Elements in the Ethical Code of Buddhism”. Public Philosophy and Democratic Education 3 (2):18-35

“Ecofeminism: Women and Nature”. International Journal of Humanities and Religion 1 (1): 9-19