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CURRICULUM VITAE/ PERSONAL PROFILE

1. Name in Full: George Thadathil

2. Present Address Salesian College,

Sonada,

Darjeeling,

WB 734 209

Permanent Address Salesian College,

Sonada,

Darjeeling,

WB 734 209

3. Phone Number (0353) 2545627 (F)

Mobile 934045539

E-mail ID georgethadathil@aiache.co.in

geothadathil@yahoo.com.au

4. Date of Birth 01.05.1963

5. Details of Educational /Professional Qualifications

Qualification Name of Institution Class Year

Ph.D.

Title of Thesis: The Vision of Sri

Narayana Guru Movement in

the Literature of Nitya Chaitanya

Yati

University of Madras

&

Indian Council of

Philosophical Research

Commended

1998-2000

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M.Phil.

University of Madras

First Class

1996-1997

M.Ph

Jnana Deepa Vidhyapeeth

(Affiliated to Catholic

University, Rome)

First Class

1985-1987

B.Th

Kristu Jyoti College,

Bangalore

(Affiliated to Salesian

Pontifical University, Rome)

First Class

1988 - 1992

B.A Honours(English Literature) Salesian College, North

Bengal University

Second Class 1981-1984

B.Ph Salesian College, Sonada

(As Dual Degree Certificate)

First Class do

Pre. Degree

St Anthony’s College

College, NEHU University

First Class

1978-1980

Matriculation

(Kerala Board)

Don Bosco High School,

Mannuthy, Trichur

First Class

1974-1978

6. Languages known: English, Malayalam, Nepali, Bengali, Hindi, Sanskrit, German (has done GI & GII at the Goethe Institute, Max Mullter Bhawan, Pune with 82% & 78% respectively)

7. Subject with area of specialization: (Humanities and Social Sciences – Social Philosophy)

My area of specialization is Cross Cultural Social Philosophy. It was my attempt to apply the

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research findings in South India (Ezhava Movement) onto the Language and Ethnicity based

identity formations in Darjeeling District. Besides teaching basic courses in philosophy I

continue with research in this field.

8. Details of Professional/Teaching Experience

Name of

Institution

Designation

Period

Nature of duties

Salesian College,

Sonada,

Darjeeling,

University of

North Bengal

Lecturer Coordinator

of Extension

Activities

HOD, Philosophy &

Principal Founder

Director of Salesian

Publications

Principal & Founder

editor of Salesian

Journal &

1987

onwards

1992

onwards

2000

onwards

2005

onwards

2009 onwards

Teaching

Local Leadership Training

Guiding B.Ph students & staff

pursuing research in their writing

of papers & Dissertations and

Socio-cultural Research

Administration and Coordination

of the Faculty Research.

9. Present Post: Founder editor of Salesian Journal of Humanities

and Social Science, Founder Director of Salesian

Publications & Principal, Salesian College,

Sonada-Siliguri, University of North Bengal

10. Present Pay: Salesian College is a 2(f) and 12 (B) Minority, Rural College established in 1933. The Religious Faculty and staff did not claim Salary. However, having opened to the public since 2000, the efforts to resume the pay packet scheme is in process.

11. Date of Annual Increment: N/A

12. Date of Superannuation: N/A

13. Details of Research Activities:

Assisted in the Ph.D. Supervision of:

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Title Name of Candidate University

The Effect of Religious

Therapy on Depression in

Patients Suffering from

Irrecoverable Illnesses.

Johnny KK

University of Madras ( As

External Examiner, 2012)

Negotiating Gorkha Identity in

Indian Nepali Novels

Shreyasi Chettri Jadavpur University (As

External Examiner, 2016)

Impact of Christianity on the

Tamang and Lepcha

Communities of Darjeeling

District - A Philosophical

Perspective

Terence Mukhia Assam Don Bosco University

(External Examiner, 2017)

Projects Undertaken

Name of the Project Institution Published

KABP (Knowledge Awareness,

Behaviour, Practices) on HIV

AIDS in the Locality of the

College

(Similar studies on Early

Marriage, Unemployment and

School Drop outs have been

conducted during the past

decade)

A Research on the Local

Traditional Music systems is in

the process

Salesian College, Sonada

(Mini researches in the

locality are part of Social

Analysis Course for the final

year students)

Department of Music

Salesian College

The outcome of the study has

been published as a write up

in the local Newspapers

sunchari and himalay darpan

in Nepali.

The findings of the research

project will form the

curriculum of Music Course

being offered presently as

UGC, COP programme.

B.Ph Dissertations Final Year Students Over 50 students have been

guided in the past decade in

their final dissertation work

for the Degree Programme in

Philosophy.

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The Impact of Higher

Education in its Immediate

Neighbourhood: A study

Across Catholic Campuses in

North East

Select Staff from the Xavier

Board ENE College

The Research is to be

coordinated by team led by

the Bosco Institute of Master

of Social Work wing for

evolving strategies of

intervention in catholic

campuses

Development Induced

Displacement and Deprivation

in Sikkim 1975-2010:A

Quantitative Database on Its

Extent and Impact

Coordinated by Sonam Sherpa

of the Economics Department

with research assistants in

collaboration with Fr Walter

Fernandes, Director, North

Eastern Social Research

Centre, Guwahati.

The Study Report has been

submitted to ICSSR and the

report is ready for publication.

Published as Teesta on the

Run (2016)

Low Enrolment in Higher

Education among the Tribal

Communities of Doars

Coordinated by Dr Sukant

Banerjee in Collaboration with

ICSSR, Delhi & Salesian

Research Institute, Sonada-

Siliguri.

(Project completed in 2016)

CORSIKA- Cosmic Ray

Simulation Software

Coordinated by Mr Dhirodutta

Subba and undertaken by

Salesian Research Institute,

Salesian College, Siliguri

Campus

The Porting Facility for

CORSIKA from Linux to

Microsoft to be made

available for users.

NAAC ASSESSOR:

Peer Team visit to Purnia College on 13-14 Oct 2017 and

Rayat shikshan sanstha's Rajarshi chhatrapati shahu college, Kolhapur. 25-09-2017 to 26-O9-20L7

Details of Publications:

Books and Articles

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Books

Brahmarshi Sri Narayana Guru, (Translation from Malayalam to Nepali) by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi

(2016)

Teesta On the Run: Development Induced Displacement in Sikkim 1975-2010, A Salesian College &

NESRC Publication, (2016)Co-author

Cultural Linguistic Transitions in the Nepali Speech Community of Darjeeling, a Sahitya Akademi

Publication (2009) based on the research seminar on the same theme (March 2007), co-edited with Dr

Lalita Rai Ahmed, Darjeeling Government College, and Dr Jiwan Namdung, convener for Nepali, Sahitya

Akademi.

Vision From the Margin: A Study of the Sri Narayana Guru Movement in the Literature of Nitya

Chaitanya Yati (based on Doctoral Research) published by Asian Trading Corporation & Salesian College

Publication (2007).

Cultural Identity in Nepali Language and Literature a Salesian College Sonada Publication (2005) based

on the UGC sponsored seminar on the same theme, (co-edited with Dr Jiwan Namdung, convener for

Nepali, Sahitya Akademi, Mr Terence Mukhia, Department of Philosophy and Ms Basanti Mukhia,

Department of Nepali, Salesian College).

Subaltern Perspectives: Philosophizing in Context an Asian Trading Corporation, Bangalore, Publication

(2005) based on the ACPI 2004 Trinity College, Jalandhar session (edited).

Communities and Identity Consciousness: South Indian Trajectories a Madras University publication

(2004) based on the researches on community transitions in the last century, (co-edited with Prof. Felix

Wilfred, Department of Christian Studies, University of Madras).

Founder & Series Editor/(Co-editor) of:

Salesian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences,

Vol I, 1: Spirituality in Victorian Poetry (May 2010)

Vol I, 2: Philosophy and Contemporary Living (December 2010)

Vol II, 1: Darjeeling and Indian East (May 2011)

Vol II, 2: Mountain Economy in Perspective (December 2011)

Vol III, 1: Literary & Linguistic Terrain of Translation (May 2012)

Vol III, 2: Indigenous Philosophies of the Himalayan Communities (December 2012);

Vol IV, 1: Technology and Society (May 2013)

Vol IV, 2: Sports, Games and Holistic Education (December 2013)

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Vol V, 1: Engaging the Spiritual (May 2014)

Vol V, 2: Contextual Management: Theories & Practices (December 2014)

Vol VI, 1: Indigenous Management (May 2015)

Vol VI, 2: Christian Education and Modern Democratic India (December 2015)

Vol VII, 1: Education and Social Inclusion (May 2016)

Vol VII, 2: Identity, Resistance and Empowerment (December 2016)

Vol VIII, 1: Christianity and Indian Culture (May 2017)

Vol VIII, 2: Pen, Pain and Writing (December 2017)

Vol IX, 1: Politics of Ecology (May 2018)

Vol IX, 2: Darjeeling and Eastern Himalayas (December 2018)

Vol X, 1: Conflict in South Asia (May 2019)

Articles and Chapters

"The Transformative Power of the One World Vision of Sri Narayana Guru" in Vinay Lal (ed) India and

Civilizational Futures Backwaters Collective on Metaphysics and Politics II, New Delhi: Oxford University

Press, 2019,pp. 240-260.

"History, Culture, Environment and Development: Kerala and Darjeeling A Study in Contrast" in Anjan

Chakraborty, Rajarshi Chatterjee and Panchali Sengupta (eds), Interrogating Development: Perspectives

on Economy Environment, Ethnicity and gender, Kolkata, Setuprakashini, 2017, pp.174-185.

"Reading Gandhi in Ambedkar's Shoes: Reclaiming Democracy." in Enhancing our Home: Re-Reading

and Re-Living Gandhian Thought, ed. Johnson J. Puthenpurackal, Bangalore: Asian Trading Corporation -

ACPI, 2016, pp.193-214.

"Community, Critical Knowledge and Rights" in Pius V Thomas, Knowledge, Theorization and Rights:

Renegotiating the Connectives, Sonada, Salesian College Publication, 2016, pp. 56-71.

“Foreword: Darjeeling Society, Economy and Polity”, in Nupur Das, Darjeeling: Society, Economy and

Polity, Siliguri, Salesian College Publications, 2014, i-vii.

“Re-reading Texts from New Contexts: In Search of a New World Order”, in Alphonsus D’Souza, O L

Snaitang and Limatula Longkumer (Eds.), Globalisation and Response of the Churches, Guwahati, North

Eastern Social Research Centre, 2014, pp.27-41.

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“The Dynamics of Values: Sources, Contexts and Visions” in Ranjana Banerjee, Neeta Dang & Debika

Guha (Eds.), Dynamics of Values, Kolkata, Loreto College: Departments of Bed & Education, 2013, pp.

21-35.

“Introduction: Positioning the Indigenous Philosophies of the Himalayan Communities” in Salesian

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol III (December 2012), 1-18.

“The Cosmotheandric Experience of Raimon Panikkar” in Johnson Puthenpurackal (ed), Raimon

Panikkar Being Beyong Borders: A Commemorative Volume, Bangalore, Asian Trading Corporation, 2012

“Expression of Words: A Collection of Short Stories” by Birbhadra Karkidholi, in Indian Literature: 267

Sahitya Akademi’s Bi-Monthly Journal, (Jan/Feb 2012), 237-240.

“The Protest Masks: Politics of Culture and Identity” in Padam Nepal & Anup Shekhar Chakraborty

(Eds), Politics of Culture, Identity and Protest in North-East India, New Delhi, Authorspress, 2012, pp. 38-

48.

“Sri Narayana Guru” in George Panthanmackal & Johnson Puthenpurackal (eds)., Encyclopedia of Indian

Christian Philosophy, Bangalore, Asian Trading Corporation, 2010,

“Democracy” in George Panthanmackal & Johnson Puthenpurackal (eds)., Encyclopedia of Indan

Christian Philosophy, Bangalore, Asian Trading Corporation, 2010,

“The Politics of Violence” in Ivo Coelho (Ed.), Violence and Its Victims: Philosophizing from Indian

Context, Bangalore, Asian Trading Publication, 2010, 332-354.

“Philosophical Foundations of Spirituality in Poetry” in Salesian Journal of Humanities and Social

Sciences, Bi-Annual, Salesian College Publications, I(May 2010)1, 97-104

“Spirituality, Sexuality and Ethics of Care” in Felix Wilfred (ed.), Transforming Religion: Prospects for a

New Society, New Delhi, ISPCK, 2009.

“From Fullness to Emptiness: Encountering Non-Dualism in Jesus the Buddha”, in Saju Chackalackal (Ed.),

New Horizons of Indian Christian Living: A Festschrift in Honour of Vadakethala Francis Vineeth,

Bengaluru, Vidyavanam Publications & Coimbatore, Preshitha Communications, 2009, 367-386.

“Feminism Rethinking Philosophical Categories”, in Patrick Gnanapragasam & Elizabeth Schussler

Fiorenza (eds.), Negotiating Borders Theological Explorations in the Global Era: Essays in Honour of

Felix Wilfred, Delhi, ISPCK, 2008, 542-552.

“Relevance of Language Study for Cultural Identity”, in Indian Literature, Sahitya Akademi’s bimonthly

journal, September-October, 2008, (Vol. 247), 153-160.

“The Role of Social Sciences in Promoting Science” in I. Ahmed (ed.), Science and Society, Proceedings of

National Seminar, Darjeeling Government College, (2008).

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‘National Aspirations and Regional Autonomy: A Socio-Philosophical Perspective’, in Prathibha, Silver

Jubilee Souvenir, Aryabhatta College of Advanced Studies, (Dissent and Dialogue, edited by Pius

Vazhappilly), Thrissur, 2008, (n.p).

“From the Publisher” (an Introduction) in Tracing the Steps: A Psycho-Pedagogical Study of Charles de

Foucauld’s Vocational Journey, by Dr Nirmol Gomes, (2008) Salesian College Publication, pp. viii-xiii.

“Culture and Identity” in Keith D’Souza (ed.), Culture as Gift and Task: Philosophical Reflections in the

Indian Context, Bangalore, Asian Trading Corporation, 2008, pp.109-124.

“A Map for the Pilgrimage to the Other” in Journal of Dharma, Religious Literacy and Secularism, April-

June 2007 (Vol.32, No.2), 153-162.

“New Age Religion: An Appraisal” in George Karuvelil (ed.), Romancing the Sacred? Bangalore, Asian

Trading Corporation, 2007, pp. 331-354.

"The Role of Self in Developing Innovative Strategies in Higher Academics" in DISHA: Development of

Innovative Strategies in Higher Academics, Proceedings of the National Seminar, St Xavier's College,

Mumbai, 2006, pp. 27-35.

"Democratization Process through Civil Society Institutions, " in Victor PJ (ed), Discursive Hills: Studies in

History, Polity and Economy, Proceedings of the National Seminar, St Joseph's College, Darjeeling, 2007,

pp. 95-106.

“The Person: an Eastern Confluence with the West” in Divyadaan Journal of Philosophy and Education,

Vol.17 (2006)No.3, 301-316.

“Democratic Pluralism or Pluralistic Democracy” in Johnson J. Puthenpurackal (ed.), Pluralism of

Pluralism: A Pluralistic Probe into Philosophizing, Bangalore, Asian Trading Corporation, 2005, pp.327-

346.

“Sri Narayana Guru’s Vision of Liberative Religiosity: A Post Secular Approach to Religion” in Divyadaan

Journal of Philosophy and Education, Vol.16(2005)No.2, 195-228.

“The Dynamics of Conversion” (an introduction) in Vibrations of the Heart: John Henry Newman, by Dr

Merlyn George, (2004) Salesian College Publication, pp. vii-xi.

“The Making of a Tradition: The Vision of Nataraja Guru” in Divyadaan Journal of Philosophy and

Education, Vol.13(2002)No.2, 159-190.

“The Birth of Tradition”, in Divyadaan Journal of Philosophy and Education, Vol.10(1999)No.3, 293-312.

“Discovery of a Tradition (Parampara),” in Divyadaan Journal of Philosophy and Education,

Vol.9(1998)No.2, 1-16.

“Youth for Transformation of Society,” in Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflection, Vol.LXI(1997)No.6,

386-392.

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14. Details of Participation in National/International Seminars/Symposiums/Conferences

Seminars Organized by Dr. George Thadathil

Seminar Topic Year Institution

Communities and identity

Consciousness: South Indian

Trajectories

2000 Department of Christian

Studies, University of Madras

Culture, Philosophy and Social

Sciences

2001 Salesian College, Sonada,

Darjeeling.

Language, Literature and Art

Forms

2003 Department of Philosophy,

Salesian College, Sonada

Darjeeling

Nepali Linguistics 2004 Sponsored by CIIL (Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore) at Salesian College, Sonada Darjeeling

ACPI 30th Annual Conference on " Pluralism: Indian Christian Response"

2005 Salesian College, Sonada, Darjeeling, Sponsored by the ACPI (Association of Christian Philosophers of India)

‘Culture and Identity in Nepali Language and Literature’

2005 Sponsored by UGC at Salesian College Sonada, Darjeeling

Cultural Linguistic Transitions in the Spoken Nepali of Darjeeling

2007 In collaboration with Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, at Salesian College, Sonada Darjeeling.

Indigenous Philosophies of the Himalayan Communities

2009 Sponsored by Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, at Don Bosco Malbassey, Sikkim (May 9-10, 2009)

Christian Educational Institutions: The Making of Modern Democratic India

27-29 April 2011 Sponsored by Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla.

“Promoting NMEICT-INFLIBNET E-Resources in North Bengal and Sikkim” a Regional Seminar.

25 February 2011 Salesian College, Siliguri Campus

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National Workshop on “CORSIKA- Cosmic Ray Simulation Software”

10-11 April 2012 Salesian College, Siliguri Campus

National Seminar on “Sports & Games: New Approaches to Holistic Education”

3-4 August, 2012 Salesian College Siliguri Campus in collaboration with Sports Board, University of North Bengal

IUS Asia Triennial Conference on The Role and Identity of IUS (Salesian University Institutions)

23-25 November 2012 Don Bosco Nitika, Kolkata

National Workshop on “Christian Influence on Indian Culture”

1-3 August 2013 Salesian College, Sonada (ICPR sponsored)

The IQAC seminar on “Autonomy: Means to Quality Enhancement”

23-24 August, 2013 Salesian College Siliguri (NAAC sponsored)

National Seminar on “Contextual Management: Indigenous theories and practices”

5-6 October 2013 Salesian College Siliguri Campus in collaboration with Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati (UGC sponsored)

The Intercontinental Seminar on Education and Social Inclusion: Challenges of Diversity

13-16 February 2014 Salesian College Sonada (IUS Education Group Sponsored)

Human Development Values Project of AIACHE

1-4 September 2014 Salesian College Sonada (Sponsored by United Board, Hong Kong)

Convener of the National Seminar on Human Nature Interface in North Bengal

20-22 November 14 Department of Political Science, Salesian College, Siliguri Campus

Convener of the National Seminar on Pen Pain and Writing

6-7 January 2017 Department of English, Salesian College, Siliguri

Convener of the National Conference on Trends in Science and Technology

27-28 February 2017 Departments of Computer Science and Mathematics, Salesian College, Siliguri

Convener of the International Conference on Darjeeling and the Eastern Himalayas

14-15 March 2017 Departments of Philosophy, Sociology, English and History, Salesian College, Sonada

Papers Presented in Seminars, Symposiums and Conferences

Title of the Paper Presented Topic of the Conference Institution, Place and Year

‘One world Education in the National Seminar on Moral Department of Philosophy, Sri

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Vision of Sri Nitya Chaitanya Yati’

Philosophy Sankaracharya University, Kaladi, Kerala March, 2000.

‘Liberative Religiosity in the Vision of Sri Narayana Guru: The Post Secular Approach to Religion’

National Conference on ‘the Post Secular and Post Religious Discourses on Religion and Secularity: Emerging Frameworks in the Indian Context’

Department of Philosophy, University of Madras and Department of Philosophy, Dharmaram Vidhya Kshetram, Bangalore 14-16 December, 2001.

‘Language and Literature: Vehicles of Identity’

UGC sponsored seminar on ‘Rethinking Higher Education in India: Prospect and Retrospect’

Kalipada Ghosh Tarai Mahavidyalaya, 2-3 April 2004.

“Gramsci’s Significance in India Today”

29th annual Conference of ACPI on “Subaltern Philosophies: An Indian Christian Perspective”

Holy Trinity Seminary, Choggitti, Jalandhar, October 22-25, 2004

Understanding The Person: An Eastern Perspective

International Conference on ‘Personalism of Emmanuel Mounier,’

Salesian Pontifical University, Rome, 12-14 January 2005

"Environment as the Matrix for Cultural Identity"

National Level UGC Sponsored Seminar on "Culture, Environment and Identity"

Government College Darjeeling, 18-19 November 2005.

"Democratic Pluralism or Pluralistic Democracy: Postcolonial Possibilities"

30th Conference of the Association of Christian Philosophers of India on Pluralism: An Indian Christian Perspective

Salesian College, Sonada, Darjeeling, 18-22 October, 2005

"The Person: An East West Confluence"

80th Session of the Indian Philosophical Congress

North Bengal University Campus. 24-27 October, 2005

"Democratization Processes in Civil Society Institutions: A case study of Darjeeling"

UGC sponsored National Seminar on "Hill Stations in India: Challenges and Prospects"

St Joseph's College, Darjeeling 8-9 September 2005.

"The Role of Self in Developing Innovative Strategies in Higher Academics"

National Seminar DISHA: Development of Innovative Strategies in Higher Academics

St Xavier's College, Mumbai, 3-5 February 2006.

"Changing Faces of Social Identity: Cultural Linguistic Transitions in Darjeeling"

National Seminar organized by Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla

Department of Philosophy, University of Madras, Chennai, 6-8 March 2006.

‘Ethics and Ethnicity’ Calcutta Research Group on “Settled States and Unsettled

Loreto College, Darjeeling

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Populations: Evolving Discourses on Social Justice in India”

12 December 2006.

“Presence/Absence of the Marginalised in Philosophical Education: Challenges and Scope”

National Consultation of Philosophers on ‘Indigenous Philosophizing: Indian Horizons’

Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Bangalore, June 1-4, 2006.

“Positioning New Age in Feminist Philosophy of Religion”

ACPI conference on the theme “The Dynamics of Religion: A Philosophical Review from Indian Perspectives,”

Sacred Heart Seminary, Poonamallee, Chennai, 18-22 October, 2006

‘Catholic Higher Education and the World of Work’

National Conference on “Mission, Innovation And Transformation of Catholic Higher Education”

Stella Maris College (Autonomous), Chennai, in collaboration with International Federation Of Catholic Universities, Catholic Bishops Conference of India and Xavier Board for Catholic Higher Education in India Feb. 1- 3, 2007

Don Bosco’s Educational Project into the 21st Century

Jubilee Seminar on “Globalization and Education – Problems and Prospects for India”

Don Bosco School, Park Circus, Kolkata 17 March, 2007

“The Potential for Research in

Social Sciences in Indian

Salesian university

institutions”

international conference of

Salesian University Institutions

on “Exploration of

Collaborative Research

Potential”

Colle Don Bosco,

Turin, Italy,

23- 29 March 2007.

“Environment, Culture and Identity”

ACPI conference on “Culture: A Philosophical Look from the Indian Perspectives”

St Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor, Kottayam, 10-13 October, 2007.

‘Socio-Cultural status of Darjeeling Diocese in the Himalayan Region with special reference to the Interfaith Dialogue Commission’

Jubilee Symposium, St Augustine’s School Hall, Kalimpong, Darjeeling, 10 December 2007.

Guest Respondent at IASACT Scholars Meet

United Board, Institute of Advanced Studies in Cultures and Theologies, 2008.

Chung Chi College, Chinese University of Hong Kong 14 July 2008

“Philosophy and Literature”

(In Nepali)

Annual Endowment Lecture,

in the

Darjeeling Government

College,

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PG Dept of Nepali. 21 September 2008.

“The Role of Parents, Teachers, Panchayat and Civil Society in Educating the Rural Mass”

Village Fest, Education Fair (Public Lecture)

Assam Lingzey 2008 Winter Village Fest, East Sikkim, 22 December 2008.

From Fullness to Emptiness:

Encountering Non-dualism

in Jesus the Buddha - Conjectures of a

Vipassana Meditator

Round Table Conference on

“The ambivalence of

Nothingness, between

negation of the human and

openness to the divine.”

Institute of Sciences of

Religion, the Faculty of

Philosophy, UPS, Rome.

26th February 2009

The Philosophical Discourse

and Reclamation of

Indigenous Worldviews

ICPR Sponsored National

Seminar on “Indigenous

Philosophies of the Himalayan

Communities”

Don Bosco Malbassey (Venue

& Organized by Salesian

College, Sonada)8-9 May 2009

Seminar Report on “Christian

Educational Institutions: The

Making of Modern Democratic

India”

IIAS sponsored National

Seminar on “Christian

Educational Institutions: The

Making of Modern

Democratic India”

Rashtrapathi Bhawan, IIAS,

Shimla, 27-29 April, 2011

Positioning the Philosophy of

Sri Narayana Guru

The Philosophy, Vision and

Work of Sri Narayana Guru: as

an instrument of Egalitarian

Social Change”

Rashtrapathi Bhawan, IIAS,

Shimla, 7-9 June 2011

The IUS Networking: Indian

Approaches

2nd Plenary of the delegates of

IUS Education Group

UCSH, Santiago de Chile, 9-12

November 2010

Role of Catholic University in

Democratizing Peoples

World Congress of Catholic

Universities on ‘The Identity

ad Role of Catholic

Universities’.

University of Avila, Spain, 12-

15 August 2011

' Ethics in practice: Rethinking

Gandhian Perspective’

UGC sponsored national

seminar on “Understanding

Gandhi in our Times: Re-

visiting Gadhian Ethics”.

PD Women’s College

Jalpaiguri,

March 2011

The Cosmotheandric Vision of Symposium on Raimon Morning Star College,

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Raimon Panikkar Panikkar Barrackpore, 26 October 2011

Dynamics of Values: Source,

Context, Vision

UGC sponsored National

Seminar on ‘The Dynamics of

Values ‘

Loreto College, Kolkata

6-7 March 2012

“The psychological well-being

in terms of internal

experience”

Indo Bhutan International

Conference: “CELEBRATING

SHERIG CENTENARY- Gross

National Happiness (GNH) IN

BHUTAN AND INDIA.”

Jointly organised by Gaedu

College of Business Studies,

Bhutan, and Loyola College,

Chennai, 14-15 May 2012

Education Group and Student

Exchange

Triennial Conference of

Salesian Universities – IUS

International

Salesianum, Pisana, Rome, 10-

14 July 2012.

The Inclusion Debate:

Perspectives from the Margin

World Conference of Salesian

Universities

Don Bosco, Madrid, Spain,

November 2012

“Relevance of Pacem In Terris

and Nairobi Document”

National Seminar on

“Globalization and the

Churches”

North Eastern Social Research

Centre, Guwahati, 16-17 April

2013.

‘Education and Social

Inclusion’

Triennial Conference of Xavier

Board

Prabodhana Centre, Pallotine

House, organized by St

Philomina’s College, Mysore,

27-30 April, 2013.

‘Christian Higher Education

and Social Responsibility’

AIACHE National Conference

of Principals and Vice

Chancellors

Christ University, Bangalore,

from 1-3 May 2013.

“Bengal: In Search of

Progress”

Regional Seminar on “Facets

of Development in Bengal”

Organized by NESRC, St

Xavier’s College, Rajganj, and

Salesian College Siliguri

Campus, 25-26 May 2013.

“SNG: Politics of

Consciousness”,

Backwaters Collective IV:

Metaphysics and Politics

Le Meridien, Cochin, 18-21

July, 2013.

“Christian Influence on Indian

Culture”

Christian Culture Studies ICPR sponsored National

Workshop at Salesian College,

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Sonada, 1-3 August 2013

“Trends in Global Education

and Salesian Response”

Principals of Salesian Schools:

Annual Conference

Salesian Provincial House,

Odxel, Panjim, Goa on 17

August 2013.

“Autonomy: Means to Quality

Enhancement”

IQAC seminar on Autonomy Sponsored by NAAC at

Salesian College Siliguri,

23-24 August, 2013

“Education and Social

Inclusion: Indian

Perspectives”.

IUS Intercontinental Seminar

Series II

Lorena Campus of Unisal

(Centro Universitario

Salesiano,) Sao Paolo, 11-13

September 2013

“Sustaining and Promoting the

right conditions for Faith:

Indian Youth Perspective”

National Seminar on “Creating

and Sustaining Right

Conditions for Faith”

Sacred Heart Theological

College, on 19-21 September

2013

Presidential Address on

Contextual Management

UGC sponsored National

Seminar on “Contextual

Management: Indigenous

theories and practices”

Department of Management,

Salesian College Siligur

Campus in collaboration with

Don Bosco Institute,

Guwahati, on 5-6 October

2013.

“Networking Possibilities of

Don Bosco Higher Education in

India”

DBHEI Annual Conference Don Bosco College, Panjim on

5-6 November 2013

“History, Culture,

Environment and

Development: Kerala and

Darjeeling – A study in

Contrast” at the at

One Day national seminar on

“History, Culture,

Environment and

Development: Indian

Experiences”

St Joseph’s College,

Darjeeling, on 7 December

2013.

Welcome Address as the

Convener

The Intercontinental Seminar

on Education and Social

Inclusion: Challenges of

Diversity

Salesian College Sonada &

Sponsored by the IUS

Education Group 15-17

February 2014

"Language, Identity and

Ethnicity in Darjeeling;

Applying

Metaphysics and Politics

Conference, Backwater's

Le Meridien, Cochin,

1-4 August 2014

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the Insights of SNG". Collective

Salesian Education in India

and the role of Inclusivity in

Higher

Education

IUS EG delegates Meeting

Fourth Intercontinental

Seminar on Education and

Social Inclusion

IUS Venice Mestre, Italy,

27-30 November 2014

"Community, Knowledge and

Rights"

National Conference on

"Knowledge, Theorization and

Rights: Renegotiating the

Connectives"

Department of

Philosophy, University

Campus, Assam University,

Silchar, 16-17 March 2015

"Nurturing the Spiritual in

Higher Education" & "The

Contextual Relevance of

Christian Higher Education

in NE".

North East Christian College

Principal's Forum

Don Bosco Institute,

Guwahati,

18-19 April 2015

"The Salesian Identity of DBTI

and its Possible Futures"

Stakeholders Conference DBTI, Port Morseby, PNG, 9-

12 July 2015

"The One World Vision of Sri

Narayana Guru"

Sri Narayana Guru Samiti

Global Summit

State Library, Shillong,

Meghalaya, 20 September

2015

" The Need for Ecosophy in

Contemporary World"

Philosophy Seminar on

"Human Environment:

Ecological Concerns and

laudato Si"

Department of Philosophy,

Salesian College, Sonada, 11

October 2015

"Salesian System of Education

in Indian Cultural Context"

International Seminar on "Don

Bosco's System of Education"

St Anthony's College, Shillong.

19-20 November 2015

IASACT Mentor Institute for Advanced Study

in Asian Cultures and

Theologies

Chung Chi Divinity School

Chinese University of Hong

Kong, 25 May -25 June 2016

"The Gaze of SNG at

Ambedkar-Gandhi Debate"

Backwater's

Collective on Metaphysics and

Politics

Le Meridien, Cochin

15-18 July 2016

"The Role of NBU Officers in

Inclusivity and Excellence in

National Conference on Role

of NBU Officers in Inclusivity

North Bengal University

Officers Association, NBU,

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Higher Education" and Excellence in Higher

Education

10 September 2016

SNG Vision: Rethinking

Religious Education in India

Religious Pluralism in Asia: ICI

Conference I

Hong Kong Institute of

Education and Social Science

Hong Kong University

14-20 May 2017

Dealing with Colonialism:

Addressing a Contemporary

Concern in the Classroom

Faculty Development

Programme, SCSC

Salesian College FDP, 29 July

2017.

Challenges and Prospects of

Christian Education in

Contemporary India

National Consultation on

"Building the Nation: The

Constitutional Way"

SPCSA General Assembly, Don

Bosco, Kolkata, 27-28

February, 2018

Conflict in South Asia: Causes

and Consequences

(Valedictory Address)

Conflict in South Asia:

Consequences and

Implications

Don Bosco Golaghat, in

collaboration with SCS 14-15

March, 2018

Hindu Meditative Practices

and Research

Mindful Connectivity: Asian

Perspectives and Influences

Asia Network Annual

Conference, Sonesta Hotel,

Philadelphia,5-8 April 2018

Just Understand:

Religious Pluralism, Religious

Movements and the Future of

Inter-Faith Dialogue in India

ICI Conference II on Religious

Pluralism in Asia.

Hong Kong Institute of

Education and Social Science

Hong Kong University & Asian

Centre for Culture and

Theology, Chennai, 15-18 May

2018

Darjeeling University and the

Prospects of Higher Education

in the Hills:

A Trans Historical Perspective

National Symposium on

"Darjeeling University and the

Prospects of Higher Education

in the Hills"

Southfield College, Darjeeling,

4 September 2018.

Young People and Human

Rights: Perception of Indian

Reality

V Intercontinental Seminar

and IUS Education Group

General Assembly

Pio XI Campus, UNISAL, 1100,

Alto de Lappa, Sao Paolo,

Brazil, 17-19 September 2018.

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In Response to Savarna

Assertions in Kerala

Metaphysics and Politics,

Backwaters Collective

Le Meridien, Maradu, Cochin,

25-29, July 2019

Indian Civilizational Resources:

A critique

India China Indonesia

Conference

ICRS, Jogyakarta, Indonesia, 5-

9 August 2019

Salesian Translation Centre:

History and Prospects

EAO Conference of Salesian

Translators

Anisakan, Myanmar, 26-29

August, 2019

Myanmar, Bhutan and Nepal:

Socio-political realities and

Implications for Higher

Education

ACCS-AIACHE Conference ACCS, Panayur, Chennai, 5-9

September 2019

15. Deputed abroad:

I have been the leader of delegation of Youth at an International Live-in Experience of Youth at

Taize, France for two months (June-July) in 1994; as part of my research I have been to Singapore,

Sydney and Fiji Islands in 1999 to explore the receptivity to Indian spiritual traditions in Non-indic

cultural settings. I have represented the College at the World Level Summit of Salesian (Don Bosco)

University Institutions in Rome in 2001, 2004, and 2007. Participated and presented paper at the

Second Plenary of the delegates of Education Group of IUS at UCSH Santiago de Chile, 9-12

November 2010, the third plenary at Salesian University, Madrid, 2012, fourth plenary at Venice

Mestre 2014 and the fifth at UNISAL, Sao Paolo in September 2018. I was on Sabbatical in US from 1

January 2016 till 20 May 2016 during which did independent research work in the libraries of Yale

and Princeton Universities. In June-July2016 I was nominated Mentor for the IASACT by the United

Board and hosted in ChungChi College of Chinese University of Hong Kong. These were experiences

that helped in the present task as Indian representative of an International forum engaged in

devising a common research across the continents on the Impact of Education in transforming the

Identity Perceptions.

16. Any other relevant information

Analyzing and contributing to the impact of education on society has been a core concern in my

teaching as well as research and other activities that interfaced with the civil society. Therefore,

I attempt to follow an Inter-disciplinary approach in my teaching and research, involving

especially the fields of Social Philosophy, Literature, Hermeneutics, Sociology, History and

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Anthropology.

Courses Taught

1. Philosophical Psychology (Indian and Western)

2. Metaphysics (Indian and Western)

3. Cultural Philosophy

4. History of Philosophy (Ancient, Modern and Contemporary)

5. Medieval and Contemporary Indian Thought

6. Philosophy of Religion.

7. Contemporary Issues in Philosophy

Membership in Professional Societies:

1. Coordinator for IUS-Asia (Salesian University Institutions) EG (Education Group).

2. Member of Indian Theological Association.

3. Executive Member of Indian Christian Philosophers Association.

4. Executive Member of the Association of Catholic Colleges (Xavier Board).

5. Member of the International Association of Social Philosophy.

6. Executive Secretary, Forum for Inter religious Dialogue and Ecumenism, Darjeeling.

7. Member of the Academic Staff Council, NBU, June 2009

8. Advisory Board Member, Tribal World, Journal of Eastern Regional Progressive Tribal research &

Welfare Organization, 3 July 2011.

9. Executive Member, All India Association of Christian Higher Education, New Delhi (for the

second time), 30 January 2012.

10. Member, Court of the University of North Bengal, March 2012.

11. Member, IQAC, PD Women's College, Jalpaiguri, June 2015

12. Member, Founder Body, Salesians of Don Bosco, Kolkata, June 2016

13. President, AIACHE, January 2018.

Awards

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In May 2008, the Nepali Sahitya Sammelan, Darjeeling conferred a citation and memento for the

contribution made through the institution in promoting Nepali Language and Literature of Darjeeling.

In December 2008, the Rotary Club of Darjeeling presented a citation and memento for the

contribution made towards community building through the promotion of literary and other art forms.

In January 2012, by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Darjeeling at its Golden Jubilee celebrations for

services rendered in education, youth welfare, and social harmony in the region.

In November 2019 on 15th at Umrao Hotel, the IAF award for Salesian College by the International

Association of Facilitators.

George Thadathil: Personal Profile

Rev Prof George Thadathil is presently the Principal of Salesian College Sonada and Siliguri Extended

Campus. He has pastoral experience as co-pastor of a parish, and as diocesan and regional youth

director for the Catholic Youth Movement in India besides teaching experience in the seminary and

college. He has travelled much in connection with his administrative and academic commitments since

his own research in the University of Madras, completed in 2000, as a Fellow of Indian Council of

Philosophical Research (ICPR). His area of specialization is Cross Cultural Social Philosophy. He has

organized various research seminars engaging local scholarship with contemporary concerns of identity,

language and ethnicity. He is the author of Vision from the Margin: Study of the Sri Narayana Guru

Movement in the Literature of Nitya Chaitanya Yati (2007) and has edited and co-edited books like

Communities and Identity Consciousness: South Indian Trajectories (2004), Cultural Identity in Nepali

Language and Literature (2005), Subaltern Perspectives: Philosophizing in Context (2005), Cultural

Linguistic Transitions in the Nepali Speech Community of Darjeeling (2009), Teesta on the Run:

Development Induced Displacement in Sikkim 1975-2010 (2016), Brahmarshi Narayana Guru

(Translation from Malayalam to Nepali, 2016) besides contributing to a number of journals and edited

volumes on Philosophy, Literature and Social Sciences. His publications are the outcome of an attempt

to apply the research findings in South India (Ezhava Movement) onto the Language and Ethnicity based

identity formations in Darjeeling District, North East India. His administrative concerns of expanding a

Higher Educational Institution has also brought him into academic organizational bodies like Xavier

Board (association of catholic colleges of India), AIACHE (association of Christian Higher Education in

India), the IFCU (International Federation of Catholic Universities) and to be the member of the Court of

North Bengal University, to which his institution is affiliated. As part of his Sabbatical programme he has

been on the libraries of Yale, Princeton, Stanford and San Francisco Universities, on research work.

He has taught the basic courses in philosophy at the undergraduate level for over twenty years. He

continues with research in this field and is in the process of bringing out a volume on "Owning Locations:

Transforming Small Worlds". He is the Founder and Series editor of Salesian Journal of Humanities and

Social Sciences in its sixth year of publication as a biannual peer reviewed journal with ISSN: 0976-1861.

These edited volumes deal with the following issues: Spirituality in Poetry (Vol I,1: May 2010),

Philosophy and Contemporary Living (Vol I,2: December 2010), Darjeeling and Indian East (Vol II,1:

May 2011), Mountain Economy in Perspective (Vol II,2: December 2011), Literary & Linguistic Terrain

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of Translation (Vol III,1: May 2012), Indigenous Philosophies of Himalayan Communities (Vol III,2:

December 2012), Technology and Society (Vol IV,1: May 2013), Sports and Games in Holistic Education

(Vol IV, 2:December 2013), Engaging the Spiritual (Vol V,1:May 2014), Contextual Management:

Indigenous Theories and Practices (Vol V,2 & Vol VI,1: December 2014 & May 2015), Christian

Educational Institutions and Modern Democratic India (Vol VI,2: December 2015), Education and Social

Inclusion (Vol VII,1: May 2016), Identity, Resistance and Empowerment (Vol.VII, 2:December 2016),

Christianity and Indian Culture (Vol VIII: 1:May 2017), Pen Pain and Writing (Vol VIII, 2: December

2017), , Politics of Ecology (Vol IX, 1: May 2018), Darjeeling and the Eastern Himalayas (Vol IX, 2:

December 2018), Conflict in South Asia: Causes and Consequences (Vol X, 1: May 2019). He is the

Founder Director of Salesian College Publication with over 30 publications.

He was the leader of a delegation of Youth at an International Live-in Experience of Youth at Taize,

France for two months (June-July) in 1994 and as part of his research have been to Singapore, Sydney

and Fiji Islands in 1999 to explore the receptivity to Indian spiritual traditions in Non-Indic cultural

settings. He has represented the College at the World Level Summit of Salesian (Don Bosco) University

Institutions in Rome in 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2012. He participated and presented papers and helped

organize the Plenaries of the delegates of Education Group of IUS at UCSH Santiago de Chile, CES Don

Bosco, Madrid, Spain, Unisal, Lorena & Sao Paolo, Brazil, Salesian College Sonada, CES Don Bosco,

Venice, Italy, between 9-12 November 2010 and 27-30 November 2014. These roles, engagements and

experiences have led to the present task as Indian representative of an International forum engaged in

devising a common research across the continents on the 'Impact of Education in transforming the

Identity Perceptions of marginalized communities.' Invited to be the mentor for 16 scholars from Asian

Universities at the IASACT (Institute for Advanced Studies in Asian Cultures and Theologies) Programme

in May-June 2016. He was co-director of the AsiaNetwork ANFEP 2018, in selecting and organizing the

learning experience for 10 US scholars about North East India and Eastern Himalayas. In this connection

he was also invited to the Annual Conferences held in Philadelphia in April 2018 and in San Diego in April

2019. He was part of the Indian China Indonesia Research consortium on changes in society and religion

organized for three years consecutively by the United Board and University of Hong Kong and was

invited to the EAO Translators Workshop held in Anisakan, Myanmar from 27-29 August 2019. He co-

organized the ACCS-AIACHE conference on "Socio-political Realities and Implications for Practical

Theologies and Higher Education in Asia" held at ACCS, Panayur, Chennai on 5-9 September 2019.