Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Chhanda Chakraborti

Ph.D.(Utah)

Professor, Humanities & Social Sciences
Warden, SN/IG Halls

Prof-in-charge, B C Roy Technology Hospital

C Chakraborti joined the Institute in 1999

Contact Addresses

Residence	A-85, IIT Campus, Kharagpur 721302
Phone (office)	+91 - 3222 - 283602
Phone (residence)	+91 - 3222 - 283603 (IIT Phone) +91 - 3222 - 278614 (Private Phone)
email	chhanda @ hss.iitkgp.ernet.in
More Information	http://www.facweb.iitkgp.ernet.in/~chhanda/

Research Areas

Bioethics
Business ethics
Philosophy of Mind
Logic and Philosophy of logic

Member of Professional Bodies

Regular member 2009-till date : International Network of Women Philosophers, UNESCO
Member : American Philosophical Association (APA)
Member 2010-till date : International Association of Bioethics
Nominated Program Advisor 2010-2011 : International Program Committee, 14th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science (LMPS)
Senior member 2000-till date : Indian Philosophical Congress
Member : Forum of Medical Ethics Society

Member, Editorial Board

Member 2009-till date : Indian Journal of Medical Ethics

Publications: 2011 - 2012

The Epistemic Subject, ‘Situated’ Knowledge and Epistemic Norms by Chhanda Chakrtaborti Jadavpur University Journal of Philosophy, XX (1): 12-20 (2011)
Ethical Language Usage in Pandemic Plans: A Study of Pandemic Plans of Some South Asian Countries by Chhanda Chakraborti & Rhyddhi Chakraborty Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics, 21 (4): 118-129 (2011)

Publications: 2010 - 2011

Corporate Social Responsibility: A Developmental Tool for India by Anupam Ghosh and Chhanda Chakraborti IUP journal of Corporate Governance, IX (4): 40-56 (2010)
Lessons from A H1N1 Influenza Response, India 2009: Ethics in Pandemic Planning by Chhanda Chakraborti Indian Journal of Medical Ethics (IJME), VIII (4): 216-219 (2010)

Publications: 2009 - 2010

Do the Developing Countries with High Disease Burdens Need to Take a More Active Role in Defining Health and Disease? by Chhanda Chakraborti & Rhyddhi Chakraborty European Journal of Asian and International Bioethics, 19 (4), July 121-126 (2009)
Pandemic Management and Developing World Bioethics: Bird Flu in West Bengal by Chhanda Chakraborti Developing World Bioethics, 9 (3) Dec 161-166 (2009)

Publications: 2008 - 2009

Pandemic Management and Developing World Bioethics: Bird Flu in West Bengal by Chhanda Chakraborti Developing World Bioethics, doi:10.1111/j.1471-8 (2008)

Publications: 2005 - 2006

Mental Properties and Levels of Properties by Chhanda Chakraborti Metaphysica: International Journal for Ontology and Metaphysics, Vol. 6, No.2, 7-24 (2005)
Ethics of Care and HIV: A Case for Rural Women in India by Chhanda Chakraborti Developing World Bioethics, Vol 6 No 2 89-94 (2006)

Some Earlier Publications

Human Deductive Reasoning, Genetic Algorithms: A Proposed Model by Chakraborti, Chhanda Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, 18 PP 61-90 (2001)
There is Something About the Indicative Conditionals: An Overview by Chakraborti, Chhanda Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, 20 PP 145-185 (2003)
Metaphysics of Consciousness and David Chalmer�s Property Dualism by Chakraborti, Chhanda Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, 19 PP 59-84 (2002)
Conditionals, Frank Jackson, and the Assertibility Thesis by Chhanda Chakraborti Indian Philosophical Quarterly, XXVIII PP 105-117 (2001)
On Fundamentals of Logic by Chhanda Chakraborti Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, XVII PP 193-198 (2000)
On Ernest Adams Theory of Conditionals by C. Chakraborti Indian Philosophical Quarterly, PP 495-509 (1998)
Development of a Symbolic Logic Courseware for Teaching Philosophy by C. Chakraborti, Sambhrama M., and M. Mehta Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, XVI PP 150-156 (1998)
Some Criticisms of Grices Theory of Ordinary Conditionals by C.Chakraborti Jadavpur Journal of Philosophy, 9 PP 21-38 (1997)
Logical Argument Processing: The Genetic Algorithms Way by C. Chakraborti and K.K.N. Sastry EVONEWS, PP 17-18 (1997)
Grice on Ordinary Conditionals by C. Chakraborti Indian Philosophical Quarterly, PP 540-560 (1997)

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