Intertiol conference at JNU

NEW DELHI, March 23: A three-day intertiol conference on “Self, World and Morality: Schopenhauer and Indian Philosophy with a Special Reference to the Upanishads ( Oupnek’hat)”  (sponsored by ICPR, JNU and Max Mueller Bhavan) was recently organized at JNU by the Indian Division of Schopenhauer  Society jointly with the Philosophy department of Deshbandhu College in collaboration with the Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU and the Schopenhauer Research Center of the University of Mainz, Germany. On behalf of the distinguished Schopenhauerian scholar Professor Matthias Kossler, the president of the Schopenhauer Gesellschaft, Dr Lipprandt presented his greetings note on this occasion. A large number of foreign scholars from Germany, France, Australia and many scholars from all over India assembled at the Convention Centre, JNU. Welcoming the audience, Dr Aarti Barua, Director of the Indian Division of the Schopenhauer Society, briefly talked about the purpose of the conference and Dr Ramth Jha, JNU, gave a thematic introduction about the semir. This was stated in a press release.