Balaganapathi Devarakonda

Balaganapathi Devarakonda, PhD, is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Delhi, Delhi. He was with the University of West Indies, Jamaica, as ICCR Chair for Indology and Gandhian Studies during 2022-24. With more than two decades of teaching experience, Bala has research publications in the areas of Historiography of Indian Philosophy, Early Buddhism, Bio-informationalism and Philosophical Practice. In addition to teaching and research, Prof. Bala pioneered the philosophical counselling movement in India by cofounding the Philosophical Practitioners Association of India (PPAI), a non-profit organization established for the promotion of Philosophical practice in India.