Academic Programmes:
Refresher Course
The Council has been organizing a number of Refresher Courses on different philosophical themes for the college and university teachers of the country in order to augment/refresh their knowledge. Some of these courses were 3-tier courses, viz. as initial, intermediate and advanced courses. The Council also conducts some short-term courses in addition to the Refresher Courses.
Recent Refresher Courses:
A Refresher Course in ‘Applied Philosophy’ organized by the Dept. of Philosophy, University of Kerala in association with the Academic Staff College, University of Kerala was held at the Academic Staff College from the 18th of November 2010 to the 8th of December 2010. The Refresher Course was sponsored by the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi. Dr. Beena Isaac, the Head of the Department of Philosophy, University of Kerala, was the co-ordinator of the course.
A three week long refresher course in philosophy
of language was started at the UGC Academic Staff
College Lucknow on 19th of August 2011. This was a
unique course with teachers and researchers from all
over the country and it was meant to clarity the fundamental
concepts involved in Philosophy of Language,
linguistic philosophy and philosophical analysis. The
course was planned to familiarize the participants with
discussion from both Indian and western perspectives
on central issues of meaning, references and interpretation.
The course was inaugurated by the member
Secretary Prof. Godabarish Mishra and the Director
UGC Academic Staff College Prof. Padam Kant was
the chief Guest
