Dr. Deepak Pandiaraj

Dr. P.Deepak’s current research pertains to ‘Heuristics in Decision making’, ‘Phenomenology of Self-decentering’ and ‘Logotherapy in India context.

Dr. P.Deepak worked as Research Assistant (2020) in IIT Bombay and Project fellow for a joint project, ‘The Ethics of Teaching’ of IIT Bombay and Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (2019). He was a UGC Research fellow (2014-2018) at Humanities and Social sciences Department, IIT Bombay. His M.Phil. Research was focused on phenomenological psychology, and doctoral research on phenomenological approaches to communication for social/self-transformation. In his dissertation, the Self-decentering model of communication was developed and applied to analyse film, fiction and modern science. He also guided a few psychology students at graduation and post-graduation level in their research projects at AISS, Dindigul (2020-2021). He was a CSIR Diamond Jubilee research awardee at National Metallurgical Laboratory, Chennai (2007-2008).

He taught core and applied psychology courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level in AISS, Dindigul and developed courses such as ‘Peer Counselling’ and ‘Mental health Communication’ in School of Science and Humanities at SRMIST, Chennai.

He delivered a series of lectures on ‘Introduction to Political Philosophy’ at Research Centre for Women’s Studies, SNDT Women’s University, Bombay ( June 2021); ‘Rationalism and Empiricism’ at St. Joseph Philosophical College, Nilgiris, (July 2021); ‘Self-Decentering Communication’ at Philosophy Department, Madras Christian College, Chennai (January 2020); ‘ ‘Relevance of Kant’s Concept of Imagination’ at English Department, Madras Christian College, Chennai (January 2020). He conducted a workshop on ‘Discourse Analysis’ for research scholars of the English Department, SNDT Women’s University, Bombay (February 2022).

He is interested in experimenting with learner-centered approaches to teaching and developing transdiciplinary cross-elective courses, ‘Positive Media Psychology’ and ‘Philosophical Counselling’.

Journal Publications

•  “Heidegger and Modern Science: Responding to Ontological Communication in the Anthropocene Epoch”, Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, (2019): 1-18.(https://doi.org/10.1007/s40961-019-00179-1)
• “Heidegger on Rhetoric: An Existential Deconstruction of the Notion of Communication” Tattva Journal of Philosophy, 11:1 (2019): 71-89. (https://doi.org/10.12726/tjp.21.5). 

Book review

• “Ecocriticism on the Edge: The Anthropocene as a Threshold Concept by Timothy Clark”. Sanglap: Journal of Literary and Cultural Inquiry, 5:2 (2019): 69-71.

Other Publications

• Contributed to the “Science Last Fortnight” section of the journal, Current Science (2019)

Conference Presentations

• ‘Heidegger on the Priority of Ontological Communication”’ in the International Philosophy of Communication Conference at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA, June-2017.
• ‘Phenomenology of self-decentring during pandemic’ in the International conference on Pandemic to Panacea: Bio-Psycho-Social Strategies at Anugraha Institute of Social Sciences, Dindigul, March-2022 (Won Best Paper award)