Dr. Saurabh Todariya has joined the Human Sciences Research Group (HSRG) as an Assistant Professor.
Dr. Saurabh has completed his M.Phil and Ph.D from the Centre of Philosophy, JNU, New Delhi. His Ph.D focused on the phenomenological analysis of time and subjectivity. From the Heideggerian perspective, he explored the relationship between time and consciousness. Another significant aspect he explored in his work is the relationship between subjective lived time and collective historical time.
Dr. Saurabh has worked both in academics and social organizations in various capacities. He has taught in Delhi University College earlier and worked with the India Education Collective, Azim Premji Foundation, Ganga Prem Hospice wherein he attempted to explore the relationship between philosophy, school education, and health. He has published articles in various peer-reviewed journals like JICPR Springer, Kritike, Journal of South Asian History and Culture, Routledge, EPW. Besides, he regularly presents papers in various National and International Conferences.
He is exploring the relationship between the body and transcendence in Kashmiri Shaivism from the phenomenological point of view. He is mainly interested in the role of the body in constituting the sense of the world. He is also exploring the possibility of transcendence through embodied phenomenology. As such, his interest areas cut across phenomenology, philosophy of mind, and Indian Philosophy.
Dr. Saurabh is also interested in making philosophy more accessible and communicable to the larger public by exploring the relationship between philosophy, literature, health, and religion.