Mrinal Miri
{{Short description|Indian philosopher (born 1940)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2008}}
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| birth_date = 1 August 1940
| birth_place = Assam, India
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| office = Nominated MP of the Rajya Sabha
| term = 29 June 2012 to 21 March 2016
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| occupation = Educator
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Mrinal Miri (born 1 August 1940) is an Indian philosopher and educationalist.
Early life
He was awarded a BA in Philosophy from the University of Cambridge in 1966 and gained his doctorate in 1970.
Career
From 1970 to 1974 he was a lecturer in philosophy at St. Stephen's College under the University of Delhi, before moving to North Eastern Hill University. Mrinal also served as the Director of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, from 1993 to 1999. He was nominated as a member of Rajya Sabha on 21 March 2012.
He has been awarded a Padma Bhushan for his contribution in the field of education and literature.{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}} He was a member of the National Advisory Council established by the Manmohan Singh UPA I government. He is a member of the council set up for the implementation of RTE act also called as NAC.{{cite web|author=TNN |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/HRD-panel-to-oversee-RTE-rollout/articleshow/6091867.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811080126/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-26/india/28286868_1_hrd-ministry-teacher-education-rte-act |url-status=live |archive-date=11 August 2011 |title=HRD panel to oversee RTE rollout |date=26 June 2010 |work=The Times of India |access-date=2013-02-14}}
Personal life
He is married to Sujata Miri, a fellow philosopher.
Publications
- The Place of Humanities in Our Universities (ed), Routledge, 2018 ({{ISBN|978-1-138-10638-3}})
- The Idea of Surplus: Tagore and Contemporary Human Sciences (ed), Routledge, New Delhi, 2016 ({{ISBN|978-1-138-63991-1}})
- Philosophy and Education, Oxford University Press, 2014 ({{ISBN|0-19-945276-8}})
- Identity and the Moral life, Oxford University Press, 2002 {{ISBN|0-19-566064-1}}
- Tribal India: Continuity and Change (Ed), Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 1993
- Five Essays on Kant (Ed), North Eastern Hill University, 1987
- Philosophy of Psychoanalysis, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 1997.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051218210955/http://nac.nic.in/profile/mrinal.htm Profile] at the NAC website
- [http://www.mishing.com/personality-matter.htm Biography of Prof Mtinai Miri]
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Category:20th-century Indian educational theorists
Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education
Category:Academic staff of the North-Eastern Hill University
Category:Members of National Advisory Council, India
Category:Academic staff of Delhi University
Category:Nominated members of the Rajya Sabha
Category:Rajya Sabha members from Arunachal Pradesh
Category:20th-century Indian philosophers
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