The University of the West Indies, Mona

Balaganapathi Devarakonda is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Delhi, Delhi, presently with the University of West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, as ICCR Chair of Indology and Gandhian studies. His research interests are in the areas of Indian Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Social and Political Philosophy and Philosophical Practice. In addition to teaching and research, Prof. Bala is a  Certified Philosophical Counselor by the American Philosophy Practitioners Association, New York. He is also a board member of the International Faculty of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association, New York. He is one of the founding Directors of the Philosophical Practitioners Association of India (PPAI), a non-profit organisation established for the promotion of Philosophical practice in India.