Prasenjit Biswas
Prasenjit Biswas is a Professor of philosophy at North Eastern Hill University, Shillong. His research interests reflect an interdisciplinary orientation that includes ethno-philosophy, ethnicity, and indigenous identities. He is also a human rights defender who works with Barak Human Right Protection Committee, Silchar. He defended human rights of labourers and their families in tea gardens of Barak Valley of Assam, who faced deaths due to starvation in 2011–12. The National Human Rights' Commission of India granted relief and compensation to some of the families who suffered due to starvation deaths. Biswas also contributed to fourth UPR process  initiated by WGHR, New Delhi. Biswas specializes in continental philosophy and phenomenology with an emphasis on Jacques Derrida. He has worked on Post-Marxist thoughts and currently exploring the notion of Aporia in Social Theory. He writes regularly in The Statesman on issues related to Northeast India and often shares his views in Al Jazeera. Academic career. Biswas obtained his PhD from North Eastern Hill University. He was formerly with Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, and Assam University, Silchar. Construction of Evil in north east India, Sage ( edited with C  J Thomas) Books authored. Between Philosophy and Anthropology: Aporias of Language, Thought and Consciousness, Notion Press, Chennai, 2017. External links. Official website of NEHU http://www.nehu.ac.in/Schools/Humanities/Philosophy/directory.php