Research

• Sept 2023 – Aug 2025

  Master of Arts (M.A.) in Philosophy

  North Eastern Hill University, Shillong — a Central University

  • CGPA 8.78/10 · Rank 1st
  • Dissertation: On That Which Can Be Spoken of: Immanent Metaphysics and Our Orientations in the World — awarded 478/500 (10/10 GPA), one of the highest in the history of the department.
  • Supervisor: Dr Aribam Uttam Sharma · Examiner: Dr Saji Varghese
  • 17 postgraduate modules (10 A, 5 A+, 1 O), followed by the O-graded 20-credit dissertation.

  Relevant courses

  • Symbolic Logic
  • Western Epistemology
  • Analytic & Post-Analytic Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Wittgenstein
  • Philosophy of Sciences
  • Practical Logic
  • Western Metaphysics
  • Philosophy of Religion
  • Contemporary Philosophy of Religion
• Sept 2020 – Aug 2023

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Honours in Philosophy

  Hansraj College, University of Delhi, New Delhi

  • CGPA 7.8/10 · First Division

  Relevant courses

  • Logic
  • Western Philosophy: Descartes to Kant
  • Truth-Functional Logic
  • Analytic Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Philosophy of Religion
  • Philosophy of Language

Journal articles · peer-reviewed

• 2026

  In Defence of Provisional Axioms in Metaphysics: Epistemic Humility, Methodological Functionalism and Recalcitrant Fact

  Das, R. — Keanean Journal of Arts, Vol. IX, Issue 1, pp. 184–194 · Lady Keane College, Shillong · ISSN 2348-1110

  Published

Book chapters in edited volumes · peer-reviewed

• 2026

  Can artificially intelligent machines become enlightened?

  Das, R. — In A. Kashyap et al. (Eds.), Lyceum the Learning: An Interdisciplinary Approach on Philosophy, Management, Politics and Culture, pp. 253–262 · Bharti Publications

  Published
• 2025

  The ontology of truth and Brahman in Gandhian philosophy

  Das, R. — In S. Varghese (Ed.), Asian Alternatives: Contemporary Debates in Religion and Philosophy, pp. 204–224 · Authors Press

  Published

• 2026

  On What Could Remain of the Phenomenological States of Emotions After De-Intentionalisation

  International Seminar: On Belief, Emotion, and Human Flourishing — Interfacing Science, Philosophy and Religion · Department of Philosophy, NEHU, with the Indian Institute of Science and Religion, Delhi · Shillong

• 2025

  The Ontology of Mental States That Inhabit No Thought

  International Conference on Thought, Perception and Reality (ICTPR 2025) · IIT Bhubaneswar, with the Centre for Foundation of Science and Consciousness, Bhaktivedanta Institute · Bhubaneswar, Odisha

• 2025

  Methodological Functionalism Against Metaphysical Certainty Regarding Shared Phenomenological States ↗

  Indian Philosophical Congress, Centenary (100th) Session · Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay · Mumbai

• 2024

  An Object-Oriented-Ontological Analysis of Objects in Reference to Early Wittgenstein

  ICPR-Sponsored National Seminar: Philosophy, Science and Ethics — Indian and Western Perspectives · Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University · Guwahati

• 2025

  Gold Medal, Rank 1st (2023–25)

  North Eastern Hill University, Department of Philosophy — for the highest cumulative CGPA across coursework and thesis in the cohort; conferred at the Annual Convocation.

• 2019

  YLAC Fellow

  Young Leaders for Active Citizenship — youth leadership programme on civic engagement, public policy, critical thinking and social change.

• Sept 2026 – present

  Super Saturday Seminar (reading group)

  Initiated by Prof. Priyadershi Jetli (University of Mumbai); philosophers from India and the United States meeting for weekly paper readings.

• Mar – Aug 2026

  Phenomenology reading group: Sokolowski

  Organised by NEHU PhD candidate Govert Schuller, drawing on his training under Theodore Kisiel (Northern Illinois University); NEHU PhD candidates and faculty.

• Mar – Oct 2025

  Phenomenology reading group: Heidegger and Husserl

  Led by Govert Schuller, with phenomenology (and some analytic) scholars from across India.

• 2025

  Indian Philosophical Congress

  Annual member; presented at its centenary conference at IIT Bombay.

• 2021 – 2023

  Mimamsa, the Philosophical Society of Hansraj College

  Core organising member for departmental conferences; emcee for three of them.