Research Interests

•  Interested in Philosophy of Language, Phenomenology and Existentialism

Teaching Responsibilities

• Indian Philosophy, Western Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Logical Reasoning and Application - Western, Traditional Logic, Inductive Logic & Probability, Feminist Philosophy, Indian and Western Ethics, Contemporary Indian Philosophy, Peace studies

Publications

Articles/ books/ book chapters

• Chomsky's Internalist View of Language - A Critical Survey, Shakti Publications, Delhi, 2022 (ISBN 978-81-946221-6-1).
• Searle's Internalist Approach to Language, Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 9788184249965, New Delhi, June 2015
• 'Ethics: Michel Foucault versus Immanuel Kant', in Ethics & Values Different Perspectives, Mohta Publishing House in association with Ethics and Value Education Committee, Bethune College, Kolkata, 12th August 2021, ISBN : 978-81-932331-5-3
• 'Human Rights From Philosophical Perspective' , Dr. Kanya Sengupta in the book, Human Rights in Philosophical Perspective, Rupa Bal (ed) , Kolkata : Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar ,2017,ISBN : 978-93-83368-22-8.
• 'Rabindranath on Education' in Anthology, Perspective On Education, Jadavpur University, 2009.ISBN No978-81-906429-4-1
• Rabindranath and Radhakrishnan on Religion and God : A Comparative Study'
  In Anthology , Religious Views And Radhakrishnan, Radhakrishnan Study
  Centre, RabindraBharati University, March2009

Articles in Journals

• Entitled 'Husserl's Account of Meaning with Reference to Derrida and Heidegger' in Cetana: A Journal of Philosophy (E-Journal) published by Centre for Phenomenological Studies, Pondicherry, Issue No.5, December 2022, (ISSN No. 2583-0465)
• Shri Sankhya Ghosh er Monorom Byaktittva, Karukatha Patrika, Utsav Sonkhya, September, 2022.
• Manobsatta o jagat in Ebang Mushayera Vol 26 No-4 ( Martin Heidegger special issue), January-March 2020
• Entitled "A Critical Probe into Post Modernism" in Heritage, Vol-6, Peer Reviewed Journal , Bethune College, ISSN No- 2349-9583, 2019
• 'Milan Kundera on Miscommunication' in the American commercial social networking website: bethunecollege.academia.edu/ KanyaSengupta, May, 2019
• Our Relation with Others , Heritage, Vol - 5, Bethune College ISSN 2349-9583 in 2018.
• "Foucault's Rejection and Recovery of the Self" in the American Social networking website : bethunecollege.academia.edu/ KanyaSengupta, July 2017 .
• The Problem of Incontinent Action: Davidson, Heritage, Vol. 3, Bethune College, ISSN 2349-9583 in 2016
• 'Language and Communication : Husserl and Heidegger', Philosophical Writings, Feb, 2015
• 'Is Searle an Internalist ?' , Philosophical Writings (International Journal published from England) , University of Durham , No 35 , Summer 2007, published in 2009. ISSN No 1361-9365
  

Conference/ Seminar Paper Presentation Details

• Delivered special interdisciplinary (online) lectures for SEM 2 students on Nyaya, Vedanta and Buddhist theories of Self, organized by Psychology Department, Bethune College on 8th July, 16th July and 30th July in 2023
• Delivered online lectures on Nyaya, Vedanta and Buddhist views of Self in the UG course, Semester II at the Department of Psychology on 9th June 2022 and 29th May 2022
• Delivered a special online lecture on Rabindrasangeet in the Workshop Series organized by the Cultural Club under Student's Activity Cell, Bethune College on 18th May, 2021.
• Delivered a special lecture on "Rabindranath on Humanism & Creativity", organized by IQAC & Ethics & Value Education Committee, Bethune College for the UG Sem1 & Sem 2 students ( 2020-21) on 12th May 2021.
• Delivered 4 online Interdisciplinary lectures at Departmental Seminars arranged by Department of Psychology, Bethune College on universal quest for understanding consciousness: Indian and Western Perspectives for the enrichment of the UG Semester III students of Psychology during August- September, 2020.
• Delivered 5th Bethune College Tuesday Lecture, organised by IQAC, Bethune College, on 9th June 2020 at 5 p.m. on Whether Rational Paradigm Can Establish Our Congenial Relation With Others.
• Delivered 2 special lectures for the students of Psychology Department , Bethune College, on different perspectives of Indian Philosophy during May-June, 2019.
• Presented a paper on 'Husserl's account of Meaning with reference to Derrida and Heidegger' in the workshop cum Seminar organized by Department of Philosophy and Comparative Religion, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan and Centre for Phenomenological Studies, Pondicherry from 14th -16th February, 2020.

Grants and Awards

• Gold Medallist for securing 1st position in Class 1 in BA Honours, Philosophy from Jadavpur University, 1994
• Scholarships/ Fellowships awarded:
  1. National scholar in BA Honours, Philosophy from Jadavpur University
  2. Awarded internal studentship from the Department of Philosophy , University of Durham, England, for doing MA
  3. Project Fellow , Radhakrishnan Study Centre , Rabindra Bharati University
  4. Awarded Research Fellowship from Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR) , Ministry of Human Resource , New Delhi for doing Ph.D
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Professional Affiliation

• Member of Academic Magazine, Dunelm (formerly called Durham First) published by University of Durham, England.
• Member of Indian Council of Philosophical Research