Background

Pandit, Giridhari Lal was born on May 27, 1945 in Anantnag, Kaschmir, India. Son of Mahadev Ram and Shobha Vatti (Dhana Razdan) Pandit.

Education

Matriculation, Jammu & Kaschmir University, 1959. Intermediate, Jammu & Kaschmir University, 1961. Bachelor, Jammu & Kaschmir University, 1963.

Master of Arts in Philosophy, Lucknow University, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India, 1972.

Career

Lecturer in philosophy, Delhi U., 1969-1971, 74-80; reader in philosophy of science and philosophical methodology, Delhi U., 1980-1987; professor of philosophy, Delhi U., since 1988; lecturer in philosophy, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, 1971-1974; postdoctoral fellow, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany, 1986-1987, 91-92. Visiting professor U. Poitiers, France, 1995. Research fellow in philosophy Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, 1965-1968.

Visiting professor in social science Maison des Sciences, Paris, 1995-1996.

Achievements

• Giridhari Lal Pandit has been listed as a noteworthy philosophy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Avocations: listening to classical western and European music, photography.

Connections

Married Neera Phoola Dhar, May 15, 1968. Children: Neeraj, Rashmi.

Father:

Mahadev Ram Pandit

Mother:

Shobha Vatti (Dhana Razdan) Pandit

Spouse:

Neera Phoola Dhar

child:

Rashmi Pandit

child:

Neeraj Pandit