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Kalady Post, Ernakulam (Dist), Kerala-683574 | Tel: +91 484 246 3380 | Email: reg@ssus.ac.in

Faculty Profile

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P J Sunny 9846154032 pjsunny@ssus.ac.in Profile Picture

Name: P J Sunny

Mobile: 9846154032

Email: pjsunny@ssus.ac.in

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Designation

Department Designation Campus Date of Joining
Philosophy Assistant Professor MAIN CENTRE, KALADY 2010-06-01

Department: Philosophy

Designation: Assistant Professor

Campus: MAIN CENTRE, KALADY

Joining Date: 2010-06-01

Professional Summary

Summary
Currently I am working on East Asian Buddhist Philosophy with a special focus on Zen Buddhism. My other favorite areas of research include: Ecophilosophy, Gnostic and Hermetic Studies, Early Greek Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Mysticism in Eastern and Western philosophical traditions.

Currently I am working on East Asian Buddhist Philosophy with a special focus on Zen Buddhism. My other favorite areas of research include: Ecophilosophy, Gnostic and Hermetic Studies, Early Greek Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Mysticism in Eastern and Western philosophical traditions.

Work Experience

Experience
Two years teaching experience at Rajagiri School of Engineering, Kakkanad, for Engineering students.


Lecturer from 2006 to 2009 at SSUS, Payyannur RC


Assistant Professor from 2010 till now, at SSUS Kalady and Payyannur RC

Two years teaching experience at Rajagiri School of Engineering, Kakkanad, for Engineering students.


Lecturer from 2006 to 2009 at SSUS, Payyannur RC


Assistant Professor from 2010 till now, at SSUS Kalady and Payyannur RC

Courses Taught

Courses
Indian Philosophy Symbolic Logic Logic Buddhist Philosophy Research Methodology Philosophy of Zen Buddhism Introduction to Ecophilosophy Ethics Continental Philosophy Cyber Ethics

Indian Philosophy Symbolic Logic Logic Buddhist Philosophy Research Methodology Philosophy of Zen Buddhism Introduction to Ecophilosophy Ethics Continental Philosophy Cyber Ethics

Other Achievements

Achievements
Assistant Project Director of ICSSR, New Delhi, Minor Research Project, sanctioned in 2023

Assistant Project Director of ICSSR, New Delhi, Minor Research Project, sanctioned in 2023

Research Projects

Project Name Nature Funding Agency Amount Duration Year
Towards evolving a new philosophical and economic model for Kerala based on Deep Ecological perspective Minor Projects (Less than 5 lakh) Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi 200000 2 year 2023

Project: Towards evolving a new philosophical and economic model for Kerala based on Deep Ecological perspective

Nature: Minor Projects (Less than 5 lakh)

Agency: Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi

Amount: 200000

Duration: 2 year

Year: 2023

Post Doctoral Achievements

Achievements
Nil

Nil

Topic of Research/ Area of specialization

Topics
' The Interfusion of Ecophilosophy and Mysticism in Mahayana Buddhism: With Special Reference to Madhyamaka and Zen Buddhism. ' East Asian Buddhism Indian Philosophy

' The Interfusion of Ecophilosophy and Mysticism in Mahayana Buddhism: With Special Reference to Madhyamaka and Zen Buddhism. ' East Asian Buddhism Indian Philosophy

Research Articles in Journals

Title Journal Name Year ISSN Type
Environmental Ethics in Buddhism PRABUDDHAKERALAM 2024 25828991 Non Peer reviewed
Refutation of Universals in Buddhist Logic and its praxis in Zen Buddhism IJNRD 2024 2456 4184 Peer reviewed
Education as Transformative Experience : A Philosophical Analysis International Journal of Multidisciplinary Educational Research 2024 2277-7881 Peer reviewed
The Logic of Mystical Experience in Mahayana Buddhism Pratyabhijna 2024 2349-5588 UGC Care Listed
The Concept of Mind and Personality: An Analysis from Buddhist Perspecitve PRABUDDHAKERALAM 2023 25828991 Non Peer reviewed
Education in Buddhist and Jain Traditions PRABUDDHAKERALAM 2022 25828991 Non Peer reviewed
The Philosophy of Swami Vivekananda in Indian Social Context PRABUDDHAKERALAM 2018 25828991 Non Peer reviewed
Sister Nivedita: A Life in Sacrifice PRABUDDHAKERALAM 2016 25828991 Non Peer reviewed
The Concept of Renunciation and Service in Materialism and Spiritual Thinking PRABUDDHAKERALAM 2014 25828991 Non Peer reviewed

Title: Environmental Ethics in Buddhism

Journal: PRABUDDHAKERALAM

Year: 2024

ISSN: 25828991

Type: Non Peer reviewed

Title: Refutation of Universals in Buddhist Logic and its praxis in Zen Buddhism

Journal: IJNRD

Year: 2024

ISSN: 2456 4184

Type: Peer reviewed

Title: Education as Transformative Experience : A Philosophical Analysis

Journal: International Journal of Multidisciplinary Educational Research

Year: 2024

ISSN: 2277-7881

Type: Peer reviewed

Title: The Logic of Mystical Experience in Mahayana Buddhism

Journal: Pratyabhijna

Year: 2024

ISSN: 2349-5588

Type: UGC Care Listed

Title: The Concept of Mind and Personality: An Analysis from Buddhist Perspecitve

Journal: PRABUDDHAKERALAM

Year: 2023

ISSN: 25828991

Type: Non Peer reviewed

Title: Education in Buddhist and Jain Traditions

Journal: PRABUDDHAKERALAM

Year: 2022

ISSN: 25828991

Type: Non Peer reviewed

Title: The Philosophy of Swami Vivekananda in Indian Social Context

Journal: PRABUDDHAKERALAM

Year: 2018

ISSN: 25828991

Type: Non Peer reviewed

Title: Sister Nivedita: A Life in Sacrifice

Journal: PRABUDDHAKERALAM

Year: 2016

ISSN: 25828991

Type: Non Peer reviewed

Title: The Concept of Renunciation and Service in Materialism and Spiritual Thinking

Journal: PRABUDDHAKERALAM

Year: 2014

ISSN: 25828991

Type: Non Peer reviewed

Chapters in Books

Title Author Book Title Publisher Year ISBN
Sunyata as Ecosophic Ontology in Huayan Buddhism P J Sunny Ecological Awareness Enshrined in the Ancient Wisdom Department of Vedanta, SSUS 2018 9-788-193548714

Title: Sunyata as Ecosophic Ontology in Huayan Buddhism

Author: P J Sunny

Book: Ecological Awareness Enshrined in the Ancient Wisdom

Publisher: Department of Vedanta, SSUS

Year: 2018

ISBN: 9-788-193548714

Professional Development

Title Program Nature From To
UGC Sponsored Referesher Course of Human Rights Refresher Course 2021-09-09 2021-09-22
UGC Sponsored Induction Programme Orientation programme 2021-03-01 2021-03-30

Title: UGC Sponsored Referesher Course of Human Rights

Nature: Refresher Course

From: 2021-09-09

To: 2021-09-22

Title: UGC Sponsored Induction Programme

Nature: Orientation programme

From: 2021-03-01

To: 2021-03-30

Details of Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops attended

Name Date Paper Title Level Status
White Lotus Day Celebration 08-05-2024 H P Blavatsky Memorial Lecture Local N/A
PANDIT SUBBARAMA PATTAR ENDOWMENT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEW HORIZONS OF INDOLOGICAL RESEARCH 20-03-2024 The Impact of Vedanta on Japanese Buddhism: Some Reflections International N/A
INDIAN PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITIONS: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS 14-02-2024 Dereification as Philosophizing in Madhyamaka Buddhism State N/A
FYUGP Syllabus Structuring One Day Workshop 15-01-2024 N/A Local N/A
PANDIT SUBBARAMA PATTAR ENDOWMENT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEW HORIZONS OF INDOLOGICAL RESEARCH 09-03-2023 The World as Conceptual Proliferation and Thing-in-itself: In Defense of Dignaga from Zen Praxis International N/A
INDIAN PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEMS: PERCEPTIONS AND REFLECTIONS 08-03-2023 THE METHODOLOGY OF UNDERSTANDING BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY THROUGH MAHAYANA HERMENEUTIC STRUCTURE National N/A
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HERMENEUTIC TURN IN THINKING 20-03-2019 Towards the Possibility of a Hermeneutic of Enlightenment in Mahayana Buddhism National N/A
WORKSHOP ON REDESIGNING OF COURSES FOR OUTCOME BASED EDUCATION 12-12-2018 N/A State N/A
LOGICAL TRADITIONS IN SOUTH INDIA: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 22-03-2018 The Logic of Mysticism in Mahayana Buddhism National N/A
UGC NATIONAL SEMINAR ON ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS ENSHRINED IN THE ANCINET WISDOM 25-01-2018 Three Models of Environmentalism in Chinese Philosophy National N/A

Name: White Lotus Day Celebration

Date: 08-05-2024

Paper: H P Blavatsky Memorial Lecture

Level: Local

Status: N/A

Name: PANDIT SUBBARAMA PATTAR ENDOWMENT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEW HORIZONS OF INDOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Date: 20-03-2024

Paper: The Impact of Vedanta on Japanese Buddhism: Some Reflections

Level: International

Status: N/A

Name: INDIAN PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITIONS: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

Date: 14-02-2024

Paper: Dereification as Philosophizing in Madhyamaka Buddhism

Level: State

Status: N/A

Name: FYUGP Syllabus Structuring One Day Workshop

Date: 15-01-2024

Paper: N/A

Level: Local

Status: N/A

Name: PANDIT SUBBARAMA PATTAR ENDOWMENT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEW HORIZONS OF INDOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Date: 09-03-2023

Paper: The World as Conceptual Proliferation and Thing-in-itself: In Defense of Dignaga from Zen Praxis

Level: International

Status: N/A

Name: INDIAN PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEMS: PERCEPTIONS AND REFLECTIONS

Date: 08-03-2023

Paper: THE METHODOLOGY OF UNDERSTANDING BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY THROUGH MAHAYANA HERMENEUTIC STRUCTURE

Level: National

Status: N/A

Name: NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HERMENEUTIC TURN IN THINKING

Date: 20-03-2019

Paper: Towards the Possibility of a Hermeneutic of Enlightenment in Mahayana Buddhism

Level: National

Status: N/A

Name: WORKSHOP ON REDESIGNING OF COURSES FOR OUTCOME BASED EDUCATION

Date: 12-12-2018

Paper: N/A

Level: State

Status: N/A

Name: LOGICAL TRADITIONS IN SOUTH INDIA: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Date: 22-03-2018

Paper: The Logic of Mysticism in Mahayana Buddhism

Level: National

Status: N/A

Name: UGC NATIONAL SEMINAR ON ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS ENSHRINED IN THE ANCINET WISDOM

Date: 25-01-2018

Paper: Three Models of Environmentalism in Chinese Philosophy

Level: National

Status: N/A