Sangeetha Menon

Prof. Sangeetha Menon is a philosopher with a doctorate awarded for the thesis entitled «the concept of consciousness in the Bhagavad Gita» a major text of Indian philosophy. Her educational background is in biology, philosophy and psychology. A gold-medalist and first-rank holder for postgraduate studies, she received national University Grants Commission fellowship for her doctoral studies for five years. She is a Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, in the campus of Indian Institute of Science and joined NIAS in 1996, with particular interest in consciousness studies in the larger context of science-spirituality-art interface issues.

Dr Menon has been working in the area of consciousness studies for over eighteen years. She has given numerous lectures and presentations in her country and also in United States and Europe on wide-ranging issues relating to consciousness, mind, and science-spirituality interface issues. Her publications cover areas that concern consciousness studies, brain sciences, altruism, aesthetics, Indian psychology and science-spirituality-art dialogues.The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology published an article on her research work and unique contributions (2002) to bring consciousness studies into the Indian psychological context addressing scientific and spiritual questions. «The Beyond Experience: Consciousness in Bhagavad Gita» is Menon’s latest book (2007, Blue Jay Books, New Delhi). Her book «Dialogues: Philosopher meets the Seer» (2003, Srishti Publishers) is a set of nine dialogues with her spiritual teacher HH Swami Bodhananda on socio-cultural issues of contemporary importance and the common concerns of science and spiritual quest.