I did my graduation in Electronics Engineering from IIT Dhanbad (ISM). After a brief stint as a software engineer at Samsung, I shifted my area of study to Philosophy. I did my PG and PhD from University of Hyderabad. My PhD thesis dealt with philosophical questions related to non-literal communication and was based on Indian philosophical and poetological works. I have been teaching courses in introductory philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Logic, Critical Thinking and Indian Knowledge Traditions since 2016. I am also keen on developing new ways (particularly examples) of teaching Philosophy to students, especially those students who do not have a background in Philosophy.

Note: Currently, I am not accepting any PhD students.

Co-PI in the project titled ‘Establishment of Centre of Excellence in IKS (in Chanakya University)’ sanctioned by IKS Division @ AICTE, 2022.

Critical Thinking
Introduction to Indian Philosophy
Perspectives in Indian Epistemology
Introduction to Bharatiya Knowledge Traditions
Evolution of Indian Education
Understanding India

1. Naresh Keerthi, R. Venkata Raghavan, “Lakshana Identification Procedure: A new tool for diagnosing metaphor in language,” in Trends in Applied Linguistics and Language in Use (Proceedings of 40th International Conference of the Linguistic Society of India, Mysuru, 05th-07th Decemeber, 2018) edited by Tariq Khan, Central Institute of Indian Languages, 2020, pp. 159-172.
2. Bandyopadhyay, Prasanta S., R. Venkata Raghavan, Don Wallace Freeman Dcruz, Gordon Brittan Jr., “Truths about Simpson’s Paradox:Saving the Paradox from Falsity”, In, Logic and Its Applications, Proceedings of ICLA 2015, LNCS 8923, edited by Mohua Banerjee and Shankara Narayanan Krishna, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015, pp. 58–73

Guest Faculty, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, Dec 2016 – April 2017;

Assistant Professor, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Heritage, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Ernakulam, May 2017 – January 2022;

Assistant Professor, Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems, Chanakya University, Bengaluru, March 2022 – November 2022