S. N. Balagangadhara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

S. N. Balagangadhara

Indian philosopher

Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1952

Place of Birth: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Profession: philosopher

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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Balagangadhara (aka Balu) is a professor at the Ghent University in Belgium, and director of the India Platform and the Research Centre Vergelijkende Cutuurwetenschap (Comparative Science of Cultures). Balagangadhara was a student of National College, Bangalore and moved to Belgium in 1977 to study philosophy at Ghent University, where he obtained his doctorate under the supervision of Etienne Vermeersch.
His doctoral thesis (1991) was entitled Comparative Science of Cultures and the Universality of Religion: An Essay on Worlds without Views and Views without the World. Balagangadhara has been researching the nature of religion.
His central area of inquiry has been the study of Western culture against the background of Indian culture.
His research programme is called in Dutch "Vergelijkende Cultuurwetenschap," which translates into "Comparative Science of Cultures".
He has held the co-chair of the Hinduism Unit at the American Academy of Religion (AAR).
He also gives lectures to the general public in Europe and India on issues such as the current (mis)understanding of Indian culture and the search for happiness.