Rediscovering Acharya Brajendra Nath Seal in the New Millenium

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Dr. Sumit Mukerji, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D is currently working as a Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Kalyani. Formerly he was the Dean, Faculty of Arts & Commerce and presently the Director, Centre for Studies on Bengali Diaspora of the University. He has a long research and teaching experience over 33 years at both post graduate and under graduate level. His area of specialization include Netaji Studies and Indian Freedom Movement, Conflict Resolution & Peace Studies, Diaspora Studies, Political Thought etc. He has published more than 100 research papers including several books and a good number of research scholars have been awarded Ph.D degree under his supervision. He was a recipient of Fulbright-Nehru Award for the Fulbright Nehru International Education Administrator's Seminar 2015 from October 24, 2015 to November 8, 2015 and visited abroad several times.

Dr. Sanjib Kumar Datta, M.Sc., M.Phil, B.Ed., Ph.D, M.N.A.Sc. is presently working as a Professor at the Department of Mathematics, University of Kalyani. Formerly he was the Controller of Examinations (officiating) and Head, Department of Mathematics of the University. Currently he is the council member of both Indian Mathematical Society, Pune and Calcutta Mathematical Society, Kolkata. In 2018 he has become the member of National Academy of Science of India, Allahabad. He has research and teaching experience over 20 years at both post graduate and under graduate level of different universities and colleges. He has published a total of 360 research papers including one monograph in the field of Complex Analysis, Fuzzy Algebra, Operator Theory, Fluid Dynamics etc. in reputed international and national level journals and 28 research scholars have been awarded Ph.D degree under his supervision. He is now acting as a Reviewer of both Mathematical Reviews published by American Mathematical Society and Zentralblatt Math., Edited by the European Mathematical Society. He visited Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Republic of Korea for academic purpose in 2014.

Dr. Kuheli Biswas, M.A., M.Phil., B.Ed., Ph.D, PGDBS is currently working as an Assistant Professor and Head at the Department of Philosophy, University of Kalyani. Presently she is the Hon'ble member of the Court of the University. She has a long research and teaching experience over 15 years at both under graduate and post graduate level. Her areas of interest of research are Indian Philosophy (Buddhism, Nyaya-Vaisesika, Samkhya, Yoga), Logic, Western Philosophy (Hume), Comparative Religion, Modern Indian Thought etc. She has published a good number of research papers in reputed journals and 4 research scholars have been working for their Ph.D degree under her supervision. She visited Bangkok, Thailand for academic purpose in 2015. Presently she has been working as a Principal Investigator of an ICPR funded research project.

The present volume is a compilation of papers on the multifarious aspects of the life, work and thought of Acharya Brajendra Nath Seal who may truly be termed as The Scholar Extraordinary. These papers were presented at the three day National Seminar entitled Rediscovering Acharya Brajendra Nath Seal in the New Millennium jointly organized by the Departments of Philosophy, Mathematics and Political Science, University of Kalyani from October 7-9, 2013. The volume begins with a curtain raiser by Prof. Dilipkumar Mohanta the then Vice Chancellor of the University portraying Acharya Seal as India's most original thinker and a champion of free thought and openness. He has very appositely highlighted the spirit of catholicity of ancient Indian philosophy which recognizes the merit of the opponent's point of view. Offering a panoramic view of the many sided genius of Acharya Seal, Prof. Mohanta depicts him as the sworn enemy of intellectual bigotry.

In an erudite paper, Prof. Dilip Kumar Sinha brings out the extensive range of the intellectual domain of Acharya Seal which encompasses diverse fields like Philosophy, Mathematics, Literature and History. Prof Sinha provides a scholarly discourse on the interface of Science, Philosophy and Mathematics as contemplated by. Acharya Seal with what Prof Sinha aptly describes as his Ubiquitous Intellect. Describing Acharya Seal as a New Grand Narrator, Prof. Kalyan Bagchi delves into his critique of Hegel's reflections on art and attempts an in depth analysis of his creative and original modification of the same. Considering Acharya B. N. Seal as the inheritor of the legacy of Plato, Aristotle and Hegel, he highlights how in Hegel's Philosophy of Art with its absolutist underpinnings, the content remained neglected.