Dr. Vishwanath Dhital

Assistant Professor
Department/School/Unit Name
Department of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU)
Phone No(s): 7985056538
Email: vdhital.hss@iitbhu.ac.in
Area of Interest: Bhāratīya tarkaśāstra , Indian Philosophy , Navya Nyāya & pāramparika śāstra adhyayana

 

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  • Post Doctorate: ICPR fellow, SVDV, BHU, Varanasi

  • Doctorate: Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi

  • Ācārya (MA): Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi

  • Śāstrī (BA): Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi

  • Early Sanskrit education: Mahesh Sanskrit Gurukulam, Devghat, Nepal

Books:

Book Chapters:

  • Dṛgdṛśyasambandhavimarśaḥ, 2013, Vaidikadarśanavibhāga, BHU, 978-81-928643-0-3
  • pramāṇakaustubham,(Nyāyābhimatapratyakṣasvarūpavimarśaḥ) 2018, Kishor Vidya Niketan, Varanasi, 978-93-84299-96-5
  • भाष्यपरम्परा ज्ञानप्रवाहश्च, ( प्राच्यज्ञानपरम्परायां भाष्यावदानम्) 2020, श्रीसोमनाथसंस्कृतयुनिवर्सिटी, गुजरात, 798-93-830-97-43-2

 Articles

  • Vyaptisiddhāntalakṣaṇavimarśaḥ , Saṃskṛtavidyā, 2011, SVDV, BHU, Vārāṇasī,  0975-8348
  • nyāyanayeZpavargavimarśaḥ, Susaṃskṛtam, 2012, Surucikalāsamitiḥ Vārāṇasī, 2277-7024
  • Sambandhavimarśaḥ, Susaṃskṛtam, 2013, Surucikalāsamitiḥ Vārāṇasī,  2277-7024
  • lakṣaṇāvimarśaḥ, Susaṃskṛtam, 2015, Surucikalāsamitiḥ Vārāṇasī,  2277-7024
  • dravyalakṣaṇavicāraḥ, Susaṃskṛtam, 2016, Surucikalāsamitiḥ Vārāṇasī,  2277-7024
  • Sharda Nandram, Ankur Joshi, Sukhada, Vishwanath Dhital. Delivering Holistic Education for Contemporary Times: Banasthali Vidyapith and Gurukula System, International Journal of Business and Globalisation. 2019

 

Teaching

  • Assistant Professor,  Department of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU) Varanasi (March 2018 - Present )
  • Visiting Professor- VU, Amsterdam The Netherlands (Nov 2020- Nov 2022)
  • Assistant Professor, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Howrah (Jan 2018 – March 2018)
  • Guest Faculty, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Howrah (July – Dec 2017)
  • Guest Faculty, Nyāyavaiśeṣika vibhāga, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi ( 2011-2014)
  • Guest Faculty, Department of Vedic Darśana, SVDV, BHU, Varanasi (2010-2011)

Invited Talks

  • Delivered a talk in the Department of Philosophy, Vasanta College for Women, Rajghat Fort, Varanasi, on 16/02/2015
  • Delivered a talk in the workshop of Navya Nyāya on 28.10.2015 at ICPR Academic Centre, Lucknow.
  • Delivered a talk in the National Workshop of Nyāyaśāstre śābdabodhapaddhatiḥ on 15.03.2016 at Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University) Ganganath Jha Parisar, Prayag.
  • Delivered a talk in the Janata Vidyapeeth, Nepal Sanskrit University, dāṅ, Nepal on 9th Sept 2018 (paurastyavāṅmayāntargatanyāyadarśanasya saṃskṛtasya ca śikṣaṇavidhiḥ)
  • Delivered a talk in the Sanmpurnananda Sanskrit University, Varanasi on 22nd Sept 2018 (nyāyaśāstre lakṣaṇam)
  • Delivered a talk in the Sanmpurnananda Sanskrit University, Varanasi on 23rd Sept 2018 (nyāyaśāstre pramāṇam)
  • Delivered Lecture series in the National Workshop at Somnath Sanskrit University, Veraval, on दर्शनेषु पारिभाषिकपदानां परिचयः, 23/12 to 27/12/2019
  • Delivered online Lecture series organized by Sanskrit Bharati on nyāyaśāstraparicayaḥ- 11/05/2020-17/05/2020
  • Delivered online talk organized by Vedavyasa Bharati Trust, Bangalore. 10-10-2020 (vaiśeṣika darśana) (https://youtu.be/cvICNuzDLXI)
  • Delivered online talk  in a seminar organized by lokabhāṣā pracāra samitiḥ, Sikkim śākhā (23-12-2020) (lokabhāṣā hi saṃskṛtam)
  • Delivered online talk  in a seminar as a keynote speaker  organized by śāsakīya saṃskṛta mahāvidyālaya, madhyapradeśa (mānava jīvana meṃ saṃskṛta)

      Organizing National Nyaya Workshops         

S. No Venue Duration
1 Department of Vedic Darshan. BHU 10-24 January 2013
2 Department of Nyayavaisheshik SSVV 06-19 March 2013
3 Department of Nyayavaisheshik SSVV 02-15 December 2013
4 Department of Vedic Darshan. BHU 16-30 January 2014

      Organizing Nyaya śivira

S.No Venue Duration
1 Udasin Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, VNS 19-02-2007 to 05-03-2007
2 Anusandhan Sansthnan, SSVV, VNS 05-20 April 2007
3 Anusandhan Sansthnan, SSVV, VNS 16-30 December 2008
4  Department of Vedic Darshan. BHU 05-22 January 2010
5 Tulanatmak Dharma Darshan Bhibhag SSVV, VNS 03-15 March 2011
6 Sanskrit Bharati Kashi, Rajghat VNS 20-25 June 2014

Online Teaching available on youtube-
 https://bit.ly/Tarkasangraha
http://bit.ly/nyaya_bodhini
https://bit.ly/muktawali
http://bit.ly/Paribhashik_Padartha

  • Paper Presented in International Seminars/ Conferences
    S.No. Seminar/conference Year Organizer
    1 International Seminar on āgamaśāstra 2011  Department of Dharmagam, SVDV, BHU
    2 World Conference on nigamāgama Scriptures 2011 Department of Dharmagam, SVDV, BHU
    3 INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR on “MALAVIYA’S THOUGHT: Relevant Today and Tomorrow’’ 2012 Mahamana Malaviya Mission, BHU(Unit) Varanasi
    4 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2014 Dharmasanskriti
    5 One day  International Seminar on  'Contribution of Chandrika Magazine  for the upliftment of Nepali Language in India'. 26th Match, 2019 Department of Indian Languages, Faculty of Arts BHU, Varanasi
    6 International Conference, (भाष्यपरम्परा ज्ञानप्रवाहश्च) 11-13, Feb, 2020 Shree Somnath Sanskrit University, Veraval, Gujrat.

 

  • Paper Presented in National Seminars/ Conferences /śāstrārtha
    S.No. Seminar/conference/ śāstrārtha Year Organizer
    1 akhila bhāratīya śāstrārtha pariṣad February-2011 SVDV,BHU
    2 akhila bhāratīya śāstrārtha pariṣad November-2011 SVDV,BHU
    3 National Seminar on Logic & Reality March-2013 Department of Philosophy, MGKV
    4 National Seminar on dṛgdṛśyasambandhaḥ  September-2013 Department of Vedic Darshan, SVDV, BHU
    5 National Seminar on śāstraśikṣaṇe abhinavavidhiḥ July-2015 Mahesh Sanskrit Gurukul, Nepal
  • Participation in Seminar/ Conference
S. No Topic Of Seminar Date of Seminar Organizer
1 Two days National Seminar on Thoughts and Works of “Vādavidhi: The Methods of Debate”. Organized by ICPR. 27-28th February 2019 ICPR Academic Center, Lucknow.
2 A Dialogue between Vedic and Modern Sciences (VVS 2019) 21 & 22 Sep 2019 IIT(BHU), Vijnana Bharti, Vedic Vijnana Kendra

 

  • Participation in Workshops
    S.No Subjet of Workshop Year Organizer
    1 National Workshop on Vedanta Shastra 20-12-2013 to 03-01-2014 Department of Vedanta SSVV. Supported by UGC
    2 National Workshop on Karaka 05-19 February 2014 Department of Vyakaran. SVDV, BHU
    3 National Workshop on Sahitya-Shastra 13-11-2014 to 03-12-2014 Department of Sahitya. SVDV, BHU
    4 Textual Workshop on Tarkasangraha of Annambhatta 19-01-2015 to 31-01-2015 ICPR,     Academic center, Lucknow
    5  All India Summer School on Prakrit Language and Literature 17-05-2015 to 07-06-2015 Bhogilal Leherchand Institute of Indology
    6 National Workshop on  Reading Advaitsiddhi (With special reference to Prapancha-Mithyatvam) 13-22 July 2015 ICPR,     Academic center, Lucknow
    7 National Workshop on Paninian Grammar & Sanskrit Computational Linguistics 16-22 March 2016 Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University) Ganganath Jha Parisar, Prayag
    8 नव्यन्यायस्वाध्यायवेबकार्यशाला 25/05 to 31/05/2020 Department of Nyaya, SSVV.
    9 7 Days International Web-Workshop 03 to 09 June 2020  Department of Vedanta, SSVV.
           

      Short-term course-

     1. Analyzing a Discourse from Mimaamsa Perspective- Training Workshop Level 1, 11-04-2020 to 31-05-2020

 

 

  • Received Presidential Award Maharṣi Bādarāyaṇa Vyāsa Sammāna on 04-04-19 in New Delhi conferred by the Vice President of India. 
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  •   http://bit.ly/Badarayana_Photos
  • Received the Maheśaprajñāvibhūṣaṇam award by Mahesh Sanskrit Gurukulam conferred by the President of Nepal on 05-02-2019