FACULTY PROFILE
Dr. Ashutosh Dayal Mathur
M.A. M.Phil. Ph.D. L.L.B (University of Delhi)
Affiliations
Teaching under graduate and post graduate students at St. Stephen’s College since August 1981
Visiting Faculty at Ashoka University for 2018 – 2020
Subjects Taught at St. Stephen’s College
Veda, Upanishad, Kavya (Classical literature) Darshana (Indian Philosophy), Dharma Shastra
Publications
Book
Medieval Hindu law, Oxford University Press, New Delhi 2006
TALKS and SEMINARS
2020-2021
2. Disruptive Sanskrit Literature – Web talk at the Hist Soc St Stephen’s College,
3. Dharma – Ontology and Epistemology – Web Talk at the JNU faculty Orientation Programme – Thursday October 15, 2020
4. Sri Sri University Bangalore – Sunday, 15 November 2020 Faculty Development Programme 2020 on Indian Knowledge Systems in Contemporary Education & Practices, 5 – 19 November 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p96kpAAP-FY&feature=youtu.be
5. Voice of Change – Talk at the Department of History, Ashoka University, Sonepat, Haryana – February 19, 2021
6. LAW AND SANSKRIT – Paper presented at the Three Day National Seminar on Indian Knowedge Systems and Higher Education with reference to the National Education Policy 2020, organized by the Department of Sanskrit Delhi University South Campus and Delhi University Gandhi Bhawan – March 12, 2021.
7. Dharma Shastra ki Samayikta – in the web talk series on Ancient Indian Shastras organized by WAVES, an international organization for promotion of Sanskrit studies – April 02, 2021
2021-22
2. Prachin Bhartiya Nyaya Vyavastha, M.Phil Seminar, Department of Sanskrit, University of Delhi, May 13, 2021
3. Two lectures at the National Law University of Himachal Pradesh at Shimla during their fortnight long workshop on Comparative Public Law, July 24 and 29 2021
4. Five Lectures on Vyavahara Shastra at Ganganatha Jha Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth – August 24th to August 28th 2021
5. Idea of Justice in India and the West – Online Talk at SD College Ambala, December 04, 2021
6. Bharatiya Jnana Parampara Mein Samajik Chintan, Lady Sriram College, New Delhi, December 07, 2021
7. Rudhivada aur Bahulata Pradhan Samaj, Web talk at Aditi Mahavidyalaya, University of Delhi, January 19, 2022
8. Prashasti Kavya – Udayaraja krit Rajavinod Kavya ke Sandarbh Mein, Dr. Satymurti Memorial Lecture, School of Indic Studies, JNU, April 30, 2022
9. Managing the Self – A Philosopher’s Way of Looking at Life – Online lecture at L&D PLHO, NOIDA, Indian Oil Corporation, Managing Self – Philosopher’s Way of Looking at Life, May 7, 2022
Areas of Current Interest
Dharma shastra – Principally Hindu Law
Medieval Sanskrit Literature
Research Supervision
Several Ph.D.s awarded by the University of Delhi under his supervision
2021- 2022 – Awarded
2. Ms. Udita Bhattacharya – A Critical Study of Nyaya-Manjari Granthi Bhanga of Chakradhara
2021- 22 – Submitted
2. Mr. Pawan Upadhyaya – A Comparative Study of Consciousness in Western and Indian Philosophy
Outreach Programmes
Syllabus Making – University of Delhi
Convenor – Core Papers Committee for revision of syllabus for the upcoming UGCF syllabus
Examination and Evaluation
Paper setter and Examiner for BA Hons. and BA Prog.
Membership of Academic/Cultural Bodies
Current
Convenor, Core Papers Committee for UGCF Syllabus, Department of Sanskrit, University if Delhi
Member Departmental Research Committee, Department of Sanskrit, University of Delhi
Member M.Phil. Committee, Department of Sanskrit, University of Delhi
Recent
Member of the Executive Committee of Delhi Sanskrit Academy, Govt, of Delhi since August 2017 to 2021
Past
Member of the Arts Faculty Committee, Delhi University;
UG Syllabus committee of the Department of Sanskrit, University of Delhi;
PG Syllabus Committee, Department of Sanskrit, Delhi University
Administrative Positions
Current
Head of the Department of Sanskrit, St. Stephen’s College
Registrar of Societies, St. Stephen’s College
Member IQAC, St. Stephen’s College
Past
Member, St. Stephen’s College Governing Body, Superintendent of Examinations,Tutor for Admissions, Public Information Officer, member of various administrative committees at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi.