Parapsychology is the study of alleged psychic phenomena and other paranormal claims,for example,those related to near-death experiences,synchronicity,apparitional experiences,etc. Criticized as being a pseudoscience,the majority of mainstream scientists reject it. Parapsychology has also been criticized by mainstream critics for claims by many of its practitioners that their studies are plausible despite a lack of convincing evidence after more than a century of research for the existence of any psychic phenomena.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian politician,philosopher and statesman who served as the second president of India from 1962 to 1967. He previously served as the first vice president of India from 1952 to 1962. He was the second ambassador of India to the Soviet Union from 1949 to 1952. He was also the fourth vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University from 1939 to 1948 and the second vice-chancellor of Andhra University from 1931 to 1936. Radhakrishnan is considered one of the most influential and distinguished 20th century scholars of comparative religion and philosophy,he held the King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science at the University of Calcutta from 1921 to 1932 and Spalding Chair of Eastern Religion and Ethics at University of Oxford from 1936 to 1952.
Joseph Banks Rhine,usually known as J. B. Rhine,was an American botanist who founded parapsychology as a branch of psychology,founding the parapsychology lab at Duke University,the Journal of Parapsychology,the Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man,and the Parapsychological Association. Rhine wrote the books Extrasensory Perception and Parapsychology:Frontier Science of the Mind.
Thomas Nall Eden Greville was an American mathematician,specializing in statistical analysis,particularly as it concerned the experimental investigation of psi.
Robert Henry Thouless was an English psychologist and parapsychologist. He is best known as the author of Straight and Crooked Thinking,which describes flaws in reasoning and argument.
The University of Lucknow is a public state university based in Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh. LU's main campus is located at Badshah Bagh,University Road area of the city with a second campus at Jankipuram. It is the largest state university of Uttar Pradesh. It is also the only public university of the state to offer both on-campus and online programmes of study.
Purushottama Bilimoria is an Australian-American philosopher and Professor at O.P. Jindal Global University.
Eliot Sandler Deutsch was a philosopher,teacher,and writer. He made important contributions to the understanding and appreciation of Eastern philosophies in the West through his many works on comparative philosophy and aesthetics. He was a Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Ravindra Kumar is a Political Scientist,Peace Educator,an Indologist,a Humanist,Cultural Anthropologist and a former Vice-Chancellor of CCS University,Meerut (India).
Vishwanathan Venkatachalam was an eminent Sanskrit scholar. He served as the vice-chancellor of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University,Varanasi,India for two terms. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1989 by the Government of India for his valuable contribution to the field of Sanskrit research and education.
Gardner Murphy was an American psychologist who specialized in social and personality psychology and parapsychology. His career highlights include serving as president of the American Psychological Association and the British Society for Psychical Research.
Koneru Ramakrishna Rao was an Indian philosopher who served as Chancellor of GITAM,and as Chairman of GITAM school of Gandhian Studies,psychologist,parapsychologist,educationist,teacher,researcher and administrator. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2011.
Kotha Satchidananda Murty (1924-2011) was an Indian philosopher and professor. Murty served as the Professor of Philosophy,Andhra University,Visakhapatnam and Vice-Chancellor of Sri Venkateswara University,Tirupati in the state of Andhra Pradesh,South India. He specialized in Buddhist philosophy and contributed extensively to Mahayana Buddhism. His treatise on the teachings of Nagarjuna is well acclaimed.
Jeffrey Praed Broadbent is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota whose academic focus includes comparative sociology;culture and structure;environmental sociology;Japanese society;networks and identity;political sociology;qualitative methods;social movements;and East Asian society. He is also a member of the Institute for Global Studies at the University of Minnesota.
Charles Edward Mark Hansel was a British psychologist most notable for his criticism of parapsychological studies.
Girishwar Misra is a social scientist,psychologist and author from India.
Amitabh Joshi is an Indian evolutionary biologist,population ecologist,geneticist and a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR). He heads the Evolutionary Biology Laboratory at JNCASR and is known for his studies on Evolutionary genetics and Population ecology. An elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences,National Academy of Sciences,India,and Indian National Science Academy,he was also a J. C. Bose National Fellow (2011-2021) of the Department of Science and Technology. He served as the Chief Editor of the Journal of Genetics (2008-2014) and Editor of Publications of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2017-2021). The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research,the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research,awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology,one of the highest Indian science awards,in 2009,for his contributions to biological sciences.
Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad,FBA is the Distinguished Professor of Comparative Religion and Philosophy at Lancaster University. His research focuses on Indian religions –Hinduism,Buddhism and Jainism –and comparative phenomenology,epistemology,metaphysics and philosophy of religion. His studies include the conceptual roots of contemporary beliefs,politics and conflict in religious context,and the religious identities of South Asian diaspora in the United Kingdom. He was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy in 2017.
Krishnacharya Tamanacharya Pandurangi,also known by the pen name Viswamangala,was an Indian Sanskrit scholar and a notable Indologist. Pandurangi was unique among contemporary Sanskrit scholars,being simultaneously at home among both traditional and modern systems of education. In 1989,the Government of India honoured him with the Rashtrapati Award for his contributions to literature and research.
Raghavendra P. Tiwari is the Vice Chancellor of Central University of Punjab,Bathinda. He has also served as the Vice-Chancellor in Dr. Hari Singh Gour University,Sagar M.P.
