Dr. Manoranjan Mallick

• Post Doctorial Fellow for the ICPR Sponsored Project “Wittgenstein on Religion: an Indian Reading”, funded by Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, undertaken in the Dept. Of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay, 1st July, 2015 to 31st December, 2015.
• Research Associate for the Sponsored Project “Reenchantment of Science: An Inquiry into Social Epistemology of Scientific, funded by Industrial Research & Consultancy Center, IIT Bombay, 21st May, 2014 to 1st July, 2015.

Edited Book:

• Manoranjan Mallick, Classical and Contemporary Perspectives of Indian Philosophy of Religion, DK Printworld, New Delhi, 2024 (ISSN: 978-81-246-1250-7)

In Journals

• Manoranjan Mallick & Pragyanparmatia Mohapatra, “Wittgenstein’s Notion of ‘Higher’: A Reading from Sankara’s Conception of Jnana”, Athens Journal of Philosophy (AJPHIL), 2, Issue 1, March 2023, Published by the Philosophy Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), Athens, Pages 53-66 (ISSN: 2732-9674). DOI: 10.30958/ajphil.2-1-4
• Mallick, “Gandhian Concept of Humanism: Way to Global Harmony”, Philosophia E-Journal of Philosophy and Culture (ISSN: 1314-5606), Vol. 27, 2021, Sofia Institute for Medieval Philosophy and Culture, Bulgaria, Pp. 73-84.
• Mallick, & Sirola, Vikram S. Sirola, “Wittgenstein on ‘The realm of Ineffable” Philosophy Pathways Electronic Journal (ISSN: 2043–0728), Issue No. 217, 2017, International Society for Philosophers, the University of Sheffield, Pp. 1-8 (co-author Prof. Vikram Singh Sirola). https://philosophypathways.com/newsletter/issue217.html
• Mallick & V.S. Sirola, “Privacy of Moral Perspective” Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ISSN: 0970-7794), Vol. 32, Issue. 1, January, 2015, Springer, Pp. 109-121 (co-author Prof. V.S. Sirola). http://link.springer.com/journal/40961/32/1. DOI: 10.1007/s40961-015-0010-1
• Mallick & V.S. Sirola, “Wittgenstein’s View on Nonsensicality of Ethics” Philosophia E-Journal of Philosophy and Culture (ISSN: 1314-5606), Vol. 8, 2014, Sofia Institute for Medieval Philosophy and Culture, Bulgaria, Pp. 141-155. https://philosophia-bg.com/archive/philosophia-8, 2014

• Manoranjan Mallick & Smurt Rekha Nayak, “Wittgenstein’s Use Theory of Meaning” Journal of the All Odisha Philosophical Association (JAOPA), (ISSN: 2395-2784), All Odisha Philosophy Association, Bhubaneswar, Vol. XII, No. 1, January 2026, Pp. 41-50.
• Manoranjan Mallick & Smurt Rekha Nayak, “Wittgenstein on ‘Happy Life’” Journal of the All Odisha Philosophical Association (JAOPA), (ISSN: 2395-2784), All Odisha Philosophy Association, Bhubaneswar, Vol. XI, No. 1, January 2025, Pp. 128-137.
• Smurt Rekha Nayak, & M. Mallick, “Berkeley and Early Wittgenstein on Solipsism: A Review” “Philosophical Papers: Journal of the Department of Philosophy” University of North Bengal, Siliguri, (ISSN: 0976-4496), Vol. XX, March, 2024, Pp. 157-170. https://jpp.nbu.ac.in/doc/Journal_Philosophy_Vol_XX_March_2024.pdf
• Mallick, & S.R. Nayak, “The Concept of Self: Wittgenstein’s Inherence from Schopenhauer” Journal of the All Odisha Philosophical Association (JAOPA), (ISSN: 2395-2784), All Odisha Philosophy Association, Bhubaneswar, Vol. X, No. 1, January 2024, Pp. 55-67.
• Mallick, “A Therapeutic Approach to philosophy and ethics” Indian Journal Of Analytical Philosophy, (ISSN: 0976-2337), Dept. of Philosophy, Utkal University, Vol. VII, No. 1, June, 2022, Pp. 52-61.
• Mallick, “Wittgenstein’s notion of ‘the philosophical self’” Lokāyata: Journal of Positive Philosophy (ISSN 2249-8389), Online bi-annual interdisciplinary Journal, Center for Positive Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies (CPPIS), Kurukshetra,Vol. XI, No.01 & 02, September, 2020, Pp. 53-59. https://philarchive.org/archive/TANPGW
• Mallick, “Language and Philosophy: Drawing the Limits” Ravenshaw Journal of Philosophy (RJP), (ISSN: 2395-3209), Department of Philosophy, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Vol. VI, November, 2020, Pp. 32-43.
• Mallick, “Use theory of meaning in Tractatus” “Philosophical Papers: Journal of the Department of Philosophy” University of North Bengal, Siliguri, (ISSN: 0976-4496), Vol. XIV, March, 2018, Pp. 111-119. https://jpp.nbu.ac.in/doc/Journal_Philosophy_Vol_XIV_March_2018.pdf

• Mallick, “Two Major Pillars of the Tractarian Metaphysics” Journal of the All Odisha Philosophical Association (JAOPA), (ISSN: 2395-2784), All Odisha Philosophy Association, Bhubaneswar, Vol. IV, No. 1, January 2018, Pp. 61-68.
• Mallick & V.S. Sirola, “The Realm of Ineffable Truth: a Tractarian Concern” Indian Journal Of Analytical Philosophy, (IJAP), (ISSN: 0976-2337) P.G. Dept. of Philosophy, Utkal University, Vol. 6, No. 1, June 2016, Pp. 91-108 (co-author Prof. V.S. Sirola).
• Mallick & V.S. Sirola, “What is ‘Higher’ About Values: A Wittgensteinian response”, Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research (JICPR), (ISSN: 0970-7794), New Delhi, Vol. 29, No. 2, 2012, Pp. 105-124 (co-author Prof. V.S. Sirola).
• Mallick & V.S. Sirola, “Wittgenstein on ‘Nonsense’”, Indian Philosophical Quarterly (IPQ), (ISSN: 0376-415X), Department of Philosophy, Pune University, Pune, Vol. 41, No. 1-4, 2014, Pp. 77-95 (co-author Prof. V.S. Sirola).
• M. Mallick, “The Tractarian Notion of Philosophical Self: an Indian  Philosophical  Reading”, Omega-Indian Journal of Science and Religion, Vol: 7, No: 2, June-December, 2008, pp. 138-160.

Chapter in Edited Books

• Mallick & S. Palai, “Prof. Hrudananda Ray on Kant’s Copernican Evolution”, ed. by Dr. Dr. Nandini Mishra, The Philosophical Explorations of Hrudananda Ray, Published by Vidya Publishing Inc., Bhubaneswar, 2026, Pp. 103-116 (ISBN:978-1-99784-070-1)
• Palai & M. Mallick, “Pandit Nilakantha’s Conception of Dharma: A Humanistic Approach”, ed. by Dr. Nandini Mishra, Philosophical Reflections of Pandit Nilakantha, Published by Vidya Publishing Inc., Bhubaneswar, 2025, Pp. 185-196 (ISBN:978-1-99847-590-2)
• Mallick, “Wittgenstein on Religion”, ed. by Dr. Nandini Mishra, Philosophy, Yoga and Language, Published by Navyug Books International, New Delhi, 2023, Pp. 20-29 (ISBN:978-93-93462-30-5).
• Mallick, “Revisiting solipsism: a Wittgensteinian way” ed. by Prof. K. C. Pandey, Perspectives on Wittgenstein’s Unsayable, (ISSN: 10: 818997355X), Occam Academic Press Ltd., 2020, Pp. 138-149.
• Mallick, Wittgenstein’s Transcendental Ethics: a response to Rajendra Prasad” ed. by Dr. Harishchandra Sahoo, Ethics: theory and practice (ISBN 81-89778-92-7), Lipika, Puri, Bhubaneswar, 2018, Pp. 33-45.
• Mallick & V.S. Sirola, “Wittgenstein’s Transcendental ethics: a Response to R.C. Pradhan” ed. by Prof. R.K. Panda, Language, Mind & Reality: A Reflection on Philosophical Thoughts of Prof. R.C. Pradhan, (ISSN: 978-93-83803-16-3), Overseas Press, New Delhi, 2015, Pp. 231-248 (Co-author Prof. V.S. Sirola).
• M. Mallick, “Running Against the Boundaries: Wittgensteinian Perspectives of   Ethics in Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus” ed. by Dr. K. C. Pandey, Perspectives on Wittgenstein’s Unsayable, (ISSN: 10: 818997355X), Readworthy Publications, New Delhi, India, 2008, Pp. 20-38.

Research Guidance

• M.Phil. Scholars (Completed) – 06
  • Sadashiv Nanda
  • Kalyani Dash
  • Sumitra Mallick
  • Utkalika Priyadarshini Behera
  • Rashmi Prava Mohanty
  • Subhashree Biswal
• Ph.D. Scholars (Continuing) – 03
  • Kalyani Das
  • Smurti Rekha Nayak
  • Shaswati Palai

• Title “Wittgenstein on Solipsism”, funded by Odisha State Higher Education Council under Odisha University Research and Innovation Incentivization Plan (OURIIP) – 2021 (Completed)
• Title “Ethical values and Religious practices: a Wittgensteinian Reading”, funded by Utkal University Research and Innovation Fund, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar (Completed).

Selected Talks:

• Served as Resource Person in the Indian Council of Philosophical Research-sponsored periodic lecture on “Man–Environment Relationship: A Philosophical Reflection,” organized by the Department of Philosophy, Mathakaragola College, Dhenkanal, on March 2, 2026.
• Served as Resource Person in the Indian Council of Philosophical Research-sponsored periodic lecture on “Concept of Freedom in Jean-Paul Sartre’s Philosophy,” organized by the Department of Philosophy, MPC Autonomous College, Baripada, on February 14, 2026.
• Served as Sectional President for the “Ethics and Social Philosophy” section at the 38th All Odisha Philosophy Association Conference, held in the Department of Philosophy, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, on 24–25 January 2026.
• Served as Resource Person in the Indian Council of Philosophical Research-sponsored periodic lecture on “Western Philosophy” in the dept. of Philosophy, Salipur Autonomous College, Cuttack on March 19, 2025
• Served as Resource Person in the Indian Council of Philosophical Research-sponsored periodic lecture on “Ethics in the Present Day Context” in the dept. of Philosophy, Netaji Subhas Memorial City College, Cuttack on February 6, 2025.
• Served as Resource Person in periodic lecture on “Wittgenstein on World and Ethics” in the dept. of Philosophy, Rajdhani College, Bhubaneswar, on January 30, 2025.
• Served as Resource Person in the Indian Council of Philosophical Research-sponsored periodic lecture on “Indian Philosophical Tradition” in the dept. of Philosophy, Salipur College (Autonomous), Salipur, Cuttack on August 3, 2024.
• Served as Resource Person in the Indian Council of Philosophical Research-sponsored periodic lecture on “Philosophy as Therapy: An Interpretation of Wittgenstein’s Philosophy” in the dept. of Philosophy, Vikram Dev University, Jeypore, Koraput on 3^rd & 4^th February, 2024.
• Served as Resource Person in the Indian Council of Philosophical Research-sponsored periodic lecture on “Plato’s Theory of Knowledge” in the dept. of Philosophy, Pattamundai College, Kendrapara on March 29, 2023.
• Served as Resource Person in the Indian Council of Philosophical Research-sponsored periodic lecture on “Absolutism Vs Relativism” in the dept. of Philosophy, Pattamundai College, Kendrapara on April 4, 2022 (Online).
• Served as Resource Person in the Indian Council of Philosophical Research-sponsored periodic lecture on  “Kantian Notion of Ethics” in the dept. of Philosophy, Kendrapara Autonomous College, Kendrapara on October 30, 2021
• Served as Resource Person in the Indian Council of Philosophical Research-sponsored periodic lecture on “Euthanasia” in the dept. of Philosophy, Kamala Nehru Women’s College, Bhubaneswar, on February 2, 2018.
• Served as Resource Person in the Indian Council of Philosophical Research-sponsored periodic lecture on “Introduction to Ethics” in the dept. of Philosophy, Nayagarh Autonomous College, Nayagarh on January 1, 2018.

Selected Presentations :

• “Philosophy as Therapy: A Wittgensteinian Perspective” in the International Webinar on Language, Society and Culture, Organised By North Bengal Philosophers Association (NBPA) In Collaboration with Department of Philosophy, Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University, 16thMay, 2026.
• “A Critical Evaluation of Daya Krishna’s Interpretation of Śaṅkara’s Adhyāsa” in the International Seminar on Reason, Revolution and Reconstruction in Indian Philosophy: Decoding Daya Krishna’s Legacy, organized by DIC, Dept. of Philosophy at Ravenshaw University, Cuttack on 11^th to 13^th January, 2026.
• “Destroying Philosophical Illusions: Wittgenstein’s Therapeutic Approach” in the Centenary Session of the Indian Philosophical Congress held at Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, 9^th to 12^th December, 2025.
• “Prof. Hrudyananda Roy on Kant’s Copernican Revolution” in the two days National Seminar on “Philosophical Explorations of Prof. Hrudananda Ray”, organized by Dept. of Philosophy, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar on 27^th& 28^th July 2025.
• “Pandit Nilakantha’s Conception of Dharma: A Humanistic Approach” in the Two Day National Seminar on The Humanist Philosophy of Pandit Nilakantha Das: Bridging Tradition and Modernity organized by Dept. of Philosophy, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar on 26^th and 27^th March, 2025.
•  “Wittgenstein’s Notion of Happy Life: A Reading from Buddhist Concept of Nirvana” in the International Conference on Indian Knowledge System: Global Perspectives and Practices, organized by International Office, Utkal University, supported by WB – OHEPEE, Utkal University, 20^th to 21^st September, 2024.
• “Wittgenstein on ‘Happy Life’” in the 36^th Annual Conference of All Orissa Philosophical Association (AOPA) held on 23^rd & 24^th January, 2024 at N.C. Autonomous College, Jajpur.
• “Philosophy as Therapy: Elucidation of Wittgenstein’s Point of View” in the 96^th & 97^th Joint Session of the Indian Philosophical Congress held at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, 20^th to 23rd December, 2024.
• “Wittgenstein on Religion” in the 15^th International Congress of Social Philosophy (ICSP) & 9^th International Congress of Yoga and Spiritual Science (ICYS) held at the P.G. Dept. of Philosophy, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, 7^th to 9^th January, 2023.
•  “The Concept of Self: Wittgenstein’s Inherence from Schopenhauer” in the 35^th Annual Conference of All Orissa Philosophical Association (AOPA) held at Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar on 22^nd & 23^rd January, 2023.
• “The Notion of Self with Reference to Wittgenstein and Sankara” sponsored by ICPR Sponsored Eastern Zone Philosophy Teachers’ Meet Sambad on India’s Philosophies: Study and Research in the 21st Century Perspective, organized by Dept. of Philosophy at Ravenshaw University, Cuttack on 11^th to 13^th January, 2023.
• “Berkeley and Early Wittgenstein on Solipsism” in the Odisha Research Conclave 2023 jointly organized by Odisha State Higher Education Council and Sambalpur University at Sambalpur, 14^th-16^th November, 2023.
• “Wittgenstein on Solipsism” in the Odisha Research Conclave 2022 jointly organized by Odisha State Higher Education Council and Ravenshaw University at Ravenshaw University Cuttack, 14^th-16^th November, 2022.
• “Wittgenstein’s notion of ‘higher’: Reading from Sankara’s conception of Jnana” in the 4th Wittgenstein Conference of Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosophical Society held at Dept. of Philosophy, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, 28^th to 30^th December, 2019.

• “The notion of happiness in early Wittgenstein” in the UGC sponsored interdisciplinary national seminar on Buddha and Wittgenstein on Culture and Values, organized by Centre for Mahayana Buddhist Studies at Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andra Pradesh, 14^th – 16^th March, 2019.
• “Wittgenstein on Value” in the 30^th Annual Conference of All Orissa Philosophical Association (AOPA) held on 23^rd and 25^th January, 2018 at Ramadevi Women’s University, Bhubaneswar.
• “What is ‘Supernatural about Values’?” in the 3^rd Ludwig Wittgenstein International Conference of Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosophical Society held at Dept. HSS, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, 24^th to 26^th November, 2018.
•  “Two major pillars of the Tractarian metaphysics” in the 29^th Annual Conference of All Orissa Philosophical Association (AOPA) held at Sri Jayadev College of Education @ Technology, Naharkanta, Bhubaneswar, 22^nd & 23^rd January, 2017.
•  “Wittgenstein’s Transcendental Ethics: A response to R.C. Pradhan” in the international Conference on Langauge, Mind & Reality: A  Reflection on Philosophical Thoughts of Prof. R.C. Pradhan, organized by the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, 5^th to 7^th March, 2012.
• “Grammatical Investigation into the Working of Language: A Wittgensteinian Proposal” in the 85^th session of the Indian Philosophical Congress held at Gauhati  University, Guwahati, 26^th to 29^th October, 2010
• “Revisiting Solipsism: A Wittgensteinian Way” in the Society for Student Philosophers (SSP) Annual Conference, organised by the Department of History & Philosophy, University of Texas – Pan American, Edinburg, Texas, USA, 27^th & 28^th March, 2009.
• “Wittgenstein on What can be said and What cannot be said” in the national seminar on Recent Trends in Metaphysics, organized by the Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, 18^th to 20^th March, 2007.
• “Wittgenstein on Use Theory of Meaning” in the 80^th session of the Indian Philosophical Congress (IPC) held at University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, 24^th to 27^th October, 2005.
• “Running Against The Boundaries:  Wittgensteinian Perspective of Ethics” in the national seminar on Wittgenstein on Ethics and Religious Belief, organized by UGC and ICPR at Government College Dharamshala, Kangra, 28^th to 30^th  September, 2005.

Awards and Honors

• Awarded General Fellowship for the year 2015-16 by Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR), New Delhi.
• Awarded Junior Research Fellowship for the year 2006-07 by Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR), New Delhi.
• Second Prize for the Best Presentation in Research Scholar Mega-Conference, organized by Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR) at Gauhati University, Guwahati, 2005.

• Superintendent, Gents Hostel-I, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
• Member of the Ethical Committee, Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS) & SUM Hospital
• Member of the Institutional Ethics Committee for Student Research, AIIMS Bhubaneswar
• Academic Member of Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), Athens, Greece
• Seminar Advisor, Dept. of Philosophy, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
• Associate Editor of Journal of All Odisha Philosophical Association (JAOPA)
• Coordinator, Dept. of Philosophy, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar from 2020 to 2022.
• Assistant Superintendent, Gents Hostel-III, Utkal University from 2018 to 2022.
• Joint Secretary, All Odisha Philosophical Association (AOPA) from 2017 to 2021.

• Deconstruction: View
• Existentialism: View
• Hegel: View
• Introduction of Ethics: View
• Picture Theory: View
• Rejection Of Essentialism: View
• Sollipism: View
• Use Theory: View

• Attended the ICSSR Sponsored Two-Week Capacity Building Programme on “Social-X: Leveraging AI & ICT Tools for Transformation of Research” organized by Department of Education, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, from November 17-28, 2025.
• Attended the Meeting as the Subject Expert of Trillingual Glossary of Philosophy in Odia Language (English – Hindi – Odia) at the Department of Philosophy, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar from 06/10/2025 to 10/10/2025, organised by the Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT), Dept. of Higher Education, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
• Attended Teachers Training Programme on NEP 2020 Orientation & Sensitisation Programme, organized by Malaviya Mission Teachers Training Centre, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar from September 2-14, 2024.
• Attended Fifteen Days Short Term Course on Research Methodology, organized G. Dept. of Philosophy, Uktal University, Bhubaneswar, from May 22 – June 6, 2023.
• Attended Faculty development programme, organised by the Department of Higher and Professional Education, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi, from 2^nd to 6^th March, 2020.
• Attended Two-Week Online Faculty Development Programme on “Application of ICT Tools in Social Sciences and Humanities Research” organized by Department of Education, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, from June 16-30, 2021.
• Attended UGC Sponsored Orientation Programme in the theme “Capacity Building in Higher Education”, organized by UGC-HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar during 18^th August 2017 to 14^th September 2017.
• Attended UGC Sponsored Refresher Course in the theme “India Language & Cluture: Text & Context”, organized by UGC-HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar during 4^th January 2019 to 24^th January 2019.

Conference/Seminars organized:

• ICPR sponsored Two-Day national seminar on “Indian Philosophy of Religion” on 22^nd to 23^rd April, 2022 in the Dept. of Philosophy, Utkal University.
• ICPR sponsored five lectures series of national webinar in commemoration of International Yoga Day – 2021 in the Dept. of Philosophy, Utkal University.
• One day ICPR sponsored lecture programme on the occasion of World Philosophy Day sponsored by ICPR on 24^th December, 2021 in the Dept. of Philosophy, Utkal University.
• One day ICPR sponsored lecture programme on the occasion of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav on 3^rd December 2022 in the Dept. of Philosophy, Utkal University.
• One day ICPR sponsored lecture programme on Revisiting Wittgenstein on Self, Meaning, and the World delivered by Prof. Prof. R.C. Pradhan, Formerly, HOD, Department of Philosophy, Central University of Hyderbad, funded by ICPR, New Delhi, 2^nd December, 2017.