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  • noun Indian philosopher and statesman who introduced Indian philosophy to the West (1888-1975)

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  • Teachers' Day is celebrated in India on Sept. 5, the anniversary of the birth of India's first vice president, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who started his career as a philosophy professor at Madras Presidency College and was known for his inspirational teaching style.

    India's Teachers-Turned Politicians 2011

  • TVS Chief Executive K.N. Radhakrishnan said rising costs of raw materials can impact the company's profit margins in coming quarters.

    TVS Motor Profit Doubles Nikhil Gulati 2011

  • Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan recommended setting up rural universities in India on the American land-grant model way back in 1949.

    Scott Baker: Will India Lead the Way in Urban Land Tax Reform? A Mission Director from the Indian Ministry of Housing Provides Some Answers Scott Baker 2011

  • Indian Philosophy – Volumes 1/2 Radhakrishnan; Classic work on Indian philosophy.

    Matthew Yglesias » Influential Books 2010

  • Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan recommended setting up rural universities in India on the American land-grant model way back in 1949.

    Scott Baker: Will India Lead the Way in Urban Land Tax Reform? A Mission Director from the Indian Ministry of Housing Provides Some Answers Scott Baker 2011

  • Aadiriyedath Hospital and Research Centre (Ayurveda) "These two institutions were inaugurated on 11th May 2008, by Mr. K Radhakrishnan, the Honorable Speaker, Kerala Legislative Assembly in the presence of Mr. Suresh Kurup, M.P. (Lok Sabha), Mr. Babu Balassery, MLA, Kerala Legislative Assembly in the august presence of many prominent persons." says the letter I received from the trust.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Anjali 2008

  • Aadiriyedath Hospital and Research Centre (Ayurveda) "These two institutions were inaugurated on 11th May 2008, by Mr. K Radhakrishnan, the Honorable Speaker, Kerala Legislative Assembly in the presence of Mr. Suresh Kurup, M.P. (Lok Sabha), Mr. Babu Balassery, MLA, Kerala Legislative Assembly in the august presence of many prominent persons." says the letter I received from the trust.

    Inaugurations at Aadiriyedath Anjali 2008

  • This has been clearly stated by Radhakrishnan: "The peculiar priviledge of the human self is that he can consciously join and work for the whole and embody in his own life the purpose of the whole … The two elementsof selfhood: uniqueness (each-ness), and universality (all-ness), grow together until at last the most unique becomes the most universal".

    The Superconscious and the Self, by Roberto Assagioli William Harryman 2009

  • The broad divisions of Indian philosophy as Radhakrishnan made is, the Vedic period 1500 B.C.

    Archive 2009-02-01 kesav 2009

  • With changing socio-historical contexts, some of the thinkers like Radhakrishnan tried to give new interpretation for the same old characterization of it.

    Archive 2009-02-01 kesav 2009

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