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I am a Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas, working under the supervision of Sebastian Watzl (UiO). My position is part of his ERC-funded research project GOODATTENTION .
Academic interests
My research interests lie at the intersection of Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, and Philosophy of Mind.
I am fascinated by the fact that the road to knowledge is paved with conflicts. Not all of these conflicts are over what we believe . Some of these conflicts are over which questions to prioritize from a range of questions we face. How we resolve them decides what we know about the objective reality of the world.
In my Ph.D. dissertation, I argue that attention is what prioritizes some questions and ignores others or treats them as subordinate. Hence, conflicts over prioritisation of questions are conflicts in attention . Further, following the question-under-discussion framework in pragmatics, I assume that an essential purpose of communication is to come to agree upon things by addressing questions of common interest. This implies that interpersonal conflicts over which questions to prioritize are communicative conflicts in attention. I am particularly interested in interpersonal conflicts where each interlocutor simultaneously occupies both oppressed and oppressive social positionalities.
Background
Education:
2011-2014 : Bachelor of Arts, University of Mumbai
2014-2016 : Master of Arts in Philosophy, University of Mumbai
2017-2019 : Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Philosophy, University of Mumbai
2022-2026 : Doctorate in Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Philosophy, University of Oslo
Academic Work Experience:
2016-2017 : Lecturer (Undergraduate Courses), SIES College, Mumbai
2017 : Visiting Faculty (Postgraduate Courses) , Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai
2017-2020 : UGC-Research Fellow (Including Postgraduate Teaching), Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai.
2018 -2022 : Freelance Private Tutor in Philosophy (Undergraduate Courses affiliated with University of London)
2022 : Part-Time Academic Fellow, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Delhi.
2022-2025 : Doctoral Research Fellow, IFIKK, University of Oslo
2025-2026 : Completion Grant Fellow (Including Postgraduate Teaching), IFIKK, University of Oslo
Non-Academic Work Experience:
2015-2022: Freelance Writer (Content Writing, Copywriting, Educational Writing, Fiction)
August 2016- December 2020: Digital Content Contributor for RNW Media, Netherlands.
June 2017: Writer at Cinemaholic Media Inc.
January 2021-March 2022: Contributor for Development Consortium, India.
December 2021- April 2022: Copywriter at RedKenko Health Tech Pvt. Ltd.
Publications
Co- authored Newspaper Op-Ed. 2026. Aufmerksamkeit ist Macht. Und die müssen wir brechen. Die Zeit. 10. March 2026 (Author List: Sebastian Watzl, Katharine Browne, Louise Clover, Eileen Eldjarn, Zsolt Kapelner, Victor Lange, Harish Pedaprolu und James Williams)
Co-authored Newspaper Op-Ed. 2026. Aldergrenser i sosiale medier er et bomskudd. Morgenbladet. Oslo, Norway. 10. April 2026. (Author List: Sebastian Watzl, Katharine Browne, Louise Clover, Eileen Eldjarn, Zsolt Kapelner, Victor Lange, David Kitekomundu, Harish Pedaprolu, James Williams og Ying Yao).
Podcast Episode. 2025. India in the Global Attention Economy . Internet. Nordic Asia Podcast.
Peer-Reviewed Publication: 2023. “The Mutual Independence of Wittgensteinian 'Sachverhalte' ” in Philosophical Traditions of the World: Annual Volume VI (1). ISSN: 2581-9577.
Peer-Reviewed Publication: 2020. “Metaphysical Idealism and Responsibility to the Environment” in Philosophical Traditions of the World: Annual Volume III. ISSN: 2581-9577.
Book Chapter: 2019. “Interdependent Causation: A Linguistic Analysis” in Buddhist Phenomenology, Culture and Society, Edited by Archana Malik-Goure. ISBN: 978-81-93330-77-7.
Proceedings: 2017. “Music as an Alternative to Verbal Language in Indian Philosophy” in Proceedings of Two Day National Seminar- Indian Music: Cultural and Philosophical Perspectives. ISBN: 978-81-934533-0-8.