Thursday, February 4, 2016

Dr.Rhyddhi Chakraborty

Dr. Rhyddhi Chakraborty FHEA

Qualification: M.A. (BHU), M.Phil. (CU), Ph.D. (IITKharagpur), MBGPH (AUSN), UGC-NET (2012 Lectureship)
Biosketch:  Currently, I lead the programme of Health and Social Care in a higher education college in London, UK. I also act as the Visiting Professor of Philosophy and Global Health in American University of Sovereign Nations (AUSN). Along with this, I continue my research as a Bioethicist in a skilled manner. I have successfully completed United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS) Global Health Exchange-India Project on Curriculum Development of Professionalism and Medical Ethics during 2015-2016. I acted as a group Leader of developing curriculum and content on Ethics in Beginning and End of Life Care.
I had undertaken doctoral study on Pandemic Influenza Planning and Management in India from Social Justice Perspective. During M.Phil, I had undertaken the study of Deep Ecology and tried to figure out how two great religious traditions; Hinduism and Buddhism promoted Deep Ecology to solve the deep rooted environmental problems in India. For MBGPH, I focused on the issues of Water Ethics in India. My broad research interest is in Applied Ethics, Bioethics. My specific research focus is on Health Inequity, Communicable Diseases, Social Determinants of Health, Indian Health Policy and Planning. In the past, I have served as a Part Time Lecturer in Philosophy in an Undergraduate Degree College under University of Calcutta from 2005-2007. And during 2008-2012, I was a Teaching Assistant for Ethics, Western Logic, and Business Ethics in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in IIT Kharagpur, India. 
I continue to increase my social impact by working and getting involved with people with differential abilities. I cherish the opportunity to engage and interact with different people and helping them in meeting their equitable needs. I am efficient to combine my natural interpersonal skills with the analytical approach that my educational background instilled in me.

Awards

 1. Teaching Award 2019, London Churchill College, London, UK.
2. University Grants Commission (UGC India)-NET (National Eligibility Test) Lectureship (2012).
3. Bhavananada Datta Memorial Essay Competition on the topic of Environmental Awareness in Systems of Indian Philosophy for the essay Deep Ecological Environmental Awareness from Indian Philosophical Perspectives in the 86th session of Indian Philosophical Congress, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu.

Scholarship
  1. American University of Sovereign Nations (AUSN, Arizona, United States) scholarship on and from April 2015 to pursue Masters of Bioethics and Global Public Health (MBGPH)
  2. AICTE/MHRD Senior Research Fellow on and from August 2010- July 2014
  3. AICTE/MHRD Junior Research Fellow on and since July 2008-July 2010
Fellowship

 1. Fellow, Higher Education Academy, UK
2. Senior Associate Member, The Royal Society of Medicine, UK

Membership of Professional Bodies
  • Coordinator (Member), Human Development, and Capability Association (HDCA) Thematic Group.
  • Life Member, Bangladesh Bioethics Society (BBS).
  • Member, International Association of Bioethics (IAB).
  • Member, Asian Bioethics Association (ABA).

Publications

Books/ Journals
  1. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi. 2019. Education as a Means to Freedom. Legacies of Love, Peace and Hope: How Education can overcome Hatred and Divide. Pp. 141-146. Ed. Macer, Darryl RJ.Christ Church, New Zealand: Eubios Ethics Institute.
  2. Wang, Sisi, Abu Munsur Hussain, Rhyddhi Chakraborty, Mehfuzul Haque. 2019. The impact of Collaborative Learning on HND Students. Journal of Contemporary Development and Management Studies 7(1): 15-26. 
  3. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi. 2018. Bioethical Perspective of Charlie Gard Case. International Journal of Perceptions in Public Health, 2(1), 1-5. Retrieved from http://www.ijpph.org/index.php/ijpph/article/view/85.
  4. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi and Dr. Edmond Fernandes. 2017. ZIKA Virus Disease as Public Health Emergency and Ethics. Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics 8(2):11-18.
  5. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi. 2017. Issues of Water in India and the Health Capability Paradigm. Journal of Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics17 (1): 41–50.
  6. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi. 2017. Animal Ethics and India: Understanding the Connection through Capabilities Approach. Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics 8(1):33-43.
  7. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi. 2016. Short commentary on Westminster Health Forum Keynote Seminar Financial Challenges for the NHS and priorities for NHS improvement held on 9th June 2016 at Glaziers Hall, London, United Kingdom. Available at http://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/info.php?ref=LXQXwoSo&inf=pub.
  8. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi. 2016. Consideration of Health Capability Paradigm to Ensure Equitable Protection through Indian National Tuberculosis (TB) Prevention Program. Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics (EJAIB) 26 (1): 18-26.
  9. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi and Chhanda Chakraborti. 2015. India, Health Inequities, and a Fair Health Care Provision: A Perspective from Health Capability Health and Disability, Special Issue. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal for People-Centered Development 16 (4): 567-580. DOI:10.1080/19452829.2015.1105201.
  10. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi. 2015. Epidemics. Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics. Dordrecht: Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-05544-2_174-3.
  11. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi and Chhanda Chakraborti. 2015. Pandemic Influenza Planning and Response in India, 1949-2009. Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics (EJAIB), 25 (1): 7-13.
  12. Chakraborti, Chhanda and Rhyddhi Chakraborty.2011. Ethical Language Usage in Pandemic Plans: A Study on Pandemic Plans of Some South Asian Countries. Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics (EJAIB), 21(4): 118-129.
  13. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi.2014. Business and Ethical Leadership. Prabuddha Bharata, A monthly journal of the Ramakrishna Order started by Swami Vivekananda in 1896, 119(6):383-387.
  14. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi.2013. Rediscovering Swami Vivekananda through the Lens of Social Justice (Part 2). The Vedanta Kesari, The Lion of Vedanta.Vol.100 (11): 412-416.
  15. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi.2013. Rediscovering Swami Vivekananda through the Lens of Social Justice (Part 1). The Vedanta Kesari, The Lion of Vedanta.Vol.100 (10): 379-383.
  16. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi.2013. Women and Rites of Marriage (Part 2). Prabuddha Bharata, A monthly journal of the Ramakrishna Order started by Swami Vivekananda in 1896, 118 (8): 497-500.
  17. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi.2013. Women and Rites of Marriage (Part 1). Prabuddha Bharata, A monthly journal of the Ramakrishna Order started by Swami Vivekananda in 1896, 118 (7): 429-433.
  18. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi.2011.Buddhist Approach to Deep Ecological Problems. Prabuddha Bharata, A monthly journal of the Ramakrishna Order started by Swami Vivekananda in 1896, 116 (9): 581-585,610.
  19. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi.2009.Hindu Solution to Deep Ecological Problems. Prabuddha Bharata, A monthly journal of the Ramakrishna Order started by Swami Vivekananda in 1896, 114 (6): 374-379.

Case Study
  1. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi. 2018. Lesson from Bhopal Gas Tragedy (1983-84). Featured Article and Case Study. Available at http://ethicalengineer.ttu.edu/articles/lesson-from-bhopal-gas-tragedy-1983-84(Accessed 09 Sept 2018).

Conference Publications
1.         Chakraborty, Rhyddhi and Chhanda Chakraborti.2013. Social Determinants of Health and the Need for Inclusion of Social Justice in Indian Influenza Pandemic Plan. 10th Conference Volume of Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health (IASSH), Chapter 7, 111-135.
2.         Chakraborty, Rhyddhi.2012. Health: A Positive Bioethical Concept Underlying Vinaya Pitaka. The Ocean of Buddhist Wisdom, Vol.6, 388-399.
3.         Chakraborty, Rhyddhi and Chhanda Chakraborti.2011. Relevance of Deep Ecology and Lotus Aphorism for the Sikkim Himalayan Ecosystem. Tibet and the Himalaya, Namgyal Institute of Tibetology Golden Jubilee Conference (2008) Proceeding, Eds. Alex McKay and Anna Balikci-Denjongpa. ISBN 978 81 922261 0 1, Vol 1.
4.         Chakraborty, Rhyddhi.2009. Aristotelean Ethics and Buddhist Ethics: The Paths for Better Tomorrow.The Ocean of Buddhist Wisdom, Ed. Satya Prakash Sharma and Baidyanath Labh, New Delhi: New Bharatiya Book Corporation. ISBN: 81-8315-119-1, 978-8315-119-1, Vol. 4: 46-60.
5.         Chakraborty, Rhyddhi.2009. From Ego-Self to Eco-Self: A Study of the Lotus Aphorism (Saddharmapundarika Sutra) With Reference to Deep Ecology. The Ocean of Buddhist Wisdom, Ed. Satya Prakash Sharma and Baidyanath Labh, New Delhi: New Bharatiya Book Corporation. ISBN: 81-8315-119-1, 978-8315-119-1, Vol. 4: 142-147.

Conference/Seminar/ Workshop Presentations (Selected)
International
  1. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi. Sept 2019. Rethinking Impact of Water on Women’s Health and Capability in India. Indigenous People Thematic Panel Session on Water and Well-Being: Challenges of the Capability Approach to Dialogue with Indigenous Cultures. Human Development and Capability Association Annual Conference, London.
  2. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi. Sept 2019. Culling, Relational Decision Making, and Capabilities: A Perspective from India. Development Ethics Thematic Panel Session on Alliance Approach, Connecting Capabilities, and Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences: A Relational Perspective. Human Development and Capability Association Annual Conference, London.
  3. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi. Mar 2019. Ethics in Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan: A Perspective from Social Justice. Health Inequity Series. Institute of Development Studies, UK. 
  4. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi. Jun 2018.Water, health, and India: An Ethical Perspective, Organized by American University of Sovereign Nations (AUSN), Arizona, USA, Sikh Human Rights Group (SHRG), UK, Eubios Ethics Institute, Bangkok, Thailand. Norwood Hall, Southall, United Kingdom
  5. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi. Feb 2017. Pandemic Influenza as Public Health Disaster and Health Capability. Workshop on International Responses to Disasters of Nature & Human Behaviour: Bioethics, Disasters, Organ Harvesting & Justice. Organized by American University of Sovereign Nations (AUSN), Arizona, USA, Sikh Human Rights Group (SHRG), UK, Eubios Ethics Institute, Bangkok, Thailand. Norwood Hall, Southall, United Kingdom.
  6. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi. Jan 2017. Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and the Underlying Ethical Pitfalls. 6th National Bioethics Conference, Pune, India.
  7. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi. Jun 2016. Capabilities Approach, Backyard Poultry Farming, and Indian Pandemic Plan. Feminist Association of Bioethics. Edinburgh, Scotland.
  8. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi. Nov 2015. Ethics in Indian National Tuberculosis Program and Strategy: A Perspective from Social Justice, 16th ABC, St. Paul University Quezon City, Philippines.
  9. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi and Chhanda Chakraborti. Jun 2014. Pandemic A H1N1 (2009) Preparedness Efforts, Compliance, and Some Ethical Considerations: A Retrospective Study on Hijli Rural Hospital (RH), Kharagpur I, West Bengal, India. 12th World Congress of Bioethics, Mexico City.
  10. Chakraborti, Chhanda and Rhyddhi Chakraborty. Jun 2014. Ethics of Non-communicable Diseases: A Perspective from India. 12th World Congress of Bioethics, Mexico City.
  11. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi and Chhanda Chakraborti. Jul 2010. A Comparative Bioethical Analysis of pandemic plans of some South Asian countries. 10th World Congress of Bioethics, Singapore.
  12. Chakraborty, Rhyddhi and Chhanda Chakraborti. Oct 2008. Relevance of Deep Ecology and Lotus Aphorism for The Sikkim Himalayan Ecosystem. International Conference on Buddhist Himalaya: Studies in Religion, History, and Culture. Golden Jubilee celebration, Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, Sikkim, India.

National                                          

1.         Chakraborty, Rhyddhi and Chhanda Chakraborti. Nov 2012. Social Determinants of Health and the Need for Inclusion of Social Justice in Indian Influenza Pandemic Plan. 10th Conference of Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health, CSMCH, JNU.(Abstract No. 302, 72).
2.         Chakraborty, Rhyddhi. Dec 2011. Deep Ecological Environmental Awareness from Indian Philosophical Perspectives. Indian Philosophical Congress 86th Session, Bhavananda Datta Memorial Essay Competition 2011, Department of Philosophy, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamil Nadu (Communicated).
3.         Chakraborty, Rhyddhi and Chhanda Chakraborti. Dec 2008. The Land Degradation and The Need for Land Ethic, ICPR National Seminar, The Need for Environmental Ethics, Department of Philosophy, Andhra University.
4.         Chakraborty, Rhyddhi and Chhanda Chakraborti. Nov 2008. Relation between Business and Society: A View from Indian Philosophical Perspectives, National Seminar, Dynamics of Transformative Cooperation in Business and Society: A Millenium Challenge, The Humanistic Studies Group BITS, Pilani.
5.         Chakraborty, Rhyddhi. Mar 2008. Buddhist Ethics: A Solution To The Deep Ecological Problems, National seminar on Man and Society in Buddhism and Ambedkar, Department of Philosophy, North Bengal University.
6.         Chakraborty, Rhyddhi. Sept 2007. Aristotelean Ethics and Buddhist Ethics: The Paths for Better Tomorrow, 7th Annual Conference of Indian Society for Buddhist Studies, Ujjain, M.P.

Poster Presentation
  • Chakraborty, Rhyddhi.2009. Pandemic Plans: The Need for Bioethics in the Research Scholars’ Day of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

Correspondences
  • Comments to Indian National Health Policy (Draft) 2014.
  • Comments to Global Thematic Consultation on Health (2013)

Reviewing and Editorial Duties
  • 2019-to date: Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Perceptions in Public Health, United Kingdom. 
  • 2019: Reviewer for PLOS one, United Kingdom. 
  • 2018: Reviewer for British Medical Journal, International Journal of Perceptions in Public Health, United Kingdom; Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics, Bangladesh.
  • 2017: Reviewer for British Medical Journal; Bulletin of World Health Organization; Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics.
  • 2016-to date: Editorial Board Member, EUBIOS Journal of Asian and International Bioethics.
  • 2016: Reviewer for Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics Special Issue on Animal Ethics.
  • 2016: Reviewer for Routledge/Taylor and Francis.
  • 2015: Reviewer for Bulletin of World Health Organization

Organizing Activities
  1. Member of committee organizing Mental Health Awareness Day 2019 in London Churchill College, London, England.
  2. Member of committee organizing Health Awareness Day 2018 in London Churchill College, London, England.
  3. Member of committee organizing Ministry of Human Resource Development/All India Council of Technical Education (MHRD/AICTE) sponsored summer school on Professional Ethics (PROFETH) in 2009 and 2011 at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur as a researcher of the department.
  4. Member of committee organizing summer and winter schools on Logic and Applications of Logic (LAAL) at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development/All India Council of Technical Education (MHRD/AICTE) in 2008 and 2009 as a researcher of the department.
                   
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