APPE

APPE is the acronym of the Academy of Philosophy and Professional Ethics. It is registered as a Trust consisting of six trustees with Prof. Aditya Kumar Mohanty, as Director, assisted by an Advisory Committee consisting of six members. The avowed aims and objectives of APPE are as follows:

  • To promote the cause of Philosophy and Professional Ethics.
  •  To initiate and promote research in core areas of Philosophy namely; Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics, Aesthetics.
  • To initiate and promote inter-disciplinary research in Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of History,  Philosophy of Education, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Law, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Art, etc.
  • To organize state level, National and International seminars in Philosophy on seminal issues in philosophy and professional ethics.
  • To undertake dissemination of philosophical knowledge and sensitize scholars and people from cross-sections of intelligentsia about the relevance of philosophy and the academic and social compulsions for knowledge of philosophy while addressing issues in personal, professional, and social domains.
  • To publish national/international journals for dissemination of Philosophical ideas and views of scholars, researchers, and philosophers about issues confronting the society.
  • To organize debates and discussions among scholars, intelligentsia, To help people from cross-sections of society foster rationality and embellish rational acumen in order to keep themselves immune to dogmas, superstitions, fond-beliefs which stand on the way of perception of truth. and public to reflect upon issues of contemporary relevance and future significance.
  • To help rationally awakened people sublimate their rational faculty into Intuitive faculty so as to become fit instruments for leading others on the path of righteousness (dharma).
  • To organize extension lectures in public forums to help people have a rational and objective perception of issues confronting individual and collective bodies.
  • To create think-tanks regionally, nationally, and globally in order to lend theoretical clarity to principles, policies, and programs of the Government, Public Sector Undertakings, and Local Bodies.
  • To make an all-out effort for the dissemination of values among professionals, technocrats, businessmen, political leaders, and social activists through work-modules, seminars, print, and electronic media.
  • To give academic orientation (training) to students in undergraduate, postgraduate studies, and aspirants for Orissa Administrative Services and Indian Administrative Services.
  • To encourage and publish creative writings in philosophy in the form of popular books and textbooks for the benefit of students, scholars, and people, at large.
  • To conduct classes for helping students and scholars to improve their writing and speaking English.
  • To float stipends/fellowships/scholarships to help students/ scholars pursue study and research in Philosophy.
  • To conduct Certificate/Diploma Courses in Philosophy and Professional Ethics.
  • To print, publish, purchase, sell, circulate, distribute or exhibit either free or for a price, books, periodicals, journals, booklets, bulletins, calendars, message-cards, other literature, films, documentaries, records, paintings and photographs which will assist or promote the objects of the Trust.
  • To undertake philosophical studies, research, and action programs in areas directly and indirectly linked to the development of disadvantaged communities.
  • To arrange and organize lectures, debates, discussions, study tours, conferences, or radio-talks for the advancement of the objects of the Trust.