Dr. Nirmalya Narayan Chakraborty, before joining Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR), used to teach Philosophy at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.

After doing undergraduate studies at Presidency College, Kolkata, (now Presidency University) and then completing M.A. from Jadavpur University, Chakraborty went to Brock University, Canada, from where he received his M.A. He received his Ph.D. from University of Waterloo, Canada. Dr. Chakraborty was General Fellow of ICPR during 1993-94, following which he joined Rabindra Bharati University. He was instrumental in establishing Radhakrishnan Study Centre and bringing UGC-sponsored SAP  Programme in Philosophy at Rabindra Bharati University. He has been member of several academic committees in various universities.

Dr. Chakraborty’s  main research areas span over Philosophy of Language, Epistemology and Ethics. Other than publishing several research papers in Journals and Anthologies, he has authored Paribesh O Naitikata (2002), Pursuit of Meaning (2004), In Defence of Intrinsic Value of Nature (2004), and Darsaner Pathe: Pube O Paschime (2010). Dr. Chakraborty has also edited Empiricism and The  Two Dogmas (2006),  Perspectives on Radhakrishnan (2007) and he has co-edited Knowledge, Truth and Realism (2007).

Dr. Chakraborty was a Commonwealth Fellow at University of Glassgow, Scotland, and he has been Visiting Professor at  University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Italy. He  has also delivered lectures as Visiting Fellow in several Indian Universities.