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Dr V. C. Thomas was appointed professor at Pondicherry University in 1997 and worked as a visiting scholar to the Department of Religious Studies at Bristol University between 1997-98. Thomas obtained his doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Delhi in 1984. He was presented with the best teacher award in 2011-12 at Pondicherry University, based on selection by students. He has published two books and contributed chapters to several other volumes. He has also published many papers in journals in India, including the Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research (JICPR), the Indian Philosophical Quarterly, as well as overseas publications such as Analecta Husserliana. Dr Thomas has also acted as an editorial committee member for four journals including, Asia-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology (Australia), Pondicherry University Journal of Humanities, and Social Sciences, the JICPR, and the West Bengal State University Journal of Philosophy. His areas of specialization are phenomenology, existentialism and hermeneutics, on which he has organized and lectured in several workshops in India. In October 2017, Dr Thomas conducted lectures exclusively on Husserl's Phenomenology in Pondicherry, for a period of one month.