Late DD Kosambi’s biography, “DD Kosambi-One Life, Many Worlds” written by Ram Ramswamy is scheduled to be launched and discussed on Friday, July 31 at 6pm at the International Centre Goa (ICG). The event is free and open to the public.
The event based on the Goan polymath with interests in mathematics, statistics, philology, history, and genetics; has been conceptualised and organised by ICG in collaboration with the Goa University.
The author and biographer, Ram Ramaswamy is the DD Kosambi Chair in inter-disciplinary studies at Goa University and was a scholar-in-residence at the ICG in 2025. Ramaswamy retired from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, where he was professor of physics, in 2018. Between 2011 and 2015, he served as vice-chancellor of the Hyderabad Central University.
The book will be discussed by Vivek Monteiro, Parag Parobo and Kaustubh Naik.
Vivek Monteiro is vice-president, Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) Maharashtra. He has a doctorate in theoretical and mathematical physics from the Stony Brook University.
Parag Parobo is an associate professor in history, DD Kosambi school of social sciences and behavioural studies, Goa University, while Kaustubh Naik is a doctoral candidate at the Department of South Asia Studies, University of Pennsylvania.
Those desirous of attending this event need to RSVP the ICG phone number: 9284475746.
