Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of HamburgPiotr Balcerowicz is a Professor of Philosophy and South Asian Studies at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw. He studied in Poland (University of Warsaw) and India (Banaras Hindu University), obtained his PhD from the University of Hamburg (Germany) and his post-doctoral degree (āhabilitationā) from the Polish Academy of Sciences. He has published widely on Indian philosophy and religions as well as on politics and conflicts in Central Asia, Afghanistan and the Middle East, including eight authored and eleven edited/coedited books, the most recent of which areĀ Early Asceticism in India. Ajivikism and JainismĀ (Routledge 2016) andĀ History of Classical Indian Philosophy. Part Three: Non-Brahmanical Schools ā Ajivikism and JainismĀ (Warsaw 2016).