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''' Rajesh Kasturirangan ''' is a [[mathematician]]<ref name="b">http://www.kira.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=148&Itemid=178</ref> and a [[cognitive scientist]]<ref name="b"/> from India whose research is on how language and concepts are grounded in the world.<ref name="d">{{cite web |url=http://www.nias.res.in/aboutnias-people-faculty-rajeshkasturirangan.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-08-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924200020/http://www.nias.res.in/aboutnias-people-faculty-rajeshkasturirangan.php |archivedate=24 September 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He is currently an associate professor at [[National Institute of Advanced Studies|NIAS]],<ref name="d"/> where he heads the Cognition program.<ref name="e">{{cite web |url=http://www.nias.res.in/research-schools-humanities-cognition.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-08-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820230144/http://www.nias.res.in/research-schools-humanities-cognition.php |archivedate=20 August 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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He completed his M.Sc in 1993 at [[IIT Kanpur]], and Ph.D. in mathematics from [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] in 1998. He then did another PhD in [[Cognitive Science]] at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] 2004 under the supervision of [[Whitman Richards]].<ref name="g">http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/28313/55636098.pdf?sequence=1{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> His dissertation was "Mapping Spatial Relations".<ref name="g"/><br />
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==Career and research==<br />
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He was a research scientist at Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, [[MIT]], before joining [[National Institute of Advanced Studies|NIAS]] Bangalore.<ref name="d" /> His research interests vary from applying a combination of philosophical argument, mathematical techniques and empirical observations to classical problems in cognitive science and the philosophy of mind such as the semantics of natural languages, the epistemology of beliefs and the structure of intentionality and consciousness. Rajesh Kasturirangan holds an adjunct appointment at Azim Premji University.<br />
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==Recognition==<br />
[[File:Rajesh Kasturirangan at Mind and Life.jpg|thumb|left|Prof. Rajesh Kasturirangan with the [[14th Dalai Lama]], [[Geshe Thupten Jinpa]] and [[Richard Davidson]] at [[Mind and Life Institute]] XXVI conference.]]<br />
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He was awarded the Burnett Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship ([[MIT]]), and Copeland Fellowship, Amherst College. He was a visiting Scholar at School of Interdisciplinary Studies, [[Institute for Advanced Study]], and also a fellow at [[Mind and Life Institute]].<ref name="LO">{{cite web |url=http://www.mindandlife.org/about/leadership/fellows/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-11-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105120246/http://www.mindandlife.org/about/leadership/fellows/ |archivedate=5 November 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He was an invited speaker for numerous conferences and talks on education and philosophy. He was one among the twenty of the world's foremost scientists and philosophers, who were invited to speak at The Mind and Life XXVI conference, held on 17–22 January 2013.<ref name="K">http://www.dalailama.com/webcasts/post/273-mind-and-life-xxvi-mind-brain-and-matter---critical-conversations-between-buddhist-thought-and-science</ref><ref name="P">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/fO-Vh4_KqvQ Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130129111450/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO-Vh4_KqvQ&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO-Vh4_KqvQ| title = Day4 pm - Mind and Life XXVI: Mind, Brain and Matter | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><br />
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