Saurabh Todariya joined NIAS in 2019. His research interests are phenomenology, philosophy of Mind, Advaita Vedanta.

Saurabh Todariya has done his M.Phil and Ph.D in Philosophy from Center for Philosophy, JNU. His Ph.D focused on the phenomenological analysis of time and subjectivity. From the Heideggeian perspective, he explores the relationship between the time and consciousness. Another significant question he explores in his work is how the subjective lived time connects with the historical time of the community.  Saurabh Todariya has worked both in academics and social organizations in various capacities before joining NIAS. He has taught in Delhi University College earlier and worked with the India Education Collective, Azim Premji Foundation, Ganga Prem Hospice wherein he attempted to explore the relationship between philosophy, school education and health. He has published the articles in the various peer reviewed journals like JICPR Springer, Kritike, Journal of South Asian History and Culture, Routledge, EPW. Besides, he regularly presents the papers in various National and International Conferences.

Currently he is exploring the relationship between the body and Transcendence in Kashmiri Shaivism from the phenomenological point of view. He is mainly intrested in the role of body for constituting the sense of the world. Also, he is exploring the possibility of transcendence through the embodied phenomenology. As such, his interest areas cut across phenomenology, philosophy of mind and Indian Philosophy.

Besides, he is intrested in making philosophy more accessible and communicable to the larger public through exploring the relationship between philosophy, literature, health and religion.