Dr. Ritesh Ranjan

@jlu.edu.in

HEAD OF SCHOOL, JAGRAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Jagran Lakecity University



                    

https://researchid.co/drriteshranjan

I am an academic leader, researcher, and cultural strategist dedicated to transforming higher education in India. As the Head of Jagran School of Design, I oversee undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD programs while driving innovation in curriculum development, faculty mentorship, and institutional outreach. My work blends art history, design thinking, and higher education policies to create learner-centric, industry-aligned education models.

With a PhD from Panjab University, an MFA from Jamia Millia Islamia, and a D.Litt. (h.c.), my academic journey has been deeply rooted in research, pedagogy, and cultural discourse/s. I have authored and edited multiple books, contributed to over 20 research papers and 100 + articles, and engaged in extensive curatorial work with galleries, museums, and festivals. As a judge for the QS Reimagine Education Awards, I contribute to recognizing global innovations in learning.

EDUCATION

MFA, PhD, DLit, UGC NET & JRF

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences

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Scopus Publications

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Scholar Citations

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Scholar h-index

Scopus Publications

  • Understanding Metalanguage in the study of Aesthetics
    Ritesh Ranjan and Saroj Kumar Das
    The Electrochemical Society
    Philosophical rationale characterized a metalanguage as a language about a language. From that point forward, the word ''metapicture'' was utilized by Mitchell to recognize an image about an image. When we are not managing language, we may imagine that we are not managing connotation. Be that as it may, the word ''meta'' and its aboutness may accept that an image needs to be deciphered and has significance. We imagine that this isn't precise to comprehend the Meta. The present article proposes to characterize the Meta as a tasteful class also, not as an intelligent one. An image is viewed as a metapicture comparative with the consideration that watchers have on it: they can or can't consider it to be a metapicture. Clearly, initiating the Meta quality changes the view of the image. One may feel that the Meta quality is expected to mysteries. Truth is told, self-reference frequently prompts mysteries. We correctly need to show that conundrums are not a vital fixing to actuate the Meta explicit inclination. Why? Likely on the grounds that the simple work is not intelligent; it's anything but a discourse. The reflexivity that is expected to be in the work is really the reflexivity of the insight of observers projected in the work. Also, to Kant's meaning of the wonderful, the construction ''meta'' lies in the subject, not in the image. The experience of the metapicture ought to really be named as the metaexperience of the image.

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Understanding Metalanguage in the Study of Aesthetics
    R Ranjan, SK Das
    ECS Transactions 107 (1), 7389 2022

  • Jyoti Bhatt’s Diaries: Conscious and Subconscious depiction of his Artistic Journey
    SK Das, V Bihari, R Ranjan
    SGS-Engineering & Sciences 1 (01) 2021

  • Jyoti Bhatt’s Diaries: Conscious/Subconscious Depiction of Journey
    SK Das, V Bihari, R Ranjan
     2021

  • Queer Theory: A Critical Analysis of Its Implication in Art Historical Readings
    R Ranjan
    International Journal Of All Research Writings 2 (2), 90-94 2019

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Queer Theory: A Critical Analysis of Its Implication in Art Historical Readings
    R Ranjan
    International Journal Of All Research Writings 2 (2), 90-94 2019
    Citations: 3