Professor Krishnappa is a philosopher and the Head of the Philosophy Programme at the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences (SoLAS). He is also the Director of Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Contemporary Ethics (MGCCE) at the RV University.

Krishnappa’s teaching and research interests include Ancient Greek Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tolstoy, philosophical and literary reading, philosophy and the liberal arts education, pedagogy, and critical thinking.

Prior to joining RVU Krishnappa was a Doctoral Research Fellow at O.P. Jindal Global University in the area of Philosophy and Literature (2015-21). Krishnappa holds a PGDip in Strategy and Innovation from the Saïd Business School (SBS), University of Oxford, and an MSc in Defence and Strategic Studies from the University of Madras. He also earned a certificate in Business Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A, 2013-14) and a Certificate in Peace Research from the University of Oslo, Norway (2008). He is also a graduate of Defence Services Staff College (Wellington,2001-02) the SEAS programme (USIEF, Hawai, 2008), College of Air Warfare (Secunderabad, 1995), and the Air Force Administrative College (Coimbatore, 1994), Pre Flying Training College (1988), Basic Flying Training School (1989), Air Force Academy (1990). “

Krishnappa has over 30 years of experience with 18 years in teaching and research. Krishnappa was a Research Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) between 2004 and 2013. He has a number of publications to his credit in peer reviewed journals, book chapters and five edited volumes in the fields of national strategy, international relations and security studies. During his Fellowship at IDSA, Krishnappa led many large international and interdisciplinary projects including the IDSA- DRDO Strategic Futures 2050 project commissioned by the Government of India, and a project with the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS) on India’s Grand Strategy: History, Theory, Cases. Previously, he served in the Indian Air Force (IAF) on active duty between 1986 and 2004 holding various operational and management positions retiring after attaining the rank of Group Captain (Select Grade).

"Whatever it is...it could have been otherwise too"

• Current areas of research / teaching include: Interdisciplinary Studies, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Continental Philosophy, Philosophy as a way of life, Philosophy of Sight, Philosophy and Literature, Russian Literature, Ethics, Critical Thinking, Philosophy of Organising, Critical Epistemology, Scenario Method, International Relations, Crisis leadership

• Prestigious educational / leadership programmes by organisations including Peace Research International Oslo (PRIO) and the United States Department of State

• Government of the United Kingdom as a Young Leader for significant contributions made to chosen field in 2013