Sanil V is Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and worked as a scientist in Defence Research and Development Organisation. In 1995, he obtained his PhD in Philosophy from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. His recent publications include Kolayude Koreography Choreography of Murder), Public Sphere from Outside the West (ed. Bloomsbury, London). He teaches courses on Art and Technology, Philosophy of Mind and Cognition, Philosophical perspectives on Fascism, and Philosophy and Film.
He was the Watumall Distinguished Professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Hawaii, USA, Charles Wallace Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, University of Liverpool, U.K. and Directeur d'études Associés at Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris, Research Excellence Fellow, CEU Budapest, Scholar in Residence, Kerala Council for Historical Research. He also writes and publishes in Malayalam.