Dr. Mariano Iturbe obtained an M.A. in Philosophy from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina) and the University of Navarra (Spain). He completed his M.Phil. and Ph.D. from the University of Delhi on the topic of 'Human Action in Rāmānuja and Thomas Aquinas'.
Since 2003 he has been affiliated to the University of Navarra, where he is the Delegate for India of its Office of Admissions. Between 2005 and 2012 he lectured at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, and was a visiting scholar at the Centre for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, in 2010 and 2012. He has served at K. J. Somaiya Institute of Dharma Studies as Honorary Adjunct Professor, and since 2015 as Adjunct Professor of Philosophy.
He contributed to the Hindu-Christian Dictionary (Essential Terms for Inter-religious Dialogue) and was the main editor of a work in Spanish on the concept of God in Śaṅkara, Rāmānuja, Madhva, Niṁbārka and Vallabha. His latest paper, published by Motilal Banarsidass, is titled 'Knowledge and Devotion to God as a Source for Social Action: Rāmānuja and Augustine of Hippo'.
