Dr Shrikant Ganvir (born on 23-04-1974) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, (Deemed to be University), Pune. He is also a visiting faculty in the Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. He was recipient of the UGC Junior and Senior Research Fellowships for doctoral research.
He was a co-director of the excavations at Nagardhan, one of the capitals of the Eastern Vakatakas in Maharashtra (2015-18) and Phanigiri, a Buddhist monastic site in Telangana (2018-19). He also participated in the Rajagala Archaeological Research Project, Sri Lanka in 2018. He coedited ‘A Preliminary Report of the Excavations at Nagardhan 2015-16 (ISPQS and Govt. of Maharashtra, 2020), ‘Cultural Heritage of South Asia and Beyond: Recent Perspective’ (Research India Press and SOSAA, 2020) and ‘Telangana through the Ages: Perspectives from Early and Medieval Periods’ (Dept of Heritage Telangana, Govt. of Telangana, 2019). He worked as a to the Buddhavanam Project, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Government of Telangana during 2018-21.
He is the course coordinator for Post Graduate Diploma in Buddhist Heritage and Tourism, a joint course between Savitribai Phule Pune University and Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute. He has published 32 research papers in both national as well as international journals. His research areas include Buddhist Heritage, Archaeology of Buddhism, Buddhist Rock-cut Architecture, Ancient Indian Art and Architecture, Ancient Indian Iconography and Religious Paradigms of the Deccan.
Co- Course Coordinator Details :
Prof. Pradeep Prabhakar Gokhale,
Former Professor, Department of Philosophy,
Savtribai Phule Pune University, Pune
Email Id: pradeepgokhale53@gmail.com
Mobile and whatsapp No.: +91- 8983385018
Prof. Pradeep P. Gokhale was awarded Ph. D for his work on “Fallacies discussed in Ancient Indian Logic” completed under the supervision of Prof. S. S. Barlingay. He taught for 31 years in the post-graduate Department of Philosophy of Savitribai Phule Pune University. Since January 2012 he was Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Research Professor (Chair Professor) in Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath till 2018.
Presently he is an Honorary Adjunct Professor in the Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, Savitribai Phule Pune University. His research areas are Classical Indian Philosophy and logic, Particularly heterodox systems of Indian philosophy: Buddhism, Jainism and Cārvāka; Social Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Ambedkar studies and Contemporary Buddhism.
The books authored by him include: Inference and fallacies Discussed in Ancient Indian Logic (Satguru Publication); The Logic of Debate (Annotated transation of Dharmakīrti’s Vādanyāya) (Satguru Publication); A Point on Probans (Annotated Translation of Dharmakīrti’s Hetubindu (Satguru Publication); Lokāyata/Cārvāka: A Philosophical Inquiry (OUP), and Yogaūtra of Patañjali: A New Introduction to the Buddhist Roots of the Yoga System (Routledge). The books edited by him include: The Philosophy of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (IPQ Publication) and Classical Buddhism, Neo-Buddhism and the Question of Caste (Routledge). He has co-authored Recollection, Recognition and Reasoning: A Study in the Jaina Theory of Paroksa-Pramāna with S. S. Antarkar and Meenal Katarnikar (Indian Books Centre, Delhi)
He has to his credit: around sixty articles in English and seventy articles in Marathi published in various journals and anthologies.
Coordinator of the Course :-
Ven. Prof. (Dr.) Wangchuk Dorjee Negi
Vice Chancellor (Addl. charge).
Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, Varanasi
Professor Wangchuk Dorjee Negi is currently the Vice-Chancellor (Addl. charge) of Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, Varanasi.
Prof. Wangchuk Dorjee Negi is currently the Vice Chancellor (Addl. Charge) of Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, Varanasi. He did his Acharya (MA) in Buddhist Philosophy from the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath and PhD (Buddhist Philosophy) from Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi. He is a Professor of Indian Buddhist Philosophy in the Department of Mool Shastra, Faculty of Hetu Evam Adhyatma Vidya at CIHTS, Sarnath. He is the Dean of the Faculty of Hetu Evam Adhyatman Vidya and Director of R&D Cell of the Institute. His teaching area involves tenets of the four Indian Buddhist Philosophical Schools: Madhyamaka, Yogacara, Sautrantika and Vaibhashika; Buddhist Pramana; and Buddhist Ethics. His research interest includes Buddhist Tantra and Buddhist Hermeneutical works.
Prof. Negi was the Vice Chancellor (Addl. Charge) of CIHTS, Sarnath from 2-12-2021 to 12-04-2022 and the Director of Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Leh, Ladakh from 2010 to 2015. As a Visiting Professor under Exchange Programs, he has taught at University of Tasmania, Australia and Smith College & Hampshire College, MA, USA. He has also visited as a Research Guide at Taisho University, Japan and as a Visiting Faculty for the Survey of Sanskrit Buddhist Manuscripts in Okayama, Japan. Prof. Negi has represented India (Nominated by Govt. of India) in SAARC Regional & Cultural Seminar in Sri Lanka and ICCR Seminar in Cambodia. Additionally, in the capacities of Resource Person and Dharma Teacher, he has visited Universities and Dharma Centers in Chile, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Burma.
As their Indian Advisor, he has guided several Fulbright Research Scholars from USA, Europe etc. though USIEF & AIIS, New Delhi. He has got several books to his credit which includes What is Buddhism (English, 2016) (also translated into Spanish and Chinese), Commentary on Dhammapada (Hindi, 2010) (also translated into Tibetan 2014 and Bengali 2012); Commentary on Dhammapada in the Context of Modern Time (English, 2013); Vajrayana Darshan Evam Sadhana (Hindi, 1998); Vajrayana Darshan Mimansa (Sanskrit, 2009); Prajnaparamita-Hrdaya-Sutra-Sputartha-Bhashya - Commentary on Heart Sutra (Hindi, 2019); translated & edited works in Hindi/Sanskrit; and several papers/chapters published in various journals and anthologies.
Publications/ Conferences:
Books 8:
Monographs:
1. Negi, Wangchuk Dorjee. Prajnaparamita-hrdaya-sutra-sputartha-bhashya (Commentary on Heart Sutra), Published by Kunphel Ling, Taiwan, 2019. Print, Hindi. ISBN PB 9788193625460
2. Negi, Wangchuk Dorjee. What Is Buddhim. Third Edition. Dehra Dun: Songtsen Library, 2016. Print, English. ISBN 978-81922829-3-0. Second Edition 2014, First Edition 2010 (Translated into Spanish 2017; Chinese 2016)
3. Negi, Wangchuk Dorjee. Dhammapada: Commentary in the Context of Modern Time. Varanasi: CIHTS, 2013. Print, English. ISBN HB 979380282374, PB 979380282381
4. Negi, Wangchuk Dorjee. Vajrayāna Darśana Mīmāṁsā (An Analysis of Vajrayana Philosophy). Varanasi: CIHTS, 2009. Print, Sanskrit. ISBN HB 9788187127857, PB 9788187127864
5. Negi, Wangchuk Dorjee. Commentary on Dhammapada in Hindi. Third Edition. Taipei: CBBEF, 2010. Print, Hindi. Second Edition 2006, First Edition 2003 (Translated into Tibetan 2014; Bengali 2012; Translating into Sinhalese) http://ftp.budaedu.org/ebooks/pdf/IIT01.pdf
6. Negi, Wangchuk Dorjee. Vajrayāna Darśana Evam Sādhana (Theory and Practice of Vajrayana). Varanasi: CIHTS, 1998. Print, Hindi. ISBN HB 9789380282879, PB 9789380282886 [Reprint 2017]
Translations:
7. Introduction to Buddhism by H.H. Dalai Lama - Hindi Translation. Translator. Negi, Wangchuk Dorjee, Varanasi: 2010
8. Kagyu Sangha Mahapranidhana Paat Sankalan - Hindi Translation. Co-Translator. Negi, Wangchuk Dorjee. Dharamsala: Dophen Tsuklag Petun Khang, 2007
Books Published as co-editor in RBTRU, CIHTS, Sarnath, Varanasi: 5
Published Chapters/Articles: 56 (Internation 12; National 44)
Teaching Assistant for the Course:-
Name: Akansha Singh
Email: asbuddhist1@gmail.com
Ms Akansha Singh is a PhD student in the Department of Pāli and Buddhist Studies at the Banaras Hindu University where she is preparing her PhD thesis on “Vessantara Jātaka; Its Depiction in Literature, Paintings and Bas-Reliefs”. She has a first class Bachelor (Hons) degree in History, a first class MA in Buddhist Studies (History Specialization), and a post-graduate diploma in Pāli Language and Literature from Delhi University. She has also worked as Research Officer at Swami Vivekananda Subharti University from August 2019 to July 2021.
Teaching Assistant for the Course:-
Name: Oshin BambEmail: oshinbamb@gmail.com
Mobile number: +91-9420347982
Oshin Bamb is a PhD research scholar in Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology at Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute (Deemed to be University), Pune. He pursued Bachelor of Arts (History) in ‘O’grade from Fergusson College, Pune (2019); M.A. in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology in ‘O’grade (2021) and Certificate Course in Archaeology of Buddhism from Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Pune. His areas of research include Archaeology of Indian religions with special reference to Jainism and Buddhism, rock-cut caves of the Western Deccan, Ethnoarchaeology and Public Archaeology.
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