Birks Professor of Comparative Religion in the School of Religious Studies as McGill University of Queensland, Sydney
Distinguished Visiting Professor,
School of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy & Comparative Religions
University: Nalanda University, Rajgir, India.

Recent Book:

• Religious Tolerance: A History,HarperCollins: India, 2019.

Dr.Anand Singh
Professor, School of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy & Comparative Religions
University: Nalanda University, Rajgir, India.

Honours and Awards:

• Outstanding Academic Book on Buddhism Award for Book ‘Planet Plants and Animals: Ecological Paradigms in Buddhism’ by The Dhammachai International Research Institute, New Zealand, (August 2019)

Papers(in Proceedings andJournals):

1. Anand Singh (2019). ‘Female Donors at Sarnath: Issues of Gender, Endowments, and Autonomy’ International Review of Social Research, 9 (1), PP.6-17,ISSN: 2069-8534.
2. ………. (2017-18) ‘Mindfulness in PaliNikayas: Origin and Incubation’ Vidyasagar University Journal of History, Vol.VI, pp.9-19, ISSN: 2321-0834.

Conference Attended/ Invited Lectures:

International Exposure:

1. Visited Dhammaduta Chikinda Universiy, Myanmar on invited talks on 19 May, 2019.
2. Visited Dhammaduta Chikinda Universiy, Myanmar on invited talks on 10 October 2018.
3. Participated in International Association of Theravada Buddhist Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka and presented paper ‘Sarnath: Sacred Space of Buddhism’ on 27 and 28 November, 2018.

Indian Conferences:

1. Delivered lecture ‘Mindfulness in Pali Texts’ in the plenary session of Dharma Dhamma conference, Nalanda University, Rajgir, 27-28 July, 2019.
2. Presented paper ‘Female Donors of Sarnath: Issues of Gender and Endowment’ International Conference on Buddhism and Women, Mahabodhi Society of India, Bodhgaya, 30-31 January, 2019.

Dr.Sreekala Nair

Professor, School of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy & Comparative Religions
University: Nalanda University, Rajgir, India.

Articles in Journals, & Book Reviews

• “Is Nagarjuna’s Sunyavada Complementary to Quantum Field Theory?”, in Quantum Reality and Theory of Sunya: Springer, (Ed.) S.R Bhatt, 2019.

Publications in Conference Proceedings

• “Employing Vedanta for Conflict Resolution: Sree Narayanaguru’s Contributions”, Conflict Resolution: Perspectives from Indian Philosophy and Traditions, Penerbit UKM Press, Malaysia, 2018.

Seminar / Conferences Presentations

1. “The Philosophical Knot that Ties the Asian Countries” in the Asian Philosophy Conference Organized by the Asian Philosophy Conference 2018 held at Holistic Science Research Center, VVCRF, Surat (Gujrat) held on 3rd – 4th January 2018.
2. “Epistemic Falliblism in Indian Knowledge Analysis” in the Indian Philosophical Congress 92^nd session Organized by the Indian Philosophical Congress held at Holistic Science Research Centre, VVCRF, Surat, Gujrat held on 5^th – 7^th January 2018.
3. “The Significance of Philosophy as a discipline in Higher Education” in the Periodical Lecture Orgainzed by the Departmentof Religion, Philosophy and Sociology, The Americal College, Madurai and ICPR, New Delhi held on 6^th February 2018.
4. “Exploring the Nonlocal nature of consciousness in Sri Aurobindo’s Philosophy” in the 93^rd Session of Indian Philosophical Congress held at Holistic Research Centre, Surat from 5^th – 7^th January 2018.
5. “An Inquiry into Indian Scientific Method” in the Three Hours Special Lecture on the Topic Organized by the Department of Philosophy, University of Madras held at 30^th January 2018.
6. “ Towards Sustainable Peace: Indian Model” in the 3^rd International Conference on Peace and Reconciliation jointly organized by Indian Council of Philosophical Research and Sri Vishnumohan foundation, Chennai from 27^th – 29th January 2018.
7. “Philosophical Underpinnings of Feminism” in the Symposium on Philosophical Foundations of Feminism organized by the Department of Women Studies, University of Madras and Chennai Philosophical Forum held on 30^th January 2018.
8. “Theory of Causation in Western Philosophical Tradition” in the Three Day International Nalanda Dialogue on Perception organised by the Department of Philosophy, at Nava Nalanda Mahavihara from 22^nd to 24^th February, 2018.
9. “Rethinking Human Wellbeing: Eco – feminism, Deep Ecology and Sustainable Development” in the Special Lecture Programme Organized by the Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam held on 26^th February 2018.
10. “ Metamorphism of Rituals into Philosophy: Translating the Prescriptive to Performative’ in the Two Day International Conference on Saivism through the Ages organized by the Dept. of Saiva Siddhanta, University of Madras during 4^th to 6^th March 2018.
11. “The Task of Expressing the ineffable: Sankara’s Tryst with Language” in the National Seminar on Philosophy of Love in Sufism and Bhakti as Reflected in Literature, organized by Dept. of Malayalam, Malabar Christian College, Calicut, in association with Malabar Institute of Research and Development, Sponsored by ICPR, New Delhi, during 8^th to 10^th March 2018.
12. “Reviving Indic Studies: Prospects and Challenges” in the Special Lecture Program Organized by the Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Adi Sankara Nilayam, Veliyanad held on 16^th March 2018.
13. “Knowledge Attributions in terms of Causal Explanations: An Alternative to Attributive Contextualism” in the Two Days National Seminar on Contextualism in Contemporary Epistemology Organized by the Indian Council of Philosophical Research held on ICPR Academic Centre, Luknow held on 26^th – 27^th March 2018.
14. “Towards Sustainable Peace: The Indian Model for Sustainable Education” in the Teacher’s Conference on Education for Sustainable Development held in Saraswathi Vidya Niketan Public School , Kochi, Kerala, India on 16^th and 17^th May 2018.
15. “Rewriting Indian Knowledge Analysis Befitting Contemporary Times” in three day National Workshop on Rewriting Indian Philosophy in Contemporary Times, organized by Sanchi University in Collaboration with ICPR, New Delhi, on 11^th to 13^th, August 2018.

Dr. Aleksandra Wenta

Assistant Professor, School of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy & Comparative Religions
University: Nalanda University, Rajgir, India.

Monograph

2018. Dancing in the Sky of Consciousness: The Aesthetics of Power in Medieval Cidambaram. Shimla: IIAS.

Articles

1. ‘Becoming the Dancer: Dissolving the Boundaries Between Cognition, Ritual and Theatrical Performance in Non-dual Śaivism’, Theatrical and Ritual Boundaries in South Asia, Part II, eds. E. Ganser& E. Debicka-Borek, Cracow Indological Studies (2018) 30 (2), forthcoming.
2. ‘The Making of Tantric Orthodoxy in the Eleventh-Century Indo- Tibetan World: *Jñānākara’s *Mantrāvatāra’, Journal of Indian Philosophy, (2018), 46 (3), pp. 505- 551.
3. ‘Smell: The Sense-Perception of Recognition’, Tantrapuṣpāñjali: Tantric Traditions and Philosophy of Kashmir. Studies in Memory of Pandit H.N Chakravarty, (eds.) Bettina Bäumer&Hamsa Stainton, Delhi: India Gandhi National Centre for the Arts & Arya Books International, 2018, pp. 325-338.

Recent Conferences/Paper Presentations

• Paper presentation at the 17th World Sanskrit Conference, Vancouver, Cananda, July 2018.

Dr. Saroj Kanta Kar

Assistant Professor, School of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy & Comparative Religions
University: Nalanda University, Rajgir, India.

Publications: Chapters in Book:

1. Kar, SarojKanta. (2018). ‘Jaina Approach to (A)himsa’, Phenomenology of Violence, Ed, by K. Ramakrishna Rao & B. Sambasiva Prasad., Vol. I, D.K. Print World, New Delhi, ISBN-97881-246-0909-5.
2. — . (2018). ‘(A)Himsa in Buddhism’, Phenomenology of Violence, Ed, by K. Ramakrishna Rao & B. Sambasiva Prasad., Vol. I, D.K. Print World, New Delhi, ISBN-97881-246-0909-5.
3. — . (2018). ‘(A)Himsa: Classical Indian Perspective’ – Phenomenology of Violence, Ed, by K. Ramakrishna Rao & B. Sambasiva Prasad., Vol. I, D.K. Print World, New Delhi, ISBN-97881-246-0909-5.

Important Paper Presentations in Seminars / Conference(2015 onwards)

1. Kar, SarojKanta. (2019). Sat in Dharma and Dhamma Traditions, International Convention Centre in Rajgir, Bihar, Nalanda University (NU) in collaboration with New Delhi’s Centre for Study of Religion and Society-India Foundation (CSRS-IF), 27-28 July 2019.
2. — . (2019). On Nagarjuna in the Context of Saṃśaya and Pramāṇa, International Conference on Saṁśaya evam Pramā, Doubt and Knowledge- Indian and Western Perspectives, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, from 15^th to 17^th March 2019.
3. — . (2018). Cognitive Relativism of Nagarjuna, National Seminar on the Relevance of Indian Philosophy, Dept. Of Philosophy and Sanskrit, Cachar College, Silchar, 20^th – 21^st December, 2018.
4. — . (2018). Horizental And Vertical Integration Of Consciousness: An Assessment In Some Schools Of Indian Philosophy And Spirituality, National Conference on “Cultivating Unity Consciousness for Self-Transformation”, ICPR, Indian Society for Indic Studies (InSIS), M.S. University, Vadodara, 25-26, Oct., 2018.
5. — . (2018). Enhancing the Spiritual Quotient (SQ) and Action Quotient (AQ) for Future Leaders, International Conference of Indian Society for Indic Studies (InSIS) and University of Delhi, 20-22, Feb., 2018.
6. — . (2018). Consciousness as energy and its function as SQ, AOPA, Odisha, 23-25, Jan., 2018.

Dr. Bipin Kumar Jha

Teaching Fellow, School: Buddhist Studies, Philosophy & Comparative Religions
University: Nalanda University, Rajgir, India.

Books Authored

1. 2019 Catuṣṭayīśabdapravṛttiprabandhaḥ, (New Delhi: Indu Prakashan) ISBN 9788186863275.
2. 2019 Śāṅkarapramāvimarśa, (New Delhi: Indu Prakashan) ISBN 9788186863268.

Books Edited

1. 2019 Sāṅkhyatattvakaumudī (with Shivashakti Dipika Hindi Commentary) (New Delhi: Manyata Prakashan) 978-93-83559-95-4.First Edition-2017.
2. 2019 Bhāropīyabhāṣātattvavimarśaḥ (New Delhi: Manyata Prakashan) 978-81-89149-89-5. First edition 2015.

Published Research Papers

1. 2019 “Advaitavedānta ke Anusāra Jñāna Prakriyā” Jahnavi Sanskrit E-Journal (UGC- 41039, ISSN 0976-864)Issue-38th , Year 10, Vol –II (July 16, 2019) pp.75-78.
2. “Oṃkāra kā Tātvika Vimarśa” Jahnavi Sanskrit E-Journal (UGC- 41039, ISSN 0976-864)Issue-36th -37th, Year 10, Vol –I (March 09, 2019) pp.56-62.
3. “Abhinava Bhārata ke Ādhāra :- Bauddha evaṃ Sanātana Dharma” Sthapatyam, Journal of the Indian Science of Architecture and Allied Sciences, New Delhi ISSN 2349-2368, (Accepted for Aug-Nov, 2019)
4. “Bauddha Tathā Vividha Prācyadharmoṃ Meṃ Manastatva Kā Viśleṣaṇa” Thāī-Bhāratī, Thāmmāsaṭa University Journal, Bangkok, Thailand, Issue 01 (Accepted for Dec 2019).
5. 2018 “Ākhyātapadavimarśaḥ” Vijnana Jhari, Vol-3, Kanchipuram: SCSVMV, ISSN 2231-5195. 2018.
6. 2018 “A Critical Review on the Notion of Kāla” MUSE India, Issue 80 (Jul-Aug 2018), 2018.

National Conferences

1. 2018 Viṃśaśatābdīyasaṃskṛtakāvyānāṃ Kāvyaśāstrīyasamīkṣaṇam, Vedvyas Campus, Himachal Pradesh, ’Today-Smṛtiḥ’ Kāvya-Samīkṣā, 17-18/02/2018
2. Paryāvaraṇ Śikṣāsaṃskṛtaṃ ca, Vedvyas Campus, Himachal Pradesh, Paryāvaraṇa Saṃrakṣṇa Adhiniyama ke Anupālana meṃ Viśvavidyālayoṃ kī Bhūmikā, 03-04/02/2018.

Invited Lectures/Sessions Chaired

• 2019 Resource Person, Three Days National Workshop on Application of Computer in Sanskrit organized by Midnapore College (Vidyasagar University, West Bengal), Uses of ICT in Sanskrit for Beginners, Dt. 31.08.2019.
• 2019 Guest of Honor, World Sanskrit Day Celebration by Midnapore College (Vidyasagar University, West Bengal), Interrelation of Sanskrit & Computer : Research Possibilities in the Global Perspectives. Dt. 29.8.2019.
• 2019 Sarasvat Atithi, National Conference on Gandhian Thought Modern Methodology of Education and Terrorism, Abhinava Bhārata Ke Ādhāra :- Ekādaśavrata Evaṃ Aṣṭāṃgika Mārga, Shree Sadashiva Campus, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (UNDER MHRD, India), 25-26 03-2019
• 2018 Sarasvat Atithi, Public Talk on Exploration of the Practical Significance of the Syllable OM, Omkareshwar Temple Trust along with collaboration of the District Administration of Khandwa, Government of MP, India, 30-12.2018.

Dr. Veena Gaur

Guest Faculty (Teaching Associate),
School : Buddhist Studies, Philosophy & Comparative Religions,
University : Nalanda University, Rajgir, India.

Presentations in Conferences and Seminars and Invited Lectures

• Veena Gaur, ‘Role of Truth and Ahimsā and Its Relevance in the Modern Age’ Three Day National Conference On Gandhian Activism For Human Perfection’’Organized by Department of Philosophy, Cooch Behar PanchananBarmaUniversity,West Bengal, held on 25-27 Feb.2019.
• Veena Gaur, ‘Consciousness and Self-Transformations’ To day national Conference on Cultivatining Consciousness for Self-Transforamtions, organised by Indian Society for Indic Studies, M.S. University, Vadodara, 24-25, Oct, 2018.
• Relevance of Vaidic, Education in Modern Society, National Seminar, Guahati, University, Assam, 4-6 Jan., 2018.
• ‘The Rāmāyaṇa for Transformations for leadership’, Three day International Conference on Applied Ancient Wisdom for Transformational Leadership, Delhi Technical University, 20-22 Feb. 2018.
• Literary Works and Translations in Buddhist Sanskrit and pāli’, International Conference on Theravad and Mahāyān : Philosophy of Ultimate Reality, Tibbet House, New Delhi, 8-10, Sept., 2017.
• Lecture delivered on Bhāratiya Samskritievam Yoga, Gandhi Bhawan, Delhi Univerity, 7^th April 2018.