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Dr. V. M. Kulkarni was formerly, Director, B. L. Institute of Indology, Patan (North Gujarat), Professor of Sanskrit and Prakrit and Director of Languages, Maharashtra State. He has published about a hundred papers and review articles and reviews in various Research Journals of repute. Among his other publications are the following:
Studies In Sanskrit Sahitya-Śāstra : A collection of selected papers relating to Sanskrit Poetics and Aesthetics, (B.L. Institute)
Prakrit Verses In Sanskrit Works on Poetics : Volume I dealing with over 3000 Prakrit (and Apabhramsa) passages and their Sanskrit chaya and Alphabetical Indexes, (B. L. Institute)
Śrngärarnavacandrika of Vijayavarni: A work dealing with Sanskrit Poetics critically edited on the basis of a very rare manuscript, (Bharatiya Jnanapitha, Delhi, 1969)
Jayadeva's Gitagovinda with a hitherto unpublished commentary of King Mānänka, (L.D. Institute, Ahmedabad)
An Anthology of Jain Texts (SahityaRatna-Kosa Jain Sangraha ) - (Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.)
Ācārya Hemacandra's Kāvyanusasana (with Alamkāracūdamani and Viveka), second revised edition, in collaboration with Prof. R.C. Parikh, (Mahāvīra Jain Vidyalaya, Bombay)
Some Aspects of the Rasa Theory. Edited-A collection of Research papers, (B.L. Institute).
He has also contributed :
A critical Introduction to Paumacariya of Vimalasūri, (Prakrit Text Society)
A Critical Introduction, Notes and several Appendices to Mallika-Makaranda, a Prakaraņa type of play by Rāmacandra, (L. D. Institute, Ahmedabad)
A Critical Introduction to Pañcasūtraka, critically edited by Munisri Jambu Vijayaji, (B.L. Institute)
