World of Philosophy

Author(s): Christopher Key Chapple, Intaj Malek, Dilip Charan, Sunanda Shastri, Prashant Dave
Publisher: Shanti Prakashan

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Short Biographical Sketch & C.V. of
Prof. Dr. Yajneshwar S. Shastri.
Prof. Dr. Yajneshwar S.Shastri holds the rank of Director, University School of Psychology, Education and Philosophy, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India. He is also Professor and Head [i.e. Chairperson), Department of Philosophy, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India. He is President of World Peace Foundation, Gujarat, India. He is Chairman, Board of Philosophy, Gujarat University. He is Vice-President of International Congress of Social Philosophy and Joint Secretary, Indian Philosophical Congress, India. He was Director of International Conference on World Peace, held in Ahmedabad in 2003-2004.
Dr. Shastri holds Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral Degrees from Bombay University. He also holds traditional Bachelor's (Shastri) and Master's [Acharya) degrees in the Sanskrit Language.
Dr. Shastri is internationally known scholar of Indian Philosophy, Religion and Sanskrit. Since 1977, he is teaching, guiding and conducting research in the field of Indian Philosophy and Religion. He has more than 12 books such as 'Foundation Of Hinduism',' Salient Features of Indian Culture', Traverses on Less Trodden Path of Indian Philosophy and Religions', 'Mahayana Sutralnkara of Asanga- A Study in Vijnanavada Buddhism, 'Prashamaratiprakarana of Umaswati Vachaka' (on Jainism) and 'Jainism from the point of view of Vedantic Acharyas', Culture of Peace'[from the Vedic and Buddhist Perspective] and many more and more than 120 research papers to his credit. Recognizing Dr. Shastri's scholarship in the field of Indian Philosophy and Religion, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, C.A. invited him as Visiting Professor to teach comparative Religions of India, under the Noted International Scholar Project in the summers of 1993, 1994, 2001, 2004, 2006 and 2007. He was appointed as Visiting Professor of Theological Studies for the summer and fall, 1998, at LMU.L.A.
Dr. Shastri was appointed as Distinguished Indian Scholar, to teach Comparative Religions of India, at Cleveland State University, Ohio,. 19941995, Under Indian Scholar Endowment Program. He was also invited to deliver several community lectures by CSU [in 1995] and University of California, in 1998 [Dept. of History).
Dr. Shastri, was General President of 5th International Congress on Social Philosophy, held in Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya, Yellapur, Karnataka State, in 2006. He was invited to deliver Keynote Address at Green Yoga Conference, held in Madonna Centre, Sanfrancisco, USA, from May 18 -20, 2007. Dr. Shastri is honored with Ambassador of Peace, by the Universal Peace Federation of Korea, on 18th December, 2006. He is also honored with Eminent Citizen of India Award, 2006, by the National and International
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