Mahāmahōpādhyāya

Bhadreshdas Swami

BAPS Swaminarayan Research Institute,
Swaminarayan Akshardham. Noida Mor,
New Delhi, Delhi 110092
M: +91-999-899-5616
Email: [email protected]

Education

D.Litt.

2010

Kavikulguru Kalidas Sanskrit University (KKSU), Nagpur
Thesis: Prasthānatrayī Svāminārāyanạ Bhāśyam
Areas of Concentration: Vedānta
(Upaniṣad, Brahmasūtra and Bhagavadgītā)

Ph.D.

2005

Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Mysore
Thesis: Paramātmapratyakṣasvarūpayogaḥ Śrīmadbhagavadgītā-
Śrīvacanāmṛtasandarbhayoḥ Tulanātmakam Adhyayanam

Āchārya (Master’s Degree in Pūrvamīmāṃsā Darśana)

2002

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai
First Class

Āchārya (Master’s Degree in Nyāya and Vaiśeṣhika Darśana)

2001

Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi
First Class with Distinction

Āchārya (Master’s Degree in Sāṃkhya and Yoga Darśana)

1999

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai
Distinction; Ranked Second

MA in Sanskrit

1996

University of Mysore, Mysore
First Class; Ranked First

Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award 2020

ICPR – Indian Council of Philosophical Research

2021

Vedānta Bhāskara

Nagpur Sanskrit University, Nagpur (On the occasion of the centenary celebration of the All India Oriental Conference)

2020

Darśana Śāstra Sārvabhauma

Shri Kashi Vidvat Parishad, Kashi

2019

Āchārya Pravara

Uttar Pradesh Government, Lucknow

2019

Excellence in Philosophy

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University, Lucknow

2019

Vidvat Sārvabhauma

Rajbhavanam of Karnataka, Bengaluru

2018

Abhinava Bhāśyakāra

Somnath Sanskrit University, Veraval, Gujarat

2017

Vedānta Mārtanḍa

Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

2015

Darśana Kesarī

Akhil Bhartiya Vidvat Parisad, Varanasi-Kashi, Uttar Pradesh

2013

Mahāmahopādhyāya

Kavikulguru Kalidas Sanskrit University (KKSU), Nagpur

2012

The Prof. G. Marula Siddaiah Memorial Award

University of Mysore, Mysore

1996

Felicitations

Felicitation by:

Indian Council of Philosophical Research, Delhi

26th Dec, 2021

National Sanskrit University, Tirupati

4th Feb, 2021

Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

30th Aug, 2019

Kashi Vidvat Parishad, Varanasi

28th Jun, 2019

Uttar Pradesh Government, Lucknow

16th Jan, 2019

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University and 40 other universities, Lucknow

16th Jan, 2019

Dr. Harisingh Gour University (Sagar University), Madhya Pradesh

9th Oct, 2018

Governor of Karnataka and 35 universities, Bengaluru

15th Feb, 2018

MS University and 27 other universities, Baroda

16th Nov, 2017

Banaras Hindu University, Lucknow

31st Jul, 2017

Honorary Certificates From

1. Nagpur University
2. Lucknow University
3. Allahabad State University
4. Akhil Bharatiya Sahitya Parishad, Uttar Pradesh
5. Shobhit University
6. Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University
7. Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar (M.P.)
8. Tirupati National Sanskrit University
9. Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Rajasthan Sanskrit University
10. Karnatak Sanskrit Vishvavidyalay
11. Bangalore University
12. University of Mysore
13. Karnatak University
14. Maharaja Sayajirao University (MS)
15. Central University of Gujarat
16. Gujarat University
17. Saurastra University
18. Sardar Patel University
19. Ganpat University
20. Gujarat Vidyapith
21. Kachchh University
22. Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji University
23. Veer Narmad South Gujarat University
24. Bhakta Kavi Narsinh Mehta University
25. Shri Govind Guru University
26. Hemchandraacharya North Gujarat University
27. Rani Channamma University
28. Bengaluru North University
29. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Awadh University
30. Sharda University
31. Jananayak Chandrashekhar University
32. Galgotias University

33. IIMT University
34. ERA University
35. Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Urdu, Arabic – Farsi University
36. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Techincal University
37. Sanjay Gnadhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences
38. Chhatrapati Sahu Ji Maharaj Kanpur University
39. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University
40. KLE Academy of Higher Education & Research
41. Kuvempu University
42. Reva University
43. Alliance University
44. Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT)
45. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University
46. Uka Tarsadia University
47. Children’s University
48. Junagadh Agricultural University
49. Anand Agricultural University
50. Swarnim Gujarat Sports University
51. Gujarat Technological University (GTU)
52. Navsari Agricultural University
53. Karnataka State Rural Development & Panchayat Raj University
54. M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences
55. University of Agricultural & Horticultural Sciences
56. University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad
57. Rai Technology University
58. University of Horticultural Sciences
59. Karnatak Folklore University
60. University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur
61. Karnatak State Dr. Gangubai Hangal Music & Performing Arts University
62. Karnataka State Law University
63. Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences

Teaching Experience

Honorary Professor at Shobhit University

2019

Professor

AARSH Research Center, Gandhinagar

(Affiliated with Shri Somnath Sanskrit University, Veraval, Gujarat)

Subjects Taught:

  • Nyāya
  • Vedānta
  • Veda

2007 to Present

Professor

Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathshala and Sadhu Sadhana Center, Sarangpur, Gujarat

Subjects Taught:

  • Pūrvamīmāṃsā Darśana and Veda
  • Vedānta Darśana
  • Prācin and Navya Nyāya
  • Nyāya
  • Sanskrit Literature and History
  • Vaiśeṣika Darśana
  • Sāṃkhya Darśana
  • Yoga Darśana
  • Vaiśeṣika Darśana (Pāṇinīyāṣṭādhyāyī, Vākyapadīyam, Siddhānta Kaumudī and Laghu Siddhānta Kaumudī)
  • Pūrvamīmāṃsā Darśana and Veda (Tabla, Flute, Violin and Keyboard)

2007 to Present

Guide/Advisor

Shri Somnath Sanskrit University, Veraval, Gujarat
For Ph.D. students and other researchers

2007 to Present

Mediator of Discussions

Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathshala and Sadhu Sadhana Center, Sarangpur, Gujarat

Subjects Taught:

  • Comparison of the traditional Hindu caste system with modern social systems:

    – The origins and motives of these systems
    – The structure and hierarchy of each system
    – The rationality and logical support for each system
    – The advantages and disadvantages of each system

  • The linguistics of Vedāng with a focus on Shikṣā and Niruktam
  • The influence of verbal testimony on faith-based reasoning
  • Meanings of case in Pāṇinī’s classical grammar and Vyutpattivāda
  • Pramāṇamimāṃsā (epistemology) in Prāmāṇyavāda (system of validating truths)
  • The inter-relation between Pramāṇamimāṃsā (examination of proofs) and Prameyasiddhi (concluded proclamations)
  • The advantages and disadvantages of democracy and monarchy
  • Asatkhyātiḥ versus Satkhyātiḥ

1995 to Present

Literary Publications

Books

  1. Bhadreśadāsa. Satsangadīkṣa Pramukhabhāṣyam. – Swaminarayan Aksharpith, 2021.
  2. Bhadreśadāsa. Satsangadīkṣa (Sanskr̥tam). – Swaminarayan Aksharpith, 2020.
  3. Bhadreśadāsa. Akśarpuruśottama Samhitā. – Swaminarayan Aksharpith, 2020.
  4. Bhadreśadāsa. Brahmaghośa. – Swaminarayan Aksharpith, 2020
  5. Bhadreśadāsa. Svāminārāyaṇa-Siddhānta-Sudhā. – Swaminarayan Aksharpith, 2017.
  6. Bhadreśadāsa. Upaniṣad Marma. – Swaminarayan Aksharpith, 2012.
  7. Bhadreśadāsa. Svāminārāyaṇabhāṣyam: Chāndogyopaniṣatsvāminārāyaṇabhāṣyam. – Swaminarayan Aksharpith, 2012.
  8. Bhadreśadāsa. Svāminārāyaṇabhāṣyam: Br̥hadāraṇyakopaniṣatsvāminārāyaṇabhāṣyam. – Swaminarayan Aksharpith, 2012.
  9. Bhadreśadāsa. Svāminārāyaṇabhāṣyam: Śrīmadbhagavadgītāsvāminārāyaṇabhāṣyam. – Swaminarayan Aksharpith, 2011.
  10. Bhadreśadāsa. Svāminārāyaṇabhāṣyam: Brahmasūtrasvāminārāyaṇabhāṣyam. – Swaminarayan Aksharpith, 2009.
  11. Bhadreśadāsa. Svāminārāyaṇabhāṣyam: Īśādyaṣṭopaniṣatsvāminārāyaṇabhāṣyam. – Swaminarayan Aksharpith, 2009.

Books Edited

  1. Sādhu Akhanḍadarśanadāsa, Sādhu Vedāntapriyadāsa. Śrīmadbhagavadgītāsvāminārāyaṇabhāṣyam Gujarati Bhāśāntara. – Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathshala, 2017.
  2. Sādhu Paramvivekadāsa. Mundakopaniṣadsvāminārāyaṇabhāṣyam Gujarati Bhāśāntara. – Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathshala, 2016.
  3. Sādhu Śrutiprakaśadāsa, Sādhu Mangalavardhanadāsa. Ghanśyām Gītā (Brahmītika Saṃhitā). – Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathshala, 2016.
  4. Sādhu Ātmatṛptadāsa. Upaniṣadpramukhamantrāḥ. – Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathshala, 2016.
  5. Sādhu Śrutiprakaśadāsa. Siddhāntacandrikā. – Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathshala, 2013.
  6. Sādhu Brahmadarśandāsa. Pramukhajñānasaritā. – Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathshala, 2012.
  7. Sādhu Amṛtasvarūpadāsa. Yajñapuruśacaritam. – Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathshala, 2007.
  8. Sādhu Madhuravadandāsa. Niṣkulānandakāvyacintāmaṇi. – Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathshala, 2004.
  9. Sādhu Haricintanadāsa. Svāminārāyaṇacaritam. – Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathshala, 2004.
  10. Sādhu Akṣaracaranadāsa. Pramukhagītābhāgavataślokāḥ. – Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathshala, 2002.
  11. Sādhu Bhaktisāgaradāsa. Saralapramukhasaṃskṛtam (Parts 1-6). – Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathshala, 2000.
  12. Sādhu Priyasvarūpadāsa. Samāsacakram. – Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathshala, 2000.
  13. Sādhu Priyasvarūpadāsa. Sed-anid-vivekaḥ. – Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathshala, 1999.
  14. Sādhu Priyasvarūpadāsa. Dhāturūpāvaliḥ. – Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathshala, 1998.
  15. Sādhu Madhuravadanadāsa. Śabdarūpāvaliḥ. – Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathshala, 1998.
  16. Sādhu Bhaktisāgaradāsa. Pramukhasaṃskṛtam (Parts 1-12). – Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathshala, 1996.
  17. Sādhu Akṣaracaranadāsa. Vacanāmṛtasvādhyāya. – Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathshala, 1995.
  18. Sādhu Akṣaracaranadāsa. Brahmasudhā. – Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathshala, 1994.

Books in Publication

  1. Bhadreśadāsa. Yogasūtra-Svāminārāyaṇabhāṣyam. – Swaminarayan Aksharpith.
  2. Bhadreśadāsa. Sāṃkhyadarśana-Svāminārāyaṇabhāṣyam. – Swaminarayan Aksharpith.

Articles

More than 150 articles on topics including the Paninian Grammar, the Nyāya Darśana, the Vedic literature, the Upanishads, Bhagvadgita and Brahmasūtras in Sanskrit, Hindi, English, and other regional languages are published in various journals such as:
  • The Philosophical Quest
    Bilingual and Bi-Annual Philosophical Journal, Impression Publications. Patna, India.
  • Journal of the Ananthacharya Indological Research Institute
    G. D. Somani School Building, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai, India.
  • World Peace Center (Alandi)
    MAEER’s MIT, Pune, India, 2010.
  • Hinduism Today
    Himalayan Academy Non-Profit Institution, Hawaii, USA
  • Journal of BAPS Swaminarayan Research Institute
    Swaminarayan Aksharpith, Amdavad, Gujarat, India
  • Swaminarayan Prakash (Gujarati)
    Swaminarayan Aksharpith, Shahibaug, Ahmedabad, India.
  • Swaminarayan Prakash (Hindi)
    Swaminarayan Aksharpith, Shahibaug, Ahmedabad, India.
  • Swaminarayan Bliss (English)
    Swaminarayan Aksharpith, Shahibaug, Ahmedabad, India.

Other

Chief Editor of the Journal of BAPS Swaminarayan Research Institute

Member of Editorial Board of the Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research

Research Work

Ph.D.

Thesis: Paramātmapratyakṣasvarūpayogaḥ Śrīmadbhagavadgītā- Śrīvacanāmṛtasandarbhayoḥ Tulanātmakam Adhyayanam

Under the guidance of Prof. N. Radhakrishna Bhat
(Chair of Research and Publications) Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Mysore

2005

Joint Project with Prof. Tinu Ruparell

Thesis: Indian Hermeneutics

Calgary University, Canada

In Progress

Independent Research

“Preserving, promoting and propagating the Vedic Traditions in India”

(Affiliated with Shri Somnath Sanskrit University, Veraval, Gujarat)

In Progress

Lectures At National and International Conferences

Life lessons from Bhagvad Gita (Lecture Series)

Sri Sankara TV Channel, 2021-Present

उपनिषदों का संवादसौंदर्य

Department of Sanskrit, Delhi University, New Delhi, 27th December, 2021

Understanding Geeta

Department Sanskrit, L.D. Arts College, Ahmedabad, 14th December, 2021

Vedic Wisdom and Environmental Harmony – Climate change, resultant ecological hazards and social-economic implications

Global Hindu Summit

Organised by the World Yoga Community, New York in association with the
Santhigiri Research Foundation, the Universal Veda Research Institute, Thiruvannamalai and API, New Delhi,15th December, 2021

Keynote address – Dharma Dhamma traditions in building the post COVID world order

6th Dharma Dhamma conference, 7th Nov 2021

Nalanda University, Bihar.

Swaminarayana Vedanta

Karnataka Samskrit University, Bengaluru, 22nd Sep 2021

Keynote Address at the first convocation ceremony

National Sanskrit University, Tirupati 20th Oct 2021

सत्संगदीक्षा विद्वत्संगोष्ठी – ‘संत्संगदीक्षा’ सर्वांगीण विकासाचे शास्त्र

National Conference

Shri Samartha Vagdevta Mandir, Dhule, Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon & BAPS Swaminarayan Research Institute, Akshardham, New Delhi. 26th Sep 2021, Dhule.

Experiencing Bliss Through YOGA – Switch the vaginal. The Universal association For promotion of Sanskrit journalism, Yoga, Ayurveda, Vastushastra and Indology

New Delhi, 20th June 2021

Arjuna: A Case Study (Life Lessons from Bhagwad Gita)

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Western India Regional Council , Nagpur branch, 30th May, 2021

एषा ब्राह्मी स्थितिः पार्थ

Utkala Parishad, Tirupati, 29th May 2021

श्रीमद्भागवतोपाख्यानानां श्रीस्वामिनारायणवचनामृते उल्लेखः

Ved-Vedant Adhyayan Shodh Sansthan & Sanskrit Bharati Vidvat Parishad, New Delhi

स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा

Department of Sanskrit, Delhi University, New Delhi

सत्संगदीक्षा शास्त्र संगोष्ठी – ‘ सत्संगदीक्षा एक संपूर्ण जीवन का शास्त्र’

Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra, 16th Feb, 2021

Status & Direction of Sanskrit In The World

National Sanskrit University, Tirupati, 1st Feb, 2021

મનોવાણી

સંસ્કૃત ભારતી, ગુજરાત, 15th May, 2020

શ્રીમદ્ ભગવદ્ગીતા – અર્જુનના વિષાદનું વિશ્લેષણ અને સમાધાન

ધર્મ-તત્ત્વદર્શન વ્યાખ્યાનશ્રેણી, ગુજરાત વિશ્વકોશ ટ્રસ્ટ, 29th Feb, 2020

Akshar Purushottam Darshanam

All India Oriental Conference

Oriental Institute, MS University, Baroda, 2nd Feb, 2019

Special Lecture

International Conference

Sanskrit Bharati, 11th Nov, 2019

Bhagvad Gita

Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia, 16th Aug, 2019

Akshar Purushottam Darshanam

Sanskrit Studies Center, Silpkorn University, Bankok, Thailand, 20th Jul, 2019

ज्ञानचर्चा

Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi, 26th Jun, 2019

संस्कृत वाङ्मये नगररचना

Arranged and conducted by Shree Somnath Sanskrit University, Veraval, Sardar Patel University, Anand and Vidvat Parishad Sanskrit Bharti, Gujarat, 7th Mar, 2019

Sanskrit outside India

International Seminar

Oriental Institute, MS University, Baroda, 2nd Feb, 2019

Akshar Purushottam Darshan – Introduction and Launch

The 17th World Sanskrit Conference

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, July 9-13, 2018

Akhil Bharatiya Samiksha Yojana Goshthi

Sanskrit Bharati, Baroda, 6nd Feb, 2018

Interpreting Sanskrit text

16th World Sanskrit Conference

Shilpkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2015

The Vedic Principle of Akṣhar-Purushottama through the Prasthānatrayī

International Conference to Re-Establish Ideal Vedic India

Organized by Foundation for Vedic India and Maharishi Veda Vyas Pratishthan at New Delhi, February 2015

Relevance of the Bhagavadgītā in Modern Days

Delhi Sanskrit Academy

Government of N.C.T. of Delhi, January 2015

Sanskrit Abroad

Delhi Sanskrit Academy

Government of N.C.T. of Delhi, January 2015

Yasmānnodvijate loko lokānnodvijate ca yaḥ

Two Day National Round Table Conference

World Peace Centre (Alandi), MAEER’s MIT, Pune, India, January 2015

Vedic Interpretation: Past and Present

National Seminar on Vedic Interpretation: Past and Present

Organized by Pune University and Maharshi Sandipani Rastriya Vedvidya Pratishthan, Ujjain, (Under the Ministry of HRD Govt. of India) December 2014

Veda Studies in Foreign Countries

National Seminar on Vedic Interpretation: Past and Present

Organized by Pune University and Maharshi Sandipani Rastriya Vedvidya Pratishthan, Ujjain, (Under the Ministry of HRD Govt. of India) December 2014

Brahmabhūtaḥ prasannātmā: Bhagavān Svāminārāyaṇa’s Exposition on Peace Within Leading to Peace Without

International Academic Conference on Realizing Global Peace: The Role and Impact of Hindu Teachings

Organized by Akhil Bharatiya Darshan Parishad, BAPS Swaminarayan Research Institute, Indo-Hellenic Society for Culture and Development at Neasden, London, UK June 2014.

Prāsangikatā of Vaiśvika Jñāna-Vijñāna in Vedas

Gurukul Kangadi University, Haridwar , March 2014

Subhaśita Sāhaśrī

National Conference on Prof. Satyavrat Shastri & His Literature  

Somanth Sanskrit University, Veraval, Gujarat & Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan DEEMED University, New Delhi, January 2014

A Unique Conception: Brahmajñāna as Akṣarabrahma-Parabrahma-Darśanam

International Conference on Sahajānanda Svāmī and the Svāminārāyaṇa Sampradāya: Historical, Social and Cultural Perspectives

Organized by The Gujarat Itihas Parishad, Ahmedabad, India; The Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, Baroda, India; B.J. Institute of Learning and Research, Ahmedabad, India; and BAPS Swaminarayan Research Institute, New Delhi, India, August 2013

Significance of Vedavidyā

World Ved Conference

Organized by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India, 2013

Lectures regarding Indian Philosophy

Summer Conventions

For Hindu Youths from America, England, Europe, Far East, Middle East and African countries, 2013

Sahajānanda Svāmī and Svāminārāyaṇa Sampradāya – Historical, Social and Cultural Perspective

BAPS Swaminarayan Research Institute, New Delhi, 2013

Message of Unity in Diversity as founded in Indian Scriptures

Intra-Faith Conference – Sahajānanda Svāmī and Svāminārāyaṇa Sampradāya – Historical, Social and Culturul Prespective

BAPS Swaminarayan Research Institute, New Delhi, 2013

Adhyakṣīya Bhaṣaṇam – Sanskrit Bhāṣā Vaiśiṣtyam

Sanskrit Sammelan, Dharmajñānopadeś Sanskrit Pathshala

Illahabad (Prayag), January 2011

Prasthānatrayī aur Vaidik Sanātan Siddhānt Pravacanmālā

Youth Convention

For Hindu Youths from Surat, Ahmedabad, Sarangpur, Gandhinagar, Rajkot, Gadhada (Annual keynote lecture), 2011

Kim tad Brahma?

Akshardham-center for Applied Research in Social Harmony (AARSH), Gandhinagar 2010-11

Adhyakṣīya Bhaṣaṇam – Vaidik Sanskrit Sammelan

Sanskrit Sammelan

Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Illahabad (Prayag), November 2010

Philosophy of the Bhagvadgītā

National Medico-Spiritual Conference, Bhavnagar and Sarangpur, in 2010

Svāminārāyanạ Sampradāya aur Yoga-Paramparā Yogadarśana: Dārśanik-Sānskṛtik-Vaiśvik Prabhāvaḥ

Rashtriya Parisamvad

Shri Somnath Sanskrit University and Akshardham-center for Applied Research in Social Harmony (AARSH) in 2010

Lecture series on ‘The Akṣara-Puruṣottama Principle’

Conferences at BAPS centers in Ahmedabad, Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Surat, Gandhinagar, Rajkot, Sarangpur and many more in 2010

Value Building through Research Institutions

Intellectual Conference

BAPS Swaminarayan Research Institute, New Delhi, 2010

Contribution of the Brahmasūtra Bhāśya Tradition

Intellectual Conference

BAPS Swaminarayan Research Institute, New Delhi, 2010

Brahmasūtrabhāśyaparamparāyāḥ Yogadānam

BAPS Swaminarayan Research Institute Opening Ceremony

BAPS Swaminarayan Research Institute, New Delhi, 2010

An Introduction of Brahmsūtra: Important Grantha of the Vedānta

Akshardham-center for Applied Research in Social Harmony (AARSH),
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 2010

Pratyakṣa Bhagvatsvarūpayoga

Akshardham-center for Applied Research in Social Harmony (AARSH),
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 2010

Explanation of Brahmavidyā: Based on the Prasthānatrayī

Akshardham-center for Applied Research in Social Harmony (AARSH),
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 2010

Svāminārāyaṇa Sampradāya and yoga paramparā

Akshardham-center for Applied Research in Social Harmony (AARSH),
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 2010

Muktimimāṃsā

Akshardham-center for Applied Research in Social Harmony (AARSH),
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 2009

Svāminārāyanạ Sampradāyme Parabrahmaki Avirat Pratyakṣatā

Akhil Bharatiya Darshan Parishad Svarnajayanti Adhiveshan Ahmadabad, 2004

Paninivy ̣ ākaranạ siddhāntam Pūrvamimaṃsiyanyayopajivyatvam

Yagnapurush Sanskrit Pathsala, Sãrangpur, Gujarat, 2004

International lecturer for Philosophical and Spiritual seminars, conferences and assemblies

  • Delivered lectures based on Indian Philosophical Scriptures in America, England, France, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, Botswana, 1995
  • Delivered lectures based on Indian Philosophical Scriptures in America, England, Spain, France, Portugal, Switzerland, West Indies, 1992

Special Projects

Online Courses

Designing, guiding, conducting and delivering lectures on the following online courses:

Satsang Diksha Adhyayan

A course designed to teach how Satsang Diksha scripture expound upon the teachings of Bhagwan Swaminarayan and the Gunatit Guruparampara.

2021 – 2022

Brahmavidya Adhyayan

A course aimed at understanding Vedic Sanatan Dharma through Vedic scriptures.

2020 – 2022

Diploma in Sanskrit Language

A course developed in affiliation with Shri Somnath Sanskrit University, Veraval, to teach the basics of the Sanskrit language to ease in-depth scriptural studies.

2020 – 2022

Diploma in Shrimad Bhagvat Gita and its Sanskrit commentaries

A course developed in affiliation with Shri Somnath Sanskrit University, Veraval, to teach the philosophical essence of the Shrimad Bhagvad Gita, by examining various commentaries.

2020 – 2022

Pramukh Sanskritam

A course designed in affiliation with Shri Somnath Sanskrit University, Veraval, and Sanskrit Bharati, to inspire youths to develop moral, ethical and spiritual values.

2020 – 2022

Conferences

International Seminar on Satsang Diksha

Satsang Diksha: Perspectives on Enhancing Daily Living

Organized by AARSH Research Center in Gandhinagar and BAPS Swaminarayan Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya in Sarangpur.

9th to 13th Oct, 2021

Satsang Diksha Conference, Pune

First Scholarly Conference on the Satsang Diksha Scripture

Organized by Sanskrit Center for Advanced Studies, Savitribai Fule Pune Vidyapeeth, and the BAPS Research Institute.

16th Feb, 2021

Akshar-Purushottam Darshan Conference, New Delhi

The Akshar-Purushottam Darshan in Dialogue with Other Darshans.

15th to 17th Nov, 2019

Other

Tour of Indology and Sanskrit Departments around the World

Visited Universities around the world and had discussions with eminent professors and academics to

  • Discuss Sanskrit and Indology
  • Understand Western interpretation theory
  • Compare Eastern and Western interpretation theories
  • Learn about how and why Hinduism and Hindu scriptures are interpreted in the West
  • Share ideas on classical Indian epistemology according to Paninian Grammar, Nyayashastra, Mimansa and Vedic philosophical systems

June-Sep. 2013 June-Nov. 2014

Met eminent scholars and visited universities and research institutes abroad to better understand current scholarship in:

  • Sanskrit linguistics and history
  • Indian philosophy and epistemology
  • Vedic literature
  • Concepts of religion and the philosophy of religion in the West

81 institutions and over 150 professors visited in 16 Countries of North America and Europe: USA, Canada, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Greece, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

Designed an intensive Sanskrit course for sadhus

Worked as a part of a team to create a course for Sadhus to learn written and conversational Sanskrit

2001

Memberships

Chief Editor of the Journal of BAPS Swaminarayan Research Institute

Member of Editorial Board of the Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research

2019 – 2022

Member of Project committee, Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthan

Ujjain – established and governed by Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India.

2011 – 2014

Head of BAPS Swaminarayan Research Institute Swaminarayan Akshardham

New Delhi

2010 – Present

Professorship of Akshardham-center for Applied Research in Social Harmony (AARSH)

Gandhinagar, Gujarat

2009 – Present

Languages

  • Proficient in Sanskrit, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi

  • Conversational in English

Other Interests & Achievements

  • ‘Tabla Visharad’ – Tutored by Ustad Allaha Rakhaa, Mumbai.

  • Music – Tabla, Violin, Keyboard, Flute

  • Writing Sanskrit plays

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