Leadership Team

Leadership Team
Indic Dharma Academy

Board of Advisors

**Prof (Dr) Kapil Kapoor**
*(Former Chairperson, Indian Institute of Advanced Study. Shimla).*

**Prof (Dr) Shashi Prabha Kumar**
*(Chairperson, Governing Body, Indian Institute of Advanced Study)*

**Prof (Dr) Baidyanath Labh,**
*(Vice-Chancellor, Central Institute of Buddhist Studies)*

**Prof (Dr) Shrinivasa Varakhedi** *(Vice Chancellor, Central Sanskrit University, Delhi)*

**Prof (Dr) Neerja Gutpa**
*(Vice Chancellor, Gujarat University)*

**Prof (Dr) Yajneshwar S. Shastri** *(Former Vice Chancellor, Sanchi University of Buddhist- Indic Studies)*

**Prof (Dr) C.B. Sharma**
*(Director, School of Education, IGNOU)*

**Prof (Dr) Balram Singh**
*(Director, Institute of Advanced Sciences, Massachusetts, USA)*

**Mr Nilesh Oak**
*(Author, Tex-X Speaker, Adjunct Faculty, Institute of Advanced Sciences, Massachusetts)*

**Rev. Prof (Dr). Fr. Francis X Clooney, SJ**
*(Professor of Comparative Theology, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University)*

**Rabbi Bernard Mehlman**
*(Senior Scholar, Temple Israel of Boston)*

Chairperson

Prof (Dr). J. S. Rajput
Former Director of the National Council for Educational Research & Training (NCERT) and the founder chairman, National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)

Senior Vice-Chairperson & Vice Chairpersons

**Prof (Dr) Rajasekharan Nayar**
*(Principal, Anandapuri Medical Institute, Trivandrum). Former Professor, Centre for Social medicine & Public Health, JNU.*

**Prof (Dr) Pankaj Jain** *(Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Flame University, Pune*).

**Prof (Dr) Balaganapathy** *(Professor of Philosophy, Delhi University)*.

Executive Team

Director, Executive Director & Joint Director

**Prof (Dr) Gopinath Pillai** *(Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Former Senior Fellow, ICPR, Senior Fellow, Santhigiri Social Research Institute)*

**Prof (Dr) Sebastian Velassery,**
*(UGC Emeritus Professor, Former Professor of Philosophy, Panjab University*).

**Prof (Dr) Lakmikanta Padhi** (Former Head of Department, Department of Philosophy, University of North Bengal, Siliguri).
Former Associate at IIAS, Shimla.

Assistant Fellows and Research Associates

Mr. Vjay Paul (Assistant Fellow)
Dr. Nitish Anand (Research Associate)
Ms. Dhiksha Singh Sihag (Research Associate)