Shrinivasa Varakhedi is an Indian
Sanskrit scholar, academic and
education administrator who is currently serving as the Vice Chancellor of
Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi. Formerly, he also served as VC of
Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University
Kavikulguru Kalidas Sanskrit University (KKSU) is an institution dedicated to the advanced learning of Sanskrit, which is considered one of the oldest languages on earth.
History
The university is in Ramtek
Ramtek is a city and municipal ...
and as Acting VC of
Karnataka Samskrit University, Bangalore and
Gondwana University, Gadchiroli. Varakhedi has been awarded the
Maharshi Badarayan Vyas Samman by the
President of India for contributions in interdisciplinary research.
Career
After taking a post-graduate Vidwaduttama degree in
Navya Nyaya Navya (नव्या: youthful) may refer to :
* ''Navya'' (TV series), an Indian television drama
*Navya-Nyāya, view, system, or school of Indian logic and philosophy, founded in the 13th century
*Navya movement, a school of writing in Kannada ...
at the
Poornaprajna Vidyapeetha
Poornaprajna Vidyapeetha is a gurukula in Bangalore, that was founded by Vishwesha Teertha, Sri Vishwesha Teertha Swamiji of Pejawara Matha, Udupi in 1956. It is dedicated to the preservation and propagation of Indian philosophical texts.
His ...
in Bengaluru, which he passed with a 1st rank, he joined the
Language Technology Research Center, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, in 1998 as a researcher.
He went on to become an Assistant Professor of Navya Nyaya at Poornaprajna Vidyapeetham, and later on to teach
computational linguistics
Computational linguistics is an Interdisciplinarity, interdisciplinary field concerned with the computational modelling of natural language, as well as the study of appropriate computational approaches to linguistic questions. In general, comput ...
at the
Rashtriya Samskrit Vidyapeetha in Tirupati. He worked as Director in Sanskrit Academy, Osmania University, Hyderabad from Feb 2007 to 2011. Later he served as Director of Karnataka State Sanskrit Education till 2013. He was then appointed as Professor in the faculty of shashtras in Karnataka Samskrit University. He served as Dean, Director of PG studies and Research, Registrar in charge in the same university.
He did his PhD Vidyavaridhi at the
Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan in representing Navy Nyaya in modern technology schemes, under the guidance of Prof. Haridasa Bhat.
Research areas & publications
He has published in the areas of computational linguistics, Sanskrit literature, darshana shastra. Some of them are :
;English
*
The Path of Proofs - Pramanapaddhati of Sri Jayatirtha', 2011.
Honours & Distinctions
* Created the structure to the newly set up Directorate for Sanskrit Education in Karnataka State during 2010 - 2011
* Member of the committee for the Vision & Roadmap for the development of Sanskrit, Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Varakhedi, Shrinivasa
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Indian academic administrators
Indian Sanskrit scholars