Prof. C. Upender Rao
Prof.
Dr. C. Upender Rao, is now working as a Professor of
Sanskrit and Pali in School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies, at Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi. He was Chairperson of Centre for Sanskrit Studies at J N
U. He was Visiting Professor on ICCR chair in Cambodia and was teaching in
Buddhist University in Phnom Penh.
He
completed Master of Arts and Master of Philosophy in Sanskrit and Master of
arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Pali and Buddhist Studies. He had also
completed the Bachelor of Education and Elementary and Advanced Certificate
Course in Prakrit Language and Literature. He is holding Ph. D. from Department
of Sanskrit of Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Prof.
Rao has edited and authored 20 books. At present he is working on various Indological
issues in south East Asia, mainly on Cambodia. He recently presented his paper
in Vietnam on Indian Culture in Sanskrit inscriptions of Cambodia. His recent (August, 2018) presentation on
‘Akshara purushottama philosophy’ in WAVES conference held in Dallas, USA was
applauded by many scholars.
Prof.
Rao has organized national and international conferences. In 2014 he organized
a National Conference on ‘Pali and Indian Culture’. He has extensively written
and published books in Sanskrit, Hindi, Telugu and English languages. He received number of awards and certificates
of honors from various institutions in India and abroad. He received the
Kādambarī award from Akhila Bharateeya Vidvat Parishad, Kashi for
his Sanskrit composition Vāngmaya
Vallarī. He also received ‘Delhi
Gaurav’ award, from Parvateeya Vikasa Samiti, Delhi, received the certificate of Appreciation from Rayal University of Phnom
Penh, Cambodia, Received the “Certificate for Dr. S.
Radhakrishnan education excellence award” from Indian institute of oriental
heritage, Kolkata in 2018 in New Delhi and He received three Gold medals from
Osmania University and Banaras Hindu University for his outstanding ranks in
education. He received ‘Vidya Sagar’
award from Institute of Oriental studies, Kolkata in 2015 and 2016. He
published several articles and research papers.
Prof.
Rao has specialized in Sanskrit and Pali. His research interests include
Sanskrit literature and poetics, Early Buddhist literature and philosophy. He
has an expertise in Teaching of Spoken Sanskrit language. Prof. Rao held
various administrative positions. He was a General Fellow in I. C. P. R. He was a Research Associate in I.U.C.
situated at “Indian Institute of Advanced Study” Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. He
is the member in Academic council in Rashtriya Sanskrit Sasnsthan, New Delhi,
Banaras Hindu University and Osmania University and member of research experts
committee in Lal bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapitha, New Delhi and
other committees in India.
He was a visiting professor in National University of Keiv
Mohyla Academy, at Keiv in Ukrain, and L.
N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan and taught Sanskrit language and Buddhist
philosophy in these places. In the month of April, 2018 he delivered various
speeches in Lithuania including his main speech in the annex of Lithuanian
parliament. He taught Sanskrit in the month of June, 2018 in Hue Quang
monastery of Hociminh city in Vietnam.
He was a member of translation group under Khyentse
Foundation’s ‘Buddhist Literary heritage Project’, USA and translated the Buddhist Mahāyāna sūtra from Sanskrit into English. I. C. P. R. New Delhi had granted a translation projects
to him. Prof. C. Upender Rao has completed the U.G.C. Majour research project
entitled Pali Śabda-kalpataruh (A concise Dictionary of Pali to Odia and
Telugu languages). Recently his two small Sanskrit poems were translated into
foreign languages.
