International Academic Advisory Board

The Bhaktivedanta Research Center has the privilege of the support and guidance of reputed scholars in worldwide academia in the areas of philosophy, humanities, history and other social sciences.
The Academic Advisory Board (AAB) provides guidance to the Board of Management, Research Projects and the Director, about the course content and in the delivery of all the academic and research programs at BRC. The AAB also provides advice related to faculty sourcing, evaluation and retention.
The suggested names of members for the academic advisory board mentioned below are subject to approval of concerned authorities.

Ferdinando Sardella

Dr. Ferdinando Sardella (Chair)

Associate Professor
Department of Ethnology, History of Religion and Gender Studies
Stockholm University
Frescativagen llE, 114 19 Stockholm, Sweden
ferdinado.sardella@rel.su.se
sardella.brc@gmail.com

Mans Broo

Dr. MÅns Broo

Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts, Psychology and Theology
Åbo Akademi, Finland
mans.broo@abo.if

Dr. Christopher Chapple

Dr. Christopher Chapple

Professor & Director
Indic and Comparative Theology and Master of Arts in Yoga Studies
Loyola Marymount University
Dr, Los Angeles, CS 90045, USA
cchapple@lmu.edu

Dr. Gopal Gupta

Dr. Gopal Gupta

Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
University of Evansville
1800 Lincoln Ave, Evansille, IN 47722, USA
gg91@evansville.edu

Dr. Ravi Gupta

Dr. Ravi Gupta

Associate Professor
Charles Redd Chair of Religious Studies
Department of History
Utah State University
710 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322, USA
ravi.gupta@usu.edu

Dr. David Habermana

Dr. David Habermana

Professor
Department of Religious Studies
Indiana University
107 S Indiana Ave, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
dhaberma@indiana.edu

Dr. Kiyokazu Okita

Dr. Kiyokazu Okita

Associate Professor
Literature, Philosophy and Religion
Sophia University
7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan
k-okita@sophia.ac.jp

Dr. Graham Schweig

Dr. Graham Schweig

Professor
Christopher Newport University, Virginia
Distinguished Teaching & Research Faculty
Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, USA
gschweig@cnu.edu

Dr. Rita Sherma

Dr. Rita Sherma

Professor & Director
Center for Dharma Studies
Graduate Theological Union
2465 Le Conte Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
rsherma@gtu.edu

Dr. Kenneth Valpey

Research Fellow
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
University of Oxford
Magdalen Street, Oxford OX13AE, UK
kvalpey@gmail.com

Dr. Lucian Wong

Dr. Lucian Wong

Post-Doctoral Fellow
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
University of Oxford
Magdalen Street, Oxford OX13AE, UK
lucian@ochs.org.uk

Dr. Amiya Sen

Dr. Amiya Sen

Retired Professor
Department of History
Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi

Dr. Santanu Dey

Dr. Santanu Dey

Associate Professor
Department of History
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math
G.T. Road, PO Belurmath
Howrah, WestBengal-711202
santanudeys@gmail.com 

Dr. Himani Chaukar

Dr. Himani Chaukar

Head
Department of Philosophy and Psychology,
Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai

Dr. Abhishek Bose

Dr. Abhishek Bose

Former Head, Assistant Professor
Department of Comparative Indian Language and Literature
Calcutta University
87/1, College Street, Kolkata 700073
abhishekb.post@gmail.com

Shakuntala Gawde

Dr. Shakuntala Gawde

Head,
Department of Sanskrit
University of Mumbai

 


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