Friday, September 21, 2007

About The Author -- Professor S.P. Singh


Professor S.P. Singh
Professor Satya Prakash Singh is renowned Vedic scholar. He is a Ph.D. of the Banaras Hindu University and D.Litt. of the Aligarh Muslim University. A former Chairman of the Department of Sanskrit and Dean, Faculty of Arts, Aligarh Muslim University, he is presently working as an Editorial Fellow in the Centre for Studies in Civilisations, New Delhi. He has also been Director of Dharam Hindu International Centre of Indic Research in Delhi and Director of Vedic Research Centre in New Delhi. He is the recipient of a number of prestigious awards including Ganganath Jha Award of the Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy, Rajaji Literary Award of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Swami Pranavananda Best Book of the Year Award in Psychology, Banabhatta Puraskara of Sanskrit Academy, Uttar Pradesh, besides President of India’s Award of Scholar of Eminence. His publications include: 1. Sri Aurobindo and Whitehead on the Nature of God, 2. Sri Aurobindo, Jung and Vedic Yoga, 3. Upanisadic Symbolism, 4. Vedic Symbolism, 5. Life and Vision of Vedic Seers Vol. I. Visvamitra, Vol. II. DÄ«rghatamas, 6. Vedic Vision of Consciousness and Reality. He also contributed numerous research and scholarly papers on the Veda, Yoga, Indian Philosophy and Psychology.

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