Curriculum Vitae Swami Japasiddhananda GENERAL INFORMATION Name: Swami Japasiddhananda Designation: Head of the Department (since 2015 May) Date of joining the present institution: 26 Dec 2013 Area of Specialization: Paninian grammar, Advaita Vedanta Mobile:+919433979749 Email: swamijapasiddhananda@gmail.com swamijapasiddhananda@rkmvu.ac.in Postal Address: Swami Japasiddhananda Head, Department of Sanskrit Studies, School Of Indian Heritage, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI), PO Belur Math, Dist Howrah 711202 West Bengal, India Phone: (033) 26549999 Permanent Address: Swami Japasiddhananda Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, PO Belur Math, Dist. Howrah 711202, West Bengal, India Phone: (033) 26545700 ACADEMIC PROFILE Course Board/University Year of passing Secondary Pre University Exmination Sahitya B.A. M.A. Ph.D in Sanskrit Grammar Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board, Karnataka Government of Karnataka, Education Department Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board, Karnataka Karnataka State Open University, Mysore Karnataka State Open University, Mysore Ongoing At Visva Bharati, Shantiniketan, Birbhum, West Bengal Subjects 1992 First Language Sanskrit, Second Language English, Third Language Kannada, Core Subjects: Mathermatics, Science, Social Studies 1994 Sanskrit. English, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Electronics 1995 Padya, Gadya, Camp ū Nāṭaka, Nāṭakalakṣaṇa, Alaṅkāra, Vyākaraṇa Tarka 2000 English, Philosophy, History, Sanskrit 2012 Padya, Gadya, Nāṭaka, Alaṅkāra, Vyākaraṇa, Tarka, Bhāratīyatattvaśāstra, Veda, Upaniṣad, Gīt ā Vaidika śāstretihāsa, Arthaśāstra, Smṛti, Bhāṣāśāstra Since Title of the proposed doctoral thesis: (probable vākyapadīyokt ā jñānamātrasya year of śabdānugatat ā ek ā samīkṣā completion 2020) 1/6 24 March
TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2011 June 2013 Oct Teaching assistant and assistant hostel superintendent, Ramakrishna Math Vivekananda Veda Vidyalaya, Belur Math. (Subjects taught: Vyakarana, Sahitya, Amarakosha, Ashtadhyayi and Communicative English) 2013 Dec 2015 May Assistant Professor, Department of Sanskrit Studies, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Belur Math (Has taught Vyakarana, Vedanta, Nyaya, Sahitya, and Rg vedic Suktas) 2015 May till date Head, Department of Sanskrit studies, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Belur Math, West Bengal since May 2015 PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS, ARTICLES, ETC. 1. Editor Samskriti Sudha, Sanskrit biannual journal, published by Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math 2. Books śrīdharaṭīk ā of Bhagavadgīt ā, translated to Kannada, published by Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, Mysore, Karnataka, 2010 Sl. Articles, Research Papers, etc. 1 Upaniṣattugalalli ādhyātmika sādhane 2 Śrīvivekānandadaśaka m (a poem) 3 Oṅkāra tattva mattu upāsane Published in Viveka Prabha (a Kannada monthly), Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, Mysore, ISSN The Vedanta Kesari, Sri Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore, Chennai, ISSN 0042 2983 Viveka Prabha (a Kannada monthly), Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, Mysore, ISSN 4 The Fiery Monk Abhih, Volume 32, Ramakrishna Mission Residential College(Autonomous), Narendrapur, 5 Śrīvivekagurvaṣṭakam (a poem) 6 Mārute ḥ Vākkauśalam 7 Vivekasvarāḍaṣṭakam (a poem) 8 Swami Vivekananda's Contribution to Hinduism The Vedanta Kesari, (an English Monthly) Sri Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore, Chennai, ISSN 0042 2983 Prajñāloka ḥ, Research Journal of Department of Sanskrit Studies, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Belur Math, ISSN:23205911 Prabuddha Bharata, (An English Monthly) Advaita Ashrama, PO Mayavati, Dist. Champawat, Uttarakhand ISSN 0032 6178 2012 Souvenir, Ramakrishna Mission Calcutta Student's Home, Belgharia, Year of Publication Jan Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2014 June 2014 2014 Jan 2014 2012 SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED Sl. Topic of the Seminar/ Workshop 1 State Level Seminar on Kāvyātma mīmāṃsā Organized by Duration Dates Organized by Department of Sanskrit, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math 2 days 13 14 Mar 2/6 24 March
2 National Workshop on Pramāṇa mīmāṃs ā (of Hemacandrācārya of 12 Century C.E.) th Sponsored by Indian Council of Philosophical Research and organized by Jain Vishva Bharati Institute, Ladnun, Rajasthan 341306 7 days 24 Feb to 3 Mar 3 International Textual Immersion Workshop on Haṭhayoga pradīpik ā (Focus on Prāṇāyāma) 4 Shastric Research Methodology 5 Manuscriptology and Palaeography (Basic Level) 6 Research Methodology for Indological Studies 7 Contribution of the Paniniyan School in the arena of Sanskrit Studies Research Department at Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, RK Nagar, Chennai 600028 Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University (Nagpur), Indic Academy (Hyderabad), and MIT School of Vedic Sciences (Pune) National Mission for Manuscripts, New Delhi in Collaboration with Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Vedavyas Campus, Balahar, Himachal Pradesh 2 days 16 and 17 February 4 days 20 23 Oct 21 days 25 Aug to 14 Sept The Royal Asiatic Society, 1 Week 19 26 Nov UGC sponsored National Level Seminar 2 days 17 18 Feb 2011 INVITED LECTURES ETC. Sl. Organizer Institution Place and Date Name of the event Name of the talk / paper presented 1. Sanskrit Sahitya Parishad, Raja Dinendra Street, Shyambazaar, 700004 23 March State Level Conference on Sanskrit Literature Talk given in Sanskrit on Vāṇīvilāsa ida ṃ jagat ( वव ण यव ववलव स इदद जग त) 2. Basanti Devi College, Ballygunge, 700029, 6 March Cheif Resource Person in the Special Lecture organized by the IQAC of the college Talk given in Bengali on Śrīmadbhagavadgītār dṛṣṭite karma o jñaner samuccay (শ র মদ ভগবদদ গ তত র দদষষ ট তত কমর ম ও জত তন র সমমচ চয়) 3 Jadavpur University, 700032 (Faculty of Arts, Dept of Sanskrit), 7 February Chief Guest in the Sanskrit Day Celebrations Sanskrit: saṃskṛtādhyayanasya prāsaṅgikatā (सस क ततधययनसय पतसङङङकतत) 4 Sri Sitaram Vaidic Adarsh Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, 700035 28 February Keynote Address in the National Seminar on Science and Rationality behind Guru-śiṣyaparamparā vis-a-vis Contemporary Crisis Sanskrit: ādhunika-vaijñānika-yuge guruśiṣyaparamparāyāḥ prāstāvikatā (आधधङनक वजतङनक यधङग ङधरङशषयपरमपरतयतय पतसततङवकतत) (Relevance of guruśiṣya 3/6 24 March
in Education System parampar ā in the modern scientific age) 5 Jadavpur University, 700032 (Faculty of Arts, Department of Sanskrit), 17 January Chair Person in the Inaugural Session of the National Seminar on Commentaries of Sanskrit Literature: Text, Context and Subtext English: The role of exegetical works in the enrichment of Sanskrit Literature 6 Rabindra Bharati University 20 January Cheif Guest in the Valedictory Session of the Ten-Day National Workshop in Editing Vedalakṣaṇa Texts ub Granthā Script Subject of the talk (Sanskrit): mūlagranthānāṃ sampādane bhāṣyāṇām adhyayanasya upayogitā" ( मलगनथतनतस समपतदनग भतषयतणत म अधययनसय उपययङङतत) (Importance of Studying Bhāṣya Texts in Editing Original Texts) 7 Gaudiya Mission, 700003 8 M.C.Kejriwal Vidyapeeth 9 Gaudiya Mission, 700003 Sri Gaudiya Math, 8 February Liluah, Howrah 25 March Sri Gaudiya Math, 16 February Guest Speaker in Academic Session organized as a part of 532 nd Birth Anniversary of Śrīśrīcaitanyamahāp rabhu Resource Person in the End of Term Orientation Workshop for Teachers Guest Speaker in Academic Session organized as a part of 531 st Birth Anniversary of Śrīśrīcaitanyamahāp rabhu Sanskrit: bhāratīyasaṃskṛtau sāhitye ca śrīcaitanyamahā-prabhoḥ avadānam ( भतरततयसस क तत सतङहतयग च शतचवतनयमहतपभयय अवदतन म) (Contribution of Śr ī Mahāprabhu in Manifestation of Indian Literature and Culture) English: Teachers the Pillars of Nation Sanskrit: vartamānaśikṣaṇapaddhatau samāje ca pariśuddhisaṃbhāvanā ( वतरमतनङशकणपदतत समतजग च पररशधङदससभतवनत) (Possibility of Pariśuddhi in Modern Society and Education) 10 Gaudiya Mission, 700003 Sri Gaudiya Math, February Guest Speaker in Academic Session organized as a part of 530 sth Birth Anniversary of Śrīśrīcaitanyamahāp rabhu Sanskrit: śrīcaitanyasya upadeśeṣu titikṣāguṇaḥ ( शतचवतनयसय उपदगशगषध ङतङतकतङधणय) (Tolerance in Śrī caitanya's Teachings) 4/6 24 March
11 Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, 700029 12 Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, 700029 12 March 2 January One-Day Seminar On Introduction to Sanskrit Literature' For Promotion Of Studies In Sanskrit Faculty Improvement Programme 4 Jan to 18 January Sanskrit: vedānteṣu oṅkāropāsanam (वगदतनतगषध ओङकतरयपतसन म) (Oṅkāra meditations in Upanishads) Sanskrit: ādarśaśikṣakasya guṇalakṣaṇāni (आदशरङशककसय ङधणलकणतङन) (Traits and features of an Ideal Teacher) SEMINARS ORGANIZED: 1. National Seminar on Vedanta (18 19 Aug 2015) in collaboration with Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Tirupati 2. National Seminar on Vedanta (1 to 3 March ) in collaboration with Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Tirupati 3. Regional Sanskrit Seminar in Collaboration with Samskrita Bharati (6 Mar ) 4. Two Day National Seminar on Asiddhatvam & Atideśa ḥ (24 25 Oct ) in collaboration with Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Tirupati 5. Three Day National Seminar on Sanskrit (in commemoration of the 150 th Birth Anniversary of Swami Abhedananda) (29 31 Jan ) WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED: 1. National Workshop in Translation into Sanskrit (2 Nov to 6 Nov 2015) in collaboration with Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Tirupati 2. Workshop in Manuscriptology (29 Mar to 13 April ) in collaboration with Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Tirupati 3. National Workshop in Manuscriptology (21 Nov to 6 Dec ) 4. Motivational Workshop for Sanskrit Teachers in collaboration with Samskrita Bharati (2 April ) 5. National Workshop in Navya Nyaya (16 to 19 August ) 6. National Workshop in Vyākaraṇa Mahābhāṣya of Patañjali (Samarthāhnikam) (5 to 12 Jan ) SPECIAL LECTURES ARRANGED 1. Extension Lectures: 3 rd Series on Navya Nyaya by Vidwan Sandeep Kumar Sharma (5 to 9 Jan ) 2. Special Lectures: 4 th Series (jagannāthasya rasasiddhānta ḥ ) by Vidwan Dr.Venkataramana Bhat (10 to 13 May ) 3. Special Lectures: 1 st Series on īśvarapratyabhijñā by Acharya Sri Bhaktiputra Rohtam (4 to 9 July ) 5/6 24 March
4. Special Lectures: 2 nd Series on Advaita Vedanta by Sri Ashwatthanarayana Avadhani (8 to 21 Aug ) 5. Special Lectures: 3 rd Series by Sri Hanumanth Rao from Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari (6 September ) 6. Extension Lectures: 1 st Series on Navya Nyaya by by Vidwan Sandeep Kumar Sharma (2 to 9 Jan ) 7. Special Lectures: 1 st Series by Prof.Lalita Chakraborty (5 6 July ) 8. Special Lectures: 1 st Series on Navya Nyaya by Vidwan Sandeep Kumar Sharma (25 June to 6 July ) 9. Special Lectures: 2 nd Series on Lipika Manuscriptorium by Prof.Arun Ranjan Mishra (8 9 Aug ) 10. Special Lectures: 3 rd Series on An Introduction to Piṅgalācārya's Chandaḥsūtra by Prof. Ramasubramanian, IIT Bombay (28 29 Sept ) 11. Special Lectures 4 th Series by Prof. Kannan K.S. Bangalore, (22 23 Nov ) 12. Special Lectures : 5 th Series on samartha ḥ padavidhiḥ by Dr.Ganeshwar Nath Jha (24 to 30 Nov ) 13. Special Lectures: 6 th Series on Bauddhārthaprakaraṇam of Vaiyākaraṇasiddhānta laghumañj ūṣā of Nāgeśabhaṭṭa Dr.Ch.K.Padmanabham, Sringeri (6 to 12 Jan ) 14. Special Lectures: 7 th Series on topics of contemporary relevance in Sanskrit Studies and Research by Prof. Nagaraj Paturi, Hyderabad (17 to 22 Jan ) 15. Special Lectures: 8 th Series on Lakāraparijñānam and Saṅkhyāsaṅkhyānam PERSONAL INFORMATION Name : Swami Japasiddhananda Date of Birth : 20 August 1976 Aadhaar Number : 5174 9773 3374 Pre-monastic Name : Somashekar B.K Name of Father : Krishna Murthi J Name of Mother : Annapurna J.K. Gender : Male Languages known : Kannada, Bengali, Sanskrit, Hindi, English Religion : Hindu I hereby declare that the information given above is true to the best of my knowledge. Place: Belur Math Date: 24 March Swami Japasiddhananda 6/6 24 March