Rao, C.

PersonType	Category:Professors Category:Authors of English Works Category:Authors of Sanskrit Works
FirstName / namefirst	C.
LastName / namelast	Rao
namemiddle	Upender
MainNamePhon	C. Upender Rao
bio	Prof. Dr. C. Upender Rao is now working as a Professor in the School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies, at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is the senior most professor in the school at present. He was the Chairperson of Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies at J N U. He specialized in Sanskrit Language and literature and poetics, Pali and Early Buddhist literature. He recently taught Sanskrit for a month (June, 2018) in Hue Quang Buddhist monastery of Hochiminh city in Vietnam. Prof. Rao was a Visiting professor in Cambodia on ICCR chair, Govt. of India. He is holding Ph. D. (1996) from the dept. of Sanskrit, Osmania University, Hyderabad on “Philosophical Ideas in Dīghanikāya”. He passed M.A. in Sanskrit with distinction (Gold Medal) and M. A. in Pali first class (Gold Medal) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, did M. Phil (Sanskrit) on “Study of Simile in Shishupala-vadham” and B. Ed. He passed exams of Prakrit in All India Summer School‟ in Prākrit Language and Literature, Elementary Course 1992, Advanced Course, 1996, in Bhogilal Leherchand Institute of Indology, Delhi. He has edited and authored 22 books. At present he is working on some important Indic issues such as Sanskrit, Pali and Ramayana in Sanskrit inscriptions of south East Asia, mainly, Cambodia. He is member of Global encyclopedia of Ramayana of Ayodhya Research Institute, U. P. He recently presented his paper in Vietnam on “Indian Culture in Sanskrit inscriptions of Cambodia” and on „Akshara Philosophy‟ in Dallas, USA (August, 2018). He has extensively written and published research papers and books in Sanskrit, Pali, Hindi, Telugu and English languages. He received number of awards and certificates of honors from various institutions in India and abroad. (http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/curao/CV_Rao.pdf Source Accessed Apr 2, 2021])
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education	Ph.D. (Pali and Buddhist Studies), Osmania University, Hyderabad M.A. (Pali and Buddhist Studies), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi M.Phil. (Sanskrit), Osmania University, Hyderabad B.Ed. (Rastriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Tirupati campus) Vyakarana B.A. (Osmania University) Vyakarana
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