Dr. Animesh Prakash

Dr. Animesh Prakash (Ph.D., BHU, 2013) has been working as an Assistant Professor in Pāli at the CIHTS, Sarnath since September 2018. Previously, he was serving as an Assistant Professor in Pāli at K. J. Somaiya Centre for Buddhist Studies, Mumbai (A recognised centre of the University of Mumbai). His research focuses on “the application of Vipassanā meditation in Psycho-therapy.” He has been trained in Classical Tibetan language at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute, Kathmandu University and at the University of Hong-Kong, HK. Currently, he is working on the Transmission of Theravāda discourses in Tibetan Canon.

His area of research interest can be summarised under the following heads applied to the Theravāda school of Buddhism.

• Mind and Mental Training in Early Buddhist Literature;
• Abhidhamma Philosophy;
• Pāli Language and Literature; and
• Dissemination of Theravāda Discourses in Tibet.