Animesh Prakash

Animesh Prakash is doctorate in Pāli from BHU, Varanasi. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor (stage II) in Pāli at the CIHTS, Sarnath. Besides teaching, he is engaged in working on the Transmission of Theravāda discourses in Tibetan Canon. Previously, he was serving as an Assistant Professor in Pāli at Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai. His research focuses on “the Application of Vipassanā in He has also been trained in Classical Tibetan language at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute, Kathmandu University, Nepal and at the University of Hong Kong. He has published a book titled as “Taming the Serpent King Nandopananda in Pāli and Tibetan Canon” in 2021. He also gained experience in the field of Pāli Exegetical Literature at Shan State Buddhist University, Myanmar as a Post-Doctoral Fellow.
Presently, working on “Recollection of the Buddha: a Study of Pāli Tradition along with the Tibetan Commentaries" under IIAS Associateship Programme at IIAS, Shimla.