Prof. Bimalendra Kumar (विमलेन्द्र कुमार), is an Indian researcher, writer, author of publications, and ICCR Chair of Lumbini Buddhist University. He is also a professor in the department of Buddhist Studies
Education
Kumar did his M.A. in Buddhist Studies from
Delhi University in 1985; he also got his M.Phil. from Delhi University in 1987. In 1990, Kumar completed his Ph.D. from
Delhi University, Delhi. Kumar completed his M.A. in Pali from Magadh University, Bodhgaya, Gaya, in 1991.
Career
He has been teaching since then for 30 years at various universities, such as
Delhi University, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan (W.B.), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U.P.). Currently, he is working as a professor and head of the Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U.P.). He has six years of research experience during his doctoral and post-doctoral education. His areas of interest are
Pali,
Theravada, Buddhist Philosophy (Abhidhamma Philosophy), and
Tibetan Buddhism. He has been deputed as the first ICCR Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Chair of
Buddhist studies at Lumbini Buddhist University, Lumbini, Nepal, for a year starting from September 1, 2023, under the MoU of ICCR and LBU, Lumbini, Nepal, signed in the presence of Hon. Prime Minister of India
Narendra Modi and Hon. Prime Minister of Nepal Shri Sher Bahadur Deuba in May 2022. He has also served as a member of various expert committees constituted by the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, the National Testing Agency (NTA), the Government of India,
New Delhi, etc.
Academic awards
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'Visesa Puruskara by His Excellency Governor of Uttar Pradesh Award' by 'Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan' in 2017.
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'Vidvat Bhushan’ Samman for the contribution to Buddhist Philosophy Award' by 'Akhil Bharatiya Vidvat Parishad, Varanasi' in 2022.
