India: Caste, Culture and Traditions

Dr. B.B. Kumar 9b. 1941), an educationist linguist and social activist, has authored 136 books and more than 100 papers. His latest books include ‘Trends of British annexation of Northest India’, ‘Higher Education in Northeast India’, ‘Tribal Societies of India’ and ‘Caste in India’. His publications include lexicons of 64 languages and grammars of dozens of tribal languages. He remained associated with a large number of academic bodies and learned societies from time to time. Currently, he is editing the quarterly journal ‘Dialogue’.

Prof. Lokesh Chandra is a renowned scholar of Tibetan, Mongolian and Sino-Japanese Buddhism. He has to his credit over 400 works and text editions. Among them are classics like his Tibetan-Sanskrit Dictionary, Materials for a History of Tibetan Literature, Buddhist Iconography of Tibet, and the present Dictionary of Buddhist Art in about 20 volumes. Prof. Lokesh Chandra was nominated by the President of the Republic of India to the Parliament in 1974-80 and again in 1980-86. He has been a Vice-President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, and Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research. Presently he is Director, International Academy of Indian Culture.