From the beginning of history, religion and philosophy has been admittedly the most vital force in shaping the civilization at various developmental stages. Although many scholars have worked on the history of oriental religio-philosophical tradition, but no such complete and comprehensive work on this subject is available to us. Keeping this in mind, we are planning to publish this multi-volume Encyclopaedia of Oriental Philosophy and Religion in four phases successively in every year. The concentration will be on Hinduism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, Buddhism, Shintoism, Taoism, Confucianism, Islam, Sikhism and on other minor Oriental Religion and Philosophy. In the first phase 5 volumes on Hinduism and Judaism will be released this year. In the second phase another 5 volumes will be on Zoroastrianism, Jainism and Buddhism. Similarly in third phase few more volumes will be on Shintoism, Taoism, Confucianism and other South-East and East Asian religio-philosophical concepts. In last phase volumes will be on Islam, Sikhism and other minor Oriental Religion and Philosophy. The task which we have performed here is, no doubt, beset with difficulties but we shall consider our labour amply rewarded if this monumental work is found useful by scholars and readers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR A.P. Mishra
A.P. Mishra, a young and dynamic scholar of philosophy, is doing research in Patna University. Mr. Mishra has written many research papers which undoubtedly prove his efficiency and knowledge in the field of oriental studies.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR N K Singh
Dr. Naresh Kumar Singh received his Bachelor degree in Veterinary Sciences in 1998 and his undergraduate study was funded through the merit scholarship from Ministry of Defence, India. He accomplished his postgraduation on animal pain management in 2000 with ICAR-JRF from I.V.R.I., Izatnagar, India. Subsequently, he pursued his Ph.D. from I.V.R.I. (2001-2005) with I.C.A.R.-SRF, India. During Ph.D. his research focus was on cartilage repair with cultured chondrocytes/mesenchymal stem cells along various growth factors and his work was recongnised by national (ISVS-India) and International (ICRS, USA) Societies. Dr. Singh worked on stem cells transdifferentiation and proteomics during his postdoctoral research (PDF) at NLRI, Suwon (2005-2007) and his work was recognized and received excellent presentation award in the year 2006 at XIIth International Animal Science Congress (AAAP) held at Bexco, Busan , Republic of Korea. Dr Singh received Best Researcher Award for the year 2006-2007 from NLRI, South Korea. He has worked as Assistant Professor in the Division of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, SKUAST-J, Jammu, India for more than eight years (2001-2010). Dr. Singh has also been working in collaboration with various researchers around the globe on challenging issues pertaining to animal health. He has published four books, contributed three chapters, edited one book (in press) and published more than thirty five research papers in the national and international peer reviewed journals. Dr. Singh, is member of editorial boards of few international and national journals of repute. Dr. Singh is presently working as faculty in the Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Life Sciences, KNU, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.
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