Lala Lajpat Rai

Born 1937, Dr. T.R. Sharma retired as a reader in Sanskrit from SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, after teaching for 41 years. He was actively associated with PG teaching as well as research activities of the department of Sanskrit and Buddhist Studies. More than a dozen of scholars have obtained Ph.D. under his supervision. He has visited a number of countries to present research papers in international conferences. He was a visiting professor in National Taiwan University. Taipei in 1993-94, teaching Indian Culture and civilization, Upanisads and Buddhist philosophy. he has ten books concerning Buddhism and Indology in general to his credit, two of which have been awarded by the Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan and Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan. he has also been honoured by the Sanskrit Academy, Delhi for his contribution to Sanskrit studies.