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UMass Dartmouth

(World Association for Vedic Studies)


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PRESIDENT :

  • BhuDev Sharma, Professor
    Clark Atlanta University, CAU Box 764
    223, James P. Brawley Dr
    SW, ATLANTA, GA-30314, USA
    (Residence: 2495 D Briarcliff Road, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA)
      404-248-9494 (H)
             404-880-6912 (O)
    Fax :  404-880-6909
    Email : bsharma@cau.edu , sharmawaves@yahoo.co.in


VICE PRESIDENTS :

  • Frederick M. Asher, Professor
    Dept. of Art History, Uni. of Minnesota
    Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
        612-624-4500
    Email : asher@umn.edu
  • George Cardona, Professor
    Dept. of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
        215-898-7849
    Email : cardonagj@earthlink.net
  • K.L. Seshagiri Rao, Professor
    Uni. of South Carolina
    Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopedia of Hinduism
    Columbia, SC 29208, US
        803-781-9438
    Email : srao@eh.sc.edu
     
  • Kapila Vatsyayan (Dr.), Former President,
    India International Center, 85 SFS Flats, Gulmohar Enclave,
    N. Delhi 110049, India
        91-11-26863657
    Email : vatsyayan@vsnl.net



GENERAL SECRETARY :

  • Amitabh Sharma, President
    Asterix Consulting, Inc. & Aspire International
    LLC, 2251 Spencers Way
    Stone Mountain, GA 30087, USA
        770-270-1757
    Email : aaam@bellsouth.net



SECRETARIES :

  • Farley Richmond, Professor & Head
    Dept. of Drama & Theatre, Uni. of Georgia
    Athens, GA-30602
        (706)542-2890
    Email : richmond@arches.uga.edu
     
  • Hope Fitz, Professor of Philosophy
    Eastern Connecticut State University
    Willimantic, CT 06226, USA
        860-465-4604
    Email : fitzh@easternct.edu
     
  • Vasudha Narayanan, Professor
    Department of Religion
    University of Florida, Gainesville
    FL 32611, USA
        352-392-1625
    Email : vasu@ufl.edu
     
  • Rajeshwari Pandharipande
    Head, Department of Religious Studies
    Professor of Linguistics, Uni. of Illinois
    Urbana Champaign, IL 61801
        217-333-0946
    Email : raj-pan@uiuc.edu
     

JOINT SECRETARIES :

  • S. N. Balgangadhara, Professor
    University of Ghent, Belgium
    Email : balu@rug.ac.be
     
  • Thomas Forsthoefel
    Dept of Religious Studies
    Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA 16546, USA
        814-824-2353
    Email
    : tforsthoefel@mercyhurst.edu
     
  • June McDaniel, Professor
    Dept. of Phil. & Religion
    College of Charleston, Charleston
    SC 29424, USA
       843-953-5956
    Email : mcdanielj@cofc.edu
  • Bal Ram Singh
    Professor & Director, Indic Center
    Uni. of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
    MA 02747, USA
          508-999-8588
    Email
    : bsingh@umassd.edu



PUPLIC RELATION OFFICER :

  • Rita D. Sherma, (Dr.)
    Chair, Council for Hindu Studies
    School of Religion
    Claremont Graduate University
    Claremont, CA 91711
        607-797-1940
    Email : rsherma@earthlink.net



TREASURER

  • Dhirendra A. Shah
    780 Ullswater Cove, Alphretta
    GA 30022, USA
        770-664-8779
    Fax:    770-664-8780
    Email : siaram@aol.com



DEPUTY TREASURER:

  • Nitin Dixit
    Sr. Consultant, Peoplesoft, Inc.
    3777 Peachtree Rd. NE, #1732
    Atlanta, GA-30319, USA
       678-923-6251
    Email : dj_nitin@hotmail.com



COUNCIL MEMBERS:

  • Arindam Chakrabarti, Professor, Dept. of Philosophy University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822
        808-956-7990
    Email
    : arindam@hawaii.edu

     
  • S. Cromwell Crawford, Professor & Chair
    Dept. of Religion, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu
    HI 96822, USA
         808-956-4200
    Email : scrawfor@hawaii.edu
     
  • Rahul Peter Das, Professor & Director
    Instit¸t f¸r Indologie, Martin-Luther-Universit”t
    Halle-Wittenberg 06099, Halle, Germany
        49-4106-4443
    Email : das.rp@t-online.de
     
  • Surendra N. Dwivedi, Chair Professor
    Dept of Mechanical Engineering
    LSU Lafayette, LA 70504, USA
        318-262-5472
    Email : dwivedi@louisiana.edu
     
  • Robert P. Goldman, Professor of Sanskrit
    Department of South & Southeast Asian Studies
    University of California
    Berkeley, CA 94720-2540
        510-642-4089
    Email : sseas@socrates.berkeley.edu
     
  • Hans Henrich Hock, Professor of Sanskrit
    Dept. of Linguistics, University of Illinois
    Urbana, IL 61801, USA
        217-333-0357
    Email : hhhock@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
     
  • Huang Xingchuan, Professor of Philosophy
    Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
    Beijing, China
     
  • S.S. Rama Rao Pappu, Professor of Philosophy
    Uni. Miami, Ohio 45056
        513-529-2439
    Email : pappuss@muohio.edu
     
  • Chhaya Rai, Dean and Professor of Philosophy
    Rani Durgawati University
    Jabalpur, India
        91-761-2316831
    Email : rai_chhaya@yahoo.com
     
  • Anantanand Rambachan, Professor of Religion
    St. Olaf College, Northfield
    MN 55057, USA
        952-432-7875
    Email : rambacha@stolaf.edu
     
  • Vaman Rao, Distinguished Professor of Economics
    Western Illinois Uni., Macomb
    IL 61455, USA
        309-298-1321
    Email
    : v-rao@wiu.edu
     
  • Francis X. Clooney, Professor
    Department of Theology, Boston College
    Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
        617-552-3883
    Email : clooney@bc.edu


 

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