Dr. Vishwanath M V

Dr. Vishwanath M V currently serves as a Guest Lecturer in the department of Alankara Shastra, Government Maharaja Sanskrit College, Mysuru. He is also serving as an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Heritage Sciences at IIT-Hyderabad. His thesis titled Śrīmadvālmīkirāmāyaṇe Saṃvādavimarśaḥ was awarded with a PhD from BHU, Varanasi. He has three master’s degree in Sanskrit, Alaṅkāraśāstra and Phalita Jyautiṣam. His research areas include Sanskrit literature, Rāmāyaṇa, Sāmkhya Philosophy, Arthaśāstram, Nimitta, Śakuna and Phalita Jyautiṣam.

He is currently the Principal Investigator of a research project titled Demarcation of Rāmakathā through Samvāda funded by IKS division of Ministry of Education, Government of India.

He has published four research papers in referred journals. He has also contributed four chapters in the Kannada translation of Mānasollāsa published by Karnataka Sanskrit University, Bangalore. He has presented research papers in many seminars and conferences. He has also delivered several talks on Sāṃkhya, Jyautiṣam and Bhagavadgītā. Series of talks on Kumārasambhavam and Śiśupālavadham in Sanskrit, Kuvalayānanda and Śrimadbhāgavatam in Kannada, Rasagaṅgādhara in Hindi are being made available on YouTube channel Guruguhalahari.

Dr. Keshav Melnad

Dr. Keshav Melnad is an experienced researcher specializing in History of Indian Astronomy and Mathematics, with a focus on uncovering the significant contributions of Indian astronomers and mathematicians in the 17th century. Postdoctoral Fellow in the ”History of Mathematics in India (HoMI)” project at IIT Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science, complemented by studies in Sanskrit Literature in gurukulas. Pursued Ph.D. program at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, incorporating interdisciplinary applications of the aforementioned subjects.