Das, Shaunaka Rishi, 1961-
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Name (Latin)
Das, Shaunaka Rishi, 1961-
Other forms of name
Rishi Das, Shaunaka, 1961-
Kiernan, Timothy, 1961-
Date of birth
1961-02-18
Field of activity
Hinduism
Associate group
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies (1997)
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q4521040
Sources of Information
- Hindu-Muslim relations, 2017:title page (Shaunaka Rishi Das, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies)
- Shaunaka Rishi Das (born 18 February 1961 as Timothy Kiernan) is the Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies (OCHS), a position he has held since the Centre's foundation in 1997. He is a Hindu cleric, a lecturer, a broadcaster, and Hindu Chaplain to Oxford University. His interests include education, comparative theology, communication, and leadership. He is a member of The Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life, convened in 2013 by the Woolf Institute, Cambridge. In 2013 the Indian government appointed him to sit on the International Advisory Council of the Auroville Foundation ( (Wikipedia, March 30, 2017:) )