Dr. Ramakrishna Pejathaya, Associate Professor and Director,
Dr. Ramakrishna Pejathaya has a doctorate from the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha (RSVP), Tirupati, for his research on the medieval text on astronomy ‘Siddhāntaśekhara’ of Shripathi and its influence on later astronomers. He has been actively involved in teaching Jyotisha, Sanskrit literature and poetics since 2007. Ramakrishna holds the Vidvat degree in Triskandha Jyotisha which he studied traditionally along with Sahitya and Siddhanta Kaumudi at SMSP Sanskrit College, Udupi. He has several research papers and books to his credit. He has also produced study material for the texts Jātakālaṅkāra, Janmapatradīpakam and Bhāskarīya Bījagaṇitam. He was a co-investigator for the encyclopaedia project Jyotiṣaviśvakoṣaḥ undertaken by SMSP Sanskrit Research Centre, Udupi.
Currently, he serves as Principal Investigator in the research project ‘Idiomatic expressions from classical Sanskrit plays’. He is on the editorial board of the research journal Prācī Prajñā.
Dr. Ramakrishna is one of few practitioners of the art of Avadhānam in Sanskrit and classical Kannada. He has performed more than 20 Aṣṭāvadhāna-s till date in different parts of country such as Udupi, Sringeri, Bengaluru, Ernakulam, Calicut, Tirupati, Somnath and Varanasi. He is a well-respected contemporary Sanskrit poet as well. His poems have been well received at national-level poets’ meets and poetic periodicals. His articles and public lectures on the various aspects of Sanskrit literature have been shared on different platforms.
At CVV he teaches courses in Sanskrit literature, poetics, Itihasas, Arthashastra and Jyotisha.
Education
- Ph.D. in Siddhāntaśekhara of Shripathi and its influence on later astronomers, Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati
- Vidvaduttama in Triskhanda Jyotisha, SMSP Sanskrit College, Udupi
- Acharya in Phalita – Jyotisha, Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati
Professional Experience (Research/Teaching)
- Associate Professor at CVV from April 2020 to till date
- Assistant Professor, School of EGCS, CVV (from February 2017 to March 2020)
- Assistant Professor (CP), Department of Jyotisha, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (from July 2010 to January 2017)
- Lecturer, S.M.S.P. Sanskrit College, Udupi (from June 2007 to May 2010)
Interests
- Research: Jyotisha |Sanskrit language and literature | Arthashastra | Itihasa-s
- Teaching: Jyotisha |Sanskrit language and literature | Arthashastra | Itihasa-s