Radhika Herzberger

Radhika Herzberger
Born 1938
Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation Educationist and writer
Spouse(s) Hans Herzberger
Parent(s) Manmohan Jayakar
Pupul Jayakar
Awards Padma Shri
Website Official web site

Radhika Herzberger (néeJayakar, b. 1938) is an Indian writer, educationist and scholar in Sanskrit and Indology.[1] She lives in Chittoor, in Andhra Pradesh, and serves as the Director of Rishi Valley Education Centre, an educational institution founded by Jiddu Krishnamurthy in 1982.

Biography

Radhika Jayakar was born in Uttar Pradesh, to Manohar Jayakar and Pupul Jayakar, renowned cultural activist and biographer of Jiddu Krishnamurthy and Indira Gandhi, in 1938. After obtaining a doctorate from the University of Toronto,[2] she joined Rishi Valley Education Centre[3] as an instructor in History.[2]

She later became the Director of the institution.[1][2][4]

Publications

Radhika Herzberger has published a book, An Essay in the Development of Fifth and Sixth Century Indian Thought, as a part of Indian Classical Studies.[5]

She has also published many articles in journals of repute such as the Indian Journal of Philosophy.[6][7][8]

Awards

The Government of India honoured her, in 2013, by awarding her the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for her contributions to the fields of literature and education.[9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Good News". Good News. 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Rishi valley profile". Rishi valley. 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Rishi Valley Education Centre". Rishi Valley Education Centre. 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  4. ↑ "TOI". TOI. August 30, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  5. ↑ Radhika Herzberger (30 April 1986). "Bhartrhari and the Buddhists: An Essay in the Development of Fifth and Sixth Century Indian Thought (Studies of Classical India)". Springer. p. 284. ISBN 978-9027722508. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  6. ↑ Radhika Herzberger and A Kumaraswamy (2014). "Independent Schools as Resource Centres". India Seminar. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  7. ↑ Radhika Herzberger (January 1990). "Living lightly on earth". India Seminar. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  8. ↑ Hans G. Herzberger, Radhika Herzberger (1981). "Bhartrhari's paradox". Indian Journal of Philosophy 9 (1): 1–17.
  9. ↑ "Padma 2013". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 25 January 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2014.

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