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
Padma Shri India

Radhika Herzberger, is an Indian writer, educationist and scholar in Sanskrit and Indology.[1] 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.[2]

Biography

We have to create culture. I think it's the way society is. It's a social force, it's a historical force that is very difficult to stem says Radhika Herzberger.[3]

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,[4] she joined Rishi Valley Education Centre,[5] an educational institution founded by Jiddu Krishnamurthy, in 1982, as an instructor in History.[4] Over the years, she rose in ranks to become the Director of the institution.[1][4][6]

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.[7]

She has also published many articles in journals of repute such as the Indian Journal of Philosophy.[8][9][10]

Radhika, a 2013 recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri,[2] is married to Hans G. Herzberger, a known writer.[11][12] and lives in Chittoor, in Andhra Pradesh, attending to her duties as the Director of Rishi Valley Education Centre.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Good News". Good News. 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Padma 2013". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 25 January 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  3. ↑ "India Today interview". India Today. 31 May 1995. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Rishi valley profile". Rishi valley. 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Rishi Valley Education Centre". Rishi Valley Education Centre. 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  6. ↑ "TOI". TOI. August 30, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Radhika Herzberger and A Kumaraswamy (2014). "Independent Schools as Resource Centres". India Seminar. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  9. ↑ Radhika Herzberger (January 1990). "Living lightly on earth". India Seminar. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  10. ↑ Hans G. Herzberger, Radhika Herzberger (1981). "Bhartrhari's paradox". Indian Journal of Philosophy 9 (1): 1–17.
  11. ↑ "Zoom Info cache". Zoom Info. 13 September 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  12. ↑ Genealogy entry at goudsmit.home.xs4all.nl

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