Bio
Dr. G. B. Harish is a rare scholar. Besides holding a doctoral degree in Kannada, he is well-versed in Sanskrit, Pali and English; and his expertise ranges from Kannada literature to Buddhist and Tantric literatures. His 15 published works include literary criticisms, biographies, books on Hindu culture, Kannada literature and culture interpreted from an Indian point of view, Indian nationalism, book reviews, books on tantra samparadya and translations from Sage Sri Aurobindo, scholar Prof.S.K.Ramachandra Rao and tapasvi Sri M.P. Pandit. He hods a Ph.D in Jaina Sampradaya from the University of Mysore and has been an assistant professor at Stanford University and part of the Karnataka Knowledge Commission, Bangalore.