Anuja P. Ajotikar

Contact

• Email: anuja@sanskritlibrary.org

Education

• Ph.D. (2013) Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai.
  Diss.: “Issues in nominal declension in traditional Sanskrit grammars with special reference to 1st person and 2nd person pronouns,” under the guidance of Prof. Kulkarni Malhar.
• M.Phil. (2009) Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages, University of Pune.
  Diss.: “Study of the concept of śabdabrahman in the light of tantra philosophy with special reference to Vākyapadīya, Kāṇḍa I,” under the guidance of Prof. K. V. Mande Score: O grade (outstanding).
• Post Graduate Diploma in Lingustics (2009) Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune. Score: First-class with Distinction.
• M.A. (2005) Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languges, University of Pune. Score: A grade (First-class.)
• B.A. (2003) Sir Parashurambhau College, University of Pune. Score: First-class.

Other educational qualifications

• Vyākaraṇābhijña (A traditional degree, equivalent to predigree or 12th grade. Specialization in Pāṇinian grammar) (2010) Vedaśāstrottejakasabhā, Pune.
• Saṁkīrṇābhijña (A traditional degree, equivalent to predigree or 12th grade) (2005) Vedaśāstrottejakasabhā Pune.

Other Skills

• Reading competence in various scripts such as Bengali, Devanāgarī, Grantha, Śāradā, Malayalam, Nandināgarī, and Tuḷu.
• Trained in using various editors such as Classical Text Editor, LaTeX, and marking up documents in XML in accordance with TEI.

Professional appointments

• Sanskrit Lecturer and Digital Project Head at Shan State Buddhist University, Phaya Phyu, Taunggyi, Myanmar, 140101. June 2018 – At Present.
• Senior Research Associate at the Department of European Studies, Dvaita Philosophy Resource Centre, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal. Project Title: “Grammatical analysis and contextual tagging of Mahābhārata and Tātparyanirṇaya.” June 2017–May 2018.
• Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Sanskrit Library.
  Project Title: “Cataloging, digitizing, and integrating the Houghton library’s Indic manuscript collection.” May 2015–June 2017.\\Research Associate at the Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge MA., USA. May 2015–April 2016.
• Post-doctoral Research Associate in the project entitled, “The XML formalization of the Aṣṭādhyāyī”, with Prof. Peter Scharf, The Sanskrit Library. [Formulated Pāṇinian rules in XML http://sanskritlibrary.com/derivation.html.] August 2013–December 2015.
• Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai.
  Project Title: “Developing automated text image alignment to enhance access to heritage manuscript images.” August 2013–April 2015.
• Post-doctoral Research Associate at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai.
  Project Title: “Bringing ancient Indian semantic and syntactic theory face to face with contemporary computational linguistics.” [Morphological and syntactical tagging of Sanskrit text: Dependency tagging of Pañcatantra (partial)] July 2012–July 2013.
• Research Assistant at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai.
  Project Title: “Critical edition of the Kāśikāvr̥tti.” [Collation of manuscripts written in different scripts including Bengali, Devanāgarī, Grantha, Śāradā, Malayalam, Nandināgarī, Tulu etc., and producing a critical apparatus using Classical Text Editor software.] April 2011–December 2013.
• Linguist at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai.
  Project Title: “Indian language corpora initiative,” at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai. June 2009–February 2012.
• Manuscript Collator in the project entitled, “Critical Edition of Yājñavalkyasmr̥ti” under Prof. Patrick Olivelle, University of Texas, Austin, USA. [Collation of manuscripts written in different scripts.] 2008–2009.
• Manuscript Cataloger in the project entitled, “National Manuscript Mission.” Cataloguing of non-catalogued manuscripts from Prājña Pāṭhaśālā, Wai, Maharashtra. Approximately 300 manuscripts catalogued. 2005.
• Research Associate at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune.
  Project Title: “Computer-aided critical edition of Kāśikāvr̥tti.” [Manuscript collation and recording of readings in the system provided. Administrative responsibilities.] 2005–2009.

Publications

Papers presented

Invited Lectures

• “Research in today’s context,” Post-graduate departmental guest lecture organized by Prof. Ujwal Kumar, Dept. of Buddhist Studies, Calcutta University, India, 26 December 2019.
• “Syntax of tumun.” Internal lecture series of Mahābhārata project at Dvaita Philosophy Resource Centre, Manipal Academy of Higher education, Manipal. December 2017.

Workshops attended as a subject expert

• Invited to evaluate grammar answer sheets and daily assignments of the pre-doctoral training program at Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthan, Ganganath Jha Campus, Allahabad. 7 June 2018–3 July 2018.
• Workshop on XML training, XML tagging for text and contextual tagging for Mahābhārata at the Centre of Daita Philosophy, Department of European Studies, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 15 May 2018–20 May 2018.
• Workshop on generation of Sanskrit verbal forms (dhātupārāyaṇa), Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthan, Ganganath Jha Campus, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh as a resource person in pre-doctoral training program. 1 January 2018–7 January 2018. (With Dr. Tanuja Ajotikar.)
• Invited to academic staff training program, Shan State Buddhist University (SSBU), Taunggyi, Shan State, Myanmar for teaching and curriculum design of Sanskrit course. 10 December 2017–21 December 2017.
• A workshop on digital humanities and Sanskrit, Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthan Ganganath Jha campus, Allahabad. (Trained Doctoral students in XML tagging of Sanskrit texts in accordance with TEI guidelines as a part of pre-doctoral training program at the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan.) 1 May 2017–14 May 2017. (With Prof. Peter Scharf and Dr. Tanuja Ajotikar.)
• International workshop and conference on computational linguistics in the Department of European studies, Dvaita Philosophy Research Centre, Manipal University, Manipal, Udupi, as a resource person for training of XML tagging of Sanskrit texts. 2 January 2017–5 January 2017. (With Peter Scharf and Tanuja Ajotikar.)
• Invited for four-week workshop on Basics of Sanskrit grammar, Dhammakay Foundation, Pathumthani, Bangkok, Thailand. November 2016.

Examiner and supervisor for research projects (M.A. and M.Phil.)

• Evaluated individual research project submitted by Ven. Nandobhasa entitled, “Study on Saddasāratthajālinī,” as an internal examiner at Shan State Buddhist University, Myanmar, March 25. 2019.
• Evaluated individual research project submitted by Saw Yee Moon entitled, “Application of Buddhist teachings in maximizing efficiency of women empowerment in South East Asia,” as an internal examiner at Shan State Buddhist University, Myanmar, March 25. 2019.
• Evaluated M.Phil. research project submitted by Sayalay Daw Pannatheri, entitled, “An analytical approach to grief management as reflected in Buddhist psychology,” as an internal examiner at Shan State Buddhist University, Myanmar, November 06. 2019.
• Supervisor for M.A. dissertation at Shan State Buddhist University entitled, “An exploration through past life regression theory of whether karma leads to rebirth,” by Shubha Yeri. (Submitted March 2020.)
• Supervisor for M.A. dissertation at Shan State Buddhist University, entitled, “A conceptual study of inference with special reference to Dharmakīrti,” by Ven. Vicittasāra, Shan State Buddhist University, Myanmar.
• Supervisor of an M.Phil. project entitled, “Abhidhānapadipikāṭīkā: analytical study with English translation,” by Jai Paranjape.

Workshops attended as a participant

• Workshop on historical linguistics organized by CALTS, University of Hyderabad, 10–28 February 2014.
• Workshop on Sanskrit syntax at the Université Paris Diderot, Paris. 18–24 June 2013.
• Workshop on Sanskrit Kāraka analyzer organized by CASS, University of Pune in collaboration with Dept. of Sanskrit Studies, University of Hyderabad, 3–8 December 2010.
• National Workshop on POS (part of speech) Tagging of Indian Languages, organized by the Dept. of Gujarati Language, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad September 10–13 September 2010.
• Workshop on Sanskrit computational linguistics organized by the Dept. of Sanskrit Studies, University of Hyderabad, 19–24 December 2009.