Shaunaka Rishi Das
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Shaunaka Rishi Das (IAST: Śaunaka Ṛṣi Dāsa; born 18 February 1961 as Timothy Kiernan) is the Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies (OCHS), a position he has held since the centre's foundation in 1997.[1] He is a lecturer,[2] a broadcaster, and Hindu Chaplain to Oxford University.[3] His interests include education, comparative theology, communication, and leadership.[4] He is a member of The Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life, convened in 2013 by the Woolf Institute, Cambridge.[5] In 2013 the Indian government appointed him to sit on the International Advisory Council of the Auroville Foundation.[6] Keshava, Rishi Das's wife of 27 years, died in December 2013.[7]
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Born | Timothy Kiernan (1961-02-18) 18 February 1961 (age 63) |
Nationality | Irish |
Alma mater | St Peter's College, Wexford |
Title | Director, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies |
Term | 1997 - present |
Spouse | Keshava Kiernan 1958-2013 |
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