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Dr. Esther Solomon, a reputed scholar and teacher of Sanskrit and Indian Philosophy has made major contribution to Indian Philosophy through her works on Samkhya, Nyaya, Jain and Vedanta systems of Indian Thought. She began her teaching career in Sanskrit from 1949. She was Head of Sanskrit department at the Gujarat University from 1964 to 1987. She received the Presidential Certificate of Honor for outstanding contribution to Sanskrit in 1983, followed by Padmasri award in 1992. Her books include ‘Indian Dialectics’, ‘Avidya-A Problem of Truth and Reality’. ‘Hindu Darsana’, ‘Commentaries of Samkhyakarika-A Study’ among others. She had been working actively on the translation of “Tattvopaplavsimha’, a rare piece of work by Jayarasi Bhatta before her demise.

Dr. Shuchita Mehta is currently serving as the Head of Sanskrit department at St. Xavier’s College, Ahamedabad. She has presented research papers at many national as well as international academic conferences. She has also published articles in repute journals. She has authored a book, titled-“Idealistic thought in Indian Philosophy’, which depicts the full fledged development of Drsti-srsti-vada. Shuchita Mehta’s editorial work on Jayarasi Bhatta’s “Tattvopaplavsimha’ has been a labor of love, as former doctoral student of Dr. Esther Solomon.