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Samiran Chandra Chakrabarti (b. 1940), Fellow of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta, son of late Nibaran Chandra Chakrabarti, secured 1st class and stood first in both B. A. Hons. In Sanskrit (C. U.). He was also Eshan Scholar. He obtained his Ph. D. degree in Sanskrit from C. U. he was formerly Head of the Dept. of Sanskrit, Professor and Director of the School of Vedic Studies, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta; presently, he is a Guest Lecturer in German, Calcutta University; Honorary Visiting Professor, Centre for Indoloical Studies and Research, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Calcutta.  Prof. Chakrabarti's contributions do not speak in terms of numbers but in point of quality. His publications include The Paribhasas in the Srautasutras, Some Aspects of Vedic Studies (Ed), Buddhism and World Culture (Ed), the Value system as reflected in the Veda: Concept of Purusarthas, Brahmanasamgraha and many papers in felicitation volumes and journals of India and abroad. He was awarded Griffith Memorial Prize in Humanities, Calcutta University, 1983; an Award from M. S. Rashtriya Vedavidya Pratisthan, Ministry of Human Resource Development, 2000; Rising Personalities of India Award, International Penguin Publishing House, Delhi, 2003; Sanskrit Day Award 2004, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Calcutta.