V. S. Pathak

Vishwambhar Sharan Pathak (1926 – 2003) was a renowned historian, Sanskrit scholar and an Indologist who authored several books. He completed his first PhD from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in the mid fifties. In 1957-58 he served as co-editor (with Prof RB Pandey) of the prestigious bulletin Bharati of the Department of Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology of BHU. In the late fifties he moved to Sagar University in Madhya Pradesh as a member of faculty at the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology. Dr. Pathak completed his second PhD in the early sixties under the distinguished Indologist and renowned scholar Prof. A.L. Basham at SOAS at London University.

As one of the renowned Indologists he was invited to deliver the Professor Jagannath Agrawal memorial lecture (started in 1994) at the Punjab University, Chandigarh. Professor (Dr.) V.S. Pathak also served as the Vice Chancellor of Gorakhpur University.