ANITA SHARMA

Anita Sharma is the former Pro Vice Chancellor at K. R. Mangalam University, Gurugram, Delhi-NCR, India. She is an Adjunct Fellow at Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi. She was a Professor at the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi. She is former Head, Department of East Asian Studies and former Dean, Faculty of Social sciences, University of Delhi. She studied History in Delhi University at under graduate level and continued to receive her Post graduation specializing in Ancient Indian History and Chinese History. After completing her M.Phil. in History from University of Delhi, she studied Chinese History at Fudan University, Shanghai, China and Chinese Language at Beijing Language Institute, Beijing, China. She was the recipient of Ministry of Human Resource Development scholarship to China for two years. She received her doctorate in Buddhism from the University of Delhi where she taught History, Buddhism and Chinese Language for more than thirty years. She has written and edited books on Buddhism and Chinese Language and has a number of research papers and articles to her credit. Her research papers have been published in National and International journals. She has presented well documented research papers in International conferences and seminars. Her wide range of interests in research include social history, religion and pilgrimage, study of ancient settlements, Buddhism and Ecology, and socially Engaged Buddhism. She has travelled far and wide in and outside India for her research projects. She has guided a number of research scholars who worked on topics related to her area of interest. She has worked on a Major Project of University Grant Commission on Buddhist Settlements: A study of the Travels of Xuanzang in India. She was also involved with e-pg-pathshala program in Chinese Language of University Grant Commission.