Ved Prakash Upaddhay

Ved Prakash Upadhyay or Ved Prakash Upaddhay (born 1947) is an Indian Sanskrit and Hinduism scholar, author, lecturer, professor, educationist and social activist. He is the author of many books on Sanskrit literature and Hinduism. His mostly known for his work Kalki Avatar and Muhammad. He got many national and international honours for his contributions including President award of India in 2018.
Early life
Ved Prakash Upadhyay was born on 2 February 1947 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. His father was Saryuparin Vedic scholar Pt.Shriramjeevan Upadhyay.
Education
Upadhyay is a scholar of D.Phil in Sanskrit Vedas and D.Litt in Dharmashastra Hindu Law, Vedas, Philosophy, Theology, Literature, Tantra, Justice and Punishment etc.
Career
He served for 40 years at Panjab University, Chandigarh and retired as Professor and Head of Sanskrit Department. He then taught Sanskrit medium for three years in the classes of Shastri, Acharya and Abhascharya at Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University, New Delhi. More than 60 students have done PhD under him. He was made the President of Adarsh Sanskrit Shodha Sanstha of Himachal Pradesh by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and he is the chairman of the institution still now. Impressed by his brilliant research work, he was honored and rewarded at the national and international level by many national and international institutions. Apart from this, he participated in more than 100 Sanskrit classical conferences, presided over 26 international conferences and research seminars, published 100 research papers and under his direction, 70 research students did M.Phil. and 60 have done Ph.D. At present, he is also the chairman and member of several committees. He has also given radio talks several times, whose aim has been to make Sanskrit universal. Haryana Sanskrit Academy as a member of many important committees of Haryana Government, Upadhyay has been an active contributor and has been working as a consultant in Hariprabha research magazine. He is performing the responsibility as the custodian of the Gurukul Mansadevi complex.
Awards and receiptions
On the basis of these achievements, eight gold medals and 33 honors were also received by him. Overwhelmed by his devotion, contribution, publicity and dissemination towards Sanskrit, Doordarshan has also aired a one-hour special personality program on 22 March 2012 for his important contribution. Minister of State for Human Resources Mahendra Nath Pandey conferred Vidvadhushan Award in Kashi Vidwat Parishad and Manavdhikar Ratna Award by Fiji Ambassador Prabhakar Jha on behalf of International Human Rights Protection Bureau. In 2017, he received the Sanskrit Sahitya Alangkar Award from the Haryana Sanskrit Academy. In 2017, he received the Sahitya Ratna Padak from the Punjabi Language Department and in 2019 he received the President Award of India 2018 for his contribution to Sanskrit language.
Works
Upaddhyay published 15 research and original books. Some of them are:
klki avtaar aur muhmmd saahb (Kalki Avatar and Muhammad) (1970): Partial adaption of Muhammad in World Scriptures by Abdul Haq Vidyarthi
nrshNs aur aNtim Rssi (Narasamsa and the last sage): Partial adaption of Muhammad in World Scriptures by Abdul Haq Vidyarthi
hinduu vidhi evN strot (Hindu Law and Sutras), International Law Agency, Allahabad, 1986
hiNdii saahity kaa itihaas, kaavyshaastr evN lipi (History of Hindi Literature, Poetry and Script), Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan, Varanasi, 2014)
Doctorate thesis under him
Om Prakash Sharma, Savita in Vedic literature. Panjab, 1977-83.