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Aretired Professor of Sanskrit, Jadavpur University, a former Vice-Chancellor of the Universities of Burdwan and Rabindra Bharati, Calcutta, a past President of the Association of Indian Universities, Professor Ramaranjan Mukherji is presently the Chancellor or Tirupati Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha , an Emeritus Fellow of the Department of Culture, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, and a Senior Research Fellow of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta. A widely traveled exponent of Indian Culture, Professor Mukherji has delivered lectures in a number of Universities abroad and has led many Indian Cultural Delegations, including one delegation to China. A regular contributor to Indological studies, professor Mukherji has to his credit a number of articles and books, including “An Analysis of Aesthetic Experience (in Bengali)”, “Literary Criticism in Ancient India”’, “Imagery in Poetry: An Indian Approach”, “Comparative Aesthetics: Indian & Western”. Professor Mukherji who has won many laurels, including Honoris Causa Doctorate degrees, happens to be the recipient of the Certificate of Honour from the President of India in recognition of his contribution to Sanskrit studies.