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Narayan Shastri Dravid (b.1923) is an eminent philosopher well-versed in both Indian and wester trastions of philosophy. He was trained in Navya-Nyaya by stalwarts like the late Panditaraja Rajesvara Sastri and his pulil, the late Harirama sastri. He studied Buddhism and western philosophy at Banaras hindu University. He was awarded the Ph.D. degree for his work on “Nyaya Epistemology”. He taught philosophy at Nagpur University for more than two decades. He also worked as a Visiting Professor at the University of Hawaii, USA , for a couple of years, Professor Dravid was a fellow at the Indian Council of Philosophical Research and also at the Indian Institute of advanced Study, Shimla. He has published a large number of scholarly papers in reputed journals in English, Hindi and Marathi. His publications include Atmatattvaviveka and Nyayakusumanjali (in tow volumes) of Udayanacarya. At present Professor Dravid is engaged in preparing a critical and comprehensive English rendering of Dharmakiriti’s Pramanavarttika