Ravi Gupta

Assistant Professor of Religion

Telephone: 859-238-5235
E-mail: ravi.gupta@centre.edu

Ravi Gupta joined Centre College in 2006 as assistant professor of religion. Prior to this, he served as visiting assistant professor at the University of Florida and a Junior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford in England. Every summer, he teaches an intensive Sanskrit course for the University of Wales Open Learning Religious Studies Programme.

Dr. Gupta’s research interests include Sanskrit commentary, Hinduism, and interreligious dialogue. He is the author of Chaitanya Vaishnava Vedanta: When Knowledge Meets Devotion (Routledge 2007) as well as several academic articles. He is currently writing a book on Chaitanya Vaishnava philosophy for the Ashgate World Philosophies series as well as co-editing a collection of articles on the Bhagavata Purana, one of India’s most treasured sacred texts.

Gupta completed a B.A. in philosophy and a B.S. in mathematics at Boise State University, where he received the Silver Medallion, the highest honor bestowed by the University. He holds a master’s in religious studies and a D.Phil. in Hinduism from the University of Oxford.

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File last updated: 9/19/06