Dr. Anirban Dash, Associate Professor of Sanskrit, has been teaching at the UG and PG levels in the Faculty of Shabda Vidya, CIHTS since 2018. Dr. Dash has received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit languages, University of Pune, Maharashtra. As an expert of Indic Manuscriptology and Paleography, he has taught ancient Indic scripts at more than 80 Universities and Institutes across India and abroad. He has been a visiting faculty in the Indology section, Department of Asian Studies, Institute for Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen (Denmark); Otani University (Japan) and Heidelberg University (Germany).

Currently, he oversees and curates a team of researchers in India who are creating a searchable electronic database from microfilms & photocopies of ancient manuscripts for Muktabodha Indological Research Institute (USA). He has authored four books and more than 30 articles in his area of specialization and his current book project is – A Buddhist Sanskrit Manual. His responsibilities also include a Coordinator, IQAC - CIHTS, Sarnath.