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| name = Bimalendra Kumar<br />
| image = Dr_Bimalendra_Kumar.jpg<br />
| office = 1st ICCR Chair at [[Lumbini Buddhist University]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lumbini Buddhist University - Nepal|url=https://lbu.edu.edu.np}}</ref><br />
| caption = विमलेन्द्र कुमार<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|1|7|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Madhubani, Bihar|Madhubani]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]<br />
| spouse = Rekha Kumar<br />
| children = 2<br />
| education = Doctor of Philosophy ([[Buddhist Studies]]<br />
| term_start = 5 September 2023<br />
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Prof. '''Bimalendra Kumar (विमलेन्द्र कुमार)''', is an Indian researcher, writer, author of publications, and ICCR Chair of [[Lumbini Buddhist University]]. He is also a professor in the department of Buddhist Studies<ref>{{Cite web |last=Department of Buddhist Studies |first=BHU |title=Department of Buddhist |url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/Site/UnitHomeTemplate/1_106_634_Department-of-Pali-And-Buddhist-Studies-Home}}</ref> at [[Lumbini Buddhist University]] and [[Banaras Hindu University]].<br />
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== Education ==<br />
Kumar did his M.A. in Buddhist Studies from [[Delhi University]] in 1985; he also got his M.Phil. from Delhi University in 1987. In 1990, Kumar completed his Ph.D. from [[Delhi University]], Delhi. Kumar completed his M.A. in Pali from [[Magadh University|Magadh University, Bodhgaya, Gaya]], in 1991.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
He has been teaching since then for 30 years at various universities, such as [[Delhi University]], [[Visva-Bharati University|Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan]] (W.B.), [[Banaras Hindu University|Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi]] (U.P.). Currently, he is working as a professor and head of the Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Arts, [[Banaras Hindu University|Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi]] (U.P.). He has six years of research experience during his doctoral and post-doctoral education. His areas of interest are [[Pali]], [[Theravada|Theravada Buddhism]], [[Buddhist philosophy|Buddhist Philosophy]] ([[Theravāda Abhidhamma|Abhidhamma Philosophy]]), and [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. He has been deputed as the first [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations|ICCR Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Chair]] of [[Buddhist studies|Buddhist Studies]] at [[Lumbini Buddhist University|Lumbini Buddhist University, Lumbini, Nepal]], for a year starting from September 1, 2023, under the [[Memorandum of understanding|MoU]] of ICCR and LBU, Lumbini, Nepal, signed in the presence of Hon. Prime Minister of India [[Narendra Modi|Shri Narendra Modi]] and Hon. Prime Minister of Nepal [[Sher Bahadur Deuba|Shri Sher Bahadur Deuba]] in May 2022. He has also served as a member of various expert committees constituted by the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi]], the [[National Testing Agency]] (NTA), the [[Government of India]], [[New Delhi]], etc.<br />
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== Academic awards ==<br />
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* 'Visesa Puruskara by His Excellency Governor of Uttar Pradesh Award' by 'Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan' in 2017.<br />
* 'Vidvat Bhushan’ Samman for the contribution to Buddhist Philosophy Award' by 'Akhil Bharatiya Vidvat Parishad, Varanasi' in 2022.<br />
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