Bhaktivedanta Research Center

BRC Research Projects

At the Bhaktivedanta Research Center (BRC), we are committed to a world class standard of excellence in research and scholarship in the history, philosophy, aesthetics, sociology, comparative religion and cultural heritage of Bengal. BRC welcomes proposals for research projects in these areas of humanities. We seek to provide a creative and supportive research environment in which innovative ideas are not just encouraged but nourished to their actualization contributing to the well-being of society. A number of research scholars over the years have utilized the rare collection of documents at the BRC, including the latest facilities.

We have identified a number of Strategic Research Initiatives which build on the existing research to tackle challenges that can be addressed by multi-disciplinary teams of researchers. Our aim is to provide academic leadership in these areas and to develop strategic partnerships around the world to advance research, and the impact of that research, in these fields.

Research Project	Series	Language	Version	Research Scholar/ Author	Research Assistants	Academic Affiliation

Vaishnava Encyclopedia (Abhidhan) Digital Library	Vaishnava Studies Series	Bengali	New	Dr. Abhishek Bose	Pijus Kanti Dua & Piu Mukherjee	Assistant Professor Department of Comparative Indian Language and Literature. Calcutta University
Vaishnava Encyclopedia (Manjusha) Digital Library	Vaishnava Studies Series	Bengali	New	Sundar Gopal Das	Pijus Kanti Dua	Bhaktivedanta Research Center
Situating the Vaisnava Mathas and Sreepaths in the trajectories of the Religious History of Bengal emphasizing the Revivalist Trend in Gaudiya Vaisnavism : A Case Study Based on Kolkata, North and South 24 Parganas	Sacred Geography Studies Series	English	New	Arka Deb Banerjee
Sundarakāṇḍa of the Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa	Vaishnava Studies Series	Marathi	New	Ambarish Khare		Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Department of Sanskrit & Indological Studies, Faculty Member
Concept Maps for Bhagavad Gita As It Is	Vaishnava Studies Series	English	New	Amritananda Das
Svalikhita Jivani - Autobiography of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura	Vaishnava Studies Series	English	New	Dr. Shantanu Dey		Associate Professor Department of History, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, (An autonomous college affiliated to Calcutta University)
Vraja-bhakti-vilāsa	Vaishnava Studies Series	Sanskrit	New	Dr. Shakuntala Gawde		Assistant Professor and former Head in the Department of Sanskrit at the University of Mumbai,
Vraja-bhakti-vilāsa	Vaishnava Studies Series	English	New	Dr. Shakuntala Gawde		Assistant Professor and former Head in the Department of Sanskrit at the University of Mumbai,
Following the Caitanya Trail: Situating the Cult of Jagannātha in Bengal	Sacred Geography Studies Series	English	New	Dr Rajat Sanyal	Dr Sharmila Saha
The History & Literature of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas and their relation to other Medieval Vaishnava Schools (Reprinting of Dr. Sambidananda Das)	Vaishnava Studies Series	English	Reprint	Dr. Sambidananda Das	Dr. Sumanta Rudra	Bhaktivedanta Research Center
Vernacular Vaishanava Journals of Colonial Bengal	Vaishnava Studies Series	Bengali	New	Dr. Shantanu Dey	-	Associate Professor Department of History, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, (An autonomous college affiliated to Calcutta University)
Vernacular Vaishanava Journals of Colonial Bengal	Vaishnava Studies Series	English	New	Dr. Shantanu Dey	-
Extended Knowledge and Social Epistemology	Philosophy Studies Series	English	New	Dr. Varbi Roy	-
Modern Hindu Personalism - The Life & Teachings of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupada	World Religion Studies Series	English	South Asia Edition	Dr. Ferdinando Sardella	-
Modern Hindu Personalism - The Life & Teachings of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupada	World Religion Studies Series	Hindi	Translation	Gauri Sharma	-
Medieval Temples of Braj region	Sacred Geography Studies Series	English	New	Sushant Bharti	-
Gauranga Vijaya	Vaishnava Studies Series	English	New	Dr. Abhishek Bose	-
The Bhagavat - Its Philosophy, Its theology and Its ethics	Philosophy Studies Series	English	New	Dr. Shantanu Dey	-
Bhaktimañjarī - (a collection of verses on devotion) Vol.1	Vaishnava Studies Series	English	New	Sriram Iyer	Shakuntala Gawde
"Glory of Padmanābha - (Padmanābha-Śataka & Syānandūrapura-varṇana-prabandha) Vol. 2 of Bhakti Manjari"	Vaishnava Studies Series	English	New	Sriram Iyer	Shakuntala Gawde
Sri Sri Radha Raman	Vaishnava Studies Series	English	New	Sushant Bharti	-
The Bhagavat Purana - Selected Readings	Vaishnava Studies Series	English	Reprint	Dr. Kenneth Russell Valpey	Dr. Ravi M. Gupta
The Bhagavat Purana - Sacred Text and Living Tradition	Vaishnava Studies Series	English	Reprint	Dr. Kenneth Russell Valpey	Dr. Ravi M. Gupta
Gaura Mandala Parikrama	Sacred Geography Studies Series	English	New	Sugopi Palka	-
Revolutionary Acharya - Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupada	Vaishnava Studies Series	English	New	Sundar Gopal Das	-
Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics	Ecology and Environment Studies Series	Hindi	Translation	Sushant Bharti	-
Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics	Ecology and Environment Studies Series	Marathi	New	TBC	-
Haridas Das and Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati: Establishing Encyclopedias of Gaudiya Vaishnavism	Vaishnava Studies Series	English	New	Dr. Sumanta Rudra	-
Glimpses of Indian Philosophy	Philosophy Studies Series	English	New	Dr. Nirmalya Narayan Chakroborty	-
Selected articles from Nadia Prakash and Gaudiya	Vaishnava Studies Series	Bengali	Reprint	Pijus Kanti Dua	-
Selected articles from Nadia Prakash and Gaudiya	Vaishnava Studies Series	English	Translation	Dr. Sumanta Rudra	-
The Rise of the Gaudiya Math and Mission (1 Ultadingi)*	Vaishnava Studies Series	English	New	Sundar Gopal Das	-
Sacred groves	World Religion Studies Series	English	New	Dr. Srijani Bhattacharjee	-
Kirtan: Legacy and Now	Vaishnava Studies Series	English	New	Debalina Ghosh	-
Analysis of qualitative changes in brain due to meditation	Science and Religious Studies Series	English	New	Dr. Saurabh Pal	Dr. Goutam Paul