He was awarded with "Mahrishi Vyas Puruskar" from Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthaan, and awarded by the then Governor of Uttar Pradesh on 7-Feb-2018. He was born in rangas village of Himachal Pradesh.
He was reappointed as Professor at Allahabad University India in 2014. He was earlier Professor and Head of the Sanskrit Department at the
University of Allahabad.[2][3] when he retired in June 2013, he was the
visiting professor of Sanskrit at
Silpakorn University in
Bangkok,
Thailand.[3][4] He has been nominated as UGC-nominated Member several times.
Works
Books
Glimpses of Sanskrit Poetics and Poetry, Raka Prakashan.
ISBN81-88216-60-7
Saṃskṛta - Kāvyaśāstrīya Bhāvon kā Manovaijñānika Adhyayana (Critical work on Sanskrit Poetics). Chaukhamba Orientalia, Varanasi/Delhi, 1983.
Gītakandalikā (Creative work on Sanskrit lyrics). Ganganath Jha Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Allahabad, 1983.
Tripathagā (Creative work on Sanskrit plays). Anjaneya Prakashan Allahabad, 1987.
Utkalikā (Creative work on Sanskrit lyrics). Anjaneya Prakashan, Allahabad, 1989.
Bālagītālī (Creative work on child literature). Anjaneya Prakashan, Allahabad, 1991.
Ākrandanam (Creative work on Sanskrit plays) Anjaneya Prakashan, Allahabad , 1998.
Ādhunika Saṃskṛta -Laghukāvya (A chapter in the 7th volume on the History of Modern Sanskrit Literature.). Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan, Lucknow, 2000.
Lasallatikā (Creative work on Sanskrit lyrics) Raka Prakashan, Allahabad, 2004.
Impact of Indian mythology on Thai archaeology in Sanskrit in Southeast Asia : the harmonizing factor of cultures, International Sanskrit Conference, Bangkok, 2003.
ISBN974-641-045-8
Culture and Religion along Confluence of Rivers, in 3rd SSEASR Conference, Bali, Indonesia, June 2009