H. Maheshwari

Dr. H. Maheshwari was born in March 1921 in U.P. He did his post-graduate studies in Philosophy at the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and distinguished himself by being ‘first class first’ in 1945. He obtained his Doctorate from Agra University, Agra in 1958. From 1946 to 1965 he served as professor of Philosophy and the Head of the Department in Degree Colleges in U.P. In 1965, he joined the Institute of Oriental Philosophy, Vrindaban, as its first principal. In 1971, he joined Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. He was a professor of Philosophy in Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education. He was invited as the first Chairperson of Sri Aurobindo Chair of Integral Studies, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, from 1995 to 1997.