Dr. Miroj Shakya
CEO
ABOUT
Dr. Miroj Shakya is an Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Religious Studies at the
University of the West in Rosemead, California, USA. His research interests include the Sanskrit language,
Sanskrit literature, the Pali language, the Buddhist canon, Indian Mahayana Buddhism, Newar Buddhism,
Tibetan Buddhism, and Hinduism. He serves as the Project Coordinator of the Digital Sanskrit Buddhist
Canon Project (www.dsbcproject.org) and the Rare Buddhist Sanskrit Manuscript Preservation Project
(rsbmpproject.org) at the University of the West. Additionally, he is the Director at the
Nagarjuna Institute of Buddhist Studies in Lalitpur, Nepal, and serves as a Sanskrit Language Consultant
at the Asian Legacy Library in Sedona, USA. Dr. Shakya is also a founding member of the Great Compassion
Fund in Los Angeles, which provides funds for food and financial support to impoverished people in Nepal
(greatcompassionfund.org).
Furthermore, he served as the Convener of the Sanskrit Language Working Group for the Union Catalog of
Buddhist Texts, sponsored by the International Association of Buddhist Universities (IABU) in Bangkok,
Thailand. Dr. Shakya has made contributions to academic publications, including his role as the editor of
"Catalog of Digitized Rare Sanskrit Buddhist Manuscript Vol. 1 (2010)" and "Vol. 2 (2019)," as well as
co-editor of the book titled "Sacred Art of Nepal" (2013). You can explore his academic publications at
uwest.academia.edu/MirojShakya.