Maheshwari, H.

H. Maheshwari

Dr. H. Maheshwari was born in March 1921 in Uttar Pradesh. From 1946 to 1965 he served as professor of Philosophy and the Head of the Department in Degree Colleges in Uttar Pradesg. In 1965, he joined the Institute of Oriental Philosophy, Vrindaban, as its first principal.

He joined the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1971, and was a professor of Philosophy in the Ashram school, Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education.

He did his post-graduate studies in Philosophy a 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.

He was invited to serve as the first chairperson of Sri Aurobindo Chair of Integral Studies at Sardar Patel University in Gujarat from 1995 to 1997. In 2002, he passed onwards.