Dr. M. Sudarshan Chiplunkar holds a doctorate from Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati, for his research on the Critical Edition and Study of Nidarśana Commentary on Kāvyaprakāśa, which is a commentary by Kashmiri Scholar Rājānaka Ānanda. He also holds an M.Phil. degree in the field of Manuscriptology from the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati. He has published several research papers and two Books titled ‘Mahākṣatriya’ and ‘Mahāparivrājaka’.
Teaching Sanskrit poetics and literature has been his forte. Dr. Chiplunkar holds an Acharya degree in Sahitya from the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi. He has prepared study materials for Mukta Svādhyāya Pītham and for a correspondence course of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi. He was a co-investigator for the ‘Science in Sanskrit’ project of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, K. J. Somaiya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Mumbai.
Sudarshan is a recognised authority in ancient scripts Grantha, Nandināgari and Śārada. He has participated as a resource person in several teacher-training programmes, workshops and Vākyārtha Sabhās. He also holds an interest in various art forms like Yakśagāna and Indian theatre. One of the plays he has acted in has been telecast on Doordarshan Chandana. A dance-drama ballet in which he has acted has been published as a CD by Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri.
Education
- Ph.D. (Sahitya), Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati
- M.Phil. (Manuscriptology and Palaeography), Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati
- Acharya (Sahitya), Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi
- B.Ed., Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi
Interests
- Research: Sanskrit Poetics | Contemporary Sanskrit Literature | Sanskrit Language Pedagogy | Manuscriptology
Journals
- वेदान्तदेशिकाचार्यकृते यादवाभ्युदये दाम्पत्यविचारः – शिक्षाप्रियदर्शिनी . December 2018
- श्रीदेवीमाहात्म्ये काव्यतत्त्वविमर्शः . Prāci Prajñā. December 2019
- विभिन्नालङ्कारिकमतानुसारं शब्दशक्तिमूलध्वनेरनुशीलनम् – Prāci Prajñā. June 2020
- दीक्षितमतखण्डनपुरस्सरं जगन्नाथदिशा रूपकोपमेययोः पार्थक्यपरामर्शः. Dhimahi, October 2020
- प्रयोजनेन सहितं लक्षणीयं न युज्यते – निदर्शनव्याख्यादृशा परिशीलनम्. Prāci Prajñā. December 2020
Book Chapters
- दुर्गाधीशश्रीमहागणपतिसुप्रभातम् – काव्यधारा – प्राचीप्रज्ञा . October 2019
- लक्षणानिरूपणप्रसङ्गे काव्यप्रकाशनिदर्शनस्य वैशिष्ट्यं तत्पूर्ववर्तिव्याख्यापरिशीलनञ्च, Sri Somanath Sanskrit University, Veraval, Gujarat – March 2020
- लौकिकसंस्कृतसाहित्येतिहास: (खण्ड:1,1पाठ:). Mukta Swadhyaya Peetham, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi- ISBN-978-93-85182-05-1
Conference Papers
- ‘लक्षणानिरूपणप्रसङ्गे काव्यप्रकाशनिदर्शनस्य वैशिष्ट्यं त्पूर्ववर्तिव्याख्यापरिशीलनञ्च’, Sri Somnath Sanskrit University, Gujarat on 11 February 2020
- रसगङ्गाधरे उपमारूपकभेदविचारः’ at Two-Day National Seminar of Department of Sahitya organised by R. S. Sansthan, K. J. Somaiya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Mumbai from 16 to 17 March 2018.
- ‘कन्नडसाहित्ये संस्कृतवाङ्मयस्य योगदानम्’ at a National Seminar by Mumbadevi Adarsh Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai, on 11 March 2017.
- ‘महावीरचरितरूपके नायकः नायिका च’ at Two-Day National Seminar by Department of Sahitya organised by R. S. Sansthan, K. J. Somaiya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Mumbai, from 08 to 09 March 2017.
- ‘नाट्यशास्त्रानुसारं यक्षगाने आहार्याभिनयस्यानुशीलनम्’ at Two-Day National seminar by Department of Sahitya organised by R. S. Sansthan, K. J. Somaiya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Mumbai, from 03 to 04 December 2015.
- ‘वेदान्तदेशिचार्यविरचिते यादवाभ्युदये कौटुम्बिकजीवनोपयोगीनि तत्त्वानि’ at One-Day National Seminar on the concept of ‘संस्कृतकाव्येषु कौटुम्बिकजीवनव्यवस्था’ organised by R. S. Sansthan, R. G. Campus Sringeri
- Member, Placement Cell, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth