Parmananda SharmaBorn in 1923. Prof. Parmananda Sharma did his Masters in English language and literature from Government College Lahore in 1945 After teaching for about four decades in various colleges of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh he finally retired in 192 as Principal, Government College Dharamshala.Prof. Sharma has more than thirty publication's to his credit, including Hindi mahakavyas, English poetry and prose and translations from Sanskrit into English of such Buddhist classics of 9th and 10th centuries as Shantideva's bodhicharyavatara and Kamalasila's Bhananakrama (with Forewords From H.H. the Dalai Lama) Hindi translation of Atisha's Bodhipatha-pradeep and volumes of Hindi translations of the Dalai Lama's discourse beside others. His Men and mules on Mission of Demacrary (pub. 1960) had a Foreword from Jawaharlal Nehru. His first mahakavya on Shivajee (1948) earned his a prize from the U.P. Government. Nominated as Hindi Rajkavi by the Punjab Government in 1964, Prof. Sharma also served as a member of the General Council of Sahitya Academy. New Delhi from 1977-82. He was nominated for life to be a Member of the Governing Body of LTWA in 1987 by HH. the Dalai Lama. Read More Read Less