Our Team

The current Board and Consultative Committee were elected in December 2025. Since June 2022 the Board of the IASS is made up of the President, Secretary General, Treasurer and the six Regional Directors. They work in close cooperation with the Honorary Vice Presidents and the Consultative Committee (see our Statute points 13 and 16).

President

Prof. Dipti Sharma Tripathi

Emerita, Delhi
University

Secretary General

Prof. McComas Taylor

Head, South Asia Program Anu College Of Asia And The Pacific Canberra, Australia

Treasurer

Prof. Johannes Houben

École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris

Regional Directors

Assoc. Prof. Gianni Pellegrini

Department of Humanities, Indian and Central Asian philosophy, religions and history, University of Turin, Italy (Roman-Speaking Countries of Europe)

Prof David Buchta

Department of Classics - Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Dr Wendy J. Phillips-rodríguez

Department Of Classics Research Institute Of Philology National Autonomous University Of Mexico (Iifl) Circuito Mario De La Cueva S/n, Cu, 04510 Mexico City (Latin America)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phil. Christiane Schaefer

Reader In Indology Dept. Of Linguistics And Philology Uppsala University Box 635, 751 26 Uppsala Sweden (German Speaking Countries And N. Europe)

Prof. Natalia Lidova

Institute Of World Literature, Russian Academy Of Sciences, Asian And African Literature, Moscow (Eastern Europe)

Assoc. Prof. Kei Kataoka

Department Of Indology, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan (Southeast And East Asia)

Consultative Committee

Dr Jef Pierce

Department of Religious Studies University of Virginia, Chalottesville VA, USA

Prof. Amarjiva Lochan, Phd.

University Of Delhi, Delhi, India 95, Vidya Vihar, West Enclave, Outer Ring Road, Delhi 110034, India

Prof. Amba Kulkarni

Department Of Sanskrit Studies, University Of Hyderabad, Prof. C.r. Rao Road, Hyderabad-500 046, India

Prof. Donald R Davis Jr

The University Of Texas At Austin Asian Studies Austin, Texas 78712 United States Of America

Prof. Hong Luo

School Of Foreign Languages Peking University Beijing, People's Republic Of China

Prof. Hari Dutt Sharma

Sanskrit Department University Of Allahabad Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh 211002 India

Dr Philipp Maas

Research Associate Institute for Indology and Central Asian Studies, University of Leipzig, Germany

Dr Raj Balkaran

Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, UK. Principal, Indian Wisdom School

Prof. Joanna Jurewicz

Oriental Institute University of Warsaw ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28 00-927 Warszawa, Poland

PROF. KASHINATH NYAUPANE

Executive Director Of The Research Center Director Of The Council For International Relations Professor & Head Of The Department Of Buddhist Studies Nepal Sanskrit University Valmiki Campus, Exhibition Road Kathmandu, Nepal

Prof. Malhar Kulkarni

Department Of Humanities And Social Sciences, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai

Prof. Mislav Jezic

Department Of Indology And Far Eastern Studies Faculty Of Philosophy University Of Zagreb Ivana Lucica 3 Hr-10 000 Zagreb, Croatia

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