Brij Bihari Chaubey

Brij Bihari Chaubey (Sanskrit: व्रजविहारिचतुर्वेदः, 1 July 1940 – 11 May 2014), was a Vedic and Sanskrit scholar based in Hoshiarpur, Punjab. He was awarded the President's Certificate of Honour by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in 2004.

Early life and education

Brij Bihari Chaubey was born on July 1, 1940 in the village Javahin in district Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. His primary education was in Ballia. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from the in 1959 and 1961 respectively. His teachers included Baladeva Upadhyaya and Siddheshwar Bhattacharya, under whom he completed his PhD in 1964. His dissertation was titled Treatment of Nature in the Rgveda.

Teaching career

Chaubey worked as a lecturer in the Institute of Oriental Philosophy, Vrindavan, from 1965 to 1967. In 1967, he joined the Vishveshvaranand Vedic Research Institute in Hoshiarpur, Punjab. He worked at the institute for 35 years, as a lecturer, reader, professor, and finally as the director. He retired in 2002.

Chaubey died on May 10, 2014 in Hoshiarpur, after being ill for some time.

Awards

Chaubey was awarded numerous awards by various institutes, including-

• 1974. The V. Raghavan Award by the Akhil Bharatiya Prachya Vidya Sammelan.
• 1995. The Sanskrit Sahitya Vishishta Puraskara by the Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan, Lucknow.
• 2000. The Veda Vidvan Puraskara by the Maharshi Sandipani Veda Vidya Pratishtan, Ujjain.
• 2004. The Acharya Parashuram Dvivedi Smriti Puraskara by the Hindi Pracharini Sabha, Ballia.
• 2004. The President's Certificate of Honour by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the then President of India.
• 2008. The Shastrimani award by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams.
• 2010. The Guru Gangeshwaranand Veda Vedanga Puraskara.
• 2010. The Vishishta Puraskara by the Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan, Lucknow.

Recognition

Chaubey authored 29 books and around 125 papers.