Lieutenent Colonel FORREST Prof. Lokesh Chandra who is an internationally renowned scholar of Tibetan and Sino-Japanese Buddhism. Enormously prolific, he is the author of numerous important works, including critical editions of texts in Sanskrit, Tibetan, Mongolian and Chinese, as well as the Tibetan-Sanskrit Dictionary, Buddhist Iconography of Tibet and the Dictionary of Buddhist Iconography in 15 volumes. He served in the Indian Parliament from 1974-1980 and again from 1980-1986. At present he is the Director of the International Academy for Indian Culture.
