Giridhari Lal Pandit Editor & Author

Born in the village Saelia (Saely, in Kashmiri), Anantnag, South of Kashmir Valley, on the 27th May 1945, Giridhari Lal Pandit received his school education at the Government High School Doru, Anantnag, Kashmir University, Srinagar, studying Mathematics, Sanskrit, History, Geography and Hindi (1949-1959). At the Government Intermediate College Anantnag, Kashmir University, Srinagar he studied Mathematics, Economics, English Literature, Hindi, and Sanskrit (1959-1961). He then studied Economics, Philosophy, Psychology, Ethics, Hindi and English Literature at the Government Sri Pratap College Srinagar, Kashmir (1961-1963), earning a B. A. Degree in 1963. In July 1963, Giridhari Lal Pandit was admitted by the University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, as a student of M.A. (Philosophy) in the Department of Philosophy and Psychology. In 1965, Pandit was awarded “Dr. Cameron Devi Dayal Misra Gold Medal” by the University of Lucknow in recognition of his earning the M. A. Degree in Philosophy with distinction, securing the First Position in order of merit. In November 1965, Giridhari Lal Pandit was awarded a Doctoral Fellowship at the world-famous Central University of Visva--Bharati, Santiniketan, Bolpur, West Bengal, founded by the poet-seer Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore in 1921. In 1972, Visva- Bharati awarded Giridhari Lal Pandit the Ph. D degree in Philosophy: Philosophy of Science, at its Annual Convocation that was presided over by the then Prime Minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi in her capacity as the Chancellor (herself its former student).