Lavanya Vemsani

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Professor od History
Affiliation	Department of Social Sciences Shawnee State University
Email	lvhistory740@gmail.com
Mailing Address	940 Second Street Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
Countries of Specialization	India ; Japan
Education	Ph.D. (Religious Studies) McMaster University (Hamilton, Canada), 2004 Balarama: Change and Continuity in an Indian Cult Ph.D. (History) University of Hyderabad (Hyderabad, India) Settlement Patterns in Andhra Pradesh up to AD 500 M.Phil (History) University of Hyderabad (Hyderabad, India) Inscriptions of Karimnagar District: Examination of Place Names, Personal Names and Orthography
Research Interests	Co-founder, American Academy of Indic Studies See: http://www.shawnee.edu/academics/social-sciences/faculty/lvemsani.aspx
Publications	Books 2018. Modern Hinduism in text and context. Edited by Lavanya Vemsani. London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 2016. Krishna in history, thought, and culture : an encyclopedia of the Hindu lord of many names. Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO. 2006. Hindu and Jain mythology of Balarāma : change and continuity in an early Indian cult. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press. Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Indic Studies Managing Editor, International Journal of Indic Religions Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of History Associate Editor, Air Force Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs
Keywords	India ; Hinduism ; Buddhism ; Jainism