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Updated on 14 Jun, 2022

Dr. Chitresh Soni

Assistant Professor

Qualifications

M.A : 2010, Sanskrit, JNU, New Delhi
Ph.D : 2018, Issues and Challenges in Sanskrit to English Machine Translation

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Indian Intellectual Tradition, Indian Philosophy, Vedic Society, Ancient Indian History, Culture and Civilization (AIHC), Manuscriptology, Epigraphy and Numismatics, Ayurveda, Yoga and Technology texts in Sanskrit, Machine Translation

Experience

Assistant Professor, School of Translation Studies and Training (9th August 2021 - Till date)

Awards & Honours

* Ph.D. topic awarded as Best Research Proposal in Poster Format by the Twentieth International Congress of the Vedanta,

organized by UMass, Dartmouth and JNU, Dec 2011

* Nominated to the Editorial Board of MLS University Newsletter in 2011

* Junior Research Fellowship in first attempt, Code 25, UGC in 2010

* Inter-University Quiz Champion and Finalist at West Zone Inter-University Quiz Competition organized by AIU at LNIPE, Gwalior, Dec 2007

International Collaboration

Collaborated with Microsoft Translator for Development of Sanskrit to English Statistical Machine Translation

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

1. Chitresh Soni, Naveen Kumar Jha, Girish Nath Jha, 2015, Towards Automatic Translation From Sanskrit to English, Asian Lexicography Congress, Proceedings of the ASIALEX, Hong Kong PolyU, Hong Kong, 2015, Pages: 498-503, June 25-27, 2015

2. Chitresh Soni, 2017, Sanskrit Bhasha Sanganak Bhasha Vigyanayoh Parasparotkarsh Prasangikatvam, Vedanjali, Pages: 126-134, July-Dec 2017
3. Chitresh Soni, 2019, One Thousand Years of Conflict of Buddhist and Nyaya Philosophy, With special reference to the great epistemological debate, Vedanjali, Pages: 292-297, July-Dec 2019

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

Chitresh Soni, 2019, Sanskrit to English Machine Translation, Vidyanidhi Prakashan, Delhi

Official Address:
School of Translation Studies and Training,
Room no - 28,
Block 15-C,
New Delhi - 110068
New Delhi, India