Prof. K. N. Neelakantan Elayath

B.A. Sanskrit from Sri Sankara College, Kalady (1964), M.A. Sanskrit from the University of Madras (1966), and a Ph.D. from the University of Kerala (1975).

Taught Sanskrit at Govt. Arts College Kumbakonam, Sree Krishna College Thrissur, and the University of Calicut, rising to Professor and later Emeritus Professor. Supervised eleven doctoral theses on subjects ranging from Kālidāsa and the Mahābhārata to Advaita Vedānta and Sanskrit literary criticism.

Served as Honorary Professor and then Director of the Adyar Library and Research Centre, Chennai, and as Chief Editor of its journal, Brahmavidyā.

Sanskrit, Advaita Vedānta, classical Indian philosophy, modern Western philosophy in dialogue with Indian thought, Sanskrit poetics, and cultural studies.