Sampadananda Mishra

Mishra is a grandson of a Sanskrit Pandit.[3] He received a post-graduate degree in Sanskrit from Utkal University.[2] He received an MPhil degree in Sanskrit working under V. Kutumba Sastry from Pondicherry University, where he received a gold medal for excellent performance.[2] He received a PhD degree from Utkal University on the Sanskrit and the evolution of human speech.[2] He currently serves as the director of Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Indian Culture (SAFIC), Puducherry.[2][3][4]

Mishra regularly conducts workshops, training programmes, orientation courses and talks for students and teachers of Sanskrit, Mantra, Yoga and Bhagavad Gita. He writes articles in English, Sanskrit, and Odia. He composes verses and songs.[2] He is involved in several projects related to Sanskrit, Indian Culture, Yoga and Education being run by the Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Indian Culture (SAFIC), Puducherry. In August 2013 Mishra launched a 24-hour Sanskrit-language radio station called Divyavani Sanskrit Radio which he has been managing single handedly till date.[3] In 2014 he founded the Samskrita Balasahitya Parishad which is focused on creating, evaluating and propagating children's literature in Sanskrit. Under the supervision of Mishra, Vande Mataram Library in collaboration with SAFIC now has launched online versions of the Gita, Upanishads, the Veda and Bhavani Bharati. As a Mentor for Sanskrit Education at Seth MR Jaipuria School, Lucknow, Mishra has developed the unique Devabhasha Curriculum to facilitate simple Sanskrit learning from LKG to Class 8. As a Mentor for Sanskrit at Language Curry, Mishra has designed the Sanskrit content for Language Curry Apps.

The Govt. of India has conferred the President’s award (Maharshi Badarayna Vyasa Samman 2011) on Mishra for his outstanding contribution to Sanskrit.

In the year 2014 the Ministry of Culture, Govt. Of India conferred the Senior Fellowship Award to Mishra for carrying out his research on the Vedic Art of Multiple Concentration.

In the year 2017 Junior Chamber International (JCI) India, (JCI Pondicherry Metro) conferred the Literary Excellence Award on Mishra for his contribution to Sanskrit language and literature.

Mishra was conferred the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Bala Puraskar for 2018 for his book Shanaih Shanaih – A book of Rhyming songs in Sanskrit for children.

Mishra was conferred the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Recognition of Re-engineering India 2020 by the Re-think India Organisation.

Mishra has edited or authored the following books.[1] :

• Sampadananda Mishra. Sanskrit and the Evolution of Human Speech. Sri Aurobindo Institute of Research in Social Sciences, 2006. ISBN 978-8170602361. 171 pp.[2]
• Sampadananda Mishra. Stotravali: A Book of Hymns and Prayers in Sanskrit. Sri Aurobindo Institute of Research in Social Sciences, 2006. ISBN 978-8170602033. 316 pp.[2]
• Sampadananda Mishra (ed.). The Century of Life of Sri Aurobindo with original verses of Bhartrihari. Sri Aurobindo Institute of Research in Social Sciences, 2005. ISBN 978-8170601203. 128 pp.[1][2]
• Sampadananda Mishra. Sri Aurobindo and Sanskrit. Sri Aurobindo Institute of Research in Social Sciences, 2001. ISBN 978-8170601593. 118 pp.[2]
• Sampadananda Mishra and Vijay Poddar. The wonder that is Sanskrit. Mapin Publishing Gp Pty Ltd, 2001. ISBN 978-1890206505. 210 pp.[1][2]
• Sampadananda Mishra. Hasyamanjari: A book of humorous stories in Sanskrit. Sri Aurobindo Institute of Research in Social Sciences, 2001. ISBN 978-8170601623. 42 pp.[2]
• Sampadananda Mishra. Chandovallari: A handbook of Sanskrit prosody. Sri Aurobindo Institute of Research in Social Sciences, 1999. ISBN 978-8170601234. 147 pp.[2]
• Mishra, Sampadananda (co-editor), Prenatal Education: Ancient Indian Perspectives, Kanchipuram, Department of Sanskrit and Indian Culture, SCSVM, Kanchipuram, 2019, Print.
• Mishra, Sampadananda (co-editor), Children’s Literature in Sanskrit, Kanchipuram, Department of Sanskrit and Indian Culture, SCSVM, Kanchipuram, 2018, Print.
• Mishra, Sampadananda. Shanaih Shanaih Balagitavalih. Puducherry, India: Auropublications, 2016. Print.
• Mishra, Sampadananda, trans. Saptavarna Chitrapatanga. Puducherry, India: Auropublications, 2016. Print.
• Mishra, Sampadananda, ed.Devabhasha – From LKG to class eight {10 books}: A unique Sanskrit curriculum prepared for Seth MR Jaipuria School.New Delhi: Integral Publishers; 2014. Print.
• Natesan K. and Sampadananda Mishra, eds. Collected Works of Vasishtha Kavya-Kantha Ganapati Muni in 12 volumes. Tiruvanamalai, India: Sri Ramanashramam, 2004; 2011. Print.

Mishra is one of the two trustees of Vande Mataram Library Trust.[3] The library plans to publish several volumes of religious and non-religious Sanskrit texts with translations.[3] As per Mishra, he floated the idea of Vande Mataram Library a few days after the petition against the Murty Classical Library of India (MCLI).[3] Mishra said, "If people are saying Indians are not competent enough to do that [translate Sanskrit], let’s prove it by creating good works, not fighting just like this."[3] Mishra is of the opinion that while the MCLI works are high-quality and the translations are good, there are portions where cultural elements are missing.[3] He plans to bring out authentic translations of both secular and non-secular texts in Sanskrit, including the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Gita, the Upanishads and the Vedas.[3][6]