Bimal Chandra Mohapatra, who holds Delhi University’s Ph.D, is a one-time Research Fellow of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) and the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).

An untiring researcher, Dr. Mohapatra is currently working, in the Department of Buddhist Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, on a post-doctoral project relevant to Comparative Religion. Which also involves him with the Taisho University and the Eastern Institute in Tokyo, Japan.