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We regret to announce that Dr. Bhudev Sharma, the first appointed full-time President of HUA, breathed his last in India on 23 April 2021 at the age of 82.
Bhudev ji, as he was popularly known, served as President of HUA from 2001-2002 and remained a member of the Board of Directors for over 10 years. During his presidency, he chose to live on the HUA campus so that the newly acquired HUA campus could receive maximum attention.
Born on June 23, 1938 in Bijnor - U.P., India, Bhudev ji had a very rich career both professionally and as a devout Hindu. M.Sc. Ph.D. from Delhi University, was Professor of Mathematics from 1957-2002 and taught at University of Delhi, University of West Indies, Trinidad, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, USA, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, USA, and JIIT, Noida. On invitation, he visited Canada, Germany, Russia, China, Japan, Brazil, France, Greece, Italy, England, Poland and many other countries. He has published more than 160 research papers in international journals, written 23 books and supervised 28 Ph.D. students who are in India, USA, Brazil, West Indies and Canada.
Apart from mathematics, Bhudev ji worked for Vedic/Indian studies and Hindi. He spent 9 years in Trinidad where he was the founder and president of the Bharatiya Association of the Caribbean; wrote the book "Videshi Hindi Primer" for teaching Hindi through English medium in schools; introduced Hindi in the schools of Trinidad; he succeeded in creating a Hindi chair in the University of the West Indies and established a strong body "HINDI NIDHI" which is still functioning for Hindi. During his 20-year stay in America, he founded the Hindu Educational and Religious Society of America in New Orleans, edited and published a quarterly Hindi journal 'Vishva Vivek; wrote 'The Complete Book of Hindu Poojas, Bhajans, Stotras and Arts', widely used in Hindu temples and families in the USA.
Bhudev ji was also the founder and president of the World Association for Vedic Studies (WAVES), USA, from 1996 to 2005, and under his inspirational leadership, WAVES - USA organized international conferences in 1996 (Atlanta), 1998 (Los Angeles), 2000 ( New Jersey), 2002 (Dartmouth, Maryland). WAVES continues to be a major platform for publications on Vedic studies. During his tenure, he was also editor-in-chief of many WAVES conference proceedings. He was President of the Hindu Educational and Religious Society of America (1991-2021); edited a collection: "Revisiting Indus-Sarasvati Civilization & Ancient India", "New Perspectives on Vedic and Ancient Indian Civilization" and "Contemporary Perspectives on Indian Civilization".
In India, he established "Janki Prasad-Shanti Devi International School" in his native village - Bankpur, Bijnor, UP affiliated to CBSE in 2009 and "Kusum Sharma International Women College" in Bhoorbaral Meerut affiliated to CCS University, Meerut in 2019. Bhudev ji also wrote "Ganitagya: Srinivas Ramanujan" (in Hindi) and edited "Hindi Vishwa-Kosh" for the Central Institute of Hindi, Ministry of Human Resource Development, India.
Bhudev ji has won several awards and honors for his work in promoting Vedic studies and Hindi. In 2003, Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee (then Prime Minister of India) awarded Hindi Videsh Prasar Samman, established by UP Hindi Sansthan, Lucknow. He also received the “Agastya Award” of Mauritius Ramayan Centre, Mauritius; "Ved Ratna Honor of Vedic Cultural Awareness" Award from Indo-UK Intellectual Forum, London, UK. On 11 December 2017, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the Honorable President of India, felicitated him as the 'Visionary EduLeader of India'.
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