Yajneshwar Sadashiv Shastri
Y.S. Shastri is professor and head of the department of philosophy, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India, and has been a visiting professor at Cleveland State and Loyola Marymount Universities. He was the editor of the journal Sambodhi from 1987-1991, and has written nine books including, Foundations of Hinduism; Salient Features of Hinduism; Mahayanasutralankara of Asanga; Traverses On Less Trodden Paths of Indian Philosophy and Religions; and Common Thread Among the Religions and Philosophies of India. He was the director of the International Peace Conference that was held at Gujarat University in Ahmedabad in December 2002.