Sengaku Maeda

Sengaku Mayeda is a Japanese writer, philosopher and teacher, known for his writings on Indian philosophy and Adi Shankara. He was honoured by the Government of India, in 2014, by bestowing on him the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his services to the fields of literature and education. He is the fourth Japanese to be honoured with Padma Shri, after Taro Nakayama, Shoji Shiba and Prof. Noboru Karashima. He is also a recipient of the Third Order of Merit with the Middle Cordon of the Rising Sun of the Government of Japan, which he received in 2002. The next year, he got the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung fellowship and worked along with Prof. Paul Hacker

Some of Mayeda's publications are:

Positions held Mayeda is the professor emeritus, University of Tokyo and Musashino University. President - Nakamura Hajime Eastern Institute, Tokyo Buddhagunupakan Kancanakiartigun – Highest Decoration of Excellence - House of Representatives, Kingdom of Thailand Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies Award Academic Achievement Award - Nakamura Hajime Eastern Institute Japan Academy Prize Excellent Book Award - Tokyu Kagami Foundation

He is a research fellow of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China and is a recipient of Doctorate of Literarture (Honoris Causa) from the Buddhasravaka Bhiksu University, Sri Lanka.