Ved Kumari Ghai
Ved Kumari Ghai is a sanskrit scholar from India. She was a head of Sanskrit department in the Jammu University.Early life
She was born on 16 December 1931, in Pratap Mohallah, Jammu. She completed her school education in Jammu. She completed MA in Sanskrit from Punjab University in 1953 and MA in Ancient Indian History and Culture in 1958 and PhD in Sanskrit in 1960 from Banaras Hindu University. She married to Ram Pratap who is also Sanskrit scholar.Career
She started her career as a professor of Sanskrit at Government College for Women, Parade, Jammu. She was a head of post graduate level Sanskrit Department, Jammu University until her retirement on 31 December 1991. She taught Panini’s Sanskrit grammar and literature at the Institute of Indian Studies, Copenhagen University, Denmark in 1966–67 and 1978–80. She is a scholar in Dogri language and also knows Hindi. She is also involved in social work. She is a member of the Amarnath shrine board.Recognition
