Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t42.4

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in Delhi University and Banaras Hindu University. He returned to China in 1958 to teach and work on his research in Peking University. In 1985, he became a professor at the University and a doctoral supervisor in 1990 of modern Indian language and literature. His previous positions include Director of Laboratory of Oriental Literature of the Oriental Language Department of Peking University, and the Director of South Asia Cultural Institute. He has served successively as the Vice President, President and Honorary President of China Indian Literature Institute. He was honoured with the title of Senior Translator by the Translators Association of China in November 2004, and was elected as a Senior Professor of the Philosophy and Social Science Department of Peking University in January 2005.