Radhika Herzberger

Radhika Herzberger (née Jayakar; born 1938) is an Indian writer, educationist and scholar in Sanskrit and Indology.

[1] She lives in Rishi Valley School, in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, and serves as the Director of Rishi Valley Education Centre, an educational institution founded by Jiddu Krishnamurti in the 1920s.

After obtaining a doctorate from the University of Toronto,[2] she joined Rishi Valley Education Centre[3] as an instructor in history,[2] eventually becoming the Director of the institution.

[1][2][4] Radhika Herzberger has published a book, An Essay in the Development of Fifth and Sixth Century Indian Thought, as a part of Indian Classical Studies.

[6][7][8] The Government of India honoured her, in 2013, by awarding her the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for her contributions to the fields of literature and education.