Vashishth Tripathi is an Indian professor who taught Nyay Shastra in Sampurnanad Sanskrit University (SSU).
[1] He announced his retirement in 2000.
Hareram Tripathi is his pupil who is the Vice Chancellor of SSU.
[2] Tripathi is considered a scholar in Nyāya Sūtras, an ancient Indian Sanskrit text composed by Akṣapāda Gautama, and the foundational text of the Nyaya school of Hindu philosophy.
[3][4] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honor of the Padma Bhushan, in 2022, for his contribution to the field of literature and education.