Kalachakra Tantra and Shambhala

Niraj Kumar (b.22nd April 1973-) belongs to Magadha region and born near Bodhgaya, the Vajrasana. He is the author of classic work on Asian Integration, “Arise Asia” (2002). He is also a founding member of the Society for Asian Integration, an organization working for promoting Asian integration. He has been studying and writing Hindu and Buddhist tantras and a keen student of geopolitics and geostrategy. He is a Civil servant and currently working as Director in the Government of India.

For last 8 years, he has been working on five volume pentalogy on Kalacakra Tantra(DK Printworld: 2022-24).This is the first comprehensive translation and new commentary of the cryptic Sanskrit text of the 11th century after several centuries. Kalacakra Tantra was the climax of Nalanda tradition and the last major Buddhist tantra composed in India. He has also been commissioned a book on “THE BATTLE FOR FUTURE BUDDHA” by Penguin and Random House-India (2023).

Initiated by Swami Ranganathanada Ji Maharaj, President of the Ramakrishna Order .

Founder Member, Society for Asian Integration, New Delhi

Founder Trustee, Iternity Foundation, Kolkata- a group of neuroscientists, physicists, doctors committed to pursue dialogue between modern science and traditional wisdom .

Honorary Adviser, Mody University of Science & Technology, Rajasthan, India’s Only women university in India.