Dr Mani Dravid Sastri is a reputed scholar in Vyakarana, Nyaya, Purva-mimamsa and Advaita Vedanta. He studied under ‘Sastraratnakara’ late Sri P S Subrahmanya Sastri, a past Director of the Mahesh Research Institute, Varanasi and subsequently under another famed scholar, late Sri S R Krishnamurthy Sastri, a Professor of Vedanta at the Madras Sanskrit College, Chennai. He obtained his Doctorate in Indian Philosophy from the Benares Hindu University. He presently teaches as a Professor at the Madras Sanskrit College and regularly participates in philosophical discussions organised in various parts of the country.
