Directors

Directors of BLII

  1. Prof. N. R. Banerjee (1987-1988)
    Ex Director, National Museum, New Delhi
  2. Prof. S. B. Deo (1989-1990)
    Ex Director, Deccan College, Pune
  3. Prof. V. Venkatachalam (1990-1992)
    Ex. Vice-Chancellor, S. S. University, Varanasi
  4. Prof. Laxmi Narayan Tiwari (1993-1996)
    Ex Head, Deptt of Pali & Theravada, S.S.U. Varanasi
  5. Prof. Vimal Prakash Jain (1997-2003 and 2005)
    Ex Head, Deptt of Sanskrit, Pali & Prakrit, Jabalpur University
  6. Prof. J. P. Vidyalankar (2003-2004)
    Ex Head, Deptt of Sanskrit, Hans Raj College, Delhi
  7. Dr. Balaji Ganorkar, Joint & Officiating Director (2005-2007), and Director (2007-2011)
    Ex Associate Director, A. K. G. M., SMJAK, Gandhinagar
  8. Prof. Phool Chand Jain “Premi”, Director (2011-2013)
    Ex Head of the Department of Jainology, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi.
  9. Prof. Gaya Charan Tripathi (2013-2022)
    Ex Head of the Research and Publication Division, IGNCA, Delhi;
    Ex National Fellow, IIAS, Shimla;
    Ex Director, Sir G.N. Jha Research Institute, Allahabad
  10. Prof. Vijay Kumar Jain (2023 – )
    Ex Director, Central Sanskrit University, Lucknow Campus,
    Ex Head of the Department of Buddhist Philosophy, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Lucknow Campus