
BY A STAFF REPORTER
LOS ANGELES,CA- Dharma Civilization Foundation, Founding President,Shiva Bajpai, passed away on Jan 13 at the age of 84.He was born on July 13, 1933. As a Professor of History,he taught at California State University Northridge (CSUN) from 1970 to 2003 and continued to offer classes at until 2010. Bajpai’s teaching focused...
LOS ANGELES,CA- Dharma Civilization Foundation, Founding President,Shiva Bajpai, passed away on Jan 13 at the age of 84.He was born on July 13, 1933. As a Professor of History,he taught at California State University Northridge (CSUN) from 1970 to 2003 and continued to offer classes at until 2010. Bajpai’s teaching focused...

on the history of India and World History. When Bajpai retired from active teaching, he found himself engulfed in the California text-book controversy, which centered on the teaching of the history of India and Hinduism in California K-12 schools. From 2005 to 2009, he worked with the staff of Hinduism Today to create the book “The History of Hindu India” intended for middle school as a corrective to the material common in the officially prescribed textbooks. His encounter with the existing entrenched challenges in the narratives about Hinduism in the academy, further led him to the founding of Dharma Civilization Foundation. He served as its first president and a trustee.