Prof. Dr. Shashibala, a renowned Indologist, Chair, Acharya Raghuvira, Dean, Centre for Indology, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Delhi Kendra, an alumni of Himachal Pradesh University, specializes in India's Cultural linkages to other Asian Countries, Sanskrit, history of arts, Buddhism and cross cultural connections across political boundaries etc.. As a Research Professor at the International Academy of Indian Culture, New Delhi, founded by Prof. Raghu Vira, (presently Director- Prof. Lokesh Chandra), she has authored twenty two books and 75 research papers. She taught 'History of Japanese Art and Southeast Asian Art' for fifteen years at the National Museum Institute, a deemed University, New Delhi.
