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    2. MV Narayanan
    MV Narayanan
    About the AuthorMV Narayanan
    MV Narayanan is former Vice-Chancellor of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit. He holds a PhD from the University of Exeter, UK, and previously taught at the University of Calicut, University of Sharjah and Miyazaki International University, Japan.
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