G.C.PANDE,thinker,scholar,historian, regarded internationally as an authority on Buddhism and ancient Indian culture,joined the University of Allahabad, his alma mater, as Lecturer in History after receiving his D.Phil in 1947.Later he became Professor and Head of the Department of History of three universities— 

Gorakhpur,Jaipur and Allahabad. At present, he is the Chairman,Allahabad Museum Society and the Chairman-cum-President, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla.

Recipient of many honorary degrees (Vidya Varidhi, Sahitya Vacaspati, Vakpati, Mahamahopadhyaya) and awards (Sankara Sammana, Manisha Sammana, etc.), he has lectured and traveled extensively in India and abroad.  He has authored and edited several distinguished books and contributed over seventy articles to encyclopaedias, anthologies and journals.  His Studies in the Origins of Buddhism, Foundations of Indian Culture, Bharatiya Parampara Ke Mool Swara and other books brought him encomiums from scholars such as Gopinath Kaviraj, Rahul Sankrityayan, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Khetresh Chattopadhyaya, Vasudev Saran Agrawal, T.R.V. Murti, I.B. Horner, H.Nakamura and Louis Renou.