Shailesh Shinde is PhD student at the Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India. He works on the Literary History of India with a focus on the history of Jaina Literature. And also working as a Research Assistant in Jaina Prosopography Database Project at Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune in Collaboration with SOAS, London. Area of interest- Manuscriptology, Sanskrit Literature, Prakrit Literature, Jaina Literature, Vedanta Philosophy, Prosopography