Anand C. Paranjpe (1936–2025).

Memorializes Anand C. Paranjpe (1936-2025). Anand was best known for his rigorous scholarship connecting and contrasting India's philosophical treatise on human nature with Western psychology. His excellence in articulating common themes between Indian and Western psychologies remains unparalleled. In 1967, Anand joined the psychology department at Simon Fraser University, Canada, as an associate professor. His 30-plus years at the university were marked by publications of several books, book chapters, and journal articles. Anand's 1984 groundbreaking book Theoretical Psychology: The Meeting of the East and West was followed by his seminal work Self and Identity in Modern Psychology and Indian Thought (1998), which is considered a gold standard for psychology curriculum in India's universities. He coedited The Handbook of Indian Psychology (2008) and later published Yoga and Psychoanalysis (2022). His last book Understanding Yoga Psychology: Indigenous Psychology With Global Perspective was published in 2024, a year before his death. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).