Deepak Sarma, professor of Indian religion and philosophy at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, was recently named to two external positions.
He was elected the vice president of the , an interdisciplinary academic organization for the study of the American rock band the Grateful Dead, for a term from 2022 to 2024.
Sarma also joined the Scholar Advisory Board at the in Kansas City, Missouri.
In this new position, Sarma will lead a new World Faiths Initiative at the museum, in which he will reimagine collections of art through the perspective of religions around the world.
