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	He first worked as a research assistant at the [[Indian Institute of Science]], ~~before moving to~~ the All India Institute of Mental Health (now [[NIMHANS]])~~. By 1965, he had risen to become the head of the department of clinical psychology~~.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Illustrated Suśruta Saṃhitā: Sūtrasthāna and Nidāna sthāna\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ux4gAQAAMAAJ\|author=K. R. Srikanthamurthy\|publisher=Chaukhambha Orientalia\|year=2000\|page=xxii\|quote=S.K. Ramachandra Rao is an M.A. in psychology from Mysore University (1949). He joined the department of Psychology of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and served as the head of that department for some years.}}</ref>		He first worked as a research assistant at the [[Indian Institute of Science]] and rose to become head of its department of Psychology. From 1954 to 1965, he was Professor of Psychology at the All India Institute of Mental Health (now [[NIMHANS]]).<ref>{{cite book\|title=Illustrated Suśruta Saṃhitā: Sūtrasthāna and Nidāna sthāna\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ux4gAQAAMAAJ\|author=K. R. Srikanthamurthy\|publisher=Chaukhambha Orientalia\|year=2000\|page=xxii\|quote=S.K. Ramachandra Rao is an M.A. in psychology from Mysore University (1949). He joined the department of Psychology of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and served as the head of that department for some years. Next he was appionted Professor of Psychology at NIMHANS (1954) and served there till 1965.}}</ref>

	In 1962, while at NIMHANS, he wrote a book ''The Development of Psychological Thought in India''.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y4KBCgAAQBAJ&q=S+K+Ramachandra+Rao+Development+of+Psychological+Thought&pg=PA363\|title=Psychology in the Indian Tradition\|page=363\|author1=K. Ramakrishna Rao\|author2=Anand C. Paranjpe\|publisher=Springer\|date=3 September 2015\|isbn=978-8132224402}}</ref> He also created an Indian version of the [[Thematic Apperception Test]] (TAT) cards and conducted experiments based on them.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Personality Tests and Reviews II: A Monograph Consisting of the Personality Sections of the Seventh Mental Measurements Yearbook (1972) and Tests in Print II (1974)\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3hRAQAAIAAJ\|page=275\|author=Oscar Krisen Buros\|publisher=Gryphon Press\|year=1975}}</ref> He was also instrumental in revising the syllabus that was taught at NIMHANS to include aspects of Indian philosophy that had influenced the study of psychology.		In 1962, while at NIMHANS, he wrote a book ''The Development of Psychological Thought in India''.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y4KBCgAAQBAJ&q=S+K+Ramachandra+Rao+Development+of+Psychological+Thought&pg=PA363\|title=Psychology in the Indian Tradition\|page=363\|author1=K. Ramakrishna Rao\|author2=Anand C. Paranjpe\|publisher=Springer\|date=3 September 2015\|isbn=978-8132224402}}</ref> He also created an Indian version of the [[Thematic Apperception Test]] (TAT) cards and conducted experiments based on them.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Personality Tests and Reviews II: A Monograph Consisting of the Personality Sections of the Seventh Mental Measurements Yearbook (1972) and Tests in Print II (1974)\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3hRAQAAIAAJ\|page=275\|author=Oscar Krisen Buros\|publisher=Gryphon Press\|year=1975}}</ref> He was also instrumental in revising the syllabus that was taught at NIMHANS to include aspects of Indian philosophy that had influenced the study of psychology.

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{{Infobox writer 
| name = S. K. Ramachandra Rao
| image = S K Ramachandra Rao.jpg
| caption = S. K. Ramachandra Rao
| birth_name = Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao
| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|9|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hassan, Karnataka|Hassan]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|2|2|1925|9|4|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Bangalore]], India
| nationality = Indian
| citizenship = Indian
| occupation = [[Author]], [[Psychologist]], Sanskrit scholar
| alma_mater = [[University of Mysore]]
|honorific_prefix = Vidyalankara, Sastrachudamani, Vedantanidhi, Sangitakalaratan<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8TwHhuZrZ-wC&q=S+K+Ramachandra+Rao+Bangalore&pg=PR11|title=Philosophy and Theistic Mysticism of the Āl̲vārs|page=11|author=S. M. Srinivasa Chari|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|year=1997|isbn=978-8120813427}}</ref>
}}
Vidyalankara '''Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao''' (4 September 1925 – 2 February 2006<ref>{{cite book|title=The Astrological Magazine, Volume 95|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s8h-AAAAMAAJ|page=67|publisher=Raman Publications|year=2006}}</ref>) was an Indian [[author]], Sanskrit [[scholar]] and
professor of [[psychology]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A study of the compositions of Purandaradāsa and Tyāgarāja|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cBTmAAAAMAAJ|page=xiv|author=Tumuluri Seetharama Lakshmi|publisher=Veda Sruti Publications|year=1994}}</ref>

His books, most of them in [[Kannada]] and English, deal with [[Culture of India|Indian
culture]], [[Indian philosophy|philosophy]], [[Indian art|art]], [[Indian music|music]], and [[Indian literature|literature]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTniBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT392|page=392|title=Theorizing the Local: Music, Practice, and Experience in South Asia and Beyond|author=Richard Wolf|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=3 September 2009|isbn=9780190450236}}</ref> They are based on research he
conducted on ancient Indian texts and rare manuscripts. He was working on a
thirty-two volume project on the [[Rigveda]] in English at the time of his death.<ref>{{cite book|title=Illustrated Suśruta Saṃhitā: Sūtrasthāna and Nidāna sthāna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ux4gAQAAMAAJ|author=K. R. Srikanthamurthy|publisher=Chaukhambha Orientalia|year=2000|page=xxii}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Karnataka State Gazetteer: Mysore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7yQLAQAAIAAJ|page=690|publisher=Director of Print, Stationery and Publications at the Karnataka Government Press|year=1988}}</ref>

==Early life==
Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao was born in a [[Kannada people|Kannada]] family on September 4, 1925, in [[Hassan, Karnataka|Hassan]], a small town in [[south India]]. He spent his early childhood with his grandparents in [[Bangalore]], where he started school. He also started learning Sanskrit from Agnihotri Yajnavitthalachar, a scholar. This training in Sanskrit would help him write numerous books later in life.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ifAwhkmnfjcC&pg=PR5|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian medicine. Vol. 3. Clinical examination and diagnostic methods|page=5|author=Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao|publisher=Popular Prakashan|year=2005|isbn=978-8171542574}}</ref>

When his grandfather died, he moved to Nanjanagudu, a small town, where his parents were staying at the time. He soon moved to Mysore to finish school. In 1949 he graduated with a master's degree in psychology from [[University of Mysore]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Psychologia, Volumes 1-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G1UTAAAAIAAJ|publisher= Kyoto University|year=1958|page=91}}</ref>

==Work==

He first worked as a research assistant at the [[Indian Institute of Science]], before moving to the All India Institute of Mental Health (now [[NIMHANS]]). By 1965, he had risen to become the head of the department of clinical psychology.<ref>{{cite book|title=Illustrated Suśruta Saṃhitā: Sūtrasthāna and Nidāna sthāna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ux4gAQAAMAAJ|author=K. R. Srikanthamurthy|publisher=Chaukhambha Orientalia|year=2000|page=xxii|quote=S.K. Ramachandra Rao is an M.A. in psychology from Mysore University (1949). He joined the department of Psychology of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and served as the head of that department for some years.}}</ref>

In 1962, while at NIMHANS, he wrote a book ''The Development of Psychological Thought in India''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y4KBCgAAQBAJ&q=S+K+Ramachandra+Rao+Development+of+Psychological+Thought&pg=PA363|title=Psychology in the Indian Tradition|page=363|author1=K. Ramakrishna Rao|author2=Anand C. Paranjpe|publisher=Springer|date=3 September 2015|isbn=978-8132224402}}</ref> He also created an Indian version of the [[Thematic Apperception Test]] (TAT) cards and conducted experiments based on them.<ref>{{cite book|title=Personality Tests and Reviews II: A Monograph Consisting of the Personality Sections of the Seventh Mental Measurements Yearbook (1972) and Tests in Print II (1974)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3hRAQAAIAAJ|page=275|author=Oscar Krisen Buros|publisher=Gryphon Press|year=1975}}</ref> He was also instrumental in revising the syllabus that was taught at NIMHANS to include aspects of Indian philosophy that had influenced the study of psychology.

He left NIMHANS in 1965, and worked as a visiting professor in various institutions in Bangalore, lecturing and teaching courses in psychology, [[indology]], philosophy, social work and education.

In later life, he divided his time between public speaking, writing and teaching students at home.

==Author==

His books deal primarily with Indian culture, philosophy, art, music, and literature. They are based on research he conducted on ancient Indian texts and rare manuscripts.

He has also written a [[Play (theatre)|play]] in Sanskrit, a commentary in [[Pali]] on ''Visuddhimagga'', a book by [[Buddhagosha]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Mysore Orientalist, Volumes 1-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KfBjAAAAMAAJ|publisher=Oriental Research Institute, University of Mysore|page=54|year=1967}}</ref> He has also written a treatise in Pali called ''Sumangala-gatha'' which was published in the journal ''The Light of the Dhamma''.

At the time of his death, he was working on a thirty-two volume project on the Rigveda in English. Volume sixteen was published two years after his death in 2007.

==Other work==

He was also a painter and a sculptor. One of his works is on permanent display at [[Ravindra Kalakshetra]] in [[Bangalore]].

==Death==
He died on February 2, 2006, in Bangalore. He is survived by his wife and two children.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Astrological Magazine, Volume 95|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s8h-AAAAMAAJ|page=67|publisher=Raman Publications|year=2006|quote=S.K. Ramachandra Rao, well known scholar, 78, passed away on February 2, 2006 after a brief illness.}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Refbegin}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060211022520/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/03/stories/2006020313500400.htm ''The Hindu'' 3 Feb 2006]
{{Refend}}

==External links==
*[http://www.profskr.com Prof SKR trust website]

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