James Mallinson

James (Jim) Mallinson is the Boden Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford. The primary focus of his research is the history of yoga, on which he has published extensively, including the anthology Roots of Yoga. Jim has spent many years living with sadhus in India, and at the 2013 Kumbh Mela, was made a Mahant of the Ramanandi Sampradaya.