Since 2011, Dr. Pandey has served as the on-call Ayurvedic doctor at SINI. Dr. Pandey handles all health-related issues for SINI’s monks, students, and visitors. Dr. Pandey was tutored by his father, a great Sanskrit professor at the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi. Supporting SINI’s mission to revitalize Sanskrit Buddhist chanting, Dr. Pandey is now recording Sanskrit Buddhist texts like the Manjushri Namasangiti, and other prayers and mantras. Every year since 2016, Dr. Pandey has led the Manjushrinamasanghiti annual program held in Bodh Gaya.