Braj Bihari Kachru was an Indian-American linguist.
10 Facts About Braj Kachru
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Braj Kachru was Jubilee Professor of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Braj Bihari Kachru was a friend of Kashmiri poet and writer Zinda Kaul Masterji.
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In 1962 Braj Kachru gained a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Edinburgh.
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Braj Kachru researched in the fields of World Englishes and Kashmiri language and published several books and research papers related to the field.
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At the University of Illinois, Braj Kachru headed the Department of Linguistics, directed the Division of English as an International Language, and was director of the Center for Advanced Study.
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Braj Kachru was president of American Association of Applied Linguistics.
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Braj Kachru was named Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Illinois in 1992.
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Braj Kachru went on to become the president of the International Association for World Englishes, and eventually the Honorary Fellow of the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, now English and Foreign Languages University in Hyderabad, India, in 2001.
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Braj Kachru has been on the editorial board of Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural development, International Journal of the Sociology of Languages, Asian Englishes, and Linguistics and the Human Sciences.