Juan R. Francisco

Juan R. Francisco is a Filipino Indologist who discovered the Maranao version of the Ramayana, that is native to the Philippines. He then translated it into English. He is also a professor at the University of the Philippines in Manila. For several years he served as the Executive Director of the Philippine-American Educational Foundation (PAEF), administering the Fulbright Program in the Philippines.

Education
He has a Ph.D. in Sanskrit from the University of Madras, and he studied under Indologist Raghavan from Chennai. Francisco himself taught another Filipino Indologist, Josephine Acosta Pasricha.

Works

 * Indian Influences in the Philippines (1964)
 * Maharadia Lawana (1969)
 * Sanskrit in Philippine Language and Literature (1973)
 * From Ayodhya to Pulu Agamaniog: Rama's Journey to the Philippines (1994)