Anil K Rajvanshi: Recent Episodes
Anil K Rajvanshi
This is the podcast of Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf). He is currently the Director and Hon. Secretary of Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) (https://nariphaltan.org). He has more than 43 years of experience in renewable energy R&D and rural development. He did his B.Tech and M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from I.I.T. Kanpur in 1972 and 1974 respectively. He received his Ph.D. in Mech. Engg. from University of Florida, Gainesville, USA in 1979. He was also on the faculty of University of Florida (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering) for 2.5 years before returning to India in 1981 to work at NARI. Besides the technology work he also has interests in spirituality, holistic living and sustainable development as evidenced by his book on the subject and his various writings which appear quite frequently in Speaking Tree (Times of India), Huffington Post, Thrive Global and South Asia Monitor. Dr. Rajvanshi has been writing about the interaction of human thought with matter since 1970s and those ideas (in diary form) have been distilled in his writings (https://nariphaltan.org/writings.htm). He believes that spirituality with high technology (https://nariphaltan.org/spiritech.pdf) should be the mantra of India’s development and practices what he preaches. Thus he lives a simple life (https://nariphaltan.org/simplelife.pdf) in rural Maharashtra while developing high technologies for rural poor.
This is an invited lecture that Dr. Anil Rajvanshi, Director of Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute gave to freshman students at NICMAR University, Pune on 25th July 2023.
The lecture was followed by questions and answer session.
Sage Patanjali has been my teacher. Whatever little I have written in the last 20 years on spirituality or thought about the interaction of mind-matter and higher things have been inspired by Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and I have always felt that his spirit has guided me in this journey.
According to me Patanjali was a true scientist who gave the first knowledge about the control of thought and mind and about universal laws governing time and space. Unfortunately till now none of the commentaries on Yoga Sutras have explored them through the lens of science. I feel this podcast will help overcome that lacunae.
I have shown that most of his sutras mirror the findings of modern science and technology.
The article on which this podcast is based is at: https://nariphaltan.org/sutrascience.pdf
This is the inaugural talk that Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi gave at Techkriti 23 at IIT Kanpur in March 2023.
Dr. Rajvanshi talks about the challenges of providing high technology in rural areas and how with technology we can improve the quality of life of rural population and in the process show the world a new paradigm of development. Dr. Rajvanshi also talked how spirituality + Technology could be new paradigm of development.
The COP conferences are really a sham and a show of hypocritical behavior which brings out the real face of the selfish and the control freaks of the world. In the recently concluded COP 27 the much touted creation of loss and damage fund was nothing but hot air. With no details about who will provide money for the fund and which country will get how much this remains only platitudes.
The tycoons, heads of states and big industry leaders fly in their expensive personal jets and stay in total luxury in the resort places which are the venues of the conferences. There were reports that about 400 private jets landed in Egypt carrying the delegates! The amount of energy use and carbon dioxide production by these events is enormous and all the trappings of unsustainable lifestyle are on display by people who are talking and preaching about sustainable lifestyle!
Dr. Anil Rajvanshi has given suggestions on how to make them productive and what should be done to help go on the path to sustainability.
In this podcast Dr. Anil Rajvanshi talks about the neurobiological basis of fear, how it is formed and possible ways to overcome it and reduce it.
If we can reduce it then we can do wonderful things. History of world is history of fearless people who charted new paths and developed new thoughts, inventions and innovations.
This is the audio of the talk that Dr. Anil Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) gave at Pune International Center on 1st October 2022.
The talk was on Dr. Rajvanshi's latest book Ëxploring the Mind of God - How Technology Guided by Spirituality can produce Happiness". The book is available at Amazon and other book stores.
The video of the talk is available at YouTube.
This is an audio of Institute lecture that Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) gave at IIT Kanpur in September 2022. The title of the talk was Nation Building, Junoon and Happiness.
The YouTube video of the lecture is available at. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w83mc6cdyg
The talk focused on how bright students of IIT Kanpur (IITK) can help light up the lives of the rural population and in the process help in Nation Building. By doing so they will contribute to the betterment of society. The talk showed how giving back to society produces happiness.
Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi an alumnus of IITK talked about his journey from IITK to USA and to rural India and what inspired him to do so and the junoon and forces which shaped his life. The talk also touched upon the challenges facing rural India and how high tech solutions from bright minds in IITK might be able to overcome them.
This is the audio of the keynote address that Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) gave to the incoming freshmen class of NICMAR University in Pune. The talk was delivered on 16th August 2022.
Around 750 students and faculty gave a standing ovation after the lecture.
The YouTube lecture is at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH7WkcRokQw
As India approaches 75th year of Independence (Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav) Dr. Anil Rajvanshi talks about the need to remember all the leaders and unsung heroes who took part in the movement. He thinks that the proper account of the history should be presented to the children so that they should feel proud of our heritage.
In this talk Dr. Anil Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) discusses a possible mechanism about why we have a desire to reproduce. All the theories talk about Darwin's theory of evolution but why is their a desire to reproduce and evolve? Interesting ideas on it are put forth based on Big Bang and Patanjali Yoga theories.
Mayank Chaya, a well known journalist from Chicago interviewed Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) on 4th August 2022 for South Asia Monitor. The interview covered wide area including renewable energy, R&D, innovation in India and role of Mahatma Gandhi in modern India. South Asia Monitor (https://southasiamonitor.org).
With diverse global catastrophes caused by climate change across the world, India has the opportunity to play a decisive role to help reverse that. Significantly contributing to that effort is Anil Rajvanshi, a pioneering innovator, heading the Nimbkar Agricultural Institute or NARI in Phaltan, Maharashtra.
An inductee of America’s Solar Hall of Fame, Rajvanshi has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the IIT Kanpur and a Ph. D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Florida. He has seven patents to his credit in areas of lantern, alcohol stove, biomass gasifier and electric cycle rickshaws.
Rajvanshi spoke to South Asia Monitor and Mayank Chhaya Reports over a wide range of issues, including climate change, rural innovation and whether India has the R and D depth to make a difference.
Read more at: https://www.southasiamonitor.org/sam-conversations/anil-rajvanshi-renewable-energy-expert-rural-technology-innovator-and-spiritual
This is the podcast of the talk that Dr. Anil Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) gave at the Annual TAAP convention held in Mumbai on 8th June 2022. The talk was organized by Tata Group. The Chairman of Tata Group Mr. Chandrasekaran together with Tata Sons board members and about 35-40 CEOs of the major Tata Companies like TCS, Tata Motors, Rallis India, Air Asia, etc. together with the CSR heads of major Tata Companies were in the audience. Thus around 180 members of Tata Group were in my talk.
My speech was entitled “Role of Corporates in Bringing Social Transformation” and it was well received judging by the enthusiastic response of the participants. All the 180 participants were also given a copy of my book “Romance of Innovation”.
The speech together with a few photographs of the event is available at https://nariphaltan.org/tatatalk.pdf I do hope that other corporate houses may follow the suggestions given in the speech for making a better and inclusive India.
This is the podcast of the TEDx talk that Dr. Anil Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) gave at MNNIT, Prayagraj on 9th April 2022.
The transcript of talk is available at; https://nariphaltan.org/tedtalk.pdf
This is the podcast (in Hindi) of All India Radio interview of Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi conducted by Shri Sachin Prabhune of AIR, Satara on 20th April 2022.
The broadcast was done firstly from Satara station on 26th April and nationwide broadcast on 22nd May 2022.
This broadcast forms a two part series on the life and work of Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf). The first part is available at; https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/anilrajvanshi/episodes/2022-03-03T03_52_54-08_00
This is an inspirational talk given to students and faculty of IIM, Lucknow on 1st March 2022. The original talk was in video format.
In this talk Dr. Rajvanshi traces his journey from Lucknow to Phaltan and discusses what made him leave a lucrative career in USA and choose rural Maharashtra to do his work. He tells in short the work done in NARI.
Dr. Rajvanshi also discusses how to develop a mindset to do this type of work for rural development.
This is the podcast of the interview broadcast on All India Radio, Pune on 3 March 2022. The interview in Hindi was conducted and recorded by Shri M.J. Patel of All India Radio.
In this interview Dr. Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) discusses his life's work and journey at Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute, Phaltan (www.nariphaltan.org) and which led him to get the Padma Shri Award from Government of India.
This podcast is a part of two part AIR broadcast about the life and work of Anil Rajvanshi. The second part is: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/anilrajvanshi/episodes/2022-04-22T21_23_01-07_00
This is the podcast (in Hindi) based on the interview of Anil K. Rajvanshi conducted by DJ Daksh for Radio City 91.1 FM. The occasion was National Science Day. Dr. Rajvanshi was interviewed regarding his views on how to make science attractive for children and young students.
This is the podcast of TV interview (in Hindi) of Dr. Anil Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) given to a Door Darshan (DD) TV station.
Dr. Rajvanshi discusses the history and evolution of some of the main R&D work done at NARI starting in 1981.
The interview was taken after Dr. Rajvanshi was selected for Padma Shri Award.
This is the podcast of the interview of Anil K Rajvanshi conducted by All India Radio, Nasik on 27th January 2022. The occasion was the announcement of Padma Shri Award ( https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/padmaawardees2022.pdf) by the Government of India.
Padma awards are the highest civilian awards given every year. Dr. Anil Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) received this year Padma Shri. The interview charts the journey of Anil Rajvanshi for the last 40 years.
Since this was the phone interview hence the quality of sound is not studio quality.
This is the podcast of full interview of Anil Rajvanshi by IIT Kanpur DORA staff members after he was awarded Padma Shri by Govt. of India (https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/padmaawardees2022.pdf). Padma awards are the highest civilian awards given by GOI every year.
Anil Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) is a graduate of IIT Kanpur and did his B Tech and MTech in Mechanical Engineering in 1972 and 1974 respectively.
The edited video uploaded by IIT Kanpur is here. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNpaNwmGWxc)
The interview was conducted on 27th January by Gauri Sharma and assisted by Komal.
This podcast is about what made Dr. Anil Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) write his fifth book: "Exploring the Mind of God - How Technology guided by Spirituality can produce Happiness".
The URL of this talk is at: https://nariphaltan.org/bookpodcast.pdf
I hope the people who will listen to this podcast will be inspired to read the book.
All of us sometime or the other have experienced the Eureka moments or insights where suddenly the solution to a long-vexed problem emerges in a flash. Such eureka moments or sudden insights have been the basis of some of the greatest discoveries of this world.
So curiosity arose how the brain produces such moments and insights and what is the neurobiological basis of it.
The details with links are given in this article: https://nariphaltan.org/eureka.pdf
In this podcast Dr. Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) talks about how spirituality gives us wisdom to use technology properly and also help us live sustainably. There is tremendous turmoil in the world.
I believe it has to do with the tremendous insecurity that mankind faces. Increased population pressures, stress of daily life, increased expectations fueled by social media together with the need for instant gratification add to this insecurity. This, in turn, fuels the greed impulse and for some who have power and resources, this impulse is enhanced.
One of the best ways to reduce greed and insecurity is by practicing spirituality. Greed is an outcome of the desire to possess. It is a part of the evolutionary process, and every human being wants to have resources for distressed times. In the absence of wisdom, this degenerates into hoarding impulse and greed. By practicing spirituality one can get the wisdom to understand that we should use things for our needs and not for our greed as Mahatma Gandhi once said.
Read more at: https://nariphaltan.org/worldspirituality.pdf
Patanjali Yoga sutras, written almost 2500 years ago, are the earliest treatise on Yoga. In the book Sage Patanjali enunciates in a scientific manner how to control thought – a process which makes the mind powerful enough so that when it focuses on any subject its complete knowledge results.
In this broadcast Dr. Rajvanshi shows the deep science of sutras and how they match what has been discovered now by science. It is really uncanny that Patanjali wrote about all these almost 2500 years ago.
The URL of this talk is: https://nariphaltan.org/patanjaliscience.pdf
And a YouTube lecture is at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud9bL68TRbI
This is the broadcast of All India Radio interview given by Dr. Anil Rajvanshi on 13 November 2021. In this broadcast Dr. Rajvanshi discusses the challenges thrown by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in COP26 meeting and possible way we in India can meet them.
He feels that the vision shown by Prime Minister is a doable goal provided we set in motion huge program in human resource development, reduction of our energy needs and out of box thinking in developing renewable energy resource technologies based on biomimicry.
He also feels that this goal can be met by practicing the mantra of Spirituality + Technology = Happiness (https://nariphaltan.org/spiritech.pdf).
In this podcast Dr. Rajvanshi talks about how the great spiritual tradions of India can show the world a new path of development.
Thus instead of following the unsustainable growth example of the US and China, which is based on extreme greed and a very materialistic outlook, we should give the world a new direction of development where high technology is guided by spirituality
Read more at: https://www.southasiamonitor.org/spotlight/indias-philosophical-spiritual-traditions-can-give-new-direction-global-sustainable
In this audio Dr. Anil Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) talks about how modern science and yoga sutras are similar. He also talks about the experiences of UFO abductees who talk about the supernatural powers exhibited by extraterrestrials which is exactly what Patanjali wrote 2500 years ago. The similarity is really uncanny.
Dr. Rajvanshi has written about this issue in many published articles.
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https://nariphaltan.org/patanjali.pdf
His writings on spirituality and similar topics are available at: https://nariphaltan.org/writings.htm
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In this talk Dr. Rajvanshi describes the possible mechanism of memory formation in the brain and how the time and sequencing is buried in them. He also talks about where it could be stored and what is the mechanism by which unpleasant memories could be removed to make our lives better and happier.
This is an interesting talk and makes one think about the underlying processes in the brain. The URL of this talk is at: https://nariphaltan.org/memoryformation.pdf
This is the interview of Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi on the new Engineering policy laid out by All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE). This policy states that for engineering college entrance it is not necessary for students to know Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. They can come from any stream and in the college they can take bridge courses.
Dr. Rajvanshi states that this policy was dictated more from commercial point of view rather than any solid reasons.
In late 1977 I was walking through a thick pine-grove in Gainesville, Florida, USA when suddenly a thought came out of blue that gravity and human thought may be related.
I was not thinking about this relationship or anything connected to gravity at that time, and hence was taken aback by this thought and felt that it must be true since it came with such a force. The power of this thought was such that I spent next 3-4 months researching it and, in the process, neglected my Ph.D. research. I also felt that pine-grove acted as an antenna for getting such a thought.
This event also propelled me to start investigating the area of mind-matter interaction and other aspects of spirituality. In fact, whatever little I have done within this realm in the last 40 years was triggered by this single thought.
Though I understood intuitively the import of this thought at that time and even today, somehow the relationship between deep human thought and gravity has remained elusive. Recently it appeared that there may be a light at the end of the tunnel! And this podcast is my humble attempt to show how the human thought and gravity may be related.
The article was published in Thrive Global. https://thriveglobal.com/stories/touched-by-light-a-conjecture-on-how-gravity-and-human-thought-maybe-related/
14th March is the birth anniversary of Albert Einstein. He has been one of my heroes and I have been inspired by his work and his life. So I thought of paying my small tribute to him.
Millions of words and thousands of books have already been written about him so what I am stating in this essay may not be anything new but for few anecdotes from people whom I knew.
I have always considered Einstein to be an extremely evolved human being and in my judgment, he occupies the same stature as Buddha, Christ and other great figures of history who have given mankind a new thought and have helped in its progress and evolution. Such people are few and far between but come to this planet earth to give a quantum jump to mankind’s thought.
The article on it was published in Thrive Global. https://thriveglobal.com/stories/one-of-my-heroes-albert-einstein/
The URL is at: https://nariphaltan.org/einstein.pdf
Homeopathy is an alternative system of medicine. It is used by about 1/7th of mankind. Yet very little is known on how it works. I present a possible mechanism on its working based on existing scientific principles.
The URL of this episode is at: https://nariphaltan.org/homeopathyconjecture.pdf
It was also published in Thrive Global. https://thriveglobal.com/stories/how-homeopathy-might-work-a-conjecture/
As one grows older one remembers nostalgically the era gone by. One such era was of steam engine train travel. I would like to narrate some instances of my fascination with steam engines and how I rode on a steam engine.
The URL of this episode is at: https://thriveglobal.com/stories/era-gone-by-my-love-affair-with-steam-engines/
On 30th January was the 73rd death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi – the apostle of peace and a person who engineered India’s independence from British rule in 1947. His decency, democratic nature, personal examples, and teachings are as relevant today in this divided and fractious world as they were almost hundred years ago.
I am going to narrate anecdotes about him from people who met and worked with him. Anecdotes help describe a person in human terms. No matter how great the soul is, once it acquires a human body then it is guided by the frailties of human existence.
The URL of this episode is at:https://thriveglobal.com/stories/mahatma-gandhi-as-they-knew-him-personal-anecdotes-2/
We all identify entities with their forms. Either living or non-living entities are all identified by their physical forms. Our own body-form creates a memory map in our brain, and we identify ourselves and others with those memories.
The idea of form has always intrigued me. If a simple physical and thermodynamical analysis is done on a system, then one faces a dilemma on how to put the energy of form in it. For example when a body (either a living or a non-living one) gets destroyed then its atoms and molecules all get distributed in space since matter cannot be produced or destroyed except in nuclear fission or fusion; or at very high temperatures when it becomes plasma! Similarly, the energy that goes in making its structure converts into heat and is also dissipated in space. But what happens to the energy of form? And also what happens to its space-time structure that it displaced for some time in that form?
These are some issues which I think are fundamental to species survival and procreation. I feel that the fear of death is associated with the destruction of form. Hence all living entities protect their forms and procreate to provide its continuity. This podcast tries to explore these issues.
The URL of this essay is at: https://nariphaltan.org/form.pdf
In this podcast Dr. Anil Rajvanshi presents a novel and unique description of Consciousness.
Since time immemorial mankind has always wondered what is consciousness and where is it located in the brain. Some recent scientific discoveries may provide a possible answer. There are various definition of consciousness but the most accepted definition is “awareness”. Awareness is an outcome of thought.
Dr. Rajvanshi presents a unique description of what is thought and where in the brain it is produced. The URL of this podcast is at: https://nariphaltan.org/whatisconsciousness.pdf
All these ideas of thought and consciousness have been dealt in details in Dr. Rajvanshi's book; "Nature of Human Thought". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBSo5WWW0-4
The true power of technology is achieved when it impacts the last mile. Listen to Dr. Anil Rajvanshi talk about how technology can be used to create a difference at the grassroot level and what it take to be the change you want to see in the world. This podcast has been recorded by Suraj Nair - a young researcher from Bangalore.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anil-k-rajvanshi-580a9323/ Bio: https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf Podcast: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/anilrajvanshi
Throughout the history of human civilization there have been large number of instances where so called “miracles” have been performed. These have included levitation, production of material things from thin air, physical healing, etc. These events have come because of interaction of human thought and material surroundings. This podcast explores the possibilities on how human thought could interact with matter. Thus the nature of human thought, its characteristics and possibility of how it can interact with gravity and matter are explored. Novel concept of thought engine, existence of human thought in higher dimensions and its relationship with space, time and Universal Consciousness are discussed.
The URL of this podcast is at: https://nariphaltan.org/mindmatterconjecture.pdf
Please look at this link for figures and further reading material
In this podcast Dr. Anil Rajvanshi talks about the neurobiological basis of ego and its possible location in the brain. With the knowledge of ancient Indian yoga system he tries to explain how possibly it can be tamed or controlled.
The URL of this episode is at: https://nariphaltan.org/egotaming.pdf
In this podcast Dr. Anil Rajvanshi talks about his journey through the modern India and what it means to live in it. He traces his journey from Lucknow to USA and then to rural India and feels that India can again retain its glory if it practises its ancient spirituality together with modern technology. he feels that spirituality with modern technology should be the mantra of development.
The URL of this podcast is at: https://www.nariphaltan.org/india@73.pdf
Throughout the history of human civilization there have been large number of instances where so called “miracles” have been performed. These have included levitation, production of material things from thin air, physical healing, etc. The nature of these miracles is same, irrespective of religion and different civilizations. Some of their accounts have been exaggerated but a large body of information shows remarkable consistency in their nature and reporting. To my mind these events have come because of interaction of human thought and material surroundings. After all, a thought produced by physical brain has to be physical in nature and hence governed by scientific laws. Thus the curiosity arose about which laws of science operate to make these things happen. I have tried to explore these issues in my first book called “Nature of Human Thought” which was published in 2004 and its second edition in 2010. Recently I have written another book “Spirituality + Technology = Happiness” which extends and explores the issues of mind-matter interaction further.
Besides I have been writing on these issues quite regularly in Times of India (Speaking Tree section); Huffington Post and recently in Thrive Global. All these essays are also available at one place in my writings.
The ideas contained in the books and writings have evolved intermittently over a long period of time and have been written in a diary form and posted on the web. https://nariphaltan.org/thought.pdf
I have been writing on these matters since 1977. Most of them are however intuitive and speculative in nature and hence are not exact in the formal sense. It is my hope that some bright reader will help in providing a rigorous formulation to some of them and do further research on these ideas. With this in mind I am doing a podcast on this issue and have included the link to the diary in the description of this podcast.
https://nariphaltan.org/thought.pdf
The URL of this podcast is at: https://nariphaltan.org/mindmatterpodcast.pdf
In this podcast Dr. Rajvanshi has shown how by simplifying life, so that we take care of our needs and not for our greed, can lead us to happiness. COVID lockdown showed that it is possible to reduce our needs but instead of being forced on us we should practise the reduction of needs through spirituality so that we can continue living in a sustainable lifestyle. This will be good for ourself and for the world.
The URL of this episode is at: https://nariphaltan.org/covidspirituality.pdf
It was also published as an article in Thrive Global. https://thriveglobal.com/stories/practicing-spirituality-should-be-the-new-normal-in-post-covid-times/
In this podcast Dr Anil Rajvanshi suggests a possible mechanism of how to stop the unpleasant thoughts from affecting us. Basically he tells us how to create spam filter and that can happen when that memory is removed from the brain.
This is a podcast on eulogy of my dear friend Shri K.C.Pant - the former Defence Minister of India. the URL of this podcast is: https://nariphaltan.org/pant.pdf
This is a short podcast about the lessons learned so far from the Corona virus lockdown in India. Dr. Anil Rajvanshi talks about how this gave a golden opportunity to look at better environment since the air and noise pollution was reduced drastically. He also talks about how to use the time of lock down gainfully. The url of the talk is at: https://nariphaltan.org/coronalessons.pdf
Sir Isaac Newton was one of the greatest scientist of all times. 31st March is his death anniversary. This podcast is a small tribute to this great scientist. The URL of podcast is at: https://nariphaltan.org/newton.pdf
In this podcast Dr. Anil Rajvanshi explains how by living sustainably we can improve our immune system and can help in fighting Corona type viruses effectively in the future. The URL of this talk is at; https://nariphaltan.org/corona.pdf
In this episode Anil K Rajvanshi was interviewed by All India Radio, Nashik on his thoughts about Mahatma Gandhi; his science, technology and sustainable development. Dr. Rajvanshi discussed that Gandhi was not an anti-technology or anti science but an engineer!
As a great yogi mahatma Gandhi lived a very simple and sustainable life and it is this aspect of his that is as relevant today as was almost 100 years ago when he enunciated his thoughts on sustainable development.
All of us who believe in India’s story and have strong attachment to this
ancient land of ours, want to see a prosperous and happy India. Each one of
us have a dream of how India should develop and progress. Just as Jawahar
Lal Nehru our first prime minister had said at the time of getting
independence that he had to solve 300 million problems (the population of
India at that time); similarly each one of us may have thought about “India
of my dreams”, though majority of us do not express it.
I feel a new thought and paradigm of development based upon the idea that
spirituality with technology produces happiness should be added to it.
Technology allows us to take care of our basic and daily needs and
spirituality gives us wisdom to use technology judiciously and for our needs
and not for our greed. This can lead to sustainable development and happiness for citizens of India and is the basis of “India of my dreams”!
The URL of this podcast is at: https://nariphaltan.org/indiaofmydreams.pdf
This is a 5 minutes talk of Dr. Anil Rajvanshi broadcast by All India Radio via 62 channels all over India on 10th January 2019. Here Dr. Rajvanshi sheds light on Gandhi ji's innovative streak. He was a tinkerer and engineer. He was not anti science or anti technology as people claim. The interview was conducted by AIR Nasik.
Since time immemorial mankind has always dreamt of getting out of earth’s gravity field and reaching the stars. But this travel requires huge amount of energy and resources and with the present level of our technology we have only been able to go into near-earth orbits and few times to the moon and Mars. Till we have a major breakthrough in jet propulsion technology and materials, we will remain earth-bound.
However a simpler and energy wise cheaper method than spaceship travel is to go into space via the soul route!
In this podcast Dr. Anil Rajvanshi tries to use the quantum physics concept of tunneling to show how the soul or Atman can get out of the earth's gravity field. The transcript of this talk is at: https://nariphaltan.org/nirvanaandgravity.pdf
This podcast is a talk given by Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi at MIT, Pune, on 3rd October 2019. The occasion was an International Conference on Religion, Spirituality and Philosophy. There were various themes in this conference and this talk was given in the theme entitled " Need to Transform Universities into true centers of Research, Innovation, Scientifically Oriented Knowledge, Wisdom, and Holistic Human Development". The transcript of this talk is at; https://nariphaltan.org/mitpune2019.pdf
This is a podcast of a public lecture given by Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi on 6th September 2019.
In this podcast, he shows why high tech solutions are needed for rural development and shows the work that has been done in NARI in the areas of agriculture, renewable energy, and animal husbandry.
The video on this lecture is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJBsTTt_dTU
This podcast is a public lecture given by Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) on 7 September 2019. Dr. Rajvanshi has been giving inspirational lectures to students all over India and he has always felt that what they need to be taught is Ethics of Work. This is his first lecture on this subject. The video on this lecture is at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcCgHYs4EPY
In this podcast Dr. Anil Rajvanshi talks about Mahatma Gandhi's message that the change should start from us. He discusses that when we change ourselves for good then the world around us will change. The talk is also available at; https://nariphaltan.org/changetheworld.pdf
In this podcast Dr. Anil Rajvanshi discusses the Nature of desire and its origin. He also talks about how we can resolve or sublimate them so as to live a emotionally happy life.
In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about his visit to Australia in 2018 with his wife Dr.Nandini Nimbkar to attend the international conference on Leucaena. The transcript to this podcast is available at: https://nariphaltan.org/australia2018.pdf
In this podcast, he talks about his experience visiting Kolkata and Kharagpur in 2011, where he was invited to give an institute lecture. He also talks about experience visiting Sikkim which is notable for its biodiversity. The URL of this podcast is at: https://nariphaltan.org/sikkim.pdf
In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about his experience visiting Penang, Malaysia in 2010. Penang is a beautiful island west of main Malaysia peninsula. It is a tropical paradise with tropical forest and flora and fauna in the northern part of the Penang. Transcript to this podcast is available at https://nariphaltan.org/penang.pdf
In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about his visit to Binsar, Uttarakhand in 2009. Binsar is a trekkers paradise and one of the most scenic spots in the Kumaon Himalayas. Transcript of this podcast is available at https://nariphaltan.org/binsar.pdf
In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about this experience visiting Swedish capital Stockholm to receive the globe award for sustainability. Transcript to this podcast is available at https://nariphaltan.org/stockholm.pdf
In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about his visit to Australia in 2008 with his wife Dr. Nandini Nimbkar to attend the 7th international conference on safflower. They visited Cairns, Sydney and Wagga Wagga. Transcript to this podcast is available at https://nariphaltan.org/australia.pdf
In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about his visit to Spain in 2008 with his wife Dr. Nandini Nimbkar. Transcript of this podcast is available at https://nariphaltan.org/spain.pdf
In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about his experience from his visit to Beijing in 2007 at the invitation of the Office of National Energy Leading Group (ONELG). transcript of this podcast is available at https://nariphaltan.org/beijingdiary.pdf
In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about Char Dham yatra he and his family did in 1997. Char Dham yatra is a religious yatra to four main religious centers in India called Dham, which are Jamnotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath. Transcript for this podcast is available at : https://nariphaltan.org/kedarnath.pdf
Alzheimer’s disease is a disease of the brain where clumps of misfolded protein fragments called amyloid-beta produce plaques around synapses – the connecting point between neurons. These plaques stop neurons from communicating, thus destroying memory. Nobody knows how these plaques are formed and the world over research is being conducted on how to remove them. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about a possible solution for reducing the risk of alzheimer's with the help of some ancient Indian system of meditation and chanting Sanskrit shlokas
Through ages, mankind has been intrigued by theory of reincarnation. Various theories have been provided in all civilizations but most have been silent on what passes from body to body during reincarnation. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi gives an interesting insight regarding the process of reincarnation using the help cloud computing technology. Transcript to this podcast is available at : https://nariphaltan.org/cloudcomputing.htm
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister and one of the main architects of Independent India. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about some rare anecdotes related to Pandit Nehru which he heard about him from some of his close associates. Since 2014 was 125th anniversary of Nehru's birth, Dr. Rajvanshi thought of narrating these anecdotes The transcript of this podcast is available at: https://nariphaltan.org/nehru.pdf
Walking is like meditation. It helps us to focus the mind on a subject. A lot of people go for walks in the park both in the morning and evening either alone or with various friends, family, and acquaintances. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about the art of walking and how long walks alone and without any company are the best to think and contemplate various issues. Transcript to this podcast is available at https://nariphaltan.org/longwalk.htm
In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about his experience of attending the 3rd world Congress of Vedic science held in Pune in 2018. Based on his observations in the conference he wrote an essay on why we Indians have this fascination with Vedas. This podcast is about what are the scientific issues in Vedas and Dr. Rajvanshi shows that though the fascination is fine but we should know the limitations of the so called knowledge in these scriptures. Th transcript of this podcast is available at https://nariphaltan.org/vs.pdf
In every religion getting into Mayajal or web of love is frowned upon. They all insist that renunciation, the breaking of bonds, etc., frees the soul for ultimate salvation and liberation. We should realize that this planet earth is our permanent home and is all that we have and this is both heaven and hell. In This podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about a web of love of this planet, of which we all are part of and there is nowhere else to go. If we take this view then we will change our thinking so that we do everything in our power to make this planet a very pleasant place to live. The transcript of this podcast can be found at :https://nariphaltan.org/weboflove.htm
Anytime you ask people about some of the happy moments in their lives, they have to really think about them. However if you ask them about some unpleasant or sad moments they will tell you hundreds of instances.In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about the basis of such a thinking process using the Science of neurobiology. The transcript of podcast is at; https://nariphaltan.org/positivethoughts.pdf
An important aspect of a good life is to give something back to society. Not only does giving back to society help the less fortunate; it also brings to the giver a tremendous sense of satisfaction and happiness. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about how one should live a happy and dharmic life and leave the world as happy human beings, knowing that they have contributed in some way to make a qualitative difference to the lives of others. Transcript to this podcast can be found at https://nariphaltan.org/givingback.pdf
Tehzeeb means politeness, Cultured attitude and where the hallmark of many leaders like Atal Behari Vajpayee. But unfortunately, this tehzeeb is missing in present leaders and other discourses. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about some incidents related to various leaders showing tehzeeb and how can we impart this quality in the next generation. Transcript to this podcast can be found at https://nariphaltan.org/tehzeeb.pdf
This podcast is about a public lecture that Dr. Rajvanshi gave in Pune on 9th August 2011. Here he has tried to show that we need to reduce our greed to help fight corruption. Thus he discusses the biological basis of greed and how through yoga and meditation one can reduce it. He also discusses how the corporate world can reduce their greed and help in overall development. The transcript of this podcast is available at https://nariphaltan.org/indsearch2011.pdf and the video of the lecture is available at youtube.
All his life Gandhiji tried to bring people from different communities together because he believed in all-inclusive growth and development; something that was possible only when everybody worked for the common good. Why have we lost this art of dialogue and the ability to take all the people together? In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about how Gandhiji’s example holds the mirror to present leadership. The transcript for this podcast is available at: https://nariphaltan.org/gandhidialogue.pdf
Two of the greatest minds of twentieth-century were Mahatma Gandhi and Einstein. One was a statesman and other a scientist, But they had quite a number of things in common. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about some interesting anecdotes related to Gandhiji and Einstein and some of the values they shared. Transcript of this podcast is available at https://nariphaltan.org/gandhiandeinstein.pdf
Today, society is putting more focus on money, hoarding, and buying of goods and this is naturally reflected in the behavior of the children. Lots of children are involved in petty theft, drinking, and serious physical violence. If the children are taught ethics and morality as a part of all courses, it may help in changing their character. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about how we can mould children for better behavior.
Sleep remains a mystery despite all the research done so far. Science says it helps to consolidate our memories and remove unnecessary information. That during sleep, when inputs from our five senses are almost zero, the ‘mind-brain’ takes stock and helps consolidate memory learned during the day. However, Dr. Rajvanshi thinks we sleep because it is like forced meditation; it invigorates and charges our batteries. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about how deep sleep is similar to meditation and how it helps in charging our body. He also explains how we can induce deep sleep.
Karma is defined as an ecosystem in Indian philosophical thought. All actions one does or has done in the past have consequences for the present and the future and is loosely called Karma. Most of the treatises on it are silent on what exactly Karma is, how it affects our actions and what its nature is. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi tries to explore it in the light of modern scientific and technological advancements.
Yogic exercises are normally done to tone the body and the nervous system. Yogic exercises come under Hath Yoga system which is one of the eight limbs of “Ashtang Yoga” as enunciated in Patanjali Yoga Sutras. Hath Yogis have believed that the body toning is a result of nerve stretching. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi discusses some scientific facts supporting this belief. He also explains how yogic asanas can possibly help in curing cancer
This podcast is the chapter 3 from the book “Nature of human thought“ by Dr. Anil Rajvanshi. A conceptual framework is attempted in this book to show how deep human thought, space, time, matter and Universal Consciousness are related. Time is a strange thing. It is everywhere and is always running and always goes in one direction -forward. All living entities have a concept of time. In fact, consciousness is a result of time. Imagine that time can be removed from and introduced into the universe. In that case, the total time in the universe will be constant. This sounds weird but discussed in this podcast. The transcript to this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/time.pdf
In this podcast which is chapter 2 from the book “Nature of human thought“ by Dr. Anil Rajvanshi, he presents a uniquely scientific perspective on the nature of human thought, its production, transmission, and interaction with matter. A conceptual framework is attempted to show how deep human thought, space, time, matter and Universal Consciousness are related. In this podcast he shows how deep thought can exist in higher dimensional space and be very stable. The transcript to this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/dimensions.pdf
This podcast is the chapter 1 from the book “Nature of human thought“ by Dr. Anil Rajvanshi which presents a uniquely scientific perspective on the nature of human thought, its production, transmission, and interaction with matter. A conceptual framework is attempted to show how deep human thought, space, time, matter and Universal Consciousness are related.
In this podcast Dr. Rajvanshi tries to show what is thought and how is it generated and transmitted. The traanscript to this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/humanthought.pdf
Since time immemorial human beings have been intrigued about their origin and that of the Universe. Various reasons ranging from God to big bang have been given for the creation. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about an old Sankhya philosophy which provides a possible explanation for the origin of Universe. The transcript to this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/origin.pdf
In a previous podcast "The three minds of the body - Brain, heart, and gut " Dr. Rajvanshi talked about how three minds of body-brain, heart, and gut work together to produce a healthy body and happiness. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about some more scientific conjecture to support this conjecture and shows how the brain-gut connection takes place. Transcript to this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/braingut.pdf
This is the last chapter called Epilogue from the book "1970s America - An Indian students journey". Dr. Rajvanshi in this podcast narrates some of his experiences in Phaltan till 2008 (when the book was written) and why he decided to come to Phaltan and was it worth it.
This book narrates the story of a young idealistic student of IIT Kanpur who in 1974 at the age of 24 went to USA to pursue higher education. He left a very lucrative career in US to come back and work in rural India in 1981 and in the process of developing technologies for rural applications discovered himself. Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi has written in an engaging and lively style the memoirs of his stay and experiences in America as a student and as a faculty in the 1970s. It is an inspiring story and should appeal to all Indians including non-resident Indians (NRIs) and students aspiring to go abroad and who want to make a difference in India, especially rural India. The whole book is available at https://nariphaltan.org/usexpwithphotos.pdf
Dr. Rajvanshi narrates in these podcasts his experiences in US and what made him come back to rural India. In late 1981 when Dr. Rajvanshi returned, rarely any Indian with an IIT degree came back. Even the few who did come back went to big cities like Bombay, Delhi, Bangalore, etc. He went straight to rural Maharashtra which was as alien to him as any foreign country since he hardly knew the local language or the milieu! Why did he do it and was it worth it? This fascinating podcast will talk about it.
This is chapter 11 titled "Reaching at UF" from the book "1970s America - An Indian students journey". Dr. Rajvanshi in this podcast narrates his visit to various research organizations in India to work at and How he choose Phaltan as a place to work
This book narrates the story of a young idealistic student of IIT Kanpur who in 1974 at the age of 24 went to USA to pursue higher education. He left a very lucrative career in US to come back and work in rural India in 1981 and in the process of developing technologies for rural applications discovered himself. Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi has written in an engaging and lively style the memoirs of his stay and experiences in America as a student and as a faculty in the 1970s. It is an inspiring story and should appeal to all Indians including non-resident Indians (NRIs) and students aspiring to go abroad and who want to make a difference in India, especially rural India. The whole book is available at https://nariphaltan.org/usexpwithphotos.pdf
Dr. Rajvanshi narrates in these podcasts his experiences in US and what made him come back to rural India. In late 1981 when Dr. Rajvanshi returned, rarely any Indian with an IIT degree came back. Even the few who did come back went to big cities like Bombay, Delhi, Bangalore etc. He went straight to rural Maharashtra which was as alien to him as any foreign country since he hardly knew the local language or the milieu! Why did he do it and was it worth it? This fascinating podcast will talk about it.
This is chapter 11 titled "Teaching at UF" from the book "1970s America - An Indian students journey". Dr. Rajvanshi in this podcast narrates some stories while he was a faculty member in UF.
This book narrates the story of a young idealistic student of IIT Kanpur who in 1974 at the age of 24 went to USA to pursue higher education. He left a very lucrative career in US to come back and work in rural India in 1981 and in the process of developing technologies for rural applications discovered himself. Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi has written in an engaging and lively style the memoirs of his stay and experiences in America as a student and as a faculty in the 1970s. It is an inspiring story and should appeal to all Indians including non-resident Indians (NRIs) and students aspiring to go abroad and who want to make a difference in India, especially rural India. The whole book is available at https://nariphaltan.org/usexpwithphotos.pdf
Dr. Rajvanshi narrates in these podcasts his experiences in US and what made him come back to rural India. In late 1981 when Dr. Rajvanshi returned, rarely any Indian with an IIT degree came back. Even the few who did come back went to big cities like Bombay, Delhi, Bangalore etc. He went straight to rural Maharashtra which was as alien to him as any foreign country since he hardly knew the local language or the milieu! Why did he do it and was it worth it? This fascinating podcast will talk about it.
This is chapter 10 titled "Graduate studies" from the book "1970s America - An Indian students journey". Dr. Rajvanshi in this podcast narrates about his graduate studies in UF and about the various research he had done while in UF.
This book narrates the story of a young idealistic student of IIT Kanpur who in 1974 at the age of 24 went to USA to pursue higher education. He left a very lucrative career in US to come back and work in rural India in 1981 and in the process of developing technologies for rural applications discovered himself. Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi has written in an engaging and lively style the memoirs of his stay and experiences in America as a student and as a faculty in the 1970s. It is an inspiring story and should appeal to all Indians including non-resident Indians (NRIs) and students aspiring to go abroad and who want to make a difference in India, especially rural India. The whole book is available at https://nariphaltan.org/usexpwithphotos.pdf
Dr. Rajvanshi narrates in these podcasts his experiences in US and what made him come back to rural India. In late 1981 when Dr. Rajvanshi returned, rarely any Indian with an IIT degree came back. Even the few who did come back went to big cities like Bombay, Delhi, Bangalore etc. He went straight to rural Maharashtra which was as alien to him as any foreign country since he hardly knew the local language or the milieu! Why did he do it and was it worth it? This fascinating podcast will talk about it.
Spirituality cannot take place on an empty stomach. At the same time, enlightenment can not be obtained on an excessively full stomach. There has to be a middle path. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about how great food can nourish both body and soul.
The stress of modern life fuels inflammation, which is the body' first line of defense. Both physical and emotional inflammation have the same characteristics. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about how the pain caused by inflammation can be cured by meditation and sanyam. Transcript for this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/inflamation.pdf
There are hundreds of examples of advanced yogis who have reported seeing white light in deep meditation and being immersed in it. Similarly, there are large numbers of examples of psychedelic-drug-takers who have also reported and written about seeing brilliant white light during their “trip”.Such experiences have also been reported by a large number of people who have gone through the near-death experience. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about the nature of this white light and tries to correlate all these experiences as a part of brain processing information via light. Transcript for this podcast can be foudn at: https://nariphaltan.org/meditationlight.pdf
This is chapter 9 titled "Exploring America" from the book "1970s America - An Indian students journey". Dr. Rajvanshi in this podcast narrates some incidents from his travel to the southwestern states and California during a summer break.
This book narrates the story of a young idealistic student of IIT Kanpur who in 1974 at the age of 24 went to USA to pursue higher education. He left a very lucrative career in US to come back and work in rural India in 1981 and in the process of developing technologies for rural applications discovered himself. Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi has written in an engaging and lively style the memoirs of his stay and experiences in America as a student and as a faculty in the 1970s. It is an inspiring story and should appeal to all Indians including non-resident Indians (NRIs) and students aspiring to go abroad and who want to make a difference in India, especially rural India. The whole book is available at https://nariphaltan.org/usexpwithphotos.pdf
Dr. Rajvanshi narrates in these podcasts his experiences in US and what made him come back to rural India. In late 1981 when Dr. Rajvanshi returned, rarely any Indian with an IIT degree came back. Even the few who did come back went to big cities like Bombay, Delhi, Bangalore etc. He went straight to rural Maharashtra which was as alien to him as any foreign country since he hardly knew the local language or the milieu! Why did he do it and was it worth it? This fascinating podcast will talk about it.
This is chapter 8 titled "Looking for better school?" from the book "1970s America - An Indian students journey". Dr. Rajvanshi in this podcast narrates some incidents from his road trip and visit to various university campus in US with three friends during the summer break of 1975.
This book narrates the story of a young idealistic student of IIT Kanpur who in 1974 at the age of 24 went to USA to pursue higher education. He left a very lucrative career in US to come back and work in rural India in 1981 and in the process of developing technologies for rural applications discovered himself. Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi has written in an engaging and lively style the memoirs of his stay and experiences in America as a student and as a faculty in the 1970s. It is an inspiring story and should appeal to all Indians including non-resident Indians (NRIs) and students aspiring to go abroad and who want to make a difference in India, especially rural India. The whole book is available at https://nariphaltan.org/usexpwithphotos.pdf
Dr. Rajvanshi narrates in these podcasts his experiences in US and what made him come back to rural India. In late 1981 when Dr. Rajvanshi returned, rarely any Indian with an IIT degree came back. Even the few who did come back went to big cities like Bombay, Delhi, Bangalore etc. He went straight to rural Maharashtra which was as alien to him as any foreign country since he hardly knew the local language or the milieu! Why did he do it and was it worth it? This fascinating podcast will talk about it.
This is chapter 7 titled "Marriage" from the book "1970s America - An Indian students journey". Dr. Rajvanshi in this podcast narrates the story of how he met and married Dr. Nandini Nimbkar in Florida
This book narrates the story of a young idealistic student of IIT Kanpur who in 1974 at the age of 24 went to USA to pursue higher education. He left a very lucrative career in US to come back and work in rural India in 1981 and in the process of developing technologies for rural applications discovered himself. Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi has written in an engaging and lively style the memoirs of his stay and experiences in America as a student and as a faculty in the 1970s. It is an inspiring story and should appeal to all Indians including non-resident Indians (NRIs) and students aspiring to go abroad and who want to make a difference in India, especially rural India. The whole book is available at https://nariphaltan.org/usexpwithphotos.pdf
Dr. Rajvanshi narrates in these podcasts his experiences in US and what made him come back to rural India. In late 1981 when Dr. Rajvanshi returned, rarely any Indian with an IIT degree came back. Even the few who did come back went to big cities like Bombay, Delhi, Bangalore etc. He went straight to rural Maharashtra which was as alien to him as any foreign country since he hardly knew the local language or the milieu! Why did he do it and was it worth it? This fascinating podcast will talk about it.
This is chapter 6 titled "India Association" from the book "1970s America - An Indian students journey". Dr. Rajvanshi narrates the stories from the Indian community at UF at that time and various initiatives he took as the president of the Indian students association.
This book narrates the story of a young idealistic student of IIT Kanpur who in 1974 at the age of 24 went to USA to pursue higher education. He left a very lucrative career in US to come back and work in rural India in 1981 and in the process of developing technologies for rural applications discovered himself. Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi has written in an engaging and lively style the memoirs of his stay and experiences in America as a student and as a faculty in the 1970s. It is an inspiring story and should appeal to all Indians including non-resident Indians (NRIs) and students aspiring to go abroad and who want to make a difference in India, especially rural India.The whole book is available at https://nariphaltan.org/usexpwithphotos.pdf
Dr. Rajvanshi narrates in these podcasts his experiences in US and what made him come back to rural India. In late 1981 when Dr. Rajvanshi returned, rarely any Indian with an IIT degree came back. Even the few who did come back went to big cities like Bombay, Delhi, Bangalore etc. He went straight to rural Maharashtra which was as alien to him as any foreign country since he hardly knew the local language or the milieu! Why did he do it and was it worth it? This fascinating podcast will talk about it.
This is chapter 5 titled "Brush with Greatness" from the book "1970s America - An Indian students journey". Dr. Rajvanshi narrates some interesting encounters with great people including politicians, Scientists, Academicians, Educators.
This book narrates the story of a young idealistic student of IIT Kanpur who in 1974 at the age of 24 went to USA to pursue higher education. He left a very lucrative career in US to come back and work in rural India in 1981 and in the process of developing technologies for rural applications discovered himself. Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi has written in an engaging and lively style the memoirs of his stay and experiences in America as a student and as a faculty in the 1970s. It is an inspiring story and should appeal to all Indians including non-resident Indians (NRIs) and students aspiring to go abroad and who want to make a difference in India, especially rural India.The whole book is available at https://nariphaltan.org/usexpwithphotos.pdf
Dr. Rajvanshi narrates in these podcasts his experiences in US and what made him come back to rural India. In late 1981 when Dr. Rajvanshi returned, rarely any Indian with an IIT degree came back. Even the few who did come back went to big cities like Bombay, Delhi, Bangalore etc. He went straight to rural Maharashtra which was as alien to him as any foreign country since he hardly knew the local language or the milieu! Why did he do it and was it worth it? This fascinating podcast will talk about it.
This is chapter 4 titled "Campus Life" from the book "1970s America - An Indian students journey" Dr. Rajvanshi narrates some interesting stories from his days at University of Florida (UF).
This book narrates the story of a young idealistic student of IIT Kanpur who in 1974 at the age of 24 went to USA to pursue higher education. He left a very lucrative career in US to come back and work in rural India in 1981 and in the process of developing technologies for rural applications discovered himself. Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi has written in an engaging and lively style the memoirs of his stay and experiences in America as a student and as a faculty in the 1970s. It is an inspiring story and should appeal to all Indians including non-resident Indians (NRIs) and students aspiring to go abroad and who want to make a difference in India, especially rural India.The whole book is available at https://nariphaltan.org/usexpwithphotos.pdf
Dr. Rajvanshi narrates in these podcasts his experiences in US and what made him come back to rural India. In late 1981 when Dr. Rajvanshi returned, rarely any Indian with an IIT degree came back. Even the few who did come back went to big cities like Bombay, Delhi, Bangalore etc. He went straight to rural Maharashtra which was as alien to him as any foreign country since he hardly knew the local language or the milieu! Why did he do it and was it worth it? This fascinating podcast will talk about it.
This is chapter 3 titled "Landing in America" from the book "1970s America - An Indian students journey". Dr. Rajvanshi talks about his first flight experience, his first impressions about United States and University and how he settled at University of Florida.
This book narrates the story of a young idealistic student of IIT Kanpur who in 1974 at the age of 24 went to USA to pursue higher education. He left a very lucrative career in US to come back and work in rural India in 1981 and in the process of developing technologies for rural applications discovered himself. Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi has written in an engaging and lively style the memoirs of his stay and experiences in America as a student and as a faculty in the 1970s. It is an inspiring story and should appeal to all Indians including non-resident Indians (NRIs) and students aspiring to go abroad and who want to make a difference in India, especially rural India.The whole book is available at https://nariphaltan.org/usexpwithphotos.pdf
Dr. Rajvanshi narrates in these podcasts his experiences in US and what made him come back to rural India. In late 1981 when Dr. Rajvanshi returned, rarely any Indian with an IIT degree came back. Even the few who did come back went to big cities like Bombay, Delhi, Bangalore etc. He went straight to rural Maharashtra which was as alien to him as any foreign country since he hardly knew the local language or the milieu! Why did he do it and was it worth it? This fascinating podcast will talk about it.
This is chapter 2 titled "The Preparation" from the book "1970s America - An Indian students journey" Dr. Rajvanshi talks about the various processes he had to go through to get his passport, visa, tickets, foreign exchange etc.
This book narrates the story of a young idealistic student of IIT Kanpur who in 1974 at the age of 24 went to USA to pursue higher education. He left a very lucrative career in US to come back and work in rural India in 1981 and in the process of developing technologies for rural applications discovered himself. Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi has written in an engaging and lively style the memoirs of his stay and experiences in America as a student and as a faculty in the 1970s. It is an inspiring story and should appeal to all Indians including non-resident Indians (NRIs) and students aspiring to go abroad and who want to make a difference in India, especially rural India.The whole book is available at https://nariphaltan.org/usexpwithphotos.pdf
Dr. Rajvanshi will narrate in these podcasts his experiences in US and what made him come back to rural India. In late 1981 when Dr. Rajvanshi returned, rarely any Indian with an IIT degree came back. Even the few who did come back went to big cities like Bombay, Delhi, Bangalore etc. He went straight to rural Maharashtra which was as alien to him as any foreign country since he hardly knew the local language or the milieu! Why did he do it and was it worth it? This fascinating podcast will talk about it.
This is chapter 1 titled "Government of India scholarship" from the book "1970s Aerica - An India students journey" Dr. Rajvanshi talks about what kindled his desire to go to US, Why he choose the University of Florida and the struggles he faced in the application process and to get the scholarship to go to US.
This books narrates the story of a young idealistic student of IIT Kanpur who in 1974 at the age of 24 went to USA to pursue higher education. He left a very lucrative career in US to come back and work in rural India in 1981 and in the process of developing technologies for rural applications discovered himself. Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi has written in an engaging and lively style the memoirs of his stay and experiences in America as a student and as a faculty in the 1970s. It is an inspiring story and should appeal to all Indians including non-resident Indians (NRIs) and students aspiring to go abroad and who want to make a difference in India, especially rural India.The whole book is available at https://nariphaltan.org/usexpwithphotos.pdf
Dr. Rajvanshi will narrate in these podcasts his experiences in US and what made him come back to rural India. In late 1981 when Dr. Rajvanshi returned, rarely any Indian with an IIT degree came back. Even the few who did come back went to big cities like Bombay, Delhi, Bangalore etc. He went straight to rural Maharashtra which was as alien to him as any foreign country since he hardly knew the local language or the milieu! Why did he do it and was it worth it? This fascinating podcast will talk about it.
India has the dubious distinction of having one-third of its population malnourished. A country which has a massive space program and has sent missions to the moon and Mars cannot take care of millions of malnourished citizens—it's a matter of shame. True independence will be when we all work together to produce a sustainable and holistic India. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about the need of a new movement, centered on the concept of "Quit India" except that rather than the British we should seek to banish poverty, hunger, hatred, and violence.
Sweet sorghum is a multi-purpose crop. It produces food, sugary juice from its stem, which can be made into table syrup. If fermented the juice can be used to produce ethanol and the bagasse and leaves make excellent fodder for animals. There is no other crop which produces food, fuel, and fodder from the same piece of land. Sweet sorghum was first introduced in India by Nimbkar Agriculture Research Institute during the early 1970s. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about the various research and development activities related to sweet sorghum at NARI for the past 40 years and what can be done to popularize this crop which has immense potential.
Dementia, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are diseases of the brain
(DOB). They basically degenerate the nerves, attack the central nervous system,
make people forgetful and ultimately make them lose their memory completely
so that they cannot recognize even their near and dear ones. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about various theories of how DOB takes place and how meditation can help in reducing it. Transcript for this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/DOB.pdf
The whole purpose of life is happiness. All of us strive for it; work towards it and deep inside feel that it is the ultimate goal. Happiness is a state of mind and hence the purpose of life is to make your mind happy by maximizing its experience which is facilitated by the body since the body provides inputs through the senses. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about how one can maximize this experience and live a happy, fruitful and energetic life.
All great people manage their time well. They do their work by being totally immersed in the work at hand. They do not fret or worry about what could or should have been. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about how to manage time and how to focus on the important ones, which give us the luxury of doing things at a leisurely pace without hurry.
We are presently witnessing the rise of world leaders who are driven by hatred, extreme control and excessive unreasonable behavior. They all point to the direction of creating tremendous chaos, violence and fear among the population. Why has the world moved to such a perilous thought process? And what has happened to the sane and sober voices. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about some worldly and otherworldly reasons for it. The transcript for this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/turmoil.pdf
Being born and raised in Lucknow in the 1950s and 60s, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about his memories of Lucknow gone by and compares with his present impressions of the city. https://nariphaltan.org/lucknow.pdf
Innovation, invention, and discovery are processes that look at extraordinary and new things and convert and use the knowledge for the betterment of humanity. Their success rates are low since it is an exploration of mostly uncharted territory and therefore their the chances of failure are also high. The private sector does not have resources to fund these uncharted areas. So the role of Government becomes extremely important in helping these innovators. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about how the government can help in creating an ecosystem that can foster innovation.
India is the country which is known for its rich culture, tradition, heritage and temples. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about his experiences of visiting different temples across India. The transcript of this podcast is available at; https://nariphaltan.org/temples.pdf
Climbing temperatures and soaring summer heat mean greater expenditure to cool homes. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about an easy and an electric free way to cool your house even in the peak of summer. Cost of this system is just one-tenth of a regular electric air conditioning system.
In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi shares some of his personal spiritual experiences, which have shaped his life and have led him to write the book "Nature of Human Thought" which was published in 2010. The book can be ordered at: nariphaltan.org/thoughtbook.htm
. The transcript of this podcast can be found at https://nariphaltan.org/ideas.htm
In every religion and culture feeding the poor and hungry is considered one of the noblest deeds. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about the idea of Rural Restaurants which can change the lives of the rural poor. The best way to provide adequate food for the rural poor is by setting up restaurants in villages on a large scale. These restaurants will be like regular ones but for people below the poverty line, they will provide meals at subsidized rates via the Aadhaar Card. Dr. Rajvanshi shows how it can be done. The article on which this podcast is based was written almost 7 years ago and it led to the creation of Amma kitchens in Tamilnadu and similar efforts in other states. The transcript for this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/ruralrestaurants.pdf
Noise-wise, India is one of the most polluted countries in the world. Data shows that some of the Indian cities have noise levels greater than 75 dB and in the peak traffic jam, the deafening sound of horns blowing can reach 100-120 dB. A normal human conversation is between 40-50 dB. This pollution is increasing day by day. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about the effects of noise pollution on our health and what can be done to curb it. The transcript of this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/noisepollution.pdf
The Sanskrit word Kapalbhati means skull illumination! Kapalbhati is a part of Pranayam kriya where one forcefully exhales rapidly and in short bursts. Yogis claim that by its practice it cleans the brain and gives shining quality to a person’s appearance. Practitioners claim that it helps in cleaning the lungs, strengthens the abdomen muscles and reduces tummy fat. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about how Kapalbhati can be used for the detoxification of the brain. The transcript of this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/kapalbhati.pdf
Earth has both gravitational and magnetic fields which are different all over the earth. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about how gravity and geomagnetism affect the human mind and what could be the possible mechanism based on the present scientific knowledge. The transcript of this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/gravimagnetic.pdf
This podcast is an inspirational talk given by Dr. Rajvanshi to Students of IIT Kanpur, his alma mater in March 2013. He talks about the idea of how junoon (passion) can create a desire to do things out of ordinary and in the process bring happiness. He gave examples of his junoon of going to USA from IIT Kanpur and then coming back to rural India after leaving a very lucrative career in US. The transcript of this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/junoon.pdf
In our lives, there have been times of great despair and suddenly things take a turn for good. This can be explained as our mind becomes focused and gleaning for opportunities that it could not see earlier. But it could also indicate that there are forms of help that come from a higher power. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about the nature of those higher powers that can influence human behavior. The transcript for this podcast is available at: https://nariphaltan.org/reality.pdf
This podcast is an inspirational talk given to students by Dr. Rajvanshi at the 70th foundation day of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) held on 10th February 2019. Dr. Rajvanshi was the chief guest at the function and there were about 1500 students of various colleges of Pune University present. In the talk, he spoke about various topics like nation building, Junoon, happiness ethics of work and how to become a good human being.
The pursuit of happiness is the goal of all religions and almost all spiritual writings are about how to achieve it. Most of the religions have focused on renunciation and elimination of desire. Some use this to promise happiness in the afterlife. However one can find happiness in this life and the world. In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi tries to explore how one can lead a happy life by channeling our desires into fruitful avenues and by curbing or sublimating our greed impulses. With explanations from neurobiology of desire and greed he tries to show their origin and how by sublimating them one can gain happiness. This podcast is based on a chapter of the same name in his book "Nature of Human Thought" published in 2010. The transcript of this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/life.htm
In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks why he believes every one of us should become a teacher, even for a short time. Those who have done great and wonderful things in life, or who have some sort of expertise, should make it their duty to give regular lectures and talks in schools. By doing so they might inspire children and help in creating better citizens of tomorrow.
Based on his experiences, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about how to do meditation. Focus on a single thought for a long time is meditation. Whether it is samosa or God, the main thing is focus. Dr. Rajvanshi shows how it can be achieved. The transcript of this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/meditation.pdf
This podcast (which is in Hindi and English) is a real-time recording of a conversation between Dr. Rajvanshi with some young working professionals who visited NARI. In this conversation (mixture of Hindi and English), he talks with the youth how they can contribute for the betterment of rural NGOs like NARI, how they can contribute to the development of the Nation by living in a sustainable lifestyle, about the broken education system which makes most of the student to opt for an IT job. He talks about his decision to come back to India and run a rural NGO and some struggles he faced in the process and more.
In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about Kundalini yoga and why there is no mention of it in Patanjali Yoga sutras. Since Patanjali yoga sutras is the original yoga book the absence of Kundalini in it is intriguing. Dr. Rajvanshi shows that it is possible that the information was transferred by vagus nerve instead of spine. He gives a scientific explanation of the process. The transcript of this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/kundalini.pdf
In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about how homeopathy and pranayam are similar and their beneficial affect on the body and mind. The transcript of this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/pranayam.pdf
Dr. Rajvanshi talks about how the Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIR) can benefit the developing countries. This podcast is based on an article written by Dr. Rajvanshi of the same name in 2016. The transcript of this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/FIR.pdf
On the death anniversary of Gandhiji ( Martyrs' Day) Dr. Rajvanshi narrates some anecdotes about Gandhiji from the people who worked closely with him. These anecdotes were never written and hence may have value and throw a light on the greatness of Gandhiji's character. The transcript to this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/gandhi.pdf
This year India will celebrate 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's birth. His ideas about sustainable development enumerated almost 100 years ago are as relevant today as they were when Gandhiji enumerated them. In this talk Dr. Rajvanshi shows how and what we can learn from Gandhiji about sustainability. The transcript to this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/gandhiessay.pdf
Other than producing oxygen and removing carbon dioxide from the air, trees have many other social, economic, and environmental benefits In this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about the benefits of planting trees to reduce pollution and cool the environment. The transcript to this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/treeplanting.pdf