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. Anil Rajvanshi is a spiritual engineer! A mechanical engineering graduate of IIT Kanpur in early 1970s he went to U.S. for higher studies. In a fit of madness and arrogance, he left a very lucrative career in U.S. and came back in 1981 to rural India thinking that he will change India! India did not change but he changed. In the process of developing renewable energy technologies for rural areas he discovered himself and the great spiritual traditions of India. He runs a small rural NGO called Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute in Phaltan, Maharashtra and has a passion of writing articles on spirituality and rural development. His articles have been published in Times of India (Speaking Tree); Huffington Post and Thrive Global, South Asia Monitor and syndicated in various other News lines. He has 5 books to his credit and has written more than 250 articles on rural and sustainable development including the interface of spirituality and technology. He is passionate about teaching youngsters and gives inspirational lectures all over India and some abroad. His mantra is Spirituality + Technology = Happiness and lives in a simple and holistic way in rural India.
Episodes
This is the podcast of Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) who has devoted his life in rural areas producing technologies and living a sustainable life. In this podcast he has a message for the youth to become attached to the story of India and be engaged in developing and making the country great.
Dr. Rajvanshi was born in Lucknow, India. He went to a missionary school in Lucknow and did his B.Tech and M....
Death is the most certain thing for any living entity and yet we know so little about it. It may come earlier or later in life but the inevitable always happens. Yet we carry out our actions and behave as if we are immortal and death does not enter our scheme of things. In a way that maybe a good thing because the fear of death may not allow us to be bold enough to do lots of things in life. Nevertheless, if we understand death th...
This is a talk by Anil Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) on the Science behind Paranayama. He explains what is Prana and what happens to our brain and body when we inhale air.
The detailed article is available at: https://nariphaltan.org/pranayamscience.pdf
I will be delighted to get a feedback on this talk.
This is a podcast of the tribute to Dr. Manmohan Singh by Dr. Anil Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf)
Dr. Manmohan Singh was a dear friend of Anil. They met many times in Dr. Manmohan Singh ji's house and so this podcast is Dr. Rajvanshi's tribute to a noble soul.
The transcript of this podcast is available here. https://nariphaltan.org/manmohansingh.pdf
This is a podcast by Dr. Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) on how to reduce the fear and pain of death. It is based on a longish essay written by him. https://nariphaltan.org/deathfearandpain.pdf
Death is a very physical process and is the final exit of the body. Hence, I felt that it should be governed by physical, physiological and neurobiological laws. This thinking has led to this small essay and podcast.
Dr. R...
This is an audio version of the booklet "Exploring Deep Science in Patanjali Yoga Sutras". https://nariphaltan.org/sutrascience.pdf
The booklet has been written by Dr. Anil Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) and was published in 2023.
This is a booklet on the deep science embedded in Patanjali Yoga Sutras. According to me Patanjali was a true scientist who gave the first knowledge about the control of thought and ...
This is an audio version (Part 2) of the booklet "Exploring Deep Science in Patanjali Yoga Sutras". https://nariphaltan.org/sutrascience.pdf
The booklet has been written by Dr. Anil Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) and was published in 2023.
This is a booklet on the deep science embedded in Patanjali Yoga Sutras. According to me Patanjali was a true scientist who gave the first knowledge about the control of tho...
This is an audio version (Part 1) of the booklet "Exploring Deep Science in Patanjali Yoga Sutras". https://nariphaltan.org/sutrascience.pdf
The booklet has been written by Dr. Anil Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf) and was published in 2023.
This is a booklet on the deep science embedded in Patanjali Yoga Sutras. According to me Patanjali was a true scientist who gave the first knowledge about the control of tho...
My father late Shri. Jagdish Prasad Rajvanshi was a freedom fighter and was in Lucknow jail for 2.5 years during the 1942 freedom movement.
He wrote a book on his experiences in jail during that time. It was titled “Hawalaat” and was written in Hindi and published in 1947. This is an audio version of that book created by the team at Gaatha on Air. I am extremely grateful to them for creating it.
This is the audio book of the paperback published in 2008. The complete printed book is available at: https://nariphaltan.org/usexp.pdf
This is 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 himse...
This is the audio broadcast of the complete booklet entitled "What is Thought". The booklet has been written by Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi (https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf)
Dr. Rajvanshi presents in this booklet a possible mechanism of neurobiological and physical basis of thought production and memory formation. And furthermore, a possible mechanism on how it is transmitted and its interaction with matter and gravity. I also spec...
This is the audio version of the Preface and first section of the book "What is Thought" by Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi.
The full book is available at this site.
I am happy to share the second and last part of this booklet in which I discuss the neurobiological basis on how thought can be transmitted and the use of the novel concept of quantum entanglement to describe how we can get knowledge and how thought can interact with gravity and matter. https://nariphaltan.org/thoughtpart2.pdf
Both these sections of the booklet provide an interesting inquiry into the nature of human thought and ...
In 2004 I wrote my first book entitled “Nature of Human Thought”. In it and in subsequent edition I tried to cover some ideas on how thought is formed and transmitted. The ideas were speculative in nature, but I tried my best, with the knowledge available at that time, to explain the mechanism of how thought could be formed in the brain and transmitted. The basic framework was explained but the details were missing.
Since then, ...
Dr. Anil Rajvanshi has tried to show how technology guided by spirituality can lead to sustainability and happiness.
He feels that this is a new paradigm of development not only for India but for the world.
This can only take place if we can curb our greed. The podcast talks about the nature of greed and how through spirituality it can be tamed.
This is the audio of the Convocation address at IIT Palakkad by Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi. He was the chief Guest at the Convocation held on 20th July 2024.
This is a podcast of the public lecture given by Dr. Anil Rajvanshi in Pune in 2011. It was a part of prestigious public lecture series instituted by Indsearch.
Corruption in public life is a perennial problem and this podcast goes to the root cause on why we become greedy and corrupt.
The URL of this lecture is here.
It will be greatly appreciated if feedback is given on this podcast.
This is the podcast discussion with Dr. Anil Rajvanshi on why Indians leave India and what can be done to reverse this trend.
The discussion was moderated by Ms. Madhura Rajvanshi of Pragat Shikshan Sansathan, Phaltan.
The podcast is based on a recent essay on this theme that Dr. Rajvanshi has written.
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