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
Oct 24, 2019
Oct 24, 2019
8 min
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
Sep 27, 2019
Sep 27, 2019
12 min
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
Sep 20, 2019
Sep 20, 2019
41 min
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
Sep 19, 2019
Sep 19, 2019
28 min
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
Jul 10, 2019
Jul 10, 2019
7 min
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
Jul 8, 2019
Jul 8, 2019
7 min
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.
May 17, 2019
May 17, 2019
7 min
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
May 17, 2019
May 17, 2019
13 min
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
May 17, 2019
May 17, 2019
8 min
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
May 16, 2019
May 16, 2019
8 min
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
Anil Rajvanshi
This is a podcast of Anil Rajvanshi. Most of these will be on the interplay of technology and spirituality. This is the theme of his work.