Anil K Rajvanshi

Episode 150: Problems in Engineering Education in India and Possible Ways to Improve It.

For becoming an Atmanirbhar Bharat India needs excellent engineers. However the present education in undergraduate level is simply geared to passing exams which are unrelated to real life situation. The higher education for M.Tech and Ph.D. is even in worst situation with students working in theoretical problems. Essentially they become applied mathematicians.Some possible solutions are proposed in this talk. Suggestions from listeners are most welcome.The URL of this essay is: https://www.southasiamonitor.org/open-forum/where-are-engineers-who-will-build-india 

Episode 149: Hypocrisy of COP27 meeting

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.

Episode 148: What is Fear and How to Remove or Reduce it

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.

Episode 147: PIC talk on How Technology Guided by Spirituality can produce Happiness

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.

Episode 146: Institute Lecture at IIT Kanpur 2022

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=1w83mc6cdygThe 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.

Episode 145: Inspirational Talk to NICMAR University Freshmen Class

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

Episode 144: What Does Independence Day Mean to Us?

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.

Episode 143: Desire For Experience as an Engine for Evolution

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.

Episode 142: Anil Rajvanshi interview by Mayank Chaya

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

Episode 141: Role of Corporates in Bringing Social Transformation.

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.