Speakers

Prof. Martin Nowak

Harvard University, USA

Martin Nowak is presently a professor of mathematical biology at Harvard University since 2003 and Director of the Haravad’s Program for Evolutionary Dynamics. He is one of the leading researchers in the field that studies the role of cooperation in evolution. In 1989, he earned his doctorate in biochemistry and mathematics from the University of Vienna with thesis on quasispecies theory and evolution of cooperation. From 1989-1998, he was Erwin Schrodinger Postdoctoral Scholar at University of Oxford. He held professorships at University of Oxford and IAs, Princeton before moving to Harvard in 2003. His research interests include evolution of cooperation, evolution of language, evolutionary game theory and graph theory, somatic evolution of cancer, the dynamics of viruses and infectious diseases, pre-life and origins of life.
He is famous for his proposal and works in showing evolution requires third component called “cooperation” inaddition to the classical components of mutation and natural selection. Among his major discoveries are the mechanism of HIV disease progression, the first mathematical approach for studying the evolution of human language, the first quantification of the in vivo kinetics of human cancer and the five rules for the evolution of cooperation. He has published over 300 papers in world’s leading scientific journals including several in Nature and Science. He is a highly cited researcher with an h-index of 159. He authored many well-received books including Virus Dynamics (2000); Evolutionary Dynamics (2006); Super Cooperators (2011) and Evolution, Games & God (2013). He is a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. For his outstanding works, he received several international recognitions including Oxford’s Weldon Memorial Prize; the Albert Wander Prize of University of Bern; the Akira Okabo Prize of the Society for Mathematical Biology; the David Starr Jordan Prize jointly awarded by Oxford, Cornell and Indiana Universities and the Henry Dale Prize of the Royal Institution of London.

Dr. Harold Koenig

Duke University, USA

Dr. Koenig is a Professor of Psychiatry and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. He is also a Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development. He completed his undergraduate education at Stanford University, his medical school training at the University of California at San Francisco, and his geriatric medicine, psychiatry, and biostatistics training at Duke University. He is board certified in general psychiatry, and formerly boarded in family medicine, geriatric medicine, and geriatric psychiatry. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and is Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Health at Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China. In addition, he is a Visiting Professor at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Shiraz, Iran. Dr. Koenig has over 550 scientific peer-reviewed academic publications, nearly 100 book chapters, and 55 books to his credit. He is the recipient of the 2012 Oskar Pfister Award from the American Psychiatric Association and the 2013 Gary Collins award from the American Association of Christian Counselors. He is the former editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, and is the currently an Associate Editor of the Journal of Religion and Health. His research has been featured on many national and international TV programs (including ABC’s World News Tonight, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Dr. Oz Show, NBC Nightly News) and hundreds of national and international radio programs and newspapers/magazines (including Reader’s Digest, Parade Magazine, Newsweek, Time). Dr. Koenig has also given testimony before the U.S. Senate (1998) and U.S. House of Representatives (2008) concerning the benefits of religious involvement on public health. Finally, Dr. Koenig is the lead author of the Handbook of Religion and Health, 3rd edition (2021-2022, forthcoming, with professors Tyler VanderWeele (TH Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University) and John Raymond Peteet (Department of Psychiatry at Harvard).

Prof. Vijay Bhatkar

Nalanda University

Dr. Vijay Bhatkar is one of most acclaimed and internationally acknowledged scientists of India. He is presently the Chancellor of Nalanda University. In this responsibility, he has committed himself to resurrecting the glory of ancient Nalanda, in the context of 21st century. Prior to Nalanda responsibility, he was the Chairman of Board of Governors of IIT Delhi from 2012 to 2017. He is best known as the architect of India’s national initiative in supercomputing, where he led the development of India’s first supercomputer Param in 1990, under the technology denial regime. Currently he is steering the National Supercomputing Mission of developing Exascale Architecture Supercomputing for India. Dr. Bhatkar is also widely known for bringing ICT to the masses through a wide range of path-breaking initiatives, such as the celebrated GIST multilingual technology covering India’s 22 official languages with 10 diverse scripts that has dissolved the language barrier on computers once for all; MKCL’s computer literacy programme that made a world mark by creating 10 million computer literates within a decade; Education to Home (ETH) initiative for bringing the benefits of ICT to school education. In the 80’s, Dr Bhatkar substantially contributed to the ushering of electronics revolution in India. He is also credited with the creation of several national research labs and institutions, notably amongst them being C-DAC, ER&DC Trivandrum, IIITM-K, TechnoPark, MKCL, IsquareIT, ETH Research Lab and Multiversity. Simultaneously, he has mentored several innovation-based start-ups.
Dr. Bhatkar has served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to PM, Member of the Governing Council of CSIR and a member of the IT Task Force constituted by PM in 1998. He is a Life Fellow of IEEE (USA) and Fellow of ACM (USA), besides being Fellow of CSI, INAE, IETE, NASI, MASc and GES. He has served as the Chairman of e-Governance Committees of Maharashtra and Goa. Dr. Bhatkar has authored/edited over 12 books and 80 technical and research papers and addressed several university convocations, international and national conferences and conventions and public functions. His ground-breaking articulations have been widely covered by both print and broadcast media. His current research interests are in supercomputing, artificial intelligence, brain-mind-consciousness, and synthesis of science and spirituality.
Dr. Bhatkar was conferred with Krishi Bharat Ratna Award in 2017, Padma Bhushan Award in 2015, Padma Shri Award in 2000, Maharashtra Bhushan Award of 1999-2000. He is the recipient of the prestigious Jindal Prize 2012 for science and technology in the service of society. He was conferred with the Saint Jnaneshawar World Peace Prize 2010 by World Peace Centre. He was also nominated to the Petersberg Prize 2004 and was conferred with the prestigious Dataquest Lifetime Achievement Award 2003. Dr. Bhatkar has been showered with a string of awards, notably amongst them being Adi Godrej Award 2010, C-DAC Oration Award 2006, KG Foundation’s Personality of the Decade Award 2004, PGCIL Award 2001, Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation Award 2000, Global e-Biz Award 2001, FICCI Award 1999 for Excellence in Engineering & Technology, Lokmanya Tilak Award 1999, Rotary Excellence Award 1997, Pune’s Pride Award 1996, H.K. Firodia Award 1996-97 for Life-Time Achievements in Science & Technology, Distinguished Alumni Award 1994 of IIT Delhi, VASVIK Award 1993, and Electronics Man of the Year Award 1992 and many more.
Dr. Vijay Bhatkar is presently Chairman of the Oversight Committee, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) as well as Chairman of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan of linking India’s leading Universities and institutions to 6.4 lakh villages for their integrated development through scientific and technological interventions along with cultural and spiritual awakenings, Founder Chancellor and Chief Mentor of Multiversity, Chancellor of D. Y. Patil University, and National President of Vijnana Bharati. Dr. Bhatkar did his Ph.D. in Engineering from IIT Delhi in 1972. He has been conferred Honorary D.Sc. (Honoris Causa) by Dr. D.Y. Patil University. Ph.D. by Gujarat Technological University and D.Litt. from Nagpur University. His life mission is to bring about a synthesis of science and spirituality for the service of humanity.

Dr. B N Gangadhar

Former Director, NIMHANS

B.N. Gangadhar, MD, is a professor of psychiatry at the National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences (NIMHANS), where he heads the Advanced Center for Yoga. He has served with NIMHANS since 1981, and has special interest in somatic therapies, yoga, schizophrenia, and community mental health. He has published more than 200 scientific articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals, and serves as coeditor of Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica and the Asian Journal of Psychiatry. A fellow in the National Academy of Medical Sciences in India, he has received the CV Raman award and the BC Roy award from the government of Karnataka.

Prof. P B Sharma

Amity University

A reputed academician Prof. P. B. Sharma, currently the Vice Chancellor of Amity University Gurgaon has been the founder Vice Chancellor of Delhi Technological University. Prof. Sharma is a former Professor of IIT Delhi, and also the founder Vice Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi Technology University He is the former President of Engineering Sciences Division of Indian Science Congress, former Chairman of Indian Society of Mechanical Engineerings and former Vice-Cahirman of World Confederation of Productivity Sciences, India Section. A Doctorate from University of Birmingham (UK) in 1978, during his professional career spanning over 49 years has made a distinguished contribution to the advancement of frontiers of knowledge in the areas of Aero Engineering Technology, Power Plant Engineering, New and Renewable Energy Sources and Knowledge and Innovation Management. Recipient of many awards and recognitions Prof. Sharma is also a fellow of many Professional Societies. He has been the Chairman of various bodies at National level that include Central Counseling Board (CCD of AIEEE) of MHRD, expert member of Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), member of Board of Governors of IIT Kanpur and Visitor’s Nominee at IGNOU, University of Hyderabad and Indian Institute of Mines, Dhanbad. Prof. Sharma is a man of vision, an institution builder, a breakthrough leader with speed leadership qualities and is known for his relentless pursuit of excellence and for promotion of World Quality Education, Research, Innovation and Synthesis of Science and Spirituality.

Prof. C Panduranga Bhatta

Founder - Samanvaya Academy for Excellence, Retd. Professor, IIMC

Professor C Panduranga Bhatta who superannuated from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta in 2017 is a renowned Indologist and has contributed immensely to the field of Sanskrit Studies. He has taught Indology and Sanskrit at Post-Graduate level and supervised the theses of many M. Phil and Ph. D students at the RKM Vivekananda College, Chennai, and Pondicherry Central University.
He has taught at the postgraduate and doctoral levels at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta around Leadership Excellence, Creativity, Human Values and Business Ethics. He has successfully conducted many Management Development Programmes, Executive Education Programmes and In-Company programmes on Leadership Excellence, Organisational Excellence through Leadership, Educational Excellence etc., in India and abroad for more than 25 years.
He was the founder coordinator of Business Ethics and Communications Group, Coordinator of Management Centre for Human Values, Chairperson, Post-Graduate Programme for Executives (PGPEX), Convenor, Faculty Council and Provost at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, and the Editor of the Journal of Human Values, published by SAGE.
He has authored books such as Dice-Play in Sanskrit Literature (1985), Origin and Genesis of Chess (1994), Contribution of Karnataka to Sanskrit (1997) besides editing the book Pandit N.R. Bhat Felicitation Volume along with P.S. Filliozat and S.P. Narang. His recent books include Introduction to Sanskrit Poetics (2020), The Art of Leading in a Borderless World with Prof. Pragyan Rath (2020). Another book titled Dice Play and Origin of Chess is under print, and this publication has received a good financial support from FSG, Charity Trust, Germany.
He has also published many research articles related to Leadership, Sanskrit literature, Indological topics, Human Values, Creativity, and Innovation in reputed journals issued from India and abroad.
Prof. Bhatta has secured Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund Award (twice) for the distinctions achieved in Academic field besides being honoured with Dewang Mehta Award in 2010 for Best Teacher in Business Ethics and Communication. He has also been honoured with a gold medal by the Association of Indian Management Schools for securing the prestigious “AIMS- ICFAI Best Teacher Award-2011”. He was deputed to Indian Council for Cultural Relations’ Chair Professor of Sanskrit at Silpakorn University, Bangkok for two academic years by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.
He has been a leading consultant and contributor to several research projects undertaken by prestigious institutions in India and abroad. After superannuation he has founded Samanvaya Academy for Excellence (samanvaya.net) for helping educational institutes and corporate entities in promoting human values. He is also an honorary advisor to Smartail, a Start-up which is helping educational sector by developing Artificial Intelligence based software.

Prof. Manoranjan Sinha

IIT Kharagpur, India

Dr. Manoranjan Sinha is a Professor at IIT Kharagpur in the Department of Aerospace Engineering. Dr. Sinha received his B.Tech degree from IIT Delhi in 1993 and subsequently received M. Tech and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, in 2001. In the following years he worked as Post Doctoral Fellow in the area of neural networks at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada under the supervision of Prof. Madan M. Gupta, and as an Assistant Professor at Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani and IIT Mumbai Dept. of Aerospace Engineering. He joined the Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kharagpur in 2004. His research fields are neural networks, system identification, controls, flight dynamics, system health monitoring, vibration control, attitude dynamics, and formation flying. He is involved with the lunar satellite orbit determination, lunar gravity and topography modeling for chandrayan Mission - I of ISRO. He is also working on reconfigurable flight control. He is also interested in integrative cosmology from Scientific and Vedantic perspectives.

Prof. Devendra Mohan

IIT-BHU Varanasi, India

Devendra Mohan passed the High School and Intermediate examinations from the Board of Secondary Education (Madhyamik Shiksha Parikshad), Uttar Pradesh in the First Class with Honours in 1981 and 1983 respectively. Subsequently, he qualified the prestigious Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) conducted at that time for admission to the five Indian Institutes of Technology along with the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He opted for Bachelor of Technology Program in Civil Engineering at Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and obtained his B. Tech. Degree in 1987. After qualifying Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), he completed Master of Technology Program in Civil (Environmental) Engineering in 1989 from the same premier Institution. Afterwards, he completed the Ph. D. Degree from the same University. The work for the doctoral research focused on control of carbon monoxide in automobile exhaust using low cost base metal catalysts.
Devendra Mohan has an extensive, diverse and rich experience in teaching, research and testing and consultancy for more than three decades. He has supervised six Ph. D. thesis and about four dozens of post graduate (M. Tech.) dissertations. To his credit, he has more than one hundred research papers/articles in reputed international and national journals published by ASCE, Elsevier, Springer, Taylor & Francis, Royal Society, IWA, Institution of Engineers (India), Tata Energy Research Institute, Central Ground Water Board (India), Indian Archeological Society etc. and those in proceedings of different seminars, symposia, workshops, conferences, courses etc. organized at international and national levels. He has conducted more than a dozen of events like seminars, conferences etc. in the capacities of prime responsibility as Convener/Co-convener and Organizing/Joint Organizing Secretary. Recently, he has been Convener of an interdisciplinary course on Water and Wastewater Treatment. He has also been frequently invited to deliver Key-Note Lectures, Expert Lectures and also to chair/co-chair Technical Sessions in a number of prestigious events organized at different levels.
Devendra Mohan has authored more than twenty five chapters in different books, published by reputed publishers including Springer-Nature. He had also prepared reading materials in certain areas of Environmental Engineering for some universities in India as well as abroad. In capacity of the Course Coordinator, he has conducted four Orientation Courses in Information Technology, One Refresher Course in Environmental Science and another one in Environmental Studies and two Refresher Courses related to the Life and Works of Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviya ji at the University Grants Commission - Human Resources Development Center (erstwhile known as the Academic Staff College), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He has also edited the Proceedings of all these eleven courses as well as souvenirs and proceedings of some other events. He has presented more than seven dozens of Invited lecture-cum-discussion sessions at various UGC - HRDCs across the country.
In addition to his activities related to the core technical domain, in the form of extension or outreach services, he has conducted a number of lectures and demonstration-sessions at different occasions during the Farmers’ Meet as well as at the time of many internationally recognized events like Earth Day, World Water Day, World Environment Day etc. on invitation from distinguished institutions like the Temple of Understanding, International Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Rotary Club and Inner Wheel Club, Lions’ Club etc. before the audience having divergent and multidisciplinary interests. On invitation, he has also served various prominent industrial organizations like Northern Coalfields Limited, South Eastern Coalfields Limited, Coal Mine Planning and Design Institute, Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam etc. by making presentations in various programs organized for training and competence development of their field engineers, managers and planners.
Devendra Mohan has also been actively involved with the alumni affairs related to the Banaras Hindu University and Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi. He was member of the committee constituted for establishment of the Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development and Mahamana Malaviya Research Centre for Ganga, River Development and Water Resources Management at Banaras Hindu University. He is Vice-President of the Ganga Mahasabha, which was established by Revered Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviya ji more than a century ago to save the Holy River Ganga. He has served in capacity of the Head, Civil Engineering Department, IIT (BHU) Varanasi from January 01, 2013 to March 13, 2016. At present, he is working as Professor, Civil Engineering Department, IIT (BHU) and his main research interests include control of trace toxins like arsenic and fluoride, microbiological treatment of water and wastewater, climate change, air pollution control and environmental ethics.

Prof. Rima Dada

AIIMS, Delhi

Prof. Rima Dada is currently serving as a Professor in the Department of Anatomy, at AIIMS, New Delhi. Prof. Rima did her MBBS from Delhi University at Maulana Azad Medical College. Thereafter, she joined the MD program in Anatomy at the University College of Medical Sciences, again under Delhi University. She completed her Senior Residency and her Ph.D. studies in Genetics at AIIMS, New Delhi. Later, she joined AIIMS as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy and now serving as the Professor. Her teaching and working areas include both cytogenetic and molecular techniques used for the analysis of various genetic disorders eg- Reproductive disorders (premature ovarian failure, Recurrent spontaneous abortion, various endocrinal disorders, infertility, congenital malformations, Glaucoma, Congenital cataract, BPES, Retinoblastoma, and various hematological disorders and cancers. Also offering Sperm DNA damage and seminal ROS assessment facility to couples with idiopathic infertility and cases with recurrent ART failure. Her research interests include the Genetics of reproductive disorders, ocular disorders, and various childhood cancers. And also studying the impact of lifestyle interventions on markers of aging. Prof. Rima Dada is on the editorial board of several national and international journals and member of various scientific bodies. She has been awarded several prestigious National and International Awards and also has several International and National indexed papers and book chapters to her credit.

Dr. Bhakti Lata Devi

National President, Water Resources Council, India

Dr Bhakti Devi is trained as Civil & Environmental Engineer along with a PhD in Urban Water. Dr Bhakti has spent 25 years of her active working career in the water & sustainability industry in Australia. She is a global expert on user-led water conservation which is the future of water in cities. She has worked as Decentralised Water Strategist for City of Sydney & Sydney Water Corporation. Examples of the programs she has led & executed include: 1) Decentralised Water Master Plan for City of Sydney that triggered several innovative & Award Winning water programs & projects including Smart Green Apartments , Stormwater Harvesting @ Sydney Park , Raingarden Integration into Road & Footpath Renewals to name a few. 2) Award winning Water Conservation Program for Businesses & Offices informed by Water Auditing of several types of Water End Using Sectors. Dr Bhakti has recently relocated to India with a vision to create a water secure & water sustainable Urban India. She has founded Urban Water Doctor whose mission is to empower & enable water users in recreating their water systems so they reduce their dependence on water tankers by 50 to 100%. Since relocating to Bangalore in 2018, ● She has designed, tested & validated a Water Diagnostic & Solution Planning service that helps water users to transform their existing water-stressed properties in cities & towns to become sustainably water sufficient. This is based on a survey of 100+ Apartment Communities, 20+ solution providers & comprehensive assessment of 25 Apartment complexes in Bangalore. ● She has designed training modules on Urban Water Literacy & Urban Water Accountability that need to be urgently scaled across all cities and towns of India.

Prof. Ramgopal Uppaluri

IIT Guwahati, India

Prof. Ramagopal Uppaluri is presently a professor at Chemical Engineering department, IIT Guwahati. He received PhD from University of Manchester, England majoring in process systems engineering and optimization. Prior to this he received Masters in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kanpur. He has variegated research interests in chemical and process engineering, major being in process systems engineering and composite inorganic membrane technology. Prof. Uppaluri also works on enhanced oil recovery, heat exchanger networks, bio-systems engineering, techno-economic analysis and electroless plating. So far, he has executed about 5 consultancy and 3 sponsored projects. He has published about 24 publications in international peer reviewed journals and filed an Indian patent in the field of enhanced oil recovery. He has previously served many administrative positions at IIT Guwahati including Chairman, Technical Board (2005-2008) and Vice-Chairman, GATE & JAM examinations (2007). His research interest also includes the field of science-spirituality synthesis specifically towards Origin of Life and Consciousness Studies

Prof. P. K. Singh

IIT-BHU Varanasi, India

Prof P K Singh is currently serving as the Head of the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi. He received his B.Sc in Civil Engineering in 1986 from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh and M.Sc in Environmental Engineering in 1988 from University of Roorkee (UOR), Roorkee. In the year 2000, he earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. He worked as an Assistant Engineer for a period of seventeen years in the Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar till June, 2004. After which he joined in Department of Civil Engineering, IT (BHU) Varanasi and currently serving as Professor & Head of the Department there. His major research areas include solid waste management, and water treatment. Prof P K Singh is having more than 40 publications at National and International level to his credit. He had been handling various research projects summing up to one crore rupees funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST), GOI; Ministry of Human Resource Development, GOI; National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) Nagpur from Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation etc.

Dr. Jayanti Chavan

ISR, India

Dr. Jayanti Ranganathan Chavan is the founder President of Institute of Science and Religion, Navi Mumbai. She is an alumnus of the University of Mumbai, Maharashtra. She is a recipient of two open merit scholarships for her UG studies(Mathematics) from University of Mumbai. Her academic background has a rare blend of Mathematics, computer applications, philosophy, and religion with a doctorate in Philosophy.
She serves as a course curriculum consultant for Science and Spirituality Interface (Human Growth and Societal cause) and Inter-religious studies (Peace and Harmony) and student counsellor for Inclusive- Holistic Education and Mental Healthcare.
She is a recipient of HEF(Higher Education Forum) Best Teacher's award-2018 for Social service in education. She is also an active member of Higher Education Forum. She is also a life member of Indian Women Scientists' Association.
Formerly she served in industry (software programmer) and academics for 10 years. For six years, she actively headed the computer department at St. Xavier's Technical Institute (XTECH), Mumbai. She was responsible for the all round development of computer centre. Simultaneously she was also active with the BTE(Board of Technical Education, Maharasthra, now MSBTE) as a member of syllabus committee, paper-setter and officer-in-charge for computer subjects. She was also responsible to a large measure to the change of syllabus of Government computer courses during her time. She has designed, organized and conducted special short term training technical courses in computer subjects. During this period she was also sponsored by the college to attend varied training programs short term and long term(outstation based) organized by leading institutions like IEEE, DOEAAC, CSI, NCST to name a few. She was highly respected both in Government circles and the college for the quality of her work.
She has been practicing spirituality for four decades (since youth) and has delivered lectures/seminars in India/abroad on the relevance of synthesis of science and spirituality for contemporary times.
As one of Dr. T.D. Singh's dear student, she was highly inspired by his significant contributions to the intellectual community through the synthesis of Science and Spirituality. After receiving direct guidance and serving his mission for a decade, he appointed her as Founder President of the Institute of Science and Religion, Navi Mumbai in 2005. Besides, he gave her other responsibilities for BI mission.
For almost a decade, as part of Institute outreach, she has organized more than 30 workshops/seminars and participated in more than 40 national and international conferences, presented more than 35 papers and more than 25 have been published. She has also organized for the student community two regional conferences and few seminars with leading academic institutions on Health and Environment related themes. Besides she served as the chairman of a unique 2-day national conference with University of Mumbai on 'Science and Spirituality in the age of Technology' covering domains of Education, Human Values, Science, Technology, Environment and Health. She has also authored and edited few books in these areas.
Her major researches are in the broad domain of Science and Spirituality interface for the benefit of academic community and mankind as well as in Consciousness studies from Philosophy-Vedanta perspective. She continues to nurture her research interest through varied platforms like presenting papers in conferences, writing in journals and participating in internationally renowned academic and research social network sites dedicated exclusively for researchers where some of her works are also cited.

Dr. Hare Krishna Mohanta

BITS Pilani, India

Dr. Hare Krishna Mohanta is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering in BITS Pilani, Rajasthan. He has been teaching in BITS Pilani since 1998. He worked in Indian Rare Earths Ltd (A Govt of India Undertaking) during 1995-1996. He obtained his B.E. (Chemical Engineering) in 1995 from NIT Rourkela, M.Tech (Chemical Engineering) in 1998 from IIT Kanpur, and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 2006 from BITS Pilani. He is a Life Associate Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers(IIChE). He has several publications in international and national journals. His areas of research include Advanced Process Control, Process Monitoring and Control, Sensors and Microreactors, Catalysis and Pyrolysis, Applied Wavelet Analysis, Reactive Distillation, Modeling and Simulation and Consciousness Studies.