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Anil K Rajvanshi
165 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago -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.
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Episodes
How to improve India’s engineering education
February 02, 2019 00:00 - 11 minutes - 8.02 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Rajvanshi talks about the faults in the Indian engineering education system and what can be done to improve this system.The transcript of this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/engeducation.pdf
Science of Pranayam and Homeopathy
February 02, 2019 00:00 - 9 minutes - 6.37 MBIn 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
How India can benefit by leapfrogging into FourthIndustrial Revolution?
February 01, 2019 00:00 - 12 minutes - 8.47 MBDr. 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
Gandhiji, I profess to know
January 30, 2019 00:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBOn 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
Sustainable Development – the Gandhian Way
January 28, 2019 00:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBThis 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
Growing Trees in cities is like Planting Healthy Air
January 23, 2019 00:00 - 9 minutes - 6.35 MBOther 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
Neurobiological Basis of Ego and Anger
January 21, 2019 00:00 - 12 minutes - 8.51 MBDr. Rajvanshi in this talk shows where the Ego and Anger could be located in the brain. He shows how some specialised neurons may be responsible for giving rise to ego. Ego is like a symphony director giving orders to different parts of the brain and also helps in concentration. The transcript to this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/ego.pdf
The three minds of the body - Brain, heart and gut
January 17, 2019 00:00 - 12 minutes - 8.63 MBDr. Rajvanshi talks on how three minds of body-brain, heart and gut work together to produce a healthy body and happiness. He shows how through vagus nerve they communicate and explains the mechanism of communication. The transcript to this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/gut.pdf
Death, Karma, Rincarnation (Part 2)
January 16, 2019 00:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBA chapter from the book "Nature of human thought: Essays on spirituality, Technology, and Sustainability". Published by NARI in 2010.
Death, Karma, Reincarnation (Part-1)
January 14, 2019 00:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBA chapter from the book "Nature of human thought: Essays on spirituality, Technology, and Sustainability". Published by NARI in 2010
Why it's important to teach students ethics of work
January 10, 2019 00:00 - 10 minutes - 7.26 MBThe most important thing that youngsters should be taught in schools and colleges is ethics of work and how to become good human beings. The transcript to this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/ethicsofwork.pdf
Best brains for rual development
December 08, 2018 00:00 - 16 minutes - 11 MBDr Anil Rajvanshi discussing about the importance of rural development and inspiring the best brains to work for the rural India
How IITK Kanpur education has helped me
December 08, 2018 00:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBAn interview (in Hindi) by Dr. Rajvanshi for IITK community radio discussing how IITK education helped him in choosing a different career path and working in rural India. The podcast was created in 2018 after Dr. Rajvanshi's lecture at Excellence Awards function in IIT Kanpur.
Discussion on rural India
December 08, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 21.2 MBAn interview (in Hindi) of Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi for All India Radio, discussing the issues faced by rural India.
Technology guided by spirituality can lead to happiness
December 07, 2018 11:29 - 17 minutes - 32.3 MBDr Rajvanshi talks about the subject on how spirituality and technology are related. Dr. Rajvanshi has written on this subject for last 10-15 years. His writings on this subject have appeared in Times of India and Huffington Post. In this podcast he has put together ideas from various of his writings on this subject. The transcript to this podcast can be found at: https://nariphaltan.org/techsprihappiness.pdf