Publications and talks of Anil
K. Rajvanshi
anilrajvanshi@gmail.com
Spiritual writings
- Nature
of
Human Thought. Discussion about how thought is produced and
transmitted. Published in 2004 in the book of the same name.
- Nature
of TIME.
Discussion on the relationship between time and consciousness.
Published as a chapter in the book "Nature of Human Thought".
- Technology and
Spirituality. Shows how technology and spirituality are related.
Published in Times of India,
- Music, Meditation and
Mental Happiness. Relationship between music and meditation are
explored. Published in Times of India.
- Deep thought produces
happiness.
- Spirituality helps in
sustainable development
- Physical basis of
Thought and Consciousness. Explores the relationship between
gravity and deep human thought.
- Prepared Mind helps in
getting Universal Knowledge
- Deep Faith Helps Overcome
Fear
- Web of love Possible explanation about our origins.
- Rise up for better world
- Designer
dreams
through Yoga. How dreams can be guided by yoga.
- Gurus we do not need How
some
of
the
so
called
gurus
and
preachers
pray
on
people
- Gandhiji - A Votary of
Sustainable Living
- Flying as a Spiritual
Experience An article commemorating
100 years of Wright brothers.
- Death,
Karma and
Reincarnation. A detailed essay on what is death and reincarnation
and how it is governed by karma.
- Choices and Happiness
- Personal evolution
helps mankind's progress
- Less Possessions
produce Happiness
- Human thought, Karma and
Bondage. How thought packets are sent and received and how they
affect the human mind.
- Virtual Reality and Nirvana How virtual reality might produce happiness.
- Law of Karma
- Presence of Great Soul A
story
about
Gandhi
ji
- Natural
evolution and happiness
- Free Will, Evolution
and Chaos Theory. The relationship between free will and fate
explained.
- Some personal
experiences What made me write the
book on Nature of Human Thought.
- Can Mumbai mayhem show us
a way? A lead article in DNA, Pune, December 2008.
- Simplifying Life.
A short essay on my attempts to live a sustainable life.
- Art and Science of Happiness
An essay on how to live a happy and sustainable
life by curbing our desires and greed for resources.
- Nature of Desire. An
editorial article in Times of India (Speaking Tree) published on 28
June, 2010.
- Cloud Computing
as a theory of reincarnation. An editorial article in Times of
India (Speaking Tree), published on 13 July, 2010.
Books
· Nature of Human
Thought
This book is available from our Institute.
· 1970s
America
-
An
Indian
student's
journey. My experiences as a student and a faculty
in
1970s in USA.
Articles
and talks on Sustainability and Rural development
- Nature
conservation
+ Spirituality = Sustainability
- Sustainable
development of India - A Gandhian approach
- Talukas can provide
critical mass for India's development
- India Shinning needs
Sustainable Rural Development
- Rocket
Science
for Rural development. How high tech development can be
done for rural areas of India.
- Rediscovering
fire
in
21st
Century. Article in Sci. dev. net. About how high
technology can solve cooking and lighting problems in rural India.
- Youth,
environmental
improvement and happiness. Inspirational talks given to various
IITs and other premier technology institutes in India and abroad.
- Sustainable
Development
for Rural Poor. An invited talk given at ISES 2005 on
spirituality and sustainability.
- Electricity
and water
revolution in rural India
- Village
of
my Dream
- Strategy
for
Rural Electrification
- Ethanol
fuel
for rural households. Article on how ethanol can provide clean
cooking and lighting fuel for rural areas.
- An Institute
lecture given to students and faculty of IIT Bombay on 16th August
2006.
- Agriculture Policy
for Energy Security. An article on how a new agriculture policy
should be developed so both food and energy security of the country can
be taken care of.
- "Sustainable Energy for
Rural Development". A talk given at PAN IIT 2006 Conference in
Mumbai, December 23-25, 2006.
- "Biofuels
- promise and
prospect". A thematic talk given at National seminar entitled
'Changing Global Vegetable Oils Scenario: Issues and Challenges before India' in Hyderabad. January 19-21, 2007.
- "Energy
for Rural Poor -
Challenge for Global Community". A public lecture given at Patel Center in USF,
Tampa,
March
21,
2007.
- Farming for Energy
A lead editorial article in Times of India June 6, 2007.
- Sustainable
Rural
Development – A Gandhian Perspective. An invited public lecture
given at Nehru
Center, Worli,
Mumbai. October 3, 2007.
- Sustainable
Energy for
India’s Rural Development. An invited talk given at International
Conference on China Rural Energy Development, Beijing, November 23, 2007. An interview
with Chinese internet news agency was also given during this visit.
My fleeting impressions of China
are at this site.
- How
corporate
world can help in developing sustainable rural energy. An invited
talk given on Technology Day at Honeywell, Bangalore. December 2007.
- Farming
for Energy and
Wealth. Inaugural speech given at National Seminar “Agribusiness
and Agripreneuership; Pros and Cons and accounting for the
Environmental degradation”, Shivaji
University, Kolhapur, March
14, 2008.
- Langmuir
approach
to rural development. A new model for rural development which is
based on high technology and local energy production. This article has
been published in Current Science, October 2008.
- Rural
Innovations for
Sustainable Development. A keynote address at 4th India
Innovations Summit, organized by CII, Bangalore 20-21 June, 2008. A news
item on this event came in HINDU.
- Can we live off the land?
An article on the merits of solar energy versus biofuels.
- Renewables
the
way
forward
for
India An article on the job creation
potential of renewables for India. Published in
Sci.Dev.net. April 1, 2009.
- Road
to
prosperous
India
goes
through
rural
areas An invited talk given
at ORF in Mumbai, March 30, 2010.
Technological Writings
- Rajvanshi, A. K.,
"Large
Scale
Desalination of SeaWater Using Solar Energy", Solar Energy,
Vol. 24, No. 6, 1980.
- Rajvanshi, Anil
K., "Effect
of
Various Dyes on Solar Distillation", Solar Energy, Vol. 27, pp
51-65, 1981.
- Rajvanshi, A. K.,
"Dew
Condensation
as a means of large scale production of fresh water", Journal of
Desalination, Vol. 36, No. 3, 1981.
- Rajvanshi, A.K., "Biomass
Gasification", Published as a chapter in book Alternative Energy in
Agriculture, Vol. II (Ed. D.Yogi Goswami), CRC Press, 1986, pgs.
83-102.
- Rajvanshi, A. K.
and Sudhir Kumar, "Design and
Development of Improved Lantern for Rural Areas", Published by
NARI, Phaltan, Dec. 1987.
- Jorapur, R. M.
And Rajvanshi, A. K., "Alcohol
Distillation
by Solar Energy", Proceedings of 1991 ISES Solar World
Congress, Vol. I, Part II (pg. 772-777) Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.,
August 19-23, 1991.
- Rajvanshi, A. K.
and Zende, N. J., "Production
of
Water
from
Soil
by
Solar
Energy
for
Biomass
Energy
Plantation",
Proceedings of 1991 ISES Solar World Congress, Vol. I, Part II (pg.
843-848) Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., August 19-23, 1991.
- Rajvanshi, A. K.,
"Development of
Technologies for Rural Areas - Need for New Thinking", 'Moving
Technology', Vol. 7, No. 1, CAPART, New Delhi. March 1992.
- Rajvanshi, A. K.,
"Energy
Self
Sufficient Talukas - A Solution to National Energy Crisis",
Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXX, No. 51, pp. 3315-3319, Dec 23,
1995.
- Rajvanshi, A. K.,
and Nimbkar, N., "Sweet
Sorghum
R
&
D
at
the
NARI" Paper
presented
at First European Seminar on Sorghum for
Energy and Industry held at Toulouse, France, 1-3, April 1996.
- Jorapur, R.M. and
Rajvanshi, A .K., "Sugarcane
Leaf-Bagasse
Gasifiers for Industrial Heating Applications",
Biomass and Bioenergy, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 141-146, 1997.
- Rajvanshi, A.K., "Talukas can provide
critical mass for India's sustainable development", Current
Science, Vol. 82, No. 6, 25 March 2002.
- Rajvanshi, A.K., "Electric
and
improved cycle rickshaw as a sustainable transport system for India",
Current Science, Vol. 83, No. 6, 25 September 2002.
- Rajvanshi, A.K., "R&D strategy for
cooking and lighting energy for rural households", Current Science,
Vol. 85, No. 4, 25 August 2003.
- Rajvanshi, A.K.,
" Taluka development for Sustainable India", Centerpiece article in
TERRAGREEN, Issue 14, June 15, 2002. http://www.teri.res.in/teriin/terragreen/issue14/essay.htm
- Rajvanshi, A.K.,
" Nature conservation + Spirituality = Sustainability", Paper published
in
ISES
2005, Orlando, USA.
- A chapter
entitled "Sustainable
Development
of
India
-
A
Gandhian
Approach", in the book entitled
Appropriate Technology, Development and Gandhi. To be published by
Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi, October 2003.
- Nandini Nimbkar
and Anil K Rajvanshi, " Sweet Sorghum
Ideal for Biofuel", Seed World, Vol. 14, No. 8, November 2003.
- Rajvanshi, A.K.,"Key Issues in
Rural Electrification", published in Projects
Monitor, 16 October 2003.
- Rajvanshi, Anil
K., "With
rural
India
shinning,
India
will
shine!" published in Project
Monitor, Vision 2020 Issue, Vol.4 No. 2, May 16-31, 2004.
- Rajvanshi, A.K., "Safflower
Petal
Collector", Presented in International Safflower conference,
Istanbul, Turkey, June 2005.
- Rajvanshi, A.K.,
S.M. Patil and B.Mendoca, "
Development of Stove
running on low ethanol concentration", October 2004.
- Rajvanshi, Anil
K., "Nation
Building,
Youth
and
Happiness". A talk given to students of IIT
Kanpur, April 2005.
- Rajvanshi, Anil
K., "Rocket
Science
for
Rural
development", An essay submitted to SCIENCE
Magazine, January 2005.
- Rajvanshi, Anil
K., "Technologies
for
Disaster
Management", Published in Projects
Monitor,17 January 2005.
- Rajvanshi, Anil K."Sustainable
Development
-
A
Gandhian
Approach", Seminar given at North-Eastern
University, Shillong, April 29, 2005.
- Rajvanshi, Anil
K., "Rediscovering
Fire
in
the
21st
Century", Feature Article in Sci.
Dev. Net, 7th May, 2005.
- Rajvanshi, Anil
K.,"Sustainable
Development
for
Rural
Poor", Invited talk at Solar World Congress,
Orlando, August 8-12, 2005.
- Rajvanshi,A.K., Electricty
and Water
Revolution for Rural India, Editorial article in Times of India, 27
July 2005.
- Rajvanshi, Anil
K., "Village
of
my
Dream", Published as an editorial article in Times of India
on October 19, 2005.
- Rajvanshi, Anil
K., "Ethanol
fuel
for
rural
households".
- Rajvanshi, Anil
K., "Nikola
Tesla-The
creator
of
electric
age". An article published in
Resonance, March 2007.
- Rajvanshi, Anil
K., "Irving
Langmuir
- An Industrial Physical Chemist" . An article published in
Resonance, July 2008.
- Rajvanshi, Anil
K.,"Ethanol
lantern
cum stove for rural areas". An article on the new development of
lantern cum stove running on low grade ethanol, January 2009.
Travelogues
· China
trip in November 2007
· Spain
trip in June 2008
·
Australia
trip in
November
2008
·
Stockholm
trip in
June 2009
·
Binsar
Uttarakhand
trip in
October 2009
Video clips.
A half an hour video clips
on various issues shot by Cornell
University in
March 2007.
Center of Sustainable
development
Selected technological writings of Anil
K Rajvanshi
June 2010.
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