Our Team

Rupesh Pandey is a known author / journalist and activist in Hindi literature and media. Rupesh Pandey has been fortunate to have spent quality time with Shri Dharampal Ji, Shri Rajiv Dixit Ji, Guruji Shri Ravindra Sharma Ji and many other noted thinkers and journalists concerned with Bhaarat and Bharatiyata. He has also been an avid reader of Gandhian literature, Sardar Patel and Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar. Presently Rupesh Pandey has been actively engaging himself in socio political cultural well being of the nation at large by writing several articles as well as books and he is based out of Varanasi.

Ravindra Kumar Pathak is a thinker, writer and social as well as spiritual activist based out of Bodh Gaya, Bihar. The areas of study that mainly attract Ravindra Kumar Pathak are Sanskrit and Pali literature, Yog, Ayurved, Traditional Water Management Systems, History, Culture, Tantra Vidya, Several traditional Knowledge Systems etc. He has authored / co – authored several books on these subjects and continues to guide his students and disciples to conduct further research on these issues. He has been actively involved in many domains including but not limited to healing, Yog, Water conservation, traditional education in the area of Magadh.

Rajan Venkatesh is a new farmer and an old writer-researcher trying to combine the two interests at a farm at Sawantwadi in southern Maharashtra, near Goa. Earlier, he ran the experimental Bodhshala School at SIDH, Mussoorie; as means of exploring, understanding, what is relevant education and the havoc caused by modern schooling. Prior to that, he had the opportunity to observe the media closely, and he is keen to explore its relationship to distortions of modernity and the impending crisis of ‘development’. The issues addressed are important, relevant and useful for us to be able to transform into a humane society; he approaches them with that spirit of learning.

Prashanth V Kumar has long been associated with Art of Living and has been one of the most important teachers of the organization. Having come in close contact with Guruji Shri Ravindra Sharma ji, Prashanth V Kumar has deeply studied various aspects from Bharatiyata perspective. Prashanth V Kumar has keen interests in temple architecture, traditional cooking, traditional arts and crafts, oral traditions of history telling (Jaati Purana), 49 Samskaras (there are 16 main Samskaras, but a total of 49), their relevance from the perspectives of local economy, Ayurveda, nature’s balance and many more. He has also been conducting workshops on these topics and has been writing about them for more than 15 years. Prashanth V Kiumar is also in the process of establishing a small Ashram under his recently formed Bharathiyata Anusandhan Kendra Trust outside Bengaluru.

Prabhakar Pandey is currently heading the Department of Alternative Education at Sanchi University of Buddhist Indic Studies. Born in Varanasi, he studied at Banaras Hindu University and SLBSRSV, New Delhi and is interested in looking at the historical Puranic stories with fresh perspectives by reading between the lines. Prabhakar Pandey is also keen on exploring the role of folklore in determining the thought process of the society, early child education and peace.

Pawan Kumar Gupta is a thinker, educationist and more importantly a seeker. Having studied Gandhiji’s literature in detail, Pawan Kumar Gupta also published many of Dharampal ji’s literature unearthing the glorious state of pre British India, which is mostly unknown to the seemingly educated modern day Indian. Pawan Kumar Gupta is also a strong critic of modernity, for it alienates one from the reality and creates strong illusions. Having worked in detail in the fields of education, spirituality and authenticity with his organization named SIDH, he is presntly living an honest and authentic life and talks about the same.

Harsh Satya has keen academic interests in learning the socio economic and cultural practices in traditional rural as well as tribal societies. Harsh Satya holds a PhD on the topic – Towards Revitalizing Diversity: A Study of the Traditional Jajmāni System in India from IIIT Hyderabad under the able guidance of Late Prof Navjyoti Singh and Prof Rajeev Sangal. The thesis is dedicated to Guruji Shri Ravindra Sharma who introduced Harsh Satya to the beautiful world of Jajmāni systems. Apart from the noted dignitaries above, Harsh Satya has also been highly inspired by the Madhyastha Darshan philosophy as explained by Shri A. Nagaraj ji. Harsh Satya has been continuing his journey on the same path.

Ashutosh Jani is learning about the rural societies by living with them in the Eastern part of Gujarat. Formerly an engineer from IIT Madras and having worked in education in the rural areas of Gujarat, Ashutosh along with his wife Sneha is interested in learning and documenting traditional knowledge systems and traditional crafts. Presently, they make clay and wooden sculptures, eco friendly homes and are learning and realizing the true sense of Bhaaratiyata and are working towards opening up more and more avenues for expression and sharing of experience based understanding emerged from the traditional rural societies.

Ashish Kumar Gupta has setup Jeevika Ashram and Studies Center at Indrana village near Jabalpur. Formerly a rural management executive, having studied from IRMA Anand, Ashish Kumar Gupta spent years with Shri Ravindra Sharma ji fondly known as Guruji at Adilabad and imbibed his narratives on topics mostly related to how beautifully the rural societies function, how do they think, what are their guiding principles. Among many social causes that Ashish Kumar Gupta is associated with, his chief focus is on transcribing and publishing Guruji’s works and inspired by the same, he also focuses on reorienting the Indian society to correct their self image and start to think and function on its own principles and methodologies.

Amandeep Vasishth is a physics teacher by profession and a researcher of History, Collective Psychology, different manifestations of faith, folk traditions of worship, temple architecture and a lot more. Inspired by the works of Shri Dharampal Ji, Amandeep Vasishth has immense interests in learning about various practices in pre colonial, colonial and post colonial Bharat, their evolution and theorization of the explanation of the same. Based out of Rohtak, Haryana, Amandeep Vasishth loves to delve into the process of historical transformation of various indigenous societies and writes and talks about the same too.