Our Authors

Passionate writer on National Security related issues, Brig Hemant Mahajan YSM (Retd) is M Sc, M Phil in Defence Studies. He joined IMA Dehradun in July 1973 and passed out as a Commissioned Officer on 15 June 1975. He was commissioned into 7 MARATHA LIGHT INFANTRY. He has served extensively in Counter Insurgency Operations in Insurgency and Terrorist prone areas of Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and North East and has taken part in all important operations undertaken by the Army since 1975.

Brig Hemant Mahajan served in Jammu & Kashmir, in the deserts of Rajasthan, in Super High Altitude areas of Kargil and Leh, forward areas of Arunachal Pradesh. He was deployed in Punjab in ‘Operation Avert’. He was also involved in maintaining peace post ‘Operation Bluestar’ days in Punjab in the worst affected district of Gurdaspur, Taran Taran and Amritsar.He served in the areas of Darjeeling, Kurseong, Siliguri and Sikkim. He commanded his battalion 7 MARATHA LIGHT INFANTRY in Operation Rakshak in the most difficult areas of Poonch and Rajouri during the times of highest militancy. His unit was responsible for stopping terrorists from Pakistan into Jammu and Kashmir. His unit was awarded Unit Citation, 18 gallantry awards including YSM (gallantry) for the officer.

Brig. G B Reddy (Retd)

G B Reddy, former Brigadier has seen frontline battles in India-China War in 1962, India-Pakistan War in 1965, and India-Pakistan War in 1971 (Liberation of Bangladesh). He has served in various insurgency areas to include Nagaland, Manipur, Assam, and West Bengal at the height of Naxal problem; Punjab, J & K and IPKF in Sri Lanka. Author of seven books and numerous articles covering national security strategy, international, national and local political and social developments, he participated in international and national seminars whilst serving as Consultant/Senior Visiting Fellow at the National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad. He also served in Corporate Assignments of Vice-President, Kitply Industries and C.E.O, Hilton Tobacco Ltd. He is a Graduate of National Defense College, New Delhi, Command and Staff College in Canada, Long and Senior Defense Management Programs at College of Defense Management in Hyderabad. He has served on the faculties of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, College of Combat, and Infantry School, Mhow. He was awarded Ati Vishist Seva Medal for Distinguished Service of an Exceptional Order in Nagaland 1986. Menitoned-in-Despatches for gallantry in 1971 war. Chief of Army Staff Commendation Medal in 1977 for exceptional contribution for faculty development. Seven books published: 1) Rising Dragon – China’s Holistic Security Strategic Perspective; 2) Nation in Crisis – Dimensions of National Security and Terrorism; 3) In Search of National Values - Withering Democracy, Secularism and Socialism; 4) India’s Nuclear Dilemmas; 5) Fight Against Corruption and Leadership Decay; 6) Democracy in Peril; and, 7) Cost Effective Rural Housing Technologies.

Brigadier Vidyadhar Gole (Retired)

The writer commanded an Engineer Regiment in Plains during Op Vijay. He has worked in Shaft Sinking Operation in Pokran for the nuclear tests of May 1998. He was UN Military Observer in Angola. He is a highly qualified officer – B E (Civil), MSc (Def Studies), MMS, LLB. He is Fellow of Institution of Engineers. The Officer has vast experience in Combat Engineering and was consultant to UNICEF for improving connectivity in remote areas.

CA Bharat Agarwal

CA Bharat Agarwal is a social activist, environmentally concerned. He is interested in politics, governance & public policy.

Chandrabhushan Joshi

An IT Professional with more than 2 Decades of Experience who Writes on Indian Polity ,Indology and Current Affairs

Col Sunil W Deshpande VSM (Retd)

Col Sunil W Deshpande, VSM (Retd) is an army veteran and Chairman of Prahar - Samaj Jagruti Sanstha, Nagpur.

Col Virendra Kumar

Col Virendra Kumar, a Military Veteran with 27 years of Army , alumni of Pantnagar, IIM Bangalore , Symbiosis Pune ,wears multiple hats . He has got national and international exposure during his Army tenures and corporate stint with leading US MNC He is passionate about Military history , Indian history , national and international affairs .

Col. Virendra Kumar

Col Virendra Kumar, a Military Veteran with 27 years of Army experience and 15 years of corporate experience wears so many hats. He is passionate about national and international affairs.

He is also a professional trainer, motivator, speaker and executive coach with management qualifications from IIM Banglore and SIMS. He has always worked and opted for diversified fields. In his professional life, he has lead people by taking them along, leading them against the tide, ensuring their development and providing authentic leadership.

His area of expertise and motivational talks involves organisation behavior, leadership, emotional intelligence, diversity and transformation of individuals and organisation. He has a good understanding of human behavior and its dynamics.

Colonel Abhay Patwardhan (Retd)

Colonel Abhay Balkrishna Patwardhan (Retd) did his BA in Political Science, B Sc in Biology, M Sc and M Phil in Defence Studies, and MBA in Finance and HR. He got commission in the Special Frontier Force and Commanded 19 Jat Regiment. In his 36-year service with the Army, he handled the insurgency in Nagaland, Mizoram, Khalistan and Kashmir; participated in the 1971 Indo-Pak war; trained the Mukti Bahini, and participated in Operation Blue Star at the Golden Temple in Amritsar in 1984. He also served as member of the IPKF in Sri Lanka, Commanded a battalion in Tawang, and received Unit Citation for Outstanding Ops against the Chinese in 1990-92. He served as Instructor in Defence Services College at Wellington; Director of Training at Hq DG, NCC, New Delhi as In charge of the Republic Day Parade and Student Foreign Exchange Program. He received two medals for valour. Besides, he authored a “Reference Book on Disaster Management” in 2001 under Ministry of Defence. The book was released by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Defence Minister George Fernandez. Col Patwardhan has authored six books in Marathi on Military aspects. He regularly writes in newspapers and magazines, gives lectures and presentations, participate in television debates on matters related to military, security and terrorism. He has been a visiting faculty in National Defence College and National Fire Service College on security and disaster management. He offers free guidance for entry to Defence Forces, Para Military forces, Police, and Service Selection Board interviews. So far 47 candidates have qualified as Officers and 14 as Personnel below the officer rank in defence forces and 39 in para-military forces and police. He is also member on various government bodies/organizations on various aspects of security and disaster management.

Colonel Jaibans Singh

Colonel (Retired) Jaibans Singh, a reputed analyst of Indian defence and security affairs, has an abiding interest in issues related to national security, internal security, geopolitical developments and defence strategy in the context of the nation. His area of specialty encompasses Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan and China. Jaibans Singh contributes to a large number of newspapers, defence magazines, news agencies and web sites. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of www.defenceinfo.com, a popular web portal on defence news and views.

Debjani Bhattacharyya

Columnist and Political Analyst based at Kolkata

Deepali Patwadkar

Deepali Patwadkar is an Author and an Artist. She writes and comments on social issues. She is also interested in the Indian studies of the history and cultures, languages, and literature and as such is a part of a subset of Asian studies.

Devashish Puranik

Devashish Puranik is a student who is currently pursuing his bachelor's degree in Transportation Design at MIT Institute of Design. He is extremely passionate about automobiles and enjoys sketching, digital art, 3D modelling and ocassionally even animating his automotive creations. He enjoys exploring a wide variety of art forms besides automobiles and likes to experiment with different media and surfaces too. Besides this he has a love for content creation in the form of video as well as text. He creates automotive reviews and videos on his two YouTube channels Ignite Motorrad and Devashish Puranik and intends to grow them further alongside his educational course. Delivering content and hosting videos in front of the camera is one of his strongest points. He is a motorcycle enthusiast himself and goes on long tours on his bike and is part of a few motorcycling groups in addition to having started one himself. He keeps himself in the loop regarding all things automotive and is always seeking to expand his horizons in these fields.

Devesh Khandelwal

Devesh Khandelwal holds a Post-Graduation Diploma in Hindi Journalism from Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi. He is also M.A in Masters in Journalism and Mass Communication, Kurukshetra University. He is a former Research Associate at Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation (S.P.M.R.F), New Delhi. As Research Associate at S.P.M.R.F, he has explored the life and works of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee. He is also engaged in research on Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya at the ‘Research and Development Foundation for Integral Humanism’, New Delhi.

Devesh V. Bagul

Devesh V Bagul is a graduate and works for a private limited company. He is interested in religion, national security, cultural, and social issues.

Devidas Dehpande

Devidas Dehpande is an author and journalist having interest in political happenings. He is known for his knowledge in new media and also Sanskrit caricature.

Dinakar Lanka

Author Dinakar Lanka (B.Com., F.C.A.) is a Public speaker, Spokesman and Analyst in Print and Electronic Media. He is also the Andhra Pradesh Political Feedback Pramukh for BJP. His expertise and area of writing encapsulates Economy, Finance, Current Affairs of Indian Politics.

Dr Boonda Singh

Dr Boonda Singh, a sikh doctor, is an earnest researcher of history of India, especially Punjab. He lives in Delhi.

Dr Chaitanya Giri

Dr. Chaitanya GIRI, PhD, is a Technology Strategy Analyst with focus on the role of deep science and high-technology, particularly space technology, in national hard power strategy, diplomacy, and statecraft. He has worked as planetary and astromaterials scientist for nearly a decade. He has a PhD in Astrochemistry from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany and the University of Nice in France. Formerly a scientific crew member of the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. He is a recipient of several fellowships and awards, including the 2014 Dieter Rampacher Prize of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Science, Germany; the Rising Star Award 2015 of the Ruia College Alumni Association; and the 2016-2018 ELSI Origins Network Fellowship by the John Templeton Foundation, USA.

Dr Geeta Bhatt

Dr GEETA BHATT, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at University of Delhi. At present, she is an elected member of the Academic Council of University of Delhi. She has about twenty years of teaching experience. She has published several research papers and edited two books. She has also authored two books titled ‘Experiments Based on Analog and Digital Electronics’ and ‘MATLAB ESSENTIALS for Problem Solving’. She is also recipient of Meritorious Teachers Award from Department of Higher Education, Delhi Government, 2013–14. @geets71

Dr Kunal Ghosh

Dr Kunal Ghosh is retired Professor and Head, Aerospace Engineering Department, I. I.T. Kanpur. He has authored books on various socio-political issues. A graduate of IIT Kharagpur, he obtained his Ph D in 1973 in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the University of Southampton, the UK. Apart from his profession, he has had an abiding interest in Religion, History, and Linguistics since the college days, and has authored more than 30 articles in various journals since 12980s. He was invited to speak on his theory of Religio-Linguistic Exclusion and Sectarian Natioinalism by the Asiatic SOciety, Kolkata in 1997. He is life member of Indian Academy of Social Sciences and several other professional societies in the field of engineering.

Dr Prayag Sethiya

Dr Prayag Sethiya is a self employed Ayurveda Medicinal Practitioner. He has been a former honorary physician at Sheth Tarachand Ramnath Memorial Hospital. Having deep rooted interest in Ayurveda, Dr Sethiya writes to make people aware of India's cultural way of medicine and its service.

Dr Sanjeev Kelkar

Dr Sanjeev Kelkar is a well-known diabetologist and former Director of Education and Awareness at Chellaram Diabetes Institute. He has served as Director of Care Community Health and Wellness Program, Care Foundation; Medical Director of Novo Nordisk Education Foundation, and Senior Research consultant in the Depatt of Internal Medicine at CIIMS, Nagpur. He is best described as an institution-builder, an excellent trainer, an educational technologist, a wizard at project management a nd a gambler with his life. He had worked at a medical service project in rural tribal area in karnataka for 11 years. The excellent second-level referral hospital that he created was for him a laboratory to develop models to address the numerous needs of rural health care. He won an award of Rs 200,000 for his short essay, "Program Proposal for Tuberculosis Control in India in 1995'. After a stint at the CIIMS Hospital, Nagpur, he gave up medical practice and joined a multinational pharma giant as their education director. Duringhis six year tenure with them he trained numerous medical postgradutes in diabetes with extraordinary results. Giving up medicine for the last several years, he devoted himself to the political and literary writing. His seminal book 'The Lost Years of RSS' earned him a place in political commentators. This book deals with the comperative study of the leftist-socialist, centrist and particularly the right-wing politics in India is an altogether differnt interpretaiton to the conventional wisdom.

Dr Shreerang Godbole

The author is a Pune -based endocrinologist and diabetologist. He has co-authored two books on diabetes for lay readers. He has also authored books on Islam, contemporary Buddhist-Muslim relations, religious demography of India and the Savarkar brothers. He has edited two volumes on Dr. Hedgewar and Balasaheb Deoras, based on archival material. He has made a major contribution in developing www.savarkar.org and www.golwalkarguruji.org

Dr. Kapil D. Chandrayan

-Ph.D. (Dev. Eco.), M.A. (Eco.), MBA (Mkt), PGDBA (Fin.) -Expert Member – Vidarbha Statutory Development Board
-Member – Advisory Council – Vidarbha Industries Association (VIA)
-Member – Editorial Advisory Board – Lokmat
-Working as a freelance consultant in the field of Strategic Communication & Stakeholder Engagement Programs, Psephology, etc.
-Faculty Member and Guest Lecturer in several management and technical institutes at Pune & Nagpur – Specialization subjects – Economics, Marketing Research & Public System Management
-Resource Person, Researcher & Theme Writer for training related to District Human Development Report with YASHADA Pune & Water Safety Plan, NEERI & WHO
-Strategic Communication Consultant for ‘Nagpur Metro Rail Project’ since Jan 2015
-Strategic Communication Consultant for ‘Nagpur Smart City Project’ since July 2015
-Strategic Communication Consultant for ‘Nagpur 24x7 Water Supply Project’ since 2010 Included studying, designing and implementation of various stakeholder engagement programs for the first of its kind full city water supply PPP project in India
-‘Founder President’ of a not – for – profit organization ‘Centre for Development Research’
which works prominently in Public Policy & Advocacy
-Life member of Indian Economic Association
-Submitted and Presented 12+ Research Papers in National & International Conferences
-Enjoys studying Indology, Indian Scriptures and Vedic Astrology

Dr. Pawan Singh Malik

लेखक मीडिया विभाग, जे. सी. बोस विश्वविद्यालय, फरीदाबाद में एसोसिएट प्रोफेसर हैं

Dr. R. Balashankar

Dr R. Balashankar is former Editor of Organiser Weekly. He is a well-known writer and political analyst, having worked in senior positions in magazines including The Week, Probe, and Onlooker and newspapers including Financial Express and Free Press Journal. He has authored thousands of articles, on economics, politics, and development. He has interviewed nearly all the towering political personalities and giant of men. His book reviews, much appreciated, have been published and cited in several publications. His articles have been published in Times of India, Hindustan Times, Indian Express, Sunday Guardian, Asian Age, Deccan Chronicle and DNA and several online portals including ABN live and Daily O. He writes regularly in Malayalam, a column in Kesari Weekly and other leading Malayalam publications. Dr Balashankar was Advisor to Union Minister for HRD and Science and Technology from 1998 to 2004. Dr Balashankar has double MA in History and Economics and is PhD in IT and telecommunication history. He has authored a number of books including History of Indian Telecommunication and Agitation against Bengal Partition. Presently, he is the Chairman of Sant Kabir Chair for Development Communication at Khushabhao Thakre University, Raipur.

Dr. R. H. Tupkary

Dr. R. H. Tupkary graduated in Met. Engg. from BHU in 1959. Later he completed M. Tech in 1963 and Ph. D. in 1966 from University of Melbourne. He taught at BHU and at VRCE Nagpur. He voluntarily retired in 1994 to become Managing Director of Marathi daily ‘Tarun Bharat’. As a professor at VRCE he was very active for over twenty years in the Nagpur University and was elected in almost all the bodies including the Executive Council over a period of total of twenty years. He was detained for twenty months during the 1975 Emergency. During that period he wrote a book on Steelmaking that made him famous all over the world. He was the founder Chairman of VNIT Nagpur. He is the recipient of ‘Binani Gold Medal’ of IIM and ‘Distinguished Metallurgist Award’ of SAIL. After retirement he has written a book titled ‘Organizational Intelligence’. His Marathi book ‘Vaidnyanik Drishtikonatun RSS’ received Behere award of Pune Marathi Granthalaya in 2005.

Dr. Rakesh Sinha

Dr. Rakesh Sinha is Honorary Director of India Policy Foundation (IPF). He has authored Biography of RSS founder Dr K B Hedgewar. He has also authored books - "Political Journalism" and "Golwalkar(Shri Guruji) and Indian Muslims", Terrorism and Indian Media. He is credited to break the ice on the Sachar Committee report. His research based intervention brought many facts on the committee’s functioning and report. Moreover, his monograph Deceptive Equality( deconstructing Equal Opportunity Commission) was a major policy intervention which stopped the government to bring a bill to form EOC. His latest edited book “Secular India: Politics of Minorityism”(Vitasta Publication) unveils distorted social philosophy of the Indian state. Proudly stands for Cultural nationalism and egalitarian social order राम और रोटी.

Dr. Richard Benkin

Dr. Richard Benkin is fighting to stop Bangladesh’s ethnic cleansing of Hindus. Confirming atrocities in South Asia’s remote villages and large cities, he risks his safety to comfort victims, confront complicit officials and jihadis; and spurs action and recognition of this issue. He has freed an anti-jihadist Muslim journalist from imprisonment and torture; forced Bangladesh's RAB to release an abductee unharmed, stopped an anti-Israel conference at an Australian government building, and speaks and publishes worldwide. Dr. Benkin holds a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania and has founded two human rights organizations. His book, A Quiet Case of Ethnic Cleansing: the Murder of Bangladesh’s Hindus, is in its second printing.

Dr. Sharad V. Khare

Dr. Sharad Vasudeo Khare is Director at Vivekanand Institute of Social Sciences Research based at Pune. VISSR is a post graduate research center recognized by the University of Pune in Political Science and Public Administration since 2007. Research Guide for M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Political Science and Public Administration in Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth and University of Pune since 1985. He is a guest faculty at Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, U.P. Recently, he has completed a state-wide research project entitled, ‘Dynamics of Development Administration in Gujarat- Development Model 2000—2008’ jointly undertaken by the Saurashtra University, Rajkot and the VISSR, Pune.

Dr. Shephalika Gokhale (PhD.)

Besides working as a Trainer for banks and corporates in areas of general management, investor awareness programs, customer service etc., Shephalika has also worked as Manager (Customer service and Retail Operations) for more than 6 years with IDBI Bank. She also has been teaching at various management institutes and commerce colleges in Pune for the past 11 years.

While pursuing her PhD, she concluded that knowledge about money matters in simple, local language which is easily understandable is lacking. The level of financial awareness about investments and savings is worrisome, not just with adults but also in the young earning group. Managing one’s corpus needs a holistic approach keeping an eye on the various environmental factors. It is this need and her passion to educate people on matters of personal finance, led her to start sharing tips and writing for the layman. Her simple writing is hugely popular and widely read.

Dr. Simrit Kahlon

Dr. Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi

Dr. Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi
Professor and Head
Dept. of Linguistics
Deccan College (Deemed to be University)

Dr. Usha Kamat Sharma

I am Dr. Mrs. Usha Kamat Sharma M.D., D.Cl.Pharm., Ph.D., who began my professional career as a lecturer in Pharmacology at the Seth G S Medical College affiliated to the KEM Hospital in Mumbai. I had the opportunity to conduct original research projects, graduate lectures and post graduate seminars in this period.

After earning my MD in the subject, I became a Pharmaceutical Physician, and retired after an innings of over 20 years in the Corporate Pharmaceutical world in India.

Thereafter I free lanced as a Pharmaceutical Medical and quality Consultant for a further 25 years or so. I indulged my love for writing by contributing invited articles to journals, and also contributed as a consultant editor for a few years on a couple of medical journals.

I turned once again to teaching, and accepted invitations as Visiting Faculty for various courses in Clinical Research for working professionals in the Pharmaceutical industry.

I designed and delivered a highly specialized course for several years at the Haffkine Institute for Training, Research and Testing, Government of Maharashtra, MUMBAI.

I soon turned to the pursuit of a new passion, the Ancient Civilisation and Culture of our beloved Motherland Bharat.

By this time I had written and published a Prescribed Textbook for Post-Graduates in Pharmacology, a Chapter in a Monograph on Tuberculosis, over 100+ Invited Reviews for a prestigious Pharmaceutical Bulletin, and assumed the Editorship of 2 Medical Journals for a few terms.

I have authored over 15 Original Medical Research Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals.

With this writing background I felt confident to venture into writing in what is essentially a new field for me. My love of teaching impels me to share what I learn with anyone who cares to listen and learn.

I look forward to writing this blog, and to incite curiosity and passion to learn about the riches of our heritage- verily treasures which our Vedic ancestors gifted to the World.

I am committed to providing the same thorough background research to this field as I had to Clinical Research.

I am excited to bring my fresh individual perspective to the subject, and hope I am able to stimulate thinking about this neglected topic.

It is revealing to come across so much national ownership and pride in the explorations carried out in other countries, while such rich treasures of knowledge and wisdom lie unfathomed, unseen, and untouched in the depths of a vast Ocean of the History of our Motherland.

The Time is now ripe for future generations to seek, even demand to know more about Her vast contributions to the World as they know it today.

Read on, and accompany me on this exhilarating journey of discovery into our past, the surest way to catapult meaningfully into the future.

Dr. Vallbhbhai Kathiria

Dr. Vallbhbhai Kathiria
M.S. (Surgery)
Presently working as Chairman Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog(National Cattle Commission ), New Delhi, since 2019. Founder Trustee Dhammaket Vipassana Center Rajkot, “Vipassana” Meditator for Spiritual Self Enlightenment.
Renowned Cancer Surgeon by Profession. Earned degree from B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Dr Kathiria is a Centurion Blood Donor: blood donation for 127 times, till today.
Elected Member of Parliament-Lok Sabha ( 1996 - 2009 ) from Rajkot for 4 times; first-ever M.P. to win consecutively for 4 times since Independence.
Popularly known as “Check – Dam Sansad” for his exemplary work for the water conservation movement in Saurashtra.
Served as Minister of State in Hon’ble Atal Behari Vajpayee Government (1999 – 2004 ) as MoS Heavy Industries And Public Enterprise, HRD & Health and Family Welfare.
Served as Chairman of Gauseva & Gauchar Vikas Board Gujarat form 2010 to 2017.

Fravia

Fravia is the pen name of the author who wishes to remain anonymous. The name is chosen in the memory of Fravia, one of the great exponents of free information. One of the reasons is that the author learned the skills of deep web search from fravia’s unforgettable website. Another and equally important reason is that the author shares the rare combination of passions of Fravia, namely a keen interest in digital technology as well as history.

G K Suresh

G K Suresh is Chief Editor at Janam Multimedia Limited gksureshbabu@janamtv.com

gksureshbabu@gmail.com

Girish Jayantilal Shah

Girish Jayantilal Shah is a Member of Animal Welfare Board of India, Government of India and Managing trustee of National Award Winner NGO 'Samast Mahajan'. Contact mail- samastmahajan9@gmail.com

Gopal Goswami

Gopal Goswami is into infrastructure development business since last 25 years in Surat, Gujarat. He has done his Masters in Public Administration and is currently pursuing a PhD in Management from National Institute of Technology (NIT}, Surat, Gujarat. He is an avid reader of Dharma and Indian culture, a strong believer of Vedic values of Sanatan and an active social worker.

Govind Sovale

Govind Sovale stays in Zurich, Switzerland. He supports the idea of nationalism in favor of betterment of the country. He is a well known author and his contribution to the society is worth noting.

Harsh Datt

Author

Himali Nalawade

Himali Nalawade is associated with News Bharati as an Author since a considerable period. She is mostly linked with researched articles from the areas of Defence, Defence Infrastructure and Culture-Religion. Along with her Masters in Mass Communication and Journalism after her graduation in History, she has also studied Diploma in Underwater Archaeology and Diploma in Indology.

Jayant Sahasrabudhe

Jayant Sahasrabudhe is National Organising Secretary at Vijnana Bharati.

K.A.Badarinath

K.A.Badarinath is a senior journalist based out of New Delhi. With 37-years of experience in journalism, he's worked for major media brands like Financial Express, Hindustan Times, Economic Times and moved on to become an editor with Financial Chŕonicle.

He's also visiting Professor with the Indian Institute of mass communication. He's an honorary fellow at New Delhi based think tank, Centre for Integrated and Holistic Studies. He also writes for New York-based magazine, Global Finance, and The Economist.

Kapil Naik

Kapil Naik is a finance professional with passion for research on Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan and Islamic Terrorism. The author is associated with Jammu Kashmir Study Centre as Vice President of Mumbai Chapter

Kapil Sahasrabuddhe

Kapil Sahasrabuddhe has been working on issues related to biodiversity, livelihood, people’s institutions for last 20 years. He loves bird watching and visiting remote areas where people create their own systems and live in peace with nature.

Kinjal Dixit

Kinjal Dixit has a degree in bachelors in English and is currently pursuing her Master's in Journalism and Mass Communication. She has a hand at writing about infrastructure, culture and in sharing humanitarian stories.

Lalit Garg

Lanka Dinakar

Lanka Dinakar is a former election strategy committee member/co-chairman of samaikya Rashtra parirakshana vedika/former national official spokesman and currently Andra Pradesh BJP Political Feedback Pramukh.

Lokendra Singh

लेखक माखनलाल चतुर्वेदी राष्ट्रीय पत्रकारिता एवं संचार विश्वविद्यालय, भोपाल में सहायक प्राध्यापक हैं और विश्व संवाद केंद्र, भोपाल के कार्यकारी निदेशक हैं।

Maitreyee Kamble

Maitreyee is a Pune-based young entrepreneur having a strong sense of social

responsibility through her business ventures. After completing her schooling at Ahilya Devi High School, Pune, she enrolled in the Commerce stream denying the traditional reservation system in admission criteria. She undertook a project on “Circular Sanitation Economy” a mobile application-based service model called Honey Sucker Through her startup company.

Major General Mrinal Suman

Major General Mrinal Suman, AVSM, VSM, PhD is a highly qualified and experienced officer. He commanded an Engineer Regiment in the most hostile battlefield in the world i.e. the Siachen Glacier. He was the Task Force Commander at Pokharan and was responsible for designing and sinking the shaft for the nuclear tests. For that, he was duly decorated by the President of India. After superannuation, he headed Defence Technical Assessment and Advisory Service of CII and is considered to be India's foremost expert on myriad aspects of India's defence procurement regime and offsets. He is regularly invited to address various Indian chambers, associations and foreign industrial delegations. He is a prolific writer and has published more than 550 papers in different journals and newspapers; many have been translated into foreign languages. A keen observer of national concerns, his views command immense respect.

Major Vinay S Degaonkar (Retd)

Mayur Didolkar

Mayur Didolkar is the author of three novels , one short story collection named Nagin, and several short stories. He is one of the few writers of our times to write prolifically in both fiction and non-fiction. His non-fiction articles on topic ranging from politics, culture and economics have appeared in magazines such as Swarajya, The Print and MyInd. He runs an investment advisory business to pay the bills and he has run two marathons.

Milind Arolkar

Milind Arolkar is a Web Journalist, Interested in Human Rights, Staunch nationalist. student of socio-political activities. Trust the facts and not Propoganda.

Mita Nath Bora

Mita Nath Bora is a Writer, Researcher, Entrepreneur. She also is the Convener of the 'Nation First Writers Forum'. Being a Senior Research Analyst at Team Sajag, RMP, Bora also is a Director at India Ambition Consultancy.

Moreshwar Joshi

Moreshwar Joshi has been working as a special correspondent of Tarun Bharat for the last fifty years. He has written 5,000 articles on Christian missionaries in the last fifty years. From 1990 to 2000, he has worked for an English newspaper as well as from 1994 to 2005, he worked in audio-visual media. He has written 100 articles based on the book 'Breaking India', in which Jihadis, Maoists, Separatists Dravidians, and churches in the Northeast are working together in India for Panchajanya Hindi weekly magazine. He has written 20 articles in Vivek's weekly magazine in 2014, after traveling to ten European countries and came to know that Christians became a minority in countries of 'Europe, America, Russia, Australia'. He has written 150 articles on cattle science in the Sandhyananda newspaper. Apart from this, 150 articles in other publications on the same subject.

Mugdha Wagh

Mukul Kanitkar

Mukul Kanitkar is National Organising Secretary at Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal. He has immense knowledge about Education and writes on perspectives for adopting changing education structure.

Neha Kank

Neha Kank has a P.G. in Nutrition, Diploma in Sports Nutrition and Diploma in exercise science

Niharika Pole Sarwate

Niharika Pole Sarwate became a journalist to voice her opinion for the right. She has been working as journalist for more than five years now. Art, Culture, Youth, Nation are her areas of work. Social media has strong power and she is on a mission to utilise it for the betterment of the society.

Nitin A Gokhale

An authoritative Strategic Affairs Analyst, author of four books on military and conflicts, media trainer. Gokhale is currently Senior Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation.

Nivane Kalanath Bhat

Nivane Kalanath Bhat is a Blogger and Political enthusiast

Omkar Bhole

Omkar Bhole is currently working as a Research Associate at Organization for Research on China and Asia (ORCA), New Delhi. He is a Chinese language student and completed Masters in China Studies from Somaiya University, Mumbai. He also works as a Chinese language instructor. His research interests are China’s foreign policy in Asia, China’s economic transformation and China’s domestic politics.

Pallavi Ghaisas

The Author is a Real Estate Lawyer working at Federal and Company in Mumbai. She is also a qualified Company Secretary with more than five years of experience in Real Estate Practice. She has authored many articles for legal news portals.

Pankaj Jayswal

Pankaj Jagannath Jayswal, an Electrical Engineer, has spent 14 years working with MNCs at various levels. He is a prolific author who has written a book called "Modi Era..." about Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He has also written books about youth both in English and Hindi – a) "Youth: Universe Reflection" and b) "Yuva: Bramhand Ka Pratibimb."

He is a regular writer with the Times of India Readers Blog, Organiser, Hindi Vivek, Tarun Bharat, Swadesh, Hindusthan Samachar, Opindia, Kretely, TheHindi, Speaking Tree, and several other news portals. He written over 145 articles in English, Marathi, and Hindi.

He has extensive experience working on various Art of Living projects and is a Happiness course faculty member. He takes courses on personality development for all ages. He provides free career counselling to youths suffering from depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation.

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Prahlad Sabnani

प्रहलाद सबनानी भारतीय स्टेट बैंक के सेवा निवृत्त उप महाप्रबंधक हैं | भारत और भारत के गौरव पर लिखने में उनकी विशेष रूचि रही है|

Pramod Gosavi

Pramod Gosavi Ji is a Retired Officer from State Bank Of India and has also worked as a Business Analyst in Tata Consultancy Services.

He writes passionately and vividly about various subjects pertaining to an ordinary man's life. His collection so articles about the same has been published as a book in marathi with the name "Nikhal"

Pranav Patwardhan

Pranav Patwardhan is a post-graduate from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Water Policy and Governance. He is interested in writing on urban issues, science and technology, research etc. He has more interest in exploring new scientifical discoveries. He is also interested in Indian History.

Pranay Kumar

Pranay Kumar is a Columnist and Writer inspired with his close contact and work experience with Bharat Ratna Late Nana Ji Deshmukh. He frequent participates in National level writing and social, literary, cultural discourses and writes regularly for major newspapers and magazines of the country.

By profession he is an educationist working as Education Administrator in a Corporate. He has also conceptualized and established a social institution named 'Shiksha Sopan' at IIT, Kanpur and has been involved in organization of projects highlighting education, culture and self-reliance for the underprivileged society,

He has been giving lectures on Indian Philosophy, Contemplation, Sanatan Gyan and Tradition in various Universities, Regional Office of CBSE, Medical Colleges, IITs, NITs, Delhi University, Hindu Heritage Foundation of America, Jaipur Dialogue, Jambu Talks etc.

Prasad Fadnavis

Prathamesh Godbole

Prathamesh Godbole is the creator of the Itihasik Youtube Channel.

Prof K G Suresh

The author is Dean, School of Modern Media, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun and former Director General, Indian Institute of Mass Communication

Prof. Chandan Kumar Sarkar

Prof. Chandan Kumar Sarkar is a leading Human Rights activist from Bangladesh. He is an Economist by education and Researcher by Profession. He had successfully completed B.Sc (Hons) and M.Sc (Economics) with specialized Econometrics and operations research from Calcutta University, India in 2002 and Post graduate Diploma (International Relations), from Dhaka University, Dhaka in 2008. Prof. Sarkar has 15 national and International publications and he has presented nine seminars papers in home and abroad including international organization like SANDEE and others. He has a co-author with Dr. Abul Barket of research reports entitled Private Sector Health Services in Bangladesh: An exploratory Study, 2003, funded by Germany. Chandan sarkar writes on human rights situation in Bangladesh as a representative of NewsBharati.

Prof. Vidya Deshpande

Professor Vidya Deshpande has had a journey of more than four decades in the field of education. Her main expertise is in the subject of Philosophy, and she has worked as a teacher of philosophy and logic with Nowrosjee Wadia college for 36 years. She has been associated with the Janakalyan Blood bank for last for 38 years and has also carried out the responsibility as a management committee member of Karve Stree Shikshan Sanstha for 10 years. Her special fields of interest are Philosophy of social sciences, school education, development of skills for self reliance, and top up skills to make students profession ready,

Professor M. Shabbir

A former member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), Professor M. Shabbir is Ambedkar Chair Professor of Law, Former Chairman, Dean Faculty of Law, and Vice-Chancellor (Acting), A.M.U, Aligarh. He is also Chairman, Foundation for Education Research Development and Action (FERDA).

Pulind Samant

Blogger, Columnist, Foreign Policy Analyst, Human Rights Activist, Researcher, Social Scientist, Translator, Traveller & Visiting Faculty.

Pushkar Nalawade

Pushkar Nalawade is a research scholar of Himalayan Geology. He has taught at various institutions including Fergusson College, Pune. He has a diploma in Geopolitics and International Relations, and also has interests in Anthropology, Archaeology and Linguistics.

R L Francis

R.L. Francis, a Catholic Dalit, lead the Poor Christian Liberation Movement (PCLM), which wants Indian churches to serve Dalits rather than pass the buck to the government. The PCLM shares with Hindu nationalists concerns about conversion of the poor to Christianity. Francis has been writing on various social and contemporary issues.

Rahul Sharma

Rahul Sharma is a Journalist and a Video Producer. Having completed IT engineering, he further pursued journalism. He also is a Youtuber at SIGHT&INSIGHT Youtube Link- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx_OWxAKcGuLSd8Sb_5AvEQ Twitter Id- @RS_Swaraj

Raj Shekhar Joshi

Raj Shekhar Joshi is a former national working committee member of Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council, a business and technology leader and actively engaged in social causes.

Rajan Khanna

Born in Amritsar on NOv 17, 1960, Rajan Khanna had his education at Amritsar and Srinagar. He settled in Mumbai and is engaged in his business of construction of play courts and fields. He is associated with RSS since his childhood and presently he is the NationalSecretary of Rashtriya Sikh Sangat, an RSS-sponsored organization. He has been writing on various contemporary issues. He used to write a column called 'Interesting People" for Organiser Weekly.

Rajat Mitra

Rajat Mitra is a psychologist, a writer, a speaker and a social entrepreneur. He speaks on issues related to historical injustice and collective trauma. He has worked as a psychologist with Islamists in Thailand, terrorists in Indian prisons and also lectured to law enforcement and prison officials, human rights workers across Asia on a large number of issues. An Ashoka Fellow from 2004, he has received United Nations Public Service award in 2011 for his work on gender justice. He has authored the book “The Infidel Next Door’ which is a story about the people in Kashmir and how their way of life abruptly came to an end facing genocidal violence.

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Rami N. Desai

Rami Niranjan Desai is an author, columnist and anthropologist.

Ratan Sharda

Ratan Sharda has been awarded a PhD for his thesis on RSS. He is an author, columnist and renowned TV panelist. He has written 9 books of which 7 are on RSS, one on Guru Nanak Dev and one on Disaster Management; translated two books about RSS – The Incomparable Guruji Golwalkar and M S Golwalkar: His Vision and Mission, from Hindi to English; written by the foremost RSS thinker Shri Ranga Hari. He has edited/designed 12 books.

Ratan Sharda has travelled extensively in and outside Bharat. He was jailed during 1975-77 in the days of Emergency. He was an ERP consultant for two decades in addition to varied industrial experience of 2 decades. He was the founder secretary of Vishw Kendra (Centre for International Studies), Mumbai for eight years. He is an advisor to many educational institutions and voluntary organisations.

Rati Hegde

Ravi Aiyyar

Ravi Kumar is a member of All India Sampark Toli of RSS. His headquarters is in Mumbai.

Ravi Kumar completed engineering from the prestigious Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai in 1970. During his college days, he was All India General Secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (1969-70). ABVP is considered the largest student organization in the world. He served as Project Engineer for five years and left his job with M/S Larsen & Toubro in 1975 to serve society as an RSS Pracharak. He worked among the youth of Gujarat and the tribals of Maharashtra.

For 36 years from 1982 to 2018, Ravi Kumar travelled regularly to 45 countries to serve the Indian society under Sewa International. During this period his headquarters were in Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Sydney, Australia.

He has conducted more than 300 Yoga camps and more than 500 workshops on Vedic Mathematics in over 40 countries in many universities and socio-cultural institutions.

Ravi Mishra

Ravi Mishra is a Delhi based journalist, who covers politics, strategic and security affairs. He is currently working with Ritam media foundation. He has written articles on many issues and also interviewed eminent personalities- Political leaders, military officers and diplomats.

Rishikesh Joshi

Rishikesh Joshi is a Management professional with over 38 years of industry experience. Writing is his passion, especially when it comes to films. He has been associated with Bharat Vikas Parishad, the Central Hindu Military Society, and other institutions. He can be reached at rishikesh.fursat@gmail.com

Ritvik Joshi

Ritvik Joshi is a graduate from Symbiosis Law School, Pune and is a practicing advocate.

Saket Suryesh

A technology worker, writer and poet, and a concerned Indian. Saket writes in Hindi and English. He writes on socio-political matters and routinely writes Hindi satire in print and online. His Hindi Satire "Ganjhon Ki Goshthi" is on Amazon best-sellers. He has also trranslated the Autobiography of Legendary revolutionary Ram Prasad Bismil in English, released as "The Revolitionary".

Salil Gewali

A Shillong-based writer and researcher Salil Gewali is a member of the International Organization of Journalists (IOJ), and has written 17 books including school textbooks. His books have also been recommended as textbooks by the Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBOSE) besides the front-ranking private schools in the Northeast. Gewali is best known for his excellent publication of his research-based work of over twenty-four years entitled ‘Great Minds on India’. This book on Indian wisdom has been edited by a former NASA scientist Dr. A V Murali, Houston, USA, and translated into twelve languages including German. Apart from being appreciated worldwide, ‘Great Minds on India’ was formally launched by the Governors and the Education Ministers of Maharashtra, Gujarat; Governors of Meghalaya and West Bengal and the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. Gewali’s ‘GREAT MINDS ON INDIA’ will be instrumental in raising the PRIDE and DIGNITY of the nation from a global perspective. It immensely contributes to create the right awareness about the “higher truths” about the literary wisdom and scientific knowledge of ancient India which never failed to mesmerize the top intellectuals of the WEST such as -- Voltaire, Fredrich Hegel, Arthur Schopenhauer, Ralph Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Albert Einstein, Julius Robert Oppenheimer (father of atomic bomb), Werner Heisenberg, Niels Bohr, Erwin Schrodinger, TS Eliot, Mark Twain, to name a few.

Sandeep K Patil

Sandeep Patil is a Social Activist from Mumbai. He is young Enterprenuer and media Analyst. The ineterest of Writing lies in RSS and its positive actions towards social betterment.

Sandeep Singh

Sandeep Singh is a writer, commentator and trainer. He is founder of SWASTIK, an initiative to connect with optimum number of institutions and individuals from various fields who want to research, learn, implement and spread the 'Indian Wisdom' of thousands of years. He is Managing Editor of “Journal of Development Research” of VESIMSR, Chembur and e-Journal “SWASTIK Journal of Indian Wisdom”. He is on the Advisory Board of National Institute of Mass Communication & Journalism, Ahmedabad.

Sangeeta Godbole

The writer is a former IRS officer. She studies the trade-environment intersection at the Geneva Graduate Institute.

Sarang Gewali

Sardar Sanjay Matkar

Satish Marathe

Satish Marathe is the Founder Member of Sahakar Bharati an NGO in the Co-operative Sector. He is the Founder Director of Centre for Studies & Research in Co-operation, a Foundation registered under Section 8 of Indian Companies Act, 2013 for undertaking Study and Research in the Co-operative Sector. He is the Director of the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), Member, Executive Committee of the National Council for Co-operative Training (NCCT) and President of Pragati Pratishthan, Residential School for the dumb and mute tribal children at Jawhar in Palghar district.

Saunand Somasi

Two decades (Twenty Two years) of award winning experience in Education industry with expertise Education Policy, Planning & Management, Program Development, General Administration, Research & Development along with establishment of IGNOU regional & study centres at remote locations. Chaired and Co-chaired sessions on International and National platforms with UNICEF, UNESCO, AICTE, Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP), NCERT and KVS.

Savitha Rao

Savitha Rao is the Founder of the India Positive Citizen initiative (www.indiapositivecitizen.com) and is focused on sustainability and social work. The vision of her initiative is to inspire every Indian to contribute towards nation building with one action, once a week, every week. She speaks of building a great nation India with one positive action at a time.

She has authored the books a) India Positive Citizen b) 500+ Ways to be an India Positive Citizen c) Putting India First: India Positive Citizen Perspectives

Through her non-profit foundation, Positive Citizen Foundation she leads on-ground initiatives to enable a kinder, joyous and more sustainable world. Prime Minister Modi too has appreciated the concept of her work and the book.

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Sharan Setty

Sharan Setty is an Associate Editor at the London-New Delhi-based Citti Media and a co-host at The Festival of Bharat. He has a BA (Hons) in journalism from Christ University and an MA (Geopolitics & Int'l Relations) from Manipal University. He writes on politics, foreign & strategic affairs, and national security. He has been published in leading media establishments such as YourStory, India Today, Swarajya, The Daily Guardian, Bangalore Mirror to name a few.

Sharayu Bapat

Having master's in political science and Indology, Sharayu is prominently working in the academic field. She worked as visiting faculty in various colleges. She worked as a research associate at MIT-SOG. Right now, Sharayu is associated with MIT-SOG and MIT- Institutional Relation dept.

Shefali Vaidya

Shefali Vaidya is a freelance writer, author, newspaper columnist, and social media influencer

Shivani Shinde

Shivani Shinde has completed her graduation in Journalism and Mass Communication and is pursuing her Masters further. She keeps interest in writing on Science and Technology and Entertainment.

Shivdhan Singh

Service - Appointed as a commissioned officer in the Indian Army in 1971 and retired as a Colonel in 2008! Participated in the Sri Lankan and Kargil War. After retirement, he was appointed by Delhi High Court at the post of Special Metropolis Magistrate Class One till the age of 65 years. This post does not pay any remuneration and is considered as social service! Independent journalism - Due to the influence of nationalist ideology from the time of college education, special attention was paid to national security! Hence after retirement, he started writing independent articles in Hindi press from 2010 in which the main focus is on national security of the country.

Shri. Arjun Ram Meghwal

Shri. Arjun Ram Meghwal is the current Minister of State for Culture & Parliamentary Affairs in the second Modi Ministry. In the earlier tenure of Modi Government, he was the Union Minister of State in Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation in addition to Parliamentary Affairs.

A retired IAS Officer, Social Worker, Farmer, and an Educationist by Profession he has been elected to the 15th and 16th and 17th Lok Sabhas (terms of the lower house of the Parliament of India) from Bikaner constituency, in 2009, 2014 and 2019. He has also been awarded the Best Parliamentarian Award in 2013.