CURRICULUM VITAE NAME & AFFILIATION DR. RAJESHWAR MUKHERJEE Faculty, Department of Sports Science and Yoga, Ramakrishna MissionVivekananda Educational and Research Institute (Deemed-to-be-University), Belur Math, Howrah, West Bengal, India-711202 WORK EXPERIENCE: 1. Working as the faculty in the Department of Sports Science and Yoga, Ramakrishna MissionVivekananda Educational and Research Institute (Deemed- to-be-University), Belur Math, Howrah, West Bengal, India-711202 2. Worked in the capacity of the Research Officer at the Philosophico-Literary Research Department, Kaivalyadhama(Recognised Research Institute of Pune University), Maharashtra, India and also worked as a visiting lecturer in the G.S. College of Kaivalyadhama for four years. 3. Worked as Research Associate at Philosophico-Literary Research Department, Kaivalyadhama Yoga Resaerch Institute for one year. 4. Worked as an Assistant Teacher of Physics- Mathematics at Sarada Vidyamandir, C.B.S.E. affiliated Senior Secondary School at Raiganj, West Bengal. 5. Worked as the Assistant-Teacher of Physics in a Higher Secondary school, under West Bengal Power Development Corporation, nine years. HIGHEST QUALIFICATION: Ph.D. on the topic The World-Order and Consciousness: Synthesis of Mathematical Physics and Vedanta Philosophy, [The University declared the degree of Ph.D. as purely inter-disciplinary in both Vedanta and Physics with the guides and examiners from both the faculties of Physics and Vedanta ] PUBLISHED & PRESENTED PAPERS: 1. Quantum Vacuum and Beyond- An exegesis in the Light of Shunya. Presented on invitation to ICCR, Govt. of India for the National Seminar in the month of December 2016. [To be published shortly by SPRINGER] 2. Pauli's Scientific Theory of Nature vis-a-vis ontology of Neo-Vedanta published in the book Prajnanam: Self-Awareness [ISBN 81-89485-954] published by Kaivalyadhama, 2015 3. Cyclic Cosmology and Vedanta- Published in June 2012 in the Prabuddha Bharata [ISSN 0032-6178], an international Journal of the Ramakrishna Math & Mission. 4. Vedanta Meets Science – Published in the August 2013 issue of the Prabuddha Bharata [ISSN 0032-6178], An International Journal of the Ramakrishna Math & Mission. 5. Scientific Interpretation of Advaita Vedanta: Swami Vivekananda's Contribution, Published in Anviksha [0587-1646], 2016, Research journal of Jadavpur University, Kolkata. 6. Demystifying Prakriti: Samkhya Culminates in Vedanta, Presented at the National Seminar on ‘Yoga: In Dimensions of Vedanta, Samkhya and Patanjala Darsana’ organised by Kaivalyadhama under the auspices of AYUSH, Government of India. 7. Yoga Culminates in Advaita: An Approach to Samkara’s Darsana, Presented in the National Conference on The Science and Art of Yoga, CASS- Pune University, February, 27, 2016. The Article is in Press. 8. The Truth About the World, Presented on Invitation in the National Seminar on ‘The Critics and Criticism in Ancient India’, January 22, 2016, CASS-Pune University. 9. Five Elements in Vedanta, Published in Shodha Samhita[ ISSN 2277-7067] journal of Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University, Ramtek, Nagpur 10.Pushan: A Scientific Pursuit, Anviksha 2008[0587-1646], Research journal of Jadavpur University, Kolkata. 11.Usha : The coronal layer of the Sun, Published in Mahasvini[2231-0452], a research journal of Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha (Central Deemed University), Tirupathi 12.Findings of some scientific aspects of Sun from a few Vedic prayers, Bauddhic Sampada, August 2007, Nagpur 13.Relevance of Vedas in the study of Physical Sciences, published in the proceedings of a National Seminar on Vedic Astro-Sciences 2008, S.V. Vedic University, Tirupathi 14.Vedic Cosmogony & Mathematical Cosmology: An Overview, published at the proceedings of a National Seminar on Vedic Astro-Sciences 2008, S.V. Vedic University, Tirupathi 15.Usha & Pushan, published at the proceedings of a National Seminar on Vedic Astro-Sciences 2008, S.V. Vedic University, Tirupathi 16.Karma Yoga: A Traditional Perspective, Accepted for publication in Yoga- Mimamsa, International Research Journal, Kaivalyadhjama INVITED LECTURES IN NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS: 1. Linking Matter with Consciousness, Invited lecture at the National Level workshop on Vedantic Metaphysics orgnized by CSIR ( Council of Science and Industrial Research) - NISTADS, March 2018. 2. Role of Vedic Philosophy in Human Evolution, National Seminar Organized by Ramakrishna Math, Pune to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Abhedananda, January 2018 3. Parallel Thoughts: Quantum Mechanics and Buddhism, Symposium at Dibrugarh University, Assam, 8th November, 2016 4. Relevance of Vedas in the study of Physical Sciences, presented at a National Seminar on Vedic Astro-Sciences 2008, S.V. Vedic University, Tirupathi 5. Vedic Cosmogony & Mathematical Cosmology: An Overview, presented at a National Seminar on Vedic Astro-Sciences 2008, S.V. Vedic University, Tirupathi 6. Usha & Pushan, presented at a National Seminar on Vedic Astro-Sciences 2008, S.V. Vedic University, Tirupathi 7. Five Elements & World-Order: A Scientific Exposition of Vedanta, Presented in an International seminar On Five Elements 2010, at Visvabharati- A central University founded by Rabindranath Tagore 8. Some Thoughts on Vedantic Cosmology, Presented in A National Seminar on Science in Sanskrit literature at Visvabharati- A Central University founded by Rabindranath Tagore 9. Invited to give a talk Vedic Studies: A Need for Scientific Interpretation, Visvabharati University on February, 12th , 2014 10.Invited talk at IIT DELHI on Pauli Jung Theory and Neo-Vedanta 11.The Truth about the World: In the Light of Philosophical Debates, Invited paper at the National Seminar on Critics and Criticism organised by the Centre of Advanced Studies in Sanskrit, Pune University 12.Yoga Culminates in Advaita: An Approach to Samkara's Darsana, Invited paper to be presented at the International Conference on Science and Arts of Yoga: Theory and Practice to be held during February 24-27, 2016 organised by the Centre of Advanced Studies in Sanskrit, Pune University 13. Demystifying Prakriti: Samkhya Culminates in Vedanta, Paper presented in the National Seminar on Samkhya, Yoaga nad Vedanta at Kaivalyadhama, Lonavala during 15-16 december, 2016. PUBLISHED BOOKS: 1. Jointly Translated and Edited the Critical Edition of Shiva Svarodaya (With ISBN) 2. Edited the book Prajnanam (With ISBN) 3. The Quintessence of Yoga (In Press with ISBN) 4. Kapalakurantaka's Hathabhyasa Paddhati, Edited ARTICLES IN THE BLOG: 1. The Goal and the Ways posted in the Blog of Kaivalyadhama http://kdham.com/blog/ 2. Concept paper on the National Symposium on Matter, Mind and Consciousness, http://kdham.com/blog/ RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Five and half years of research experience RESEARCH INTEREST 1. Ancient Indian Wisdom vis-à-vis Modern Physics. 2. Science of Consciousness 3. Brain Dynamics and Consciousness: Classical and quantum Paradigm COMPUTER TRAINING: Training of Scientific Computation at Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (VECC), Department of Atomic Energy, Govt of India. LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Bengali, Sanskrit and Hindi PERSONAL DETAILS: Father’s Name: Sri Narayan Chandra Mukherjee Date of Birth: 15.11.1974 Present Address: Near Radhaballav Temple, Po: Suri District: Birbhum West Bengal-731101India, Mobile number: 09474307169 Email: [email protected] [email protected].