Preservation of Vedic Knowledge -Prof. P R Mukund -an educator, researcher, and entrepreneur on Sunday August 26, 2018, Cerritos Public Library 130 PM

PR Mukund http://www.jnyana.org/prmukund  https://www.rit.edu/kgcoe/staff/pr-mukund https://www.facebook.com/events/737923189728057     Speaker: P R Mukund Topic: Preservation of Vedic Knowledge Date/Venue:  August 26th,  2018  (Sun) 1:30 PM - 3 PM @ Skyline Room, Cerritos Public Library, 18025 Bloomfield Ave, Cerritos, CA, 90703 Professor Mukund is the president of the Foundation for The Preservation of Knowledge. Prof. PR Mukund is an educator, researcher and entrepreneur. He is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York. He is also a keen student and teacher of Vedic way of life. Prof. Mukund started Tara Prakashana, initially in the USA, and subsequently in Bharat. This non-profit organization has saved thousands of ancient Vedic manuscripts from disintegration, including the Sarvamoola Grantha of Acharya Madhva. His work has been reported worldwide, including BBC, CNN and MSNBC. Recently he started the Foundation for the Preservation of Knowledge in Penfield - New York, that focuses on Preservation & Dissemination of Vedic Knowledge. Dr. P.R. Mukund received an A.E. in Electronics Technology from Nashville State Technical Institute, a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.  in Electrical Engineering from University of Tennessee. He then joined the Rochester Institute of Technology. He held the Gleason Professorship for a three year period. Dr. Mukund was active in shared governance and represented KGCOE in the Academic Senate for five years, as a treasurer for one year and vice-chair for one year. Dr. Mukund initiated research in analog and RF integrated circuit design at RIT, and has served as the Director of the RF/Analog/ Mixed-signal LAB (RAMLAB) at RIT since 2000. He has been the PI on grants totaling over $2 million, including awards from the National Science Foundation, Semiconductor Corporation, Kawasaki Microelectronics, LSI Corporation, Eastman Kodak Company, Harris Corporation, among others.  Additionally, he has chaired several international conferences, and given keynote speeches at IEEE conferences in many countries. Mission Statement of Bharatiya Vichar Manch: To promote dialogue by which Dharmic philosophy, culture, and traditions can positively influence global thought and action. Some of the past lectures are available at: http://www.youtube.com/bharatiyavicharmanch http://www.facebook.com/bhartiyavicharmanch.la If you want your email address to be added to the mailing list, please send an email to bvmanchla@gmail.com   Please forward the lecture invitation to your contacts who might be interested in attending. Sign up for our list! Going forward flyers will be posted at this web address, please save this address in your favorites section of your web browser. We will try to post the flyer for the following month lecture by 25th of each month.  This way, if you do not get an email for the lecture for any reason, the flyer can be viewed at this address. https://bvmanchflyers.blogspot.com/ Feel free to send an email to bvmanchla@gmail.com if you have any comments/suggestions about the lectures, would like to volunteer few hours a month to organize the lectures or want to recommend a speaker who can be invited to give a lecture.  All lectures are free of cost, including free parking.  Lectures are normally 40-50 minutes long followed by 30-40 minutes of Q & A session.