Swami Vigyanananda is the founder & Global chairman of World Hindu Foundation (WHF) and chief organiser of World Hindu Congress held in Delhi in 2014 and World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) 2015 in London.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar is the Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology and Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. He is an Indian politician and entrepreneur, technocrat and is currently serving his third term as a Member of Parliament in the upper house (Rajya Sabha) from BJP representing Karnat…

Padma Bhushan Awardee Kamlesh D. Patel also known as Daaji among his followers, is a spiritual leader, author and the fourth in the line of Raja yoga masters in the Sahaj Marg system of spiritual practice. He has been the president of Shri Ram Chandra Mission, a non-profit organization founded in 1945 and associated with the United Nations Departme…

Yusuf Unjhawala is Editor, Indian Defence Analysis, an online forum on defence and strategic affairs of India. He comments extensively on defence and strategic affairs.

Sandeep Balakrishna is a writer and author of Indian history, Hindu civilization and culture for about two decades. He is the founder and editor of The Dharma Dispatch, an online journal dedicated to Indian civilisation, culture and history. He is the author of books such as "Invaders and Infidels" and "Tipu Sultan: the Tyrant of Mysore" among othe…

Dr. Arindam Ghosh is an Indian experimental condensed matter physicist and a Professor in the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for science and technology, the highest science award in India, for the year 2012 in physical sciences category. In 2020, he was awarded …

T. V. Mohandas Pai is a Padma Shri Awardee and former CFO and Board Member at Infosys. He is also the co-founder of Akshaya Patra, the world's largest midday meal program, and works actively with government and regulators on policy recommendations and guidelines. Mohan has served on the Board of SEBI, and was a Board Member of the National Stock Ex…

Rami Niranjan Desai is an Author, Anthropologist and a scholar of the North East region of India. She focuses on ethnic identity, tribal issues and insurgency. She also comments and keeps a track of developments on the Indo Pacific and current affairs. She regularly writes in all major newspapers and is a panelist on Hindi and English news channels…

Swati Sinha is one of the foremost practitioners of Kathak today. Having learnt the nuances of the Jaipur style of Kathak from the great master Pt Rajendra Gangani at the Kathak Kendra New Delhi, she has committed herself to practice and propagate the art form. She has performed all over the globe.

Abhijit Iyer-Mitra is a geopolitical analyst and researcher. His research focuses on defence issues, specialising in defence economics, technology and procurement, and nuclear dynamics. He also deals with governance issues and non-traditional security threats. He has been a Visiting Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, a…

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a humanitarian, spiritual leader and an ambassador of peace and human values. Through his life and work, Gurudev has inspired millions around the world with a vision of a stress-free, violence-free world. He has designed programs that provide techniques and tools to live a deeper, more joyous life and has established…

Shagun Butani is a leading exponent of Odissi dance and Seraikella Chhau. she trained in Odissi under masters like Smt. Aloka Panikar and the late Guru Gangadhar Pradhan, and in Seraikella Chhau from the late Guru Lingaraj Acharya and Guru Shashadhar Acharya.

Dr. Kanwal Sibal is India's former foreign secretary. He served as India's Ambassador to several countries, including France, Russia, and Turkey, where he played a crucial role in strengthening bilateral relations and promoting India's interests. He also represented India as the Deputy Chief of Mission in the United States and held various position…

Velina Tchakarova is a geopolitical strategist and the founder of FACE, a geopolitical consulting company that provides expert analysis and solutions for the most relevant geopolitical risks, trends, and scenarios that may affect businesses or institutions.She is the former Head of Institute at the Austrian Institute for European and Security Polic…

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is India's preeminent center of science and engineering research.Not many are aware of the fascinating events and pivotal personalities, six in all, who contributed to making IISc the great institution it is today. Over its 125 or so history from its conception, launching, consolidation and looking forward to …

Professor Gautam R. Desiraju is a renowned Indian chemist and educationist. He is one of the most highly cited Indian scientists with over 450 research papers, 60000+ citations and an h-index of 100. He has been in the Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India since 2009. He is a member of the In…

Padma Shri awardee Dr. Subhash Kak is an Indian-American computer scientist, theoretical physicist, historian, Indologist, Vedic scholar, linguist, philosopher, and poet. He is Regents Professor and Head of Computer Science Department at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. In this podcast we discuss the groundbreaking research papers Dr. Kak h…

Reela Hota is an eminent Odissi dance performer, yogi, educator and producer. She trained under the 3 doyens of Odissi dance, Guru Gangadhar Pradhan, Srimati Madhavi Mudgal and Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra. She has explored the philosophical underpinnings of classical arts in depth. She is credited for adding a new dimension to Odissi Dance – the spir…

Dr. Brian Keating is a Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences (CASS) in the Department of Physics at the University of California, San Diego. He is a public speaker, inventor, and an expert in the study of the universe’s oldest light, the cosmic microwave background (CMB), using it to learn a…

Chandrachur Ghose is an author, researcher and commentator on history, economics and environment. He has co-authored Conundrum: Subhas Bose's Life After Death. He is one of the founders of the pressure group Mission Netaji that has been the moving force behind the declassification of secret documents related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. His activ…

Vedveer Arya is a chronologist, historian and author. He has written books such as "The Chronology of India: From Manu to Mahabharata", "The Chronology of India: From Mahabharata to Medieval Era", and "The Origin of the Christian Era: Fact or Fiction".

Gaurie Dwivedi is a journalist, geopolitical analyst, and author of "Blinkers Off: How Will the World Counter China".

Chemi Lhamo is an India-born Tibetan-Canadian activist and former student leader. She is one of the 50 Canadians selected for Maclean’s annual power list 2022.

Dr. Isa Blumi is an Associate Professor of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies at Stockholm University within the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. He has authored and co-authored numerous books, including "Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia Tells Us about the World", which was published in 2018.…

Dr. Edward N. Luttwak is a world-renowned American military strategist and author known for his works on grand strategy, geoeconomics, military history, and international relations. He has, over a long and fabled career, advised presidents, prime ministers, governments, world leaders, and superpowers. He has published over twenty books and is best …

Dr. Klaus Pontoppidan is an astronomer and a James Webb Space Telescope project scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) located in Baltimore, Maryland. The STScI is the science operations center for the Hubble Space Telescope. It is also the mission operations center for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).…

Dr. Alok Kumar is a distinguished professor of physics at the State University of New York (SUNY), Oswego. He has authored and coauthored four books, including "Ancient Hindu Science: Its Transmission and Impact on World Cultures".

Dr. Subhash Kak is an Indian-American computer scientist, theoretical physicist, historian, Indologist, Vedic scholar, linguist, philosopher, and poet. He is Regents Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. Dr. Kak's scientific research has spanned the fields of information theory, cryptography, n…

Aneesh Gokhale is a historian and author of books such as "Bramhaputra - The story of Lachit Barphukan", "Sahyadris to Hindukush - The Maratha conquest of Lahore and Attock", and "Battles of the Maratha Empire".

Virendra Singh Rathore is an author and researcher of history. He has authored a book "Prithviraj Chauhan – A Light on the Mist in History", aiming at dispelling the myths and controversies around the famous Chauhan king's life and events. In this episode, Virendra speaks about the origins and the history of the Rajputs.…

Dr. Meenakshi Jain is one of India's most authoritative, influential and consequential historians. She is a recipient of the Padma Shri, India's 4th Highest civilian award. Dr. Jain debunks long-standing colonial myths and fabrications about the practice of "Sati".

Anuj Dhar is an acclaimed historian and author. Did the great Indian freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose die in a plane crash in Taiwan on 18 August 1945? Was he murdered in a Russian gulag on the orders of Joseph Stalin at the behest of Jawaharlal Nehru, as some allege? Or did he return to India and live anonymously as "Gumnami Baba" until …

Velina Tchakarova is the director of the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES) in Vienna, Austria. Velina speaks about the US-China systemic rivalry, multipolarity vs bipolarity, the Dragonbear (systemic coordination between China and Russia), Russia's central role in the emerging global order, the European Union and its role a…

Dr. Niraj Rai is one of the world's foremost archaeogeneticists and molecular biologists. He is the group Head of the Ancient DNA Lab at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow. Dr. Rai speaks about India's deep genetic history, Out-of-India migrations, the demise of the Aryan invasion/migration myth, the flawed ANI-ASI model, Rakhigarhi,…

Historian and author Virendra Singh Rathore demystifies the life, career, and legacy of king Prithviraj Chauhan on Episode 2 of the #AbhijitChavdaPodcast.

Acclaimed historian and author Anuj Dhar talks about Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri's death mystery on Episode 1 of the #AbhijitChavdaPodcast.