Center for Social Responsibility Grant, SUNY Oneonta, 12/95-1/96
(to add a "Community Service" component to SUNY Semester in India Program)

Office of International Education Grant, SUNY Oneonta, Fall 1993
(to set up SUNY Summer in China Program)

Travel Grant to study "Phenomenology And Heidegger" in Perugia, Italy, Summer 1992

University Awards Committee of State University of New York Grant to do research on the topic, "Classical Samkhya-Yoga Versus Sartre's Philosophy," Summer 1971

New York State Department of Education Grant to study Indian Literature at the University of Rochester, New York, Summer 1969

New York State Department of Education Grant to participate in the Five-College Faculty Seminar on India, 1968-69

New York State Department of Education Grant to participate in the Six-College Faculty Seminar on China, 1967-68

East-West Center Fellowship to work towards a Ph.D. degree in Western Philosophy at the University of Hawaii, 1963-65 and 1966-67

PUBLICATIONS

Books:

• The Drama of Consciousness: Yoga, Taoism, Zen, and Existentialism (forthcoming).
• An Artistic Re-Creation of the Tao Te Ching (forthcoming).
• Philosophical Poems (forthcoming).
• Grandpa’s Story’s For Life’s Nourishment (forthcoming).
• My Beloved, My Love B A Philosophical Novel (forthcoming).
• An Introduction to Yoga Philosophy: An Annotated Translation of the Yogasutras, Ashgate Publishing Ltd., Fall 2001.
• Instant Nirvana: Americanization of Mysticism and Meditation, Binghamton, NY: Global Publications, 1999.
• Transcreation of the Bhagavad Gita, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1999.
• Culture and Self: East-West Perspectives, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997 (co-authored with Dr. Douglas Allen).
• Pathways To Philosophy: A Multidisciplinary Introduction, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1996 (co-authored with Dr. Douglas Shrader, along with the Instructor’s Manual).
• Jean Paul Sartre's Existentialism in Philosophy and Literature, Oneonta Philosophy Studies, 1995.
• On Hindu Philosophies of Experience, Oneonta Philosophy Studies, 1994.
• Mysticism in the Hindu Tradition, New York: Agathos, Inc., 1993.
• Sartre's Existentialism In Nausea and Being and Nothingness, Calcutta, India: Writers Workshop, 1978.

Instructor’s Manual:

• Pathways to Philosophy: A Multidisciplinary Approach (with Douglas Shrader), NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1996.

Poems:

• “Beginning of a Poem of Love,” Outstanding Poets of 1999, The National Library of Poetry.
• “Song of Love,” Outstanding Poets of 1998, The National Library of Poetry.
• “Celebration of Life,” Best Poems of 1998, The National Library of Poetry.
• “Joyous Nothingness,” Best Poems of 1997, The National Library of Poetry.
• “What is Life?,” Best Poems of 1996, The National Library of Poetry.
• “What is Death?,” After the Storm, The National Library of Poetry, 1995.
• “What is Love?,” Dance on the Horizon, The National Library of Poetry, 1994.

Articles:

• “The Tao of Life, Love and Death” (forthcoming).
• “Teaching Bhagavad Gita to the Undergraduates,” (forthcoming).
• “Building Character Brick by Brick by Building Schools for Children,” East West Connections, 2004.
• “Toward A One-World Culture: A Philosophical Perspective and A Practical Solution,” Common Ground, Australia, 2004.
• “The Concept of Mythic Consciousness in India,” In Honor of Professor Puligandla, Spring 2000.
• “A Letter in Honor of Professor Mohanty,” Letters to Mohanty, January 1999.
• “Mysticism In The Hindu Tradition,” Journal of Asian Thought and Society, Spring 1989.
• “Meditation in Yogasutra and Chuang Tzu,” Journal of Asian Thought and Society, Fall 1984, pp. 133-140.
• “Guru Business: A Study of Muktananda & Rajneesh,” Asian Research, Hong Kong, 1982, pp. 823-834 (co-authored with Nina Malhotra).
• “Hesse's Novel Siddhartha: A Rare Synthesis of Hinduism, Buddhism & Existentialism,” Asian Research, Hong Kong, 1981, pp. 705-713.
• “Introductory Remarks on the Problem of Truth,” Philosophy East and West, Spring 1980, pp. 421-424.
• “Perspectives on Meditation & Personality,” Yoga, 1980, pp. 111-120 (co-authored with Nina Malhotra).
• “Introductory Remarks on the Problem of the Self,” Philosophy East and West, April 1979, pp. 123-127.
• “Aesthetics of Tagore,” International Philosophical Studies Series: SUNY Buffalo, December 1978, pp. 60-69.
• “Classical Samkhya B Yoga Versus Sartre's Philosophy,” Journal of Asian Thought and Society, Spring 1977, pp. 68-82.
• “Hinduism's Second Shot at Becoming A Missionary Religion,” Bharata Manisha, October 1976, pp. 14-22.

Newspaper Articles:

• “India Joins The Big Boys Club,” guest editorial, The Daily Star, Oneonta, May 1998.
• “India’s Democracy Remains Strong,” guest editorial, The Daily Star, Oneonta, November 5, 1984 (Co-authored with Nina Malhotra).

Reviews:

• Grazia Marchian and Raffaelle Milani, editors, “Frontiers of Transculturality in Contemporary Aesthetics,” Philosophy East and West, Fall 2003.
• Ray Billington, “Understanding Eastern Philosophy,” International Journal of Hindu Studies, Fall 2000.
• James Austin, “Zen and the Brain: Toward An Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness,” Philosophy East and West, Fall 2000.
• Alan Roland, “Cultural Pluralism and Psychoanlaysis: The Asian and North American Experience,” Comparative Civilizations Review, Fall 1999 and Spring 2000.
• Ninian Smart, “Dimensions of the Sacred: An Anatomy of the World’s Beliefs,” Comparative Civilizations Review, Fall 1999.
• Andrew Feenberg, “Alternative Modernity: The Technical Turn in Philosophy and Social Theory,” Philosophy East and West, Spring 1997.
• Iyenger, “Light On the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali,” Asian Thought and Society, Fall 1994.
• Ganeswar Misra, “Language, Reality, and Analysis: Essays on Indian Philosophy,” The Review of Metaphysics, December 1991.
• Paul Brunton, “Perspectives,” Idealistic Studies, Spring 1989.
• Ronald Newfeldt, “Karma & Rebirth: Post Classical Development,” Philosophy East and West, Fall 1987.
• Christopher Chapple, “Karma and Creativity,” Philosophy East and West, Fall 1987.
• Tigunait, “Seven Systems of Indian Philosophy,” Metaphilosophy, Spring 1986.
• John Koller, “The Indian Way,” Philosophy East and West, Fall 1983.
• A. K. Sinha, “Vedanta & The Modern World” and “Tantra,” Philosophy East and West, Spring 1983, pp. 203-206.
• George Rupp, “Beyond Existentialism and Zen,” Philosophy East and West, Spring 1981, pp. 109-110.
• M. K. Bhardra, “A Critical Review of Sartre's Ontology of Consciousness,” The Southwestern Journal of Philosophy, Spring 1980.
• Chatterjee, “An Invitation to Hinduism,” Philosophy East and West, Spring 1980.
• V. P. Varma, “Some Contemporary Meta-Ethical Theories,” Philosophy East and West, Spring 1980.
• Karl Potter, “Indian Metaphysics & Epistemology,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Fall 1979.
• N. K. Devaraja, “Indian Philosophy Today,” Philosophy East and West, April 1978.
  Antonio de Nicholas, “Meditation Through the Rig Vedas,” Philosophy East and West, April 1978, pp. 230-231.
• Troy Wilson Organ, “Western Approaches to Eastern Thought,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Spring 1977, pp. 356-357.
• R. Puligandla, “Fundamentals of Indian Philosophy,” Philosophy East and West, Spring 1977.
• George Feuerstein, “The Essence of Yoga,” Philosophy East and West, July 1976.
• C. M. Pathak, “The Problem of Being in Heidegger,” Bharata Manisha, October 1976.
• Eliot Deutsch, “Comparative Aesthetics,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, September 1976, pp. 140-141.
• M. N. Roy, “The Future of Indian Politics,” Asian Socialism, Summer 1976.

Edited Works:

• “East-West Perspectives on Truth,” a symposium organized and chaired by me during the annual meeting of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, in Washington, D.C., December 1979. The panel papers were edited by me and were published in Philosophy East and West, 1980.
• “The Problem of the Self: East-West Perspectives,” a symposium organized and chaired by me at the annual meeting of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy in Washington, D.C., December 1978. The panel papers were edited by me and were published in Philosophy East and West, 1980.
• “East-West Perspectives on Dying and Living,” a workshop chaired by me at the American Philosophical Association meeting in New York, December 1975. The panel papers were edited by me and were published in The Journal of Chinese Philosophy, Spring 1976.

Invited Papers:

• “Yoga and Healing,” presented at the Metanexus Conference at Philadelphia, June 2005.
• “Influence of Yoga and Indian Epics on Star Wars Films,” presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations,” St. Paul, Minn., June 2005.
• “One-World Culture: A Philosophical Perspective and a Practical Solution,” presented at the annual meeting of the East West Center, Nihon University, Tokyo, August 2004.
• “Towards A One-World Culture: A Philosophical Perspective,” presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, St. Petersburg, Russia, September 2003.
• “Practical Wisdom: The Ninash Foundation,” Island of Rhodes, Greece, July 2003
• “Yoga and Yoda: Star War Connections,”and “Eliot Deutsch’s Contributions to Philosophy East and West,” presented at the Thirteenth International Congress of Vedanta, Miami University, Oxford, OH, September 2002.
• “Building Character Among U.S. Undergraduate Students Through Building Elementary School in India,” presented at the 8th Annual Asian Studies Development Program National Conference, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA, March 2002.
• “Significance of the Bhagavad Gita for the New Millennium,” presented at the Parliament of the World’s Religions, Cape Town, South Africa, December 1999.
• “Transcreation of the Bhagavad Gita,” presented at the fourth annual Provost’s Author Series at the State University College at Oneonta, November 1999.
• “Instant Nirvana,” presented at the Global Cultural Studies Conference, Binghamton University, October 1999.
• “Significance of the Bhagavad Gita for the 20th and 21st Centuries,” presented at the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, St. Louis, Summer 1999.
• “Philosophical Reflections on the Civilization of the Next Millennium,” presented at the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, St. Louis, Summer 1999.
• Review of Alan Roland’s “Cultural Pluralism and Psychoanalysis,” presented at the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, St. Louis, Summer 1999.
• “Jean-Paul Sartre’s Existentialism as Literature and Philosophy,” SUNY Oneonta, Summer 1999.
• “The Bhagavad Gita’s Significance: Interpretations and Translations,” presented at the 10th International Congress of Vedanta, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, March 1999.
• “Sartre and Yoga on Self,” presented at the annual meeting of the Sartre Society, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, February 1999.
• “Concepts of Consciousness,” presented at the Institute of Global Studies, Binghamton University, October 1998.
• “Joys and Perils of Translating the Bhagavad Gita,” presented at the New York Conference on Asian Studies, October 1998.
• “Concepts of Self: East and West,” presented at the 12th Biennial Conference of the Australian Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy at the University of New South Wales, October 1998.
• “Tagore’s View of Art,” presented at The Asian American Studies Institute, University of Connecticut at Storrs, September 1998.
• “Tao of Life, Romance and Death,” read at the 34th International Congress of Asian and North African Studies, Hong Kong, August 1993.
• “Hindu-Muslim Conflict in India,” read at the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy Conference, Jiminy Peak Conference Center, Hancock, MA, July 1993.
• “Meaning of Life: East and West,” read at the annual conference of the Himalayan Institute, Honesdale, PA, June 1993.
• “Mysticism In The Hindu Tradition,” read at the Sixth East-West Philosophers’ Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, July-August 1989.
• “Radhakrishnan's Universal Religion,” read at the Radhakrishnan Centennial Conference, Miami University, April 1988.
• “Meditation in Yogasutra and Chuang Tzu,” presented at the annual meeting of Asian and Comparative Philosophy, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 1984.
• “Cults & Religious Groups In America,” presented at annual meeting of New York Asian Studies, Canisius College, Buffalo, October 1983.
• “Guru Business: A Study of Muktananda & Rajneesh,” presented at annual meeting of New York Asian Studies, Hartwick College, Oneonta, October 1982.
• Discussant on a panel, “Compassion, Wisdom, and Peace,” headed by the Dalai Lama of Tibet, Syracuse University, October 1979.
• “Hesse's Novel Siddhartha: A Rare Synthesis of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity,” presented at annual meeting of the New York Asian Studies Society, Elmira College, October 1979.
• “Western Conceptions of Eastern Forms of Meditation,” a symposium chaired by me at annual meeting of New York Asian Studies Society, Syracuse University, October 1978.
• “Perspectives on Meditation and Personality,” presented at the meeting of Asian Studies Society, SUNY Buffalo, October 1977.
• Discussant on the panel, “Ethics of Respect for Life: East and West,” at annual meeting of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy in conjunction with the APA Meeting (Western Division), New Orleans, April 1976.
• “Hinduism's Second Shot at Becoming a Missionary Religion,” presented at the regional meeting of the Asian Studies Society, Colgate University, New York, October 1975.
• Discussant on a paper, “Aesthetics of Kierkegaard,” during the “East-West Dialogue in Aesthetics,” SUNY Buffalo, April 1975.
• “Aesthetics of Tagore” presented at the State University of New York Dialogue in Aesthetics, SUNY Buffalo, April 1975.
• Discussant on the panel, “Energy Development in India and its Social Implications,” at annual meeting of the Society for Asian Studies, San Francisco, March 1975.
• “Classical Samkhya-Yoga Versus Sartre's Philosophy,” presented at annual meeting of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, in conjunction with the APA Meeting, Boston, 1972.

LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

• “Lecture and Demonstration of Yoga,” presented at the Ninth Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, SUNY Oneonta, April 2004 and April 2005.
• Keynote Address and Poetry reading at the Poetry Slam, Oneonta, NY, Feb 2004.
• Keynote Speaker at the 40th East West Center Reunion Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov 2003.
• “Building Character by Building Schools in India,” presented at the conference on 'Works of Love: Scientific and Religious Perspectives on Altruism,’ Metanexus Institute on Religion and Science and the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, Philadelphia, PA, May 21-June 5, 2003.
• “Lecture and Demonstration of Yoga,” presented at the Eighth Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, SUNY Oneonta, March 2003.
• “Indian View of Wisdom Contrasted with Western View” and “Indo-International Schools Project” invited presentations at the Nonwestern Wisdom Workshop, University of Hartford, CT, February 2003.
• “Building Character Brick by Brick” presented at the SUCO Center for Social Responsibility Conference, Morris Hall, November 2002.
• “Building Schools for the Impoverished Children of India” presented at the New York State Asian Studies Conference, Skidmore College, October 2002.
• “Yoga and Yoda: Star Wars and the Sacred Indic Tradition,” presented at the annual conference of Global Studies, Binghamton University, October 2002.
• “Dialogue Among Civilizations in the Hindu Tradition,” presented at the annual conference of Global Studies, Binghamton University, October 2002.
• “Non-Western Wisdom” and “Indo-International Schools Project” presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Comparative Study of Civilization, Jamaica, May 29-June 3, 2002.
• “Commencement Speech” presented to SUCO Humanities Graduates, May 2002.
• “Sartre and Suzuki: Nausea and Satori,” presented at the annual meeting of the Japan Studies Association, Tokai University, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2002.
• “Joys and Perils of Starting Indo-international Schools in India,” presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, May 2001.
• “Conversion of Hinduism of the Upanishadas into Instant Nirvana,” presented at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Holland, December 2000.
• “Setting Up the Indo-International School for the Underprivileged Children,” presented at the Annual Conference on “Social Service and Spirituality: A Hindu-Roman Catholic Dialogue,” Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, November 2000.
• “Two Indias: The Literacy Gap,” keynote address presented at the World Affairs Council of the Monterey Bay Area, Pebble Beach, CA, November 2000.
• “Reflections on the Vedic Tradition,” presented at The Institute of Global Cultural Studies Conference, Binghamton University, October 2000.
• “The Message of the Bhagavad Gita for the 20th and 21st Centuries,” presented at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Holland, August 2000.
• “Spreading Literacy Among Under-Privileged Children by Opening Schools in India,” presented at the EWC/EWCA 2000 International Conference, Honolulu, HI, July 4-8.
• “Comparative Philosophy: Indic-Existentialism,” presented at the International Conference on The Humanities on the Birth of the Third Millennium, Fatih University, Istanbul, June 5-6, 2000.
• “Building an Elementary School for the Underprivileged Children of India,” presented by invitation at the Gifts Of Service To The World during the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Cape Town, South Africa, December 1999.
• “Concepts of Consciousness: East and West,” presented on Australian Public Radio with Christine Williams as radio host, October 1998.
• “Comparative Study of Consciousness,” presented at annual meeting of the Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, Reitaku University, Japan, June 1998.
• Commented on a book review, “Dimensions of the Sacred: An Anatomy of the World’s Beliefs,” by Ninian Smart, at annual meeting of the Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, at Reitaku University, Japan, June 1998.
• “Consciousness in India and the West,” presented at annual meeting of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, University of Hawaii, January 1998.
• “Starting a Primary School in the Village of Dundlod, India,” presented at the New York State Association for Asian Studies, Binghamton University, October 1997.
• “Pheonomenology of the Self,” presented at The Institute of Global Cultural Studies Conference, Binghamton University, October 1997.
• “Joys and Perils of Translating the Bhagavad Gita,” presented at the annual meeting of the Asian and North African Studies Society at Budapest University/Eotvos Lenrand University of Hungary, Summer 1997.
• “Yoga and Taoism on Meditation,” presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, May 8, 1997.
• “Self: Sartre and Samkhya-Yoga,” presented at the University of Bergen, Norway, May 1997.
• “Phenomenology of Consciousness: India and the West,” presented at the University of Bergen, Norway, May 1997.
• “Philosophy in Literature,” presented at the University in Bergen, Norway, May 1997.
• Lecture, “Inspirations from India,” Unitarian Universalist Church, Oneonta, March 1997.
• “Joys and Perils of Directing SUNY Semester in India,” presented at the SUNY Albany Seminar on Religion, March 1997.
• “The Taoist View of Love and Death,” presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, Pomona College, Pomona, CA, June 1996.
• Participant in two Round Table discussions: “How Has South Asia Done in the Past Five Decades” and “What is in Store for South Asia” at the “Rethinking South Asia Conference,” University of Hawaii-Manoa, April 1996.
• India/Pakistan: Collision or Compromise,” read at first conference on “Rethinking South Asia,” University of Hawaii-Manoa, April 1996.
• Commented on five papers dealing with “Human Rights in India, China and Japan,” at annual meeting of Association for Asian Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 1996.
• “Phenomenology of Consciousness: Sartre and Samkhya” and “Philosophy in the Upanishadas,” presented at Philosophy Colloquium, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, February 1996.
• Lecture on”Shakuntla,” a play written by Kalidasa, a famous India poet, Hartwick College, Oneonta, November 1995.
• “Sartre and Samkhya-Yoga on Self,” presented at Second World Phenomenological Congress, Guadalajara, Mexico, September 1995.
• “East West Perspectives on the Bhagavad Gita,” presented at annual meeting of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, Wright State University, Ohio, June 1995. Also, I chaired a panel on the “History of Global Philosophy Project.”
• Mrs. Nina Malhotra and I were invited to discuss SUNY Oneonta's Semester In India Program at meeting of the SUCO Religious Studies Committee, March 1991.
• Invited by Indian Association of University Professors to discuss SUNY Oneonta's Semester In India Program at annual meeting in New York City, February 1991.
• Lecture, “Six Systems of Indian Philosophy,” Hartwick College, February 1991.
• Panel participant, “Death and Dying,” Hartwick College, January 1991.
• Slide show presentation and discussion of SUNY Semester in India Program at the New York Conference on Asian Studies, Syracuse University, November 1989.
• Panel organizer, “Recent Hindu and Buddhist Concepts,” at the Sixth East-West Philosophers’ Conference, Hawaii, Summer 1989.
• Lecture, “India's Philosophy, Religion & Society,” First United Presbyterian Church, Oneonta, December 1985.
• Lecture and slide show, “India's Religion,” Sidney Center Senior Citizen's Club, Sidney, NY, November 1985.
• Lecture and slide show, “India's Art, Religion, & Society,” Franklin Senior Citizen's Club, Franklin, NY, October 1985.
• Lecture, “India's Culture Through Stories,” Hamden Senior Citizen's Club, Hamden, NY, May 1985.
• Lecture, “India's Religions and Culture,” Stamford Senior Citizen's Club, Stamford, NY, April 1985.
• Lecture and slide show, “Indian's Art & Society,” Colchester Senior Citizen's Club, Downsville, NY, February 1985.
• Lecture, “A Study Abroad Experience in India,” organized by American Association of University Women, Oneonta, February 1985.
• Paper presentation, “Cult Scare,” at the Seminar on World Religions organized at SUNY Albany, January 1985.
• Lecture presentation and discussion on film, “AKIRU,” sponsored by the SUCO Religious Studies Committee, Fall 1983.
• Panel participant, “Cults and Search for Security,” organized by the SUCO Religious Studies Committee, February 1983.
• Panel participant, “Concept of the Self: Comparative Perspectives,” organized by the SUCO Philosophy Club, November 1981.
• Presentation and discussion on WDOS' “MIDDAY LIFE” with Tom Anthony about my book, Sartre's Existentialism, November 1979.
• Lecture, “A Rational Approach to Mysticism,” delivered at SUNY Oneonta for the Philosophy Club, Fall 1976.
• Lecture, “Meditation in America,” given at SUNY Oneonta during Meditation Week, organized by the Student Union, Spring 1976.
• Lecture, “Religious Themes in India's Art,” sponsored by the SUNY Oneonta Art Club, Spring 1975.
• Lecture, “The Philosophy of Existentialism,” sponsored by the Students' Philosophy Club, The University of Bridgeport, CT, April 1975.
• Lecture, “Indian and American Students: A Comparison of Values,” sponsored by the Philosophy Department, Kurukshetra University, India, Fall 1973.
• Lecture, “Sartre's Existentialism as Philosophy and Literature,” sponsored by the Philosophy and Literature Club, Lyndon State College, VT, May 1973.
• Lecture, “Sartre's Concept of Freedom,” sponsored by the Philosophy Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, May 1970.
• Lecture, “Existentialism and Education,” Conference of Teachers, Spring 1969.
• Lecture, “Philosophical Roots of India-China Conflict,” The League of Women Voters, Spring 1969.
• Lecture, “Philosophy of Education in Ancient India,” Conference of Teachers, Spring 1969.
• Lecture, “Education in Contemporary India,” video-taped for SUNY Oneonta's Education Department, prepared by the Instructional Resource Center, Fall 1968.
• Lecture, “Gandhi's Satyagraha as a Political Tool,” at the Unitarian Church, Oneonta, Summer 1968.
• Lecture, “Concepts of Death in Chinese Philosophy,” at the Unitarian Church, Oneonta, April 1968.

SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS

• Founder/Director of the Yoga and Meditation Society for the Scientific Study of Spirituality (2004)
• Founder of the Ninash Foundation of Oneonta, New York whose goal is “to promote literacy among children and adults throughout the World” (1996)
• Founder of the three Indo-International Schools for the impoverished children of India, (1996, 2001, 2005)
• Founder and Director of the SUNY Oneonta “Learn and Serve in India” Study Abroad Semester Program, (1988)
• Founder-Director of the SUNY Oneonta “Learn and Serve in India” Study Abroad Intersession Program, (1980)
• Co-Founder of the SUNY Oneonta Religious Studies Program (1975)
• Co-Founder of the SUNY Oneonta Philosophy Department (1967)

RADIO AND TELEVISION APPEARANCES

Radio:
WRPI, Troy, New York October 2004
Kathy Zox Show, Albany September 2003
Radio, Albany August 2003
National Public Radio (WSKG, USA) January 2002
Holland Radio July-August 2001
Jain Radio, Zee Radio, Doordarshan Radio (India) June 2001
Australian Public Radio October 2000
All India Radio April 2000

Television:
Public Access Channel, Schenectady August 2003
NBC News (WKTV, USA) August 2001
Holland TV July-August 2001
NBC News (WKTV, USA) April 30-May 10, 2001
Jain TV, Zee TV, Doordarshan TV (India) June 2001
Nataraja TV (Holland) December 2000
NBC News (WKTV, USA) April 2000
ABC World News Now (USA) March 2000

MEMBERSHIPS

Professional Organizations
American Philosophical Association
Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy
Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Association for Asian Studies
New York State Asian Studies Society
Jean-Paul Sartre Society
International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations

Offices Held:

• CEO of the Ninash Foundation with chapters in USA, Holland and India
• Member, Executive Council, International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, 1998-2000 and 2004-present
• Reviewer, NEH Grant Proposals, 1978-present
• Secretary-Treasurer, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, 1988-1993
• Symposium Chairman, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, 1982-86, 1975-80
• Deputy Chairman, State University of New York Asian Council, 1979-80
• Vice-President, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, 1978-79
• Member, Program Committee, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, 1975-80

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Editorial Work
Appointed to the SUNY Press Editorial Board, 1989-1992
Reviewer of manuscripts for:

Macmillan Publishing Company
Open Court
Prentice Hall Publishing Company
State University of New York Press
University of Hawaii Press
Longman Publishing

Consultant
Translation of passages from the Tao Te Ching, for Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, T.V. series by Warner Brothers, 1993.

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

SUCO and SUNY
Member, Editorial Board, Educational Change, 1995-Present
Member, Editorial Board, Oneonta Philosophy Studies, 1992-Present
Member, Editorial Board, The SUNY Press, 1989-1992
Member, International Exchange Committee, 1984-present
Director, SUNY Semester In India Program, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996
Member, Dean's Advisory Committee, 1985-1988
Co-chairman, SUCO Religious Studies Committee, 1978-1988
Director, Intersession Program to India, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1999-2000
Sub-committee Chairman, President's Task Force, 1980-1986
Vice-President, UUP, Local, 1980-81
Advisor, SUCO Philosophy Club, 1973-1980

STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCE/INTERNATIONAL VENTURES

INDIA:
I am the founder and director of the SUNY “Learn and Serve in India 2000” study abroad program. Through this International Education program students and professors from the State University College at Oneonta founded and built the Indo-International School for 250 underprivileged children of the Village of Dundlod, Rajasthan, India. The new building of the Indo-International School was inaugurated on January 15, 2000. Because of the success of this international venture in volunteerism, our future goal is to replicate this project by building one school a year in other states of India. The Indo-International School project, which was recognized as a >model of gift of service to humanity,’ was presented to His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the Parliament of World Religions in Cape Town, South Africa, in December 1999 as well as was broadcast on “ABC World News Now” on March 23, 2000 and WKTV on August 14, 2001. The second Indo-International School for 205 underprivileged children was inaugurated on June 26, 2001 in the Village of Kuran, Gujarat, India. A ten part series on the Indo-International Schools project was aired on WKTV (NBC affiliate) from April 30-May 11, 2001. The inauguration of the Indo-International School in Kuran was broadcast on Zee TV, Jain TV, and Doordarshan TV of India on June 30, 2001. The Third Indo-International Art Restoration School in Mahapura near Jaipur, India, will being built and the first phase of it will be completed by 2004.

It seemed a natural outgrowth of my personal and professional involvement in India to develop a study abroad program which would be accessible to and serve the needs of the State University of New York student population. The “Intersession in India” program, was created by me in 1979. It was the first program of its kind in the SUNY system, which was received enthusiastically by the State University College at Oneonta and the Central Office in Albany. I accompanied four student groups to India from December 29, 1979, to January 21, 1980; December 29, 1981, to January 18, 1982; January 1 to January 21, 1984, and January 2 to January 19, 1986. During the 1986 “Intersession,” I explored with a number of Indian universities the possibility of setting up a semester-long program between SUNY and India. This semester-long program was accepted by the SUCO International Exchange Committee, as well as by the SUNY Central Office. I directed the first India Semester Program during Fall 1988. The first group consisted of 14 students from SUNY and non-SUNY colleges. Since this program was extremely successful, I was asked to direct the second, third, fourth, and fifth SUNY Semester in India Program during Fall 1990, 1992, 1994 and 1996. Till 2004, a total of 14 SUNY Intersession and Semester-Long programs have been directed by me. The 15th Intersession Program will be conducted from December 28, 2004 to January 2005.

RUSSIA AND UKRAINE:
I was selected by the Citizen Ambassador Program to visit Russia and Ukraine during Summer 1993 to explore the possibility of setting up a SUNY program at Moscow University. I joined a group of 15 professors, teachers and administrators from the United States who visited various schools and colleges throughout Russia and Ukraine.

CHINA:
I was selected by the Citizen Ambassador Program to visit China during the Fall 1993 semester to explore the possibility of setting up a SUNY Summer Program at Beijing University or Fudan University. Fudan University has shown enthusiastic interest in this program.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

The Ninash Foundation, a charitable organization with IRS 501(c)(3) status was established by me during 1996. The goal of the Foundation is “to promote literacy among children and adults throughout the world” by building elementary schools in India and in other parts of the world. Since its inception, the Ninash Foundation has helped raise money to fund the construction of two Indo-International elementary schools in Dundlod, Rajasthan and Kuran, Gujarat. Furthermore, the Foundation has provided financial assistance to build ten houses in the earthquake affected area of Kuran, Gujarat.

Through the Ninash Foundation, four awards for excellence in music and dramatics are given each year to students from both Oneonta High School and Center Street Elementary School, Oneonta. The Ninash Foundation buys music instruments for the Center Street Elementary School’s Music Department. These instruments are being used by children who are unable to afford to buy or rent them. Moreover, the Nianhs Foundation gives two to three cash awards to the best papers in Comparative Philosophy being read at the SUNY Oneonta Undergraduate Philosophy Conference.

A donation campaign was organized during Fall 1999 and Spring 2000 to raise $30,000 in order to set up a trust for the “Indo-International School in Dundlod.” The following activities were arranged:

• Rummage sale by the Oneonta Rotary.
• Orpheus Theater’s production of Secret Garden.
• Appearance on the Chuck Richer show, WDOS Radio Station, appealing to the local community to help donate money for the construction project of the Indo-International School in Dundlod.
• SUCO Marketing Club’s Bowl-A-Thon.
• Alfresco’s Restaurant Dinner “Meet the Royalty.”
• Italian Kitchen’s “Matching Gift.”
• Mailing more than one thousand Ninash Foundation brochures to colleges and organizations for donations.
• Inviting Mr. Raghuvendra Singh and Mrs. Ganga Singh, the Royal Couple of Dundlod, to be guests of the SUNY College at Oneonta to help raise the money for the school.
• Running one news conference in Oneonta and two news conferences in India to appeal to the
  members of the community for donations.
• Appearance on “ABC World News Now” to raise awareness among people regarding the plight of 50 million underprivileged children of India and to ask for their help in raising money for the Indo-International School.
• Appearance on the All India Radio to appeal to the people of India for donations.

COMMITTEE WORK

• Member, SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College (Oneonta) Committee on Cooperation in Resources
• Member, SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College (Oneonta) Committee on Curriculum (cooperation in philosophy and religion)
• Member, Library Committee, 1980-94; Fall 2000
• Member, Council of Department Chairmen, 1975-80; Spring 1993; Fall 1999
• Member, College Senate, 1973-75
• Member, Curriculum Committee, 1971-73

BIOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND

Who’s Who in the World, 1999-2000, 2001-2002, 2003-2004-2005
Who’s Who in the East, 1981-82, 1986-87, 1999-2000, 2003-2004-2005
International Poetry Hall of Fame, 1999-2000, 2001-2002, 2005
Outstanding People of the 20th Century, 1999
Who's Who in American Education, 1992-93, 1994-95, 1996-97, 2003-2004
Who's Who Among Asian Americans, 1994-95, 2003-2004-2005
Men of Achievement, 1988
International Who's Who of Intellectuals, 1983