On SAKSI – Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic Culture Founded by Dr. Rangasami L. Kashyap
SAKSI – Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic
Culture – was founded by Dr. Rangasami L. Kashyap and is dedicated to Vedic
study. Dr. Rangasami L. Kashyap
has a Masters degree from IISc and a PhD. from Harvard and was a faculty member at the department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, at the Purdue
University , West Lafayette , U.S.
He has published more than 250 research papers and guided 50 doctoral students.
After his
retirement he seriously took up the study of the Vedas and today he has
translated 23,000 Vedic mantras, in 26 volumes and has brought out 50 books in
compact series each running to 100 pages.
SAKSI has published 160 titles in eight languages.
SAKSI has its own recording studio, and 18 CDs have been brought out on the Vedas, Upanishads etc. In addition to chanting, the CDs give the meaning too.
Teachers in schools catering to the poorer sections of society, have been trained by SAKSI, and they teach Vedic chants to their pupils. The children say their memory power and their creativity have improved, as a result.
You can read
more about SAKSI and the works of Dr. Rangasami L. Kashyap here in the Hindu.