Profiles

Soorya S A

Soorya is student at Central Sanskrit University, Sringeri, studying BA Śāstrī in Mīmāṁsā. He is passionate about the Vedas, Mahābhārata, Advaita, Śivādvaita, and archery.

Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Mother of two. Engineer. Worshiper of Indian music, poetry, and art.

Sridhar Saligram

Sridhar Saligram holds a post-graduate degree in management and presently works as a Sourcing Manger in Herman Miller India. He is an art lover with a deep interest in Indian classical music; he plays the Carnatic flute and also teaching young aspirants. He is passionate about Indian literature and writes poems in Kannada set to classical meters.

Sripriya Srinivasan

Sripriya Srinivasan is a Computer Science Engineer with a deep interest in literature, philosophy, science, and translation. She has translated two books into Tamil: Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam and Dr. Y. S. Rajan’s'Scientific Indian' (as கலாமின் இந்தியக் கனவுகள்) as well as 'The New Bhagavad-Gita' by Koti Sreekrishna and Hari Ravikumar (as பகவத்கீதை தற்காலத் தமிழில்). Tamil being her mother tongue, she hopes to contribute to its literature.

Srishan Thirumalai

Srishan Thirumalai is an Electronics Engineer who holds a senior position in the IT industry. He is passionate about Indian classical music and literature.

Sudarshan Muralidhara

Sudarshan Muralidhara currently works as a Software Engineer in Mysore. He is a classical poet, illustrator, and polyglot. He has an abiding interest in classical arts, sculptures, temples, and philosophy.

Sudheer Krishnaswamy Kesari

Sudheer Krishnaswamy Kesari is a Civil Engineer from IIT Madras who had a career in Computer Software at Infosys Technologies before retiring. He is addicted to golf, enjoys solving cryptic crosswords, and absolutely loves Sanskrit literature, listening to music, and watching movies.

Sumanth Ganapathi Basavapatna

Sumanth Ganapathi Basavapatna is an undergraduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, studying Data Science. His interests include Carnatic classical music, Sanskrit literature, and visual art.

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Ullas Haritasa

Ullas is a data engineer by profession. He is a student of classical arts, music and literature. His interests include learning new languages. He is also a teacher, a film critique, an actor and a dubbing artist by passion.

Vaishnavi Naik

Vaishnavi Naik is a practicing advocate at Bangalore. She has deep interest in music, fine arts, and literature. She is a singer and is presently learning Hindustani Classical Music.

Vālmīki

Visionary sage and the author of the fifth Veda, the Rāmāyaṇa

Varuni KS

Varuni KS has a masters degree in Electrical Engineering and is currently based out of Chicago, IL. She is trained in South Indian classical (Carnatic) music and has an abiding interest in Kannada literature.  

Vasuki H A

Vasuki is an electronics engineer and an IT professional. He is also a Sanskrit poet with a keen interest in Indian classical music and allied arts.

Vedavyas M G

Prof. Vedavyas M G is a visiting professor of Strategy and International Business at PES University, Bangalore. He is on the Advisory Board of Atria Institute of Technology. Before moving to academics, Prof. Vedavyas was Senior Vice-President at Mahindra Satyam, responsible for its global telecom business. Earlier he was the Regional Manager for Tata Consultancy Services at Birmingham. Prof. Vedavyas is a graduate of IISc., Bangalore (BE in E&C) and IIM, Bangalore (MBA). He has an abiding interest in everything Kannada.

Vidwan Ranganatha Sarma

Mahamahopadhyaya Vidwan Ranganatha Sharma was a renowned Sanskrit scholar and an authority on Vyakarana or Grammar. He is noted for his translation of the entire Valmiki Ramayana into Kannada, which was published with a foreword by DVG. He has authored several books in Kannada and Sanskrit. He is a recipient of the national award for Sanskrit learning and has received the Rajyotsava Award.  

Vikram Phadke

Vikram Phadke is a practising advocate with a keen interest in history, literarure, politics, and classical arts. He serves as a trustee of Prekshaa Pratishtana as well as other charitable trusts.

Vishwanath Chandrashekara

Vishwanath is a software engineer by profession. He is deeply interested in Indian history, art, and classical music.

Vishwas Rao

Vishwas Rao is a researcher at Argonne National Laboratory. He has a PhD in Computational Sciences and is currently based out of Chicago, IL. He has an abiding interest in Kannada and Sanskrit literature.