Dr RL Kashyap, the man who conquered the extremes of Computers and Vedas as though it were child’s play, has been conferred with Padma Shri by the Central Government.
He has a Masters degree from IISc Bengaluru and a PhD from Harvard. He is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Emeritus at Purdue University, US. He has to his credit a large number of international awards like the King-Sun Fu award, JC Bose Award etc for his contribution to machine intelligence. He has guided over 30 doctoral students at Purdue University. He has published over 250 advanced research papers in international journals. His doctoral work “Ho-Kashyap Algorithms” is studied as text to this day in several universities the world over.
What would a man like him have anything to do with Vedas, which are a world apart? Dr Kashyap is a man who has conquered both ends of the spectrum. He was drawn to the work of Aurobindo and Kapali Sastri, and his translations and interpretations of the Vedas are inspired by their works after a visit by Madhav Pandit while he was in the US, pursuing his masters. He later went on to become the founder of SAKSHI – Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic Culture, a centre for any enthusiast to learn all about the Vedas.
Dr Kashyap has also translated all the four Vedas – a total of over 25,000 shlokas, into English in over 18 volumes. Along with that he has published over 25 books on various topics, in English and all of them are translated to Kannada, Telugu and Tamil. He has relentlessly carried on the work of Sri Aurobindo and Kapali Sastry.
At 80 years old, Dr Kashyap never ceases to be a source of amazement for the young and old alike, as he is still up and about, researching and writing books. The Central Government has conferred him with the Padma Shri to commend his achievements.
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