1970s America: An Indian Student's Journey
About this ebook
This is the story of a young idealistic student of IIT Kanpur who in 1974 at the age of 24 went to USA to pursue higher education. He left a very lucrative career in US to come back and work in rural India in 1981. This is also the story of that idealist who came back against all advice and in the process discovered himself.
Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi has written in an engaging and lively style the memoirs of his stay and experiences in America in 1970s. It is an inspiring story and should appeal to all Indians, specially NRIs and students aspiring to go abroad and who want to make a difference in India, especially the rural India.
An advance copy of the book was put on the web and it elicited tremendous positive response worldwide.
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About the author
Anil Rajvanshi is a spiritual engineer! A graduate of IIT Kanpur in early 1970s he went to U.S. for higher studies. In a fit of madness and arrogance, he left a very lucrative career in U.S. and came back in 1981 to rural India thinking that he will change India! India did not change but he changed. In the process of developing renewable energy technologies for rural areas he discovered himself and the great spiritual traditions of India.
He has written extensively on the interaction of spirituality and technology and believes that spirituality + technology = happiness. He tries to live a sustainable life in his rural setting and believes in Gandhian philosophy of higher thinking and simple living.
About his technological work he has recently written a book “Romance of Innovation – A human interest story of doing R&D in rural setting”.
Recently he has also penned his autobiography entitled “A life of an ordinary Indian – An exercise in self-importance”
He loves to travel and teach young citizens of the world regarding sustainable living.
