Debashish
Banerji: Presenter
Debashish
Banerji completed his undergradute studies with honors in English
literature from the University of Bombay, and served as a cultural
correspondent in some of the leading English language newspapers of
India. He completed a master's degree in computer science from the
University of Louisville, Kentucky, and a Ph.D. in Indian art history
from the University of California-Los Angeles.
For 30 years, Debashish has
been interested in the study and practice of the revolutionary and
world-transforming yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. He has given
numerous talks on the subject, especially in its contemporary applicability.
Since 1991, he has served
as the president of the East-West Cultural Center in Los Angeles,
which was founded by Dr. Judith Tyberg and is one of the earliest
institutions in the U.S. based on the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and
the Mother. He is a faculty in a number of recognized religious studies
programs. In this capacity, has been instrumental in teaching, giving
talks, and organizing activities relating to the dissemination of
Sri Aurobindo's yoga and Indian spiritual culture in the U.S.
Debashish pursues technical
and mercantile interests in multimedia productions, artificial intelligence,
technology transfer, and import-export projects, particularly between
India and the U.S.
In his view, technology drives
society and culture in the modern world; thus, to be a wielder of
the mighty levers of technological change is not just a practical
advantage, but a global responsibility. At the same time, he feels
that technology devoid of spirituality and humanism is dangerous and
joyless. He believes in the urgency of bridging not only the twin
cultures of East and West, but those too of the sciences and the humanities
for a harmonious, spiritually rich life of the future; and he finds
the integrative backbone of such a bridging most clearly manifest
in the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.
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