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| '''Rajiv Malhotra''' is the President of ], ]. | '''Rajiv Malhotra''' is the President of ], ]. | ||
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| ==Education and Career== | ==Education and Career== | ||
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| Rajiv Malhotra | |
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 Rajiv Malhotra at a conference in IISc. | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | President of Infinity Foundation |
| Known for | Essays on Hinduism, Philanthropy, entrepreneurship, Infinity Foundation |
Rajiv Malhotra is the President of Infinity Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey. Rajiv Malhotra serves as the Chairman for the Education Committee at the Asian American Commission for the State of New Jersey, He serves in the Advisory Board of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Red Cross. He defines himself as a non-hindutva hindu to emphasise his "pluralistic" world view. He is USINPAC Leadership Committee Member. As a key note speaker and panelist, Rajiv Malhotra attends several conferences, at AAR, IISc, IITs, World Association for Vedic Studies, etc.,
Education and Career
He graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi in 1971. He later pursued his higher studies in Physics and Computer Science in Syracuse University and also in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill He has worked as a senior executive in several multinational companies, as a management consultant, and as a private entrepreneur. His career has spanned the software, telecom, and the media industries.
Infinity Foundation
In 1995, he started the non-profit organization — Infinity Foundation with his own funds to foster harmony among the diverse cultures of the world.. In July, 1997, The Foundation submitted an additional request to the Internal Revenue Service to expand its purpose and mission to "include creating, disseminating, and expanding a body of knowledge which clarifies or integrates philosophy, religion, science, psychology and non-traditional mystical disciplines; and bridging Eastern philosophies with Western thought."
As of 2008, The Foundation has already given over 250 grants in the areas of research, education and philanthropy. The Foundation as provides grants to leading institutions of higher education such as University of Arizona, University of Hawaii, Columbia University, Harvard University etc.,, specialized research centers, and individual scholars.. It routinely organizes conferences and scholarly events in the US and India that challenge Eurocentrism to bring out a more balanced worldview. The Infinity Foundation also supports activities of other organizations and independent scholars.
Activities related to Hindu Studies in America
Rajiv Malhotra is also noted for voicing his concerns against what he calls reductive depiction of Hinduism in America, especially by the American Academy of Religion. Rajiv Malhotra coined the term Hinduphobia to describe this. He has written several essays related to the study of Hinduism by AAR, including "RISA Lila",, "Hinduism in American Classrooms". Rajiv Malhotra's attempt to start a critique of academic Hinduphobia resulted in various scholarly essays in the multi-author book Invading the Sacred: An Analysis of Hinduism Studies in America (Ramaswamy et al., 2007).. At the November 2000 AAR annual meeting, he questioned Wendy Doniger:
"Since you have psychoanalyzed Hinduism and created a whole new genre of scholarship, do you think it would be a good idea for someone to psychoanalyze you, because an insight into your subconcious would make your work more interesting and understandable?"
Articles on Sulekha by Rajiv Malhotra and other scholars have also been used as reading material in several courses in Hinduism Studies, South Asian Studies, History, Cultural Studies and Anthropology.
External links
Rajiv Malhotra's writings and discussions
- Was the US Senate Attack on Hinduism an isolated Instance?
- Panel Discussion held at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Denver, Nov 17, 2001
- Outlook India
- Rediff
Book discussions related to his work
- Ramaswamy, Krishnan (2007). Invading the Sacred. Rupa & Co.,.
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Footnotes
- ^ Invading the Sacred, p.473
- Hinduism Group, AAR 2001 Conference
- Prasthutha at IISc
- Infinity Foundation About Us
- History and Mission
- Grants by Infinity Foundation
- CV of Rajiv Malhotra
- Infinity Foundation
- Invading the Sacred, p.3
- RISA LILA 1
- RISA Lila - 2 - Limp Scholarship and Demonology
- Hinduism in American Classrooms
- Invading the Sacred, p.5
- Contributors of Invading the Sacred
- News Today Article
- BBC's Article on Wendy Doniger
- Amy M. Braverman, "The interpretation of gods" The University of Chicago Magazine 97: 2, Dec 2004
- Invading the Sacred, p.476
- Invading the Sacred, p.10