text: who is dr. r. l. kashyap?   dr. r. l. kashyap is professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering at purdue university, lafayette, indiana in usa. he had his master's degree from indian institute of science, bangalore and obtained ph.d. from harvard university. he is the recipient of many international awards. recently he has received "ved¢nga vidv¢n' award instituted by maharshi s¢nd¤pani vedavidy¢ prati¾hth¢n (ujjain), an autonomous body of hrd, govt. of india and "j®ana keerti' award instituted by har¾ha kriya foundation, bangalore.       he has authored more than 350 research articles of which 220 are published in scholarly journals and the rest were presented at conferences. he has guided above 50 doctoral students.       he has written extensively on veda. some of his widely read books on veda are : "krishna yajur veda taittiriya samhita' (3 volumes), "why read rig veda', "secrets of rig veda', "rudra mantras', "essentials of atharva veda', "essentials of yajur veda', "work, enjoyment & progress' "divinizing life' etc. he is the honorary director & trustee of sri aurobindo kap¢li s¢stry institute of vedic culture, bangalore.