Dr R.V Giridhar

Dr R.V Giridhar was born in India grew up in Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad. He got his Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from Regional Engineering College in Tiruchirapalli and subsequently got an M.Eng and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in NY and joined Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, CA to work on Flash Memory Technology development. Over his 36yr career at Intel, he has contributed to or overseen the increase of Flash Memory Chip capacities by 4 Million times and currently serves as Vice President of NAND Technology Development based in Santa Clara, CA. Over the past 10years, he has devoted his personal time to studying the Vedanta including Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita under the guidance of Swami Santatmananda, himself a student of Swami Dayananda Saraswati. Giridhar has found the ancient wisdom of Vedanta to be profoundly transformational and started sharing his learning over the last few years with small groups of serious students in India and the USA. He uses his diverse background to help unlock the wisdom of Vedanta to modern students.