E S H A
Educators' Society for Heritage of IndiA ईशा
A Non-Profit Organization offering authentic educational resources
on culture and heritage of India www.ESHAusa.org
ORGANIZATION
Board of Directors:
(Former) Member, Board of Trustees, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
(Former) Assistant Commissioner, Department of Environmental Protection, NJ
(Former) Director, Bell Communications Research, NJ
(Former) Assistant Professor, University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India
(Former) Vice Principal, Community Development Training Center, UP, India
Mr. Arun Sharma
Formerly Vice President of Administration - ESHA
Program Manager, ESHA Infrastructure projects
Patron of Marlboro Hindi School, Marlboro, NJ
Mr. Ashok Mittal
CEO, Founder at Fintech Global Center/Mittal Technologies, New York, NY
Patron of Marlboro Hindi School, Marlboro, NJ
Mr. Kanchan Banerjee,
Managing Director, Boston Center of Excellence (BoCE) for Health and Human Development
Co-Founder and Editor - New Global Indian - On-line Journal
Mr. Madhavan B. Nair,
President, Federation of Kerala Associations of North America
Chairman of the Board, North American Malayalee and Associated Members (NAMAM)
Mr. Mayank Shekhar
Producer, Director of an Educational Documentary Series: 'Beware of God'
Founding Board member - California Parents for Equality of Educational Materials (CAPEEM)
Dr. Sonali Banerjee
Patent Attorney registered to practice with the United States Patents and Trademarks Office.
(Formerly) research scientist/engineer in Lucent Technology Bell Labs, and Bellcore, both in NJ,
and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai, India.
Executive Council
PAST President
President
Mr. Arun Sharma
Vice Presidents
Mr. Kanchan Banerjee, V.P. Public Relations
Mr. Mayank Shekhar, V.P. Development
Board Secretary
Dr. Sonali Banerjee
Treasurer
Mr. Ashok Mittal
Education Officials
Dr. Bishan Agrawal - Principal, Marlboro Hindi School, Monmouth County, NJ
(Former) Math Teacher, High Tech High School, Monmouth County, NJ.
Dr. Shiv Agrawal - Principal, Montgomery Hindi School, Somerset County, NJ
Researcher, Columbia University, NY
Mrs. Mamta Tripathi - Principal, Hindi Language Academy, Hillsborough, NJ
Lead Instructor, Curriculum Developer, ESHA Summer School Program
Dr. Sonali Banerjee - Dean, Academic Programs of ESHA
Mr. Brijnandan Gupta - Director of Technology
Mrs. Renu Mendiratta - Director ESHA-STARTALK Summer School Program
Vice Principal TJMS / WWMS Edison Public Schools
Board of Advisors
Distinguished Teaching Professor, Physics, State University of New York, Oswego, NY.
Author/coauthor of the following books on the History of Science:
1. Science in the Medieval World, 1991 and 1996
2. Sciences of the Ancient Hindus: Unlocking Nature in the Pursuit of Salvation, 2014
3. A History of Science in World Cultures: Voices of Knowledge, 2015.
4. Ancient Hindu Science: Its Transmission and Impact on World Cultures, 2019.
Prof. T. S. Rukmani – Former Chair
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Hindu Studies, and Chair, Dept of Religion, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Advisory Board Member, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
Dr. Piyush Agrawal,
Retired Superintendent of Schools, Piscataway School District, NJ
Past Senior Vice President GOPIO International
National Past President, Association of Indians in America (AIA)
Past Chairman, Asian American Federation of Florida (AAFF)
Past Chairman, Florida Health Disparity Advisory Committee
Past Chairman, US 2000 Census Asian Advisory Committee
Chairman & CEO, APS Technologies, Inc.
Former United Nations Expert
Professor Emeritus, Department of South Asia Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Founder, Chairman, Yuva Hindi Sansthan
Recipient of Award from the President of India for Promotion of Hindi and Culture of India
Associate Professor, Dept of Philosophy and Religion
Co-chair, India Initiative Group, University of North Texas
Co-founder, American Academy of Indic Studies
Section Editor for Hinduism, Encyclopedia of Indian Religions
Executive Editor, American Journal of Indic Studies
Author of Two Books:
1. Dharma & Ecology of Hindu Communities (Routledge, 2011)
2. Science and Socio-Religious Revolution in India (Routledge, 2017)
Prof. Jeffery D. Long
Professor of Religion and Asian Studies, Elizabethtown College, PA
Series Editor, Explorations in Indic Traditions: Theological, Ethical, and Philosophical, Lexington Books
Professor and Director, Noise and Vibration Control Laboratory, Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ
Founder of Taranga: promoting Arts and Culture of Bharat
(Former) Trustee of the Hindu Temple and Cultural Society, Bridgewater, New Jersey.
(Former) Coordinator of the inter-faith prayer group during the 50th-anniversary celebrations of the United Nations
Professor of Religion, Philosophy and Asian Studies at Saint Olaf College, Minnesota, USA
Author of several books, book chapters, and articles in scholarly journals. Among his books are:
1. Accomplishing the Accomplished,
2. The Limits of Scripture,
3. The Advaita Worldview: God, World and Humanity, The Hindu Vision,
4. Gītāmrtam: The Essential Teachings of the Bhagavadgītā and
5. A Hindu Theology of Liberation.
His writings include a series of commentaries on the Ramayana.
The British Broadcasting Corporation transmitted a series of 25 lectures by Prof. Rambachan around the world.
Prof. Bal Ram Singh
Chairman, Boston Center of Excellence (BoCE) for Health and Human Development
Former Director, Center for Indic Studies, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, MA
Founder, Institute of Advanced Sciences, Dartmouth, MA
Professor and Director, Botulinum Research Center