Ratnakar Narale M.Sc. (Pune), Ph.D. (IIT, Kharagpur) comes from Nagpur in central India. From childhood he has had a passion for Indian history and Sanskrit. He has Ph.D. in Sanskrit from the Kalidas Sanskrit University, Nagpur. From last few years Dr. Ratnakar has retired from his business of computers to write books on subjects that interest him. His current publications are Gita Darshan, Gita ka Shabdakosh, Savistar Hindi Gita, Sanskrit Teacher for English Speaking People and Hindi Teacher for English. Speaking People. His upcoming books in English, include Adhyatmagita, Savistar Satyanarayana Katha and History of the Hindu People. He can speak Marathi, Hindi. Bengali, Punjabi, Urdu and Sanskrit languages. He taught Advanced Hindi to the International MBA class, at the York University, Toronto. Currently he teaches Hindi for the Toronto School Board. He chairs the Sanskrit Vidya Paris had and teaches Sanskrit and Gita at the Hindu Institute of Learning, Toronto, of which he is the Principal. He is a director of the International Foundation for Vedic Science and the Vedic Heritage Study Centre, Toronto. Contact: India: 1 Abhinav Colony, Sita Nagar, Nagpur. Canada: 180 Torres dale Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M2R 3E4; Tel: (416) 739-8004; E-mail: rnarale@yahoo.ca.
