Dr. Sangeetha Menon is a Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore India. She joined NIAS in 1996. A gold medalist and first-rank holder for postgraduate studies, she received a University Grants Commission fellowship for her doctoral studies for five years. Dr. Menon has been working in the area of consciousness studies for over fifteen years. Her core research interests include Indian ways of thinking and experiencing, and current discussions on "consciousness." Her work and experience involves a combination of scientific engagement, creative interests, and spiritual pursuit. Dr Menon has authored one book: The Bey…
Dr. Sangeetha Menon is a Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore India. She joined NIAS in 1996. A gold medalist and first-rank holder for postgraduate studies, she received a University Grants Commission fellowship for her doctoral studies for five years. Dr. Menon has been working in the area of consciousness studies for over fifteen years. Her core research interests include Indian ways of thinking and experiencing, and current discussions on "consciousness." Her work and experience involves a combination of scientific engagement, creative interests, and spiritual pursuit. Dr Menon has authored one book: The Beyond Experience: Consciousness in the Gita (Srishti, 2008); and coedited four books: Consciousness, Experience and Ways of Knowing (NIAS, 2006); Science and Beyond: Cosmology, Consciousness and Technology in Indic Traditions (NIAS, 2004); Consciousness and Genetics (NIAS, 2002); and Scientific and Philosophical Studies on Consciousness (NIAS, 1999). The book she has coauthored with Swami Bodhananda, Dialogues: Philosopher Meets Seer (Srishti Publishers, 2003), is a set of nine dialogues with her Guru on sociocultural issues of contemporary importance. Currently she is writing two books on self-transformation and spiritual agency. Her website is www.consciousnessshop.com and she can be contacted at <[email protected]>