Vasuvaj V. Easwaramangalam
Samskrita Bharati, 4204 Latimer Avenue, San Jose, CA 95130
Phone: (408)-871-0351; (201)-362-3629 E-mail: vasuvaj@hotmail.com

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Teaching Principle:
Language is a means to bring individuals together. Aptly referred to as the ‘Divine Language’, Samskritam has been perfected by our ancient sages not just as a mode of human communication but also as a medium through which one can understand oneself and his/her surroundings. All of us are gifted with an innate ability to absorb the beauty and sophistication associated with this great language. What is required is a natural way of teaching that can bring forth this innate ability. By following a teaching technique that has been perfected by scoreless volunteer-instructors of Samskrita Bharati, even a person of non-Indian origin with no prior knowledge of Samskritam can be made to attain the basic skills of Spoken Samskritam.
Current Responsibility:
Program Director and International Coordinator, Samskrita Bharati
Education:
M.A., (Sanskrit), University of Madras, India - 1982
M. Phil., (Sanskrit), University of Madras, India - 1986
Academic Experience:
1984 to 1994 Full-time Instructor, Samskrita Bharati, India
1994 to 1997 Lecturer, Sri Shankaracharya University of Sanskrit, India
1998 to present Chief Instructor, Samskrita Bharati USA
Career Highlights:
Worked as a social worker for nearly two decades.
Conducted more than four hundred ‘Spoken Samskritam’ classes in various countries.
Taught ‘Spoken Samskritam’ classes at the following centers in the past year.

Academic Centers Ashrams and Temples
1.University of Iowa, IA
2.MIT, Boston, MA
3.University of Mass, Dartmouth, MA.
4.Brown University, RI.
5.University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
6.Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
7.University of Texas, Austin, TX
8.University of California, Berkeley, CA
9.Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
1.Ananda Ashram, Monroe, New York
2.Sivananda Ashram, Grass Valley, CA
3.ISKCON School, Raleigh, NC
4.Sunnyvale Hindu Temple
5.Fremont Hindu Temple
6. Livermore Hindu Temple
7. Lemont Temple
8. Guruvayurappan Temple
9. South Florida Hindu Temple
Research Interests:
Commonality between Native American cultures and Hindu culture
Novel techniques for teaching spoken Samskritam to children
Understanding what attracts non-Indians to adopt Hindu way of life