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Dr. T. D. Singh (Srila Sripad Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Maharaja)

Dr. T. D. Singh (Srila Sripad Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Maharaja) received his Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry from the University of California at Irvine in 1974. He is a scientist and spiritualist known for his pioneering efforts in synthesizing science and religion for a deeper understanding of life and the universe. He has contributed papers in the Journal of American Chemical Society and the Journal of Organic Chemistry in the field of fast proton transfer kinetics in model biological systems using stopped flow technique and NMR spectroscopy. He also worked on gas phase reaction mechanisms using Ion Cyclotron Resonance (ICR) spectroscopy.

He was trained in Vaishnava Vedanta studies from 1970 to 1977 under Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and was appointed Director of the Bhaktivedanta Institute in 1974. He has organized four International conferences on science and religion - First and Second World Congress for the Synthesis of Science and Religion (1986 & 1997), First International Conference on the Study of Consciousness within Science (1990), and Second International Congress on Life and Its Origin. Collectively thousands of prominent scientists and religious leaders including several Nobel Laureates participated. He has authored and edited several books including What is Matter and What is Life? (1977), Theobiology (1979), Synthesis of Science and Religion: Critical Essays and Dialogues (1987) and Thoughts on Synthesis of Science and Religion (2001).

Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja, Ph.D.

Dr. T. D. Singh left for the spiritual abode on October 2, 2006. Following behind the footsteps of Dr. T. D. Singh, Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja, Ph.D. is carrying on the mission of Bhaktivedanta Institute. Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja, Ph.D. received his doctorate in Theoretical Chemistry from Georgetown University in 1971. Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja, Ph.D., is the senior-most scientist devotee of Bhaktivedanta Institute. He has aurally received spiritual knowledge through humble association with Srila Bhakti Rakshaka Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaja, Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaja and Srila Sripad Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Maharaja, Ph.D.