Member of Indian Prime Minister’s Science, Technology, and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC), 2018 - onwards
Emeritus Professor, Oklahoma State University, 2019 – onwards
Professor and Regents Professor, Oklahoma State University, 2007 – 2019
Professor/ Distinguished Professor, Louisiana State University, 1979 - 2007
He is the author of twenty-eight books which include The Architecture of Knowledge, The Gods Within, and an autobiography, The Circle of Memory, and the co-author of the best-selling In Search of the Cradle of Civilization. He has written extensively on the social impacts of AI and he was member of a committee set up by SRI International to determine if computers in the future will become conscious.
His latest book The Idea of India (2023) is a condensation of new research that provides an authentic picture of what India meant to its own people and those living in West Asia, Europe, and East Asia. The evidence provided in the book also touches upon India’s contributions to world science and its influence on its neighbors. It also has translations of nine popular Rigvedic hymns as well as an essay on Yoga.
