Soulful स्कूल | Session 4 | Dr. Ramesh Bijlani, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi Branch

Dr. Ramesh Bijlani is a medical doctor, writer, teacher, scientist, and above all a person committed to using his unique blend of talents for touching the hearts and lives of his fellow beings. Educated at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, where he did his MBBS and MD; and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge MA, USA, where he did a master’s course in nutrition, Dr Bijlani spent nearly 30 years on the faculty of AIIMS, teaching and conducting research on nutrition in relation to cardiovascular disease and diabetes. In 1992 he started going into the depths of yoga, specially the integral yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. His personal and professional life converged in the year 2000 when he initiated at AIIMS a patient care facility for providing lifestyle modification courses based on yoga. In the year 2005, he took voluntary retirement from AIIMS to find more time for dissemination of yoga. Soon after that, he moved to Sri Aurobindo Ashram – Delhi Branch, where he continues to stay and work.

Prof. Bijlani is an educationist by temperament, training and experience. Although he taught in a medical college, he feels his inner calling was to teach in a school. He started going into the science and philosophy of education about 40 years ago. His stay in the Ashram has given him an opportunity to see school education from close quarters because of the links that the Ashram has with The Mother’s International School and Mirambika Free Progress School. He has interacted extensively with the teachers, students and parents of these schools.

Besides his research publications, he has written extensively on a variety of subjects for technical audiences, the general public and children. He has more than twenty-five published books to his credit, including one on ‘Integral Education’, the system of education based on the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. He has published seven books for children, which can be used also as teaching material by school teachers. He feels lucky to be able to spend most of his time doing what he is made for: giving inspirational talks, conducting spiritual retreats, running yoga courses, and last but not least, writing.