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Sri Varadachari Sadagopan, Editor

Sri Varadachari Sadagopan hails from the divyadesam of Thiruvinnagar in Chola Desam celebrated by four Azhwars . He comes from a family devoted to Sri Oppilaippan's kaimkaryam .He belongs to the Ahobila Mutt sampradhAyam .

He has earned six degrees in the fields of Chemistry , and Material Science including his Doctor's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . He has worked at IBM Research as Scientist and Executive . He has six patents and 50 Technical publications to his credit . He has worked at the United Nations , Geneva for an year .

He is deeply devoted to the Divya Prabhandhams, Sri Sookthis of AchAryAs , Carnatic Music and Bharatha Naatyam . He writes frequently on the above subjects and also has spoken in National forums on them .

He is currently the President of Networked Multimedia Services , a Company dedicated to the customized design and delivery of Instructor-led , asynchronous learning programs via Internet to practicing professionals in Computer Science and Information Technology fields . He is also a partner in another firm producing CD ROM for K-12 Children .He is also a Senior Consultant to the School of Computer Science and Information Systems at Pace University , New York .

Sri Sampath Rengarajan, Publisher

Sri Sampath Rengarajan is born at the southern banks of Srirangam on thai sravanam in response to his parents observing sravana vratham and prayers seeking Lord Oppiliappan's aruL. He grew up in the divyadesam of Thiruk kudanthai in Chola Desam celebrated by seven Azhwars in 53 pasurams. He comes from a family devoted to Sri Oppiliappan (sravanam at oppiliappan koil), Sri Aravamudan (very active in temple festivals) and Sri Ranganathar's (ubayakArAL for periya perumAL during irAppatthu athyOyan sEvai at Srirangam) kaimkaryam. He belongs to the Ahobila Mutt sampradhAyam. His family has close links to various achArYAs in their poorvasramam due to dEha sambandham and as well as due to being close followers of 43 Jeer from dEvanAr viLaham, thiruk kudanthai Andavan of periyasramam and Thiru viNNARRangaRai poundrikapuram Andavan.

He has earned two degrees in the fields of Mechanical and production Engineering. He graduated from Concordia University, Canada. He has worked at India, middle east, Canada and USA for several years. He is a good chess player and has won some championships in India.

He is deeply interested in tamil poetry and occasionally writes some on perumAL. He is devoted to the 4000 Divya Prabhandhams, Swami Desika Prabahndam and Sri Sookthis of AchAryAs. He writes on the above subjects and has also spoken in National forums on them.

Sri Anbil Ramaswamy, SampAdhakar

Sri Anbil Ramaswamy hails from Mangammalpuram Agraharam of Anbil Village in Lalgudi Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District, Tamilnadu. This is one of the 108 Divyadesams consecrated with the Mangalaasaasanam of Tirumizhisai Azhwar. The presiding deity is Lord Sundararajan (Vadivazhagiya Nambi).

He retired as a Senior P&T Audit Officer from the IA&AD of Govt. of India in 1983 after a service for over 37 years. He has published several books for use of examinees for various Departmental promotional examinations of Government of India. Most of these are being used as Reference Manuals in day to day work even today.

Sri Anbil Ramaswamy underwent an intensive course of study of Grantha Chatushtayam etc. at the feet of Acharyas. He learned Bhagavad Vishayam, Bhagavad Gita Bashyam and Rahasya Traya Saram from 45th jeeyar of Ahobila Mutt (in his Poorvaasramam) and Srimad Andavan Swami of Poundarikapuram Asramam (who also did his Bharanyasam) besides many other Acharyas and Scholars. In addition he learned Sribashyam from Purisai Sri Krishnamachariar Swami and Anushtana Granthas from Sri Srivatsankachariar Swami.

He was nominated by the Prakritam Andavan to be a Vice- President of the Celebrations Committee of 151st Anniversary of Poundarikapuram Andavan Swami and had the Bhagyam of visiting all the 106 Divyadesams besides a number of other Kshetrams.

Sri Anbil Ramaswamy came to USA with the mandate and blessings of the above Yathivaras and Acharyas to contribute to the spread of our Siddhantam among those interested. Besides, delivering lectures on invitation from Universities and temples, he has been contributing articles in the Bhakti list.

He is the Founder - President of Swami Desika Darsana Satsangam and Chairman of the Editorial Board and Publisher of Electronic Journal "Saranagathi", official journal of SDDS. He is in the process of publishing several books bearing on Hinduism in general and our Siddhantam in particular.

He has been actively associated with several Social Service Organizations both within India and Internationally.

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