Subhash Kak

Subhash Kak is a scientist, historian, and author. He is Regents Professor at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater and a member of the India Prime MInister's Science, Technology, and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC).

Kak has authored thirty books including In Search of the Cradle of Civilization (1995), Matter and Mind (2016), and The Astronomical Code of the Rgveda (3rd edition, 2016); he  is also author of two Garuda Prakashan books: The Idea of India: Bharat as a Civilisation (2023), and Eternal Bharat: Truth, Meaning, and Beauty (2024).

In 2019, the Government of India awarded him with Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India.