ASHOK SINHA was born in India and holds a Ph.D. degree in Physics. He pursued a career with NASA, Greenbelt (MD), and with INTELSAT (International Telecommunications Satellite Organization), Washington, DC, in space research and also participating in the development of satellite telecommunications technology in its early phase. He is also deeply interested in literature and spirituality. Dr. Sinha has authored 22 books, in English and Hindi, in such diverse areas as particle physics and cosmology, satellite telecommunications (theory), poetry, fi ction, short stories, and plays. He is the Founder-President of a non-profi t organization: "General Education, Economics and Technology Associates International Corp (GEETA, InC.)," -- based on the motto: "Knowledge, Progress, Harmony" - endeavoring to develop a networking of people engaged in literary, technical and other creative contributions to the society, consistent with the above motto. He presently lives in California (USA) with his wife, and can be contacted at
[email protected] ; and through his website: www.AshokSinha.org