Dr. Tilaka M. Rao is currently an assistant professor and Director in charge in Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthanam. He underwent 12 years of rigorous training in Vedic literature covering 10 major Upanishads in Prabodhini Gurukula and Veda Vijnana Gurukula in Karnataka along with training to chant the entire kavya-yajurveda (Taittiriya recession). In addition, he had the opportunity to study many important works from classical Sanskrit including Kavya, Panini’s Astadhyayi, and philosophical systems including Vedanta, Nyaya, Samkhya and Yoga.
He was awarded a gold medal in Masters (Sanskrit) and JRF to pursue Ph.D. on the Utsarga-apavada principle in Astadhyayi. He has authored 3 books and many research papers. He has worked as an Assistant Professor at the MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune. He is a visiting faculty of the School of Philosophy and Economic Science, Dublin, Ireland.