Dr. Aparna (Dhir) Khandelwal is an Assistant Professor, the School of Indic Studies, Institute of Advanced Sciences, Dartmouth, MA, USA. She is an alumnus of the University of Delhi. She holds Ph.D. in Sanskrit with research interests in Vedas and Indology. She authored a book “Yajurvediye Brahamano mein Jyotish ke Tattva” and has presented several research papers in various national & international conferences out of which her few papers are awarded. Over dozen published papers & articles in journals and magazines are to her credit. ‘Indigenous Social Democratic Institutions of the Vedic Tradition’ is the research project she involves at School of Indic Studies that defines the concept for HaatNow.

She is associated with WAVES-India for more than ten years and currently serving as honorary secretary (Admin). She is engaged as executive editor for Vedic Waves Blog and WAVES YouTube channel both are running successfully with over 90,000 hits and 1.24K subscribers respectively. She is also an advisory board member of Vedic journal ‘Vaidika Vag Jyotih’-Biannual Journal published in Haridwar, Uttrakhand, India.