I believe in "Sharing is Caring" to make the CSers happy and support the CS community. I love to share my homes, food, knowledge, expertise, tips and experience with you. I don't suffer from the IPS, the Insecurity Psychosis Syndrome. So I don't worry about the nominal expenses towards the hosting cost unlike a few weird hosts!!!

I am a retired Professor who devoted 41 years of life for teaching and research on jetlag, sleep and Antarctica. I have guided nineteen Ph. D. and sixteen M. Phil. research fellows and published over 66 original research papers in high impact factored American and European Journals (Google keywords will be sent upon request to see all published papers online). Nowadays I act as an Examiner and co-guide for M. D./Ph. D. degrees.

I am a simple, compassionate, God fearing, peace loving and minimalist person. I have been practicing Yoga for the past 56 years. I respect the old traditional values.

I have always followed a healthy lifestyle : no alcohol, tobacco products, junk foods, drugs, caffeine, red meat, cold drinks, processed foods, sugar, icecream, spicy food, etc. Happy to be 47 kg!! Fighting fit!!!

I use all resources thoughtfully so that I leave fewer carbon footprints on this Mother Earth. I believe that it's our moral obligation to keep this green planet hospitable for the future generations too.

I had to travel extensively (more than 180 countries) as a visiting scientist with academic assignments like mapping the human genome (Govt./WHO financed) or as a tourist (self financed) since 1975 when the CS did not exist at all! A few of the traveled counties which I remember are cited below for general information only and not for impressing anybody at the age of 70!!!

Initially for 10 years or so, I used to take photos of the places I visited, later on I gave up owing to the inevitable habituation and no desire to hoard more than 4,500 B/W photos in the absence of the present day Digital Technology.

Although, I belong to the academic category, I get along with all types of people and I learn so much from them as we have come from different backgrounds: academic, upbringing, cultural and ethical. I regard myself as the student with the desire for perpetual learning.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I appreciate the basic tenants of the CS community, therefore I want to support and make it sustainable and strong.

Despite being a Retired Professor, I want to make your travel affordable by offering a stay in my home, the warm vibe and the food.

Since I have three homes in India where we live alternatively. You're welcome to stay in the presently described apartment which is nearest to the Mumbai airport.

I subscribed to the CS in September 2021, however, I lost two years because I was locked in Hobart, Australia due to the Global COVID Pandemic. Recently, i. e. from September 2023 I started to use the CS.

Interests

I am basically an academician so I have unique interests and philosophy.

• yoga
• meditation
• movies
• cycling
• camping
• swimming
• geography
• geopolitics
• trekking
• moviemaking
• healthy lifestyle
• climate change
• aboriginal culture
• green living
• green energy
• organic farming
• world news
• travelling around the world
• nature conservation
• oceanography
• newspapers
• human evolution
• global warming
• big bang theory
• newspaper
• bhakti yoga
• science & technology
• cave exploring
• space sciences
• movies and music
• farm stay
• permafrost
• watching documenteries
• organic evolution
• cultural aspects of different countries
• physical & spiritual fitness
• academic interests
• history archipelago archiology
• old forts
• english for scientists
• gaurd dogs

Music, Movies, and Books

Music : Mozart, Symphony, Indian and Western Classical, Movie songs.

Movies : The World News, Lucy, The Schindler's List, The lights between oceans, The holidays, The bombardments, The boy in striped pajamas, Jo jo rabbit, My best friend Anne, Cast away, Forest Grump, Papillon, Tears of the Sun.

Marathi movies: Sandya Chaya, Mogara Fulala, Vakti ki Valli Bhai, Shyamchi Aai, Jagachya pathivar.

Any movie, music and books that touch the heart.

Books : Books by award winning authors of Nobel Prize, Bookers Prize.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Working for years as a Research Scientist in Antarctica Researc Station near the South Pole where the night is of 6 months and day of 6 months. Temperature as low as minus 78°C in the winter. Antarctica is the most beautiful, very vast (13.7 mn square km), unpolluted but extremely hostile and unearthly continent on this planet.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach : healthy lifestyle, Yoga and Meditation.

Share : experiences.

Learn : your life philosophy.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Quiet stay in the elite ambiance, serenity and tranquility. Comfortable bedroom, three meals per day and of course snacks. I love to see the satisfied CSers after heavy meals!!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Georgia, Gibraltar, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Martinique, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Niue, North Korea, Northern Ireland, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S., Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States