Ranjit Makkuni is Director of the Sacred World Research Laboratory, where he oversees research in culturally reflective computing and design. Prior to this, he dedicated nearly twenty years to Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), pioneering multimedia computing interfaces and educational applications.
He has authored numerous books and monographs, including Banaras: The Crossing Project: Living, Dying and Transformation in Banaras, Eternal Gandhi: Design of the Multimedia Museum, Goddess and Music, among others.
He has delivered numerous presentations and demonstrations on the dissemination of culture through multimedia technology and virtual reality applications to expert audiences worldwide.
He has developed pioneering museums and applications such as: The Crossing Project: Living, Dying and Transformation in Banaras, The Eternal Gandhi Multimedia Museum, the world’s first walk-in health dictionary at the Planet Health Museum: Ayurveda, Yoga, and Green Consciousness, and The Goddess and Music.
His interests include exploring innovative methods of cultural dissemination to preserve, share, and reinterpret the world’s cultures and traditional knowledge, utilising informatics to bridge the digital divide.
