Dr. Ravindra Pathak is the HOD of Pali and Buddhist Study Department in the post graduate college of the autonomous Magadh University, Bodhgaya, Bihar. He leads an civil society group called Magadh Jal Jamaath which studies and advocates on water related issues in the Magadh region near Gaya. He has a special interest in traditional science, technology and philosophy in different sectors, water being one of them.