Sajal Kumar Palit

Associate Professor

Associate Professor Sajal Palit worked as a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Electronics Engineering, Banares Hindu University, Varanasi, India from 1980-82, and thereafter worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Physics and Electronics Engineering, Dhaka University from 1983-84, prior to joining the Department of Microwaves and Radar Engineering. Higher Institute of Electronics, Libya as an Assistant Professor, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 1990 for his outstanding professional achievements.

Dr Palit migrated to Australia with family in 1992 and joined the University of Technology, Sydney as an academic staff. He also worked at the University of Canberra; Monash University, Melbourne; and Massey University, wellington, New Zealand as a senior academic staff. As a Principal Telecommunication Consultant with Ambidji Telecom, Melbourne, he designed in-building mobile coverages of several tall buildings in Sydney and Melbourne. His outstanding professional achievements were to design radio coverage systems for the Hong Kong International Airport and Hong Kong Western Metro Railway networks. He received several research grants, supervised many master’s and PhD students, designed, and supervised several large commercial projects and published a large number of research papers in the International Conference Proceedings and refereed Journals.

Dr Palit has been very active in community welfare works since 1996. He served the Bangladeshi Community as a President (1997-1999) of Bangladesh Samity, Melbourne. Dr Palit also worked as a President (2013-2015) of Bengali Association of Victoria whose members are mostly Indian Bengalees. He is an active member and founder of Bengali Senior Club, Victoria and a member of Vedanta Society, Melbourne and a life member of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, Kolkata. Dr Palit is a devotee of both Lord Shiva and Lord Krishna since both are the same in unmanifested form. At present, Dr Palit is a Director of Australian Research Centre for Human Development and Spirituality (ARCHDS) and President of Bhagavad Gita Research Foundation (BGRF), Australia Chapter. Dr Palit believes that all people by birth are the followers of Sanatan Dharma since Parameshvar (Lord/Purush/male) and Prakriti (nature-Shakti/female) created all the living entities in this world. His strong conviction is that it is not very far away when ‘Hare Krishna Hare Krishna …’ Mahamantra will be chanted at all villages and cities around the world as predicted by Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and thus humanity will prevail, and mankind will experience peace and happiness worldwide.