One of the most interesting people at the Tie Global Summit in Bangalore among the 11,000 odd participants was a monk from the Ramkrishna Mission, Kolkata. Popularly known as the wandering monk- this phd in ai of 1994 vintage is exploring the realm of consciousness in artificial intelligence. The entire concept and the scientific rigour with which it is being approached on the canvas of a spiritual order and in the backdrop of Swami Vivekananda’s teachings is fascinating. To join his WhatsApp group: