Vishal Agarwal

Vishal Agarwal (born 1970) is an Indian-American author. He holds master's degrees in Materials Engineering and Business Administration, but writes on Indian philosophy, history and contemporary Indian society from an academic standpoint.

His articles also appeared among others in the Minnesota Star, Metro News (from San Jose), Baltimore Sun, The Wall Street Journal (by the Pulitzer prize winning journalist Daniel Golden) and in publications in journals such as the Journal of Indo-European Studies.

He was also interviewed by Dr Martha Nussbaum (Professor of Law, University of Chicago) for her book "The clash within" which also describes Vishal's work. In July 2006, he was awarded the 'Praachavidyaa-paarangata' award by the World Association of Vedic Studies, at their annual conference in Houston, Texas (USA).

Partial list of publications

 * Invading the Sacred, 2007 (Chapter 17 consists of a rebuttal to Courtright’s writing on Ganesha by Vishal Agrawal and Kalavai Venkat.)
 * A Reply to Michael Witzel’s ‘Ein Fremdling im Rgveda’, (2003/2005). (Journal of Indo-European Studies, Vol. 31, No.1-2: pp. 107–185, 2003). In Puratattva, Vol. 35 (2004-2005)
 * Misrepresentation and Stereotyping of Hindu Dharma in History Textbooks in India In "History Today", vol. 5, 2004-05:61-76
 * A case study in Eminent Historiography, in India's Only Communalist, ed. by Koenraad Elst, Voice of India: New Delhi (2005)
 * The Rgveda Samhita as Known to AV-Par. 46 (M. Witzel)- A Review, Indo-Iranian Journal vol. 25: 1983, pg. 238-239
 * Is there Vedic Evidence for the Indo-Aryan Immigration to India? Dialogue (Journal of Astha Bharati), Vol 8, No. 1 (July- September 2006); pp. 122–145
 * What is the Aryan Migration Theory; Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in History and Archaeology, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Summer 2005); pp. 1–46
 * Misrepresentation of Ancient India in American School Textbooks. History Today, Vol 7 (2006-2007); pp. 72–89
 * Awakening Latent Spirituality, Nurturing Children in the Hindu Tradition. pp. 19–32 in Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality, ed. by Karen M Yust et al., Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc (Chicago); 2006
 * On Perceiving Aryan Migrations in Vedic Ritual Texts. In 'Puratattva' (Journal of the Indian Archaeological Society), vol. 36 (2005-2006), pp. 155–165