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Dr. B.D. Dhawan (b. 1926), has been an officer of the Punjab Civil Service and retired from that in 1984 as Deputy Secretary to Government of Pubjab, Chanigarh (India). Before joining the service of the State Government, he had ecquired the degree of Master of Arts in Economics. He has a vast experience of various civil, revenue, executive and magisterial posts in different districts of undivied State of Punjab and also at the headquarter of the State Government. Despite such onerous administrative responsibilities, Dr. Dhawan's deep-seated lure to uniavel the mysteries of the Absolute-being induced him to the formal study of Sanskirt language which is a store house of metaphysical knowledge, Starting, abinitio, with the sutyd of this rich language, he passed M.A. in Sanskrit from the Pubjab University, Chandigarh in 1977 and acquired the degree of 'Doctor of Philosophy" in Vedic literature from the same of Alma Master in 1981. After attaining these high academic qualifications. Dr Dhawan did not rest on his oars. the present literary work on 'Mysticism and Symbolism in Altareya and Taittirlya Aranyakas' is the outcome of his post doctrorte academic pursuits. Besides, he has, so far, written as many as fourteen literary articles on Veic Subjects and Valmiki Ramayana. Seven of these have since been published in leading metaphysical journals emanating from the Internationally knwon Vishveshvaran and Vedic Research Insitute, Hoshiarpur (Punjab, India) and other piaces. In fact, Dr. Dhawan is an ardent follower of Rgvedic verse (Ma-Shramism 8.4.7.) 'that we may never feel tired'. Study of Vedic Philosphy is a life-long ambition with Dr. Dhawan and he is devotedly carrying on his research regarding propagation of knowledge of the single Godhead and realisation of the same in organised to yaur Veda.