by

PROFESSOR P.V. KRISHNA RAO Ph.D

Director, The Institute for Yoga & Consciousness
Professor of Parapsychology, Department of Psychology & Parasychology
ANDHRA UNIVERSITY, VISAKHAPATNAM -
530 01 7 Ph: (0891 ) 57 009, 530308
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