Dhananjay Joshi grew up in Pune. He was born in Akola in 1947. After successfully completing the B.E.(Electronics and Telecommunications) curriculum in Pune Engineering College he came to the U.S. for graduate studies. He has resided in Chicago since then. He completed M.S. in Electrical Engineering and M.S. in Mathematics from the Illinois Institute of Technology. During his Chicago days, Dhananjay has had the blessing of learning under renowned Buddhist Masters from Thailand (Vipassana) and Korea (Zen).
He co-founded the Chicago Meditation Center with Robert and Dixie Ray. He volunteers at the Theosophical Society and contributes to their quarterly – Quest – as a book reviewer. He also offers workshops on “spiritual Tools for End -of-Life ” at the theosophical Society. Currently he teaches Statistics at a local university.