▁ ▁He ▁gu ided ▁Doctor al ▁Research ▁of ▁ 2 5 ▁students ▁at ▁H P ▁University , ▁India ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁M . Ph il . ▁guidance ▁to ▁scores ▁of ▁students . ▁After ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁that ▁is ▁his ▁post - ret irement , ▁ ▁he ▁extended ▁his ▁research ▁ment or ship ▁to ▁another ▁ 2 6 ▁students ▁belonging ▁to ▁different ▁univers ities . ▁ ▁Writing ▁career ▁▁ ▁The ▁interest ▁in ▁writing ▁poetry ▁generated ▁in ▁Ran chan ▁when ▁he ▁had ▁just ▁started ▁his ▁studies ▁at ▁college , ▁as ▁a ▁student ▁of ▁gradu ation . ▁During ▁his ▁so j ourn ▁in ▁America ▁he ▁stayed ▁with ▁R aja ▁R ao ▁in ▁Austin , ▁Texas , ▁( for ▁almost ▁a ▁week ) ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁shared ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁spiritual ▁experiences ▁which ▁he ▁had ▁described ▁in ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁lect ures ▁delivered ▁in ▁Him ach al ▁Pr adesh ▁University . ▁On ▁W alt ▁Whit man , ▁he ▁did ▁his ▁Ph D ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Wisconsin . ▁There after , ▁the ▁passion ▁for ▁writing ▁had ▁taken ▁a ▁path ▁never ▁tro d ▁by ▁anyone ▁as ▁the ▁impact ▁of ▁W alt ▁Whit man ▁and ▁his ▁writ ings , ▁somehow , ▁prev ails ▁in ▁a ▁lat ent ▁form . ▁ ▁As ▁Kir pal ▁Singh ▁describes ▁it ▁: ▁“ the ▁lib id in ous ▁nature ▁of ▁touch ▁in ▁Whit man … equ ally ▁pron ounced ▁in ▁Ran chan ”. ▁ ▁The ▁impact ▁of ▁such ▁sty list ics ▁could ▁be ▁seen ▁in ▁his ▁“ America ▁with ▁Love .”