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Dilip Amin, Ph.D.

Scientist · Author · Interfaith Marriage Counselor · Community Builder

A medical researcher turned interfaith guide who has spent over fifteen years helping couples and families navigate love across faith traditions — with clarity, compassion and equality.

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THE STORY

From the laboratory to the living room

Born in Gujarat, India and now settled in America, Dr. Dilip Amin has traveled to more than fifty countries to study diverse cultures and religions. That lifelong curiosity about how people believe — and how they love across those beliefs — became his life's second calling.

By training he is a scientist: a doctorate in Pharmacology, a forty-two-year career as a medical researcher, six patents, and twenty-three scientific publications. He brought that same rigor and evidence-first mindset to a very human question — how do two people from different faiths build a marriage rooted in equality and mutual respect?

“Share and respect, with equality.” It is the principle behind every conversation he has had with more than 1300 young people in interfaith relationships.

Happily married for forty years and the father of two American-born children, Dr. Amin lives the balance he teaches.

ROLES & SERVICE

Where he serves

  • Director, Peninsula Multifaith Coalition (San Francisco Bay Area)
  • Dharma Ambassador, Hindu American Foundation
  • Former Certified speaker, Islamic Networks Group
  • Founder, Balvihar at Sanatan Mandir, San Bruno, California
  • Former President, Plymouth Balvihar, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
  • Faculty, Hindu University of America

Education & Credentials

By the record

  • Ph.D. in Pharmacology
  • 42-year career as a medical researcher
  • 6 patents earned
  • 23 scientific publications authored
  • Co-author, “Vivaha Samskara: The Hindu Wedding Ceremony”
  • Author of books on interfaith & Hindu-Muslim marriage

SIGNATURE BOOK

In his own words

Interfaith Marriage: Share & Respect with Equality

Drawing on the relationships he has counseled, Dr. Amin examines the complexities interfaith couples face and makes the case for marriage built on religious pluralism and genuine equality.

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