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Dr. Srinivas Jammalamadaka studied Nyāya or Tarka Śāstra under Śrī A. Radhe Shyama Shastri garu, Advaita Vedanta under Śrī R. Mani Dravida Sastrigal, and Vyākaraṇa under Śrī Ganti Dattatreya Murthy. He has completed the Tenali exams in Tarka Śāstra, and has also taken the Tenali exams for Advaita Vedanta. He holds an MPhil & PhD… Continue reading Srinivas Jammalamadaka

Candace Badgett is an International Director of the women’s wing of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) organization Global Mother Divine Organization with specific oversight in the US, Canada and Australia. In this capacity, she also provides advanced programs for women practitioners of Transcendental Meditation and the TM-Sidhi program. Candace graduated from Maharishi International University, in Fairfield,… Continue reading Candace Oliver Badgett

Nivedita is the Director of Content at Bṛhat. She has worked extensively in the Indian television industry, building experience in hosting and curating content on digital fora. Her art and heart are in a humble pursuit of truth, beauty. At Bṛhat she looks after the visual and the written content, cultural consultancy and partner relationships.

Prof. Girish Nath Jha teaches Computational Linguistics at Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) at the School of Sanskrit & Indic Studies. He is a concurrent faculty at the School of Engineering, Center of Linguistics and Special Center of e-learning in JNU. Prof Jha has served as the Chairman of the Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT),… Continue reading Girish Nath Jha

Richa Gautam is a Data Analyst and Writer by profession who has worked for several years in the corporate world, along with her advocacy efforts for Indian Americans since 2004. Richa is Executive Director at Cares-Global, a human rights group that works with the rehabilitation of Pakistani refugees. She has regularly engaged with the United… Continue reading Richa Gautam

Sudheer Mopperthy, also known as Kaali Sudheer, is a Hyderabad-based entrepreneur involved in venture capital, art, film production, and technology. He has held roles such as CEO of Redclays Capital and served as a director and on the boards of Pharmaids Pharmaceuticals Limited and Vista Dream Merchants Limited. He is also a co-founder of the… Continue reading Kaali sudheer

Ram Lakshminarayanan is the founder of Hindumisia.ai, a platform that tracks anti-Hindu hate in social media leveraging Artificial Intelligence and related technologies. He considers this as an important milestone in his decolonization journey. Ram is one of the National Convenor’s for Indic Academy in the US. He contributes to platforms such as Indicatoday, IndiaFacts, Pgurus,… Continue reading Ramsundar Lakshminarayanan

Srinivas Mulugu is based in Hyderabad and is the Chairman for Sri Aurobindo Society, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh. He has been a follower of Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Yoga since his teenage and was blessed to have contact with several direct disciples of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother at Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. He has studied… Continue reading Srinivasarao Mulugu

Now retired so as to spend more time on Indic interests, Jay was for seven years in academia as a mathematician. Prior to thatJay had a varied career in international business during which, for many years, he headed up IT within a multinational company and also worked in several roles within Process & Product Innovation,… Continue reading Jay Jina

M. Pramod Kumar is currently an Assistant Professor at the Amrita Darshanam Centre for Cultural and Spiritual Studies, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, where he is also pursuing his PhD in Indian Knowledge Systems. His academic background includes an M.A. in History from the University of Madras (2017) and a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras… Continue reading PRAMOD KUMAR