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Vipul Kocher is an ex-Adobe engineer and IIT alumnus with three decades in Software Development and Testing industry. He is co-founder and CEO of AIEnsured/testAIng – an Artificial Intelligence (AI) governance and testing product company. Vipul is the national convener of Indic Academy – a not-for-profit trust for preserving, protecting, and promoting all things concerning… Continue reading Vipul Kocher

Dr. Yogini Deshpande is a civil engineer, entrepreneur, and researcher, serving as Technical Director of Renuka Consultants (Explorers & Designers) Pvt. Ltd while also co-founding Indica Today, a platform dedicated to Indic knowledge systems. At Indica Today, she has overseen the publication of 2000+ articles, conducted workshops, and mentored researchers and writers. Her journey reflects… Continue reading Yogini Deshpande

Avatans Kumar is an award-winning journalist, author, speaker, and linguist. Avatans is a recipient of the California News Publishers Association and the San Francisco Press Club journalism awards.  Avatans is an alumnus of Jawaharlal Nehru University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he taught linguistics and Hindi as a foreign language. He also… Continue reading Avatans Kumar

Dr K Aravinda Rao, IPS, retired as the Director-General of Police of united Andhra Pradesh state. His rich and vast experience in policing and administration as a top-cop and Anti-Naxal expert, Dr Aravinda Rao played an important role in effectively dealing with Left-wing extremism in AP. , During his distinguished career in the police, security… Continue reading Aravinda Rao

Rajiv Malhotra was trained initially as a Physicist, and then as a Computer Scientist specializing in Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s. After a successful corporate career in the US, he became an entrepreneur and founded several IT companies in over 20 countries. He exited all for-profit activities in the early 1990s and founded a non-profit… Continue reading Rajiv Malhotra

Hari Vadlamani, 62, is originally from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, he moved to Hyderabad in 1987. He began his career in practice before transitioning into boutique investment banking. Over time, he shifted focus to the power sector first as a consultant, then as a developer and investment manager. He went… Continue reading Hari Vadlamani

Rahul Dewan is a tech entrepreneur, angel investor, blogger, social activist, and Yoga & Meditation practitioner. In 2016, he founded SangamTalks – the largest YouTube channel for documentation of ‘Indian Knowledge Systems’ (IKS) and untold Indian History. Having exited his software services business (600 people) successfully, he now dedicates his full time to Dharmic causes.… Continue reading Rahul Dewan

Nikunj Trivedi is the Co-founder and President of CoHNA, a grassroots advocacy and civil rights organization dedicated to improving the understanding of Hinduism in North America, safeguarding the collective interests of the Hindu community and empowering Hindus of today and future generations to become guardians of our heritage. He has been involved in education, advocacy… Continue reading Nikunj Trivedi

Pallavi Joshi is a 3-time National Award-winning actor. She started her career as a child artiste in the early seventies, and has been a part of the Indian Cinema for more than 50 years. She has acted in, almost 100 Television Shows, and 60 odd films until now. She has, to her credit popular serials… Continue reading Pallavi Joshi

Dr Richa Sinha MBE is the Co-Founder and Chairperson of the Scottish Hindu Foundation, the representative body uniting Scottish Mandirs in their engagement with the Scottish Government. She was awarded an MBE in the 2025 King’s Honours List for her services tackling Hinduphobia in Scotland and the UK. A dentist by profession, she also serves… Continue reading Richa Sinha