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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

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