Prof. Mala Kapadia is a highly accomplished scholar and practitioner with a distinguished career spanning research, education, journalism, human resources, and consulting. She is a passionate advocate for integrating ancient Indian wisdom with modern approaches to wellbeing, leadership, and organizational development. Wellbeing and Happiness, Sustainability – Individual and Planetary Flourishing and Indigenous Psychology are some of the areas of teaching and research.
Prof Mala Kapadia has recently published her work titled Sukha Sutra- An Indic Wellbeing and Happiness Guide for Flourishing.
Dr. Kapadia is currently the Director of Centre for Indigenous Knowledge Systems, at the Anaadi Foundation. She has completed as the Principal Investigator for a Ministry of Education (India) Indian Knowledge Systems Research Project on Wellbeing and Happiness based on Ayurveda, the first Wellbeing and Happiness Framework from India.
Grateful to Gurus- an initiative by Indica Academy selected Dr. Mala Kapadia as one the Guru in 2023, for inspiring young minds in ancient wisdom.
Dr. Mala is member of the Advisory Council of Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems at Chanakya University, Bengaluru, India. She is also a reviewer Program Implementation Committee (PIC) – SWAYAM Plus. Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, member of the Project Advisory Committee, Integration of Bharatiya Knowledge System Curricula in Higher Education, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, Ahmedabad!
She was Professor & Director, Centre for Wellbeing & Wellness, Rashtram School of Public Leadership, Rishihood University, Sonipat.
Dr. Mala Kapadia has been an Associate Professor, People and Performance with SPJIMR in 2005-2006. She continued her career as Adjunct Professor with SPIJR 2007-2010. Dr. Mala has also been an Adjunct Professor with S. P. Jain School of Global Management at Dubai, Singapore, Sydney, and Mumbai campuses from 2005 to March 2020. Her specialized contribution was in designing and teaching Leadership, Organizational Behavior and Managing teams.