Asia’s Biggest Mindfulness Event in India

Dr. Ronald D. Siegel is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Health Alliance & University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he is teaching for over 30 years. He is Doctor of Clinical Psychology and has completed his postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Siegel is an internationally acclaimed teacher on mindfulness, psychotherapy and mind–body treatment. A long-time practitioner of mindfulness practices and serves on the board of directors and faculty of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. He teaches about mindfulness and its application to psychotherapy and other fields and maintains a private clinical practice in Lincoln, Massachusetts

She is Chairperson of Aditya Birla World Academy and Aditya Birla Integrated School. As an educationist, she is extremely passionate about children’s education and widely promotes Mental Health, Founded Mpower, a mental health facility in Mumbai.

Manish Behl is India’s foremost Mindfulness expert, Neuroscience Enthusiast, Mindfulness Trainer, Motivational Speaker and Author, Manish is founder of Mindfulness India Summit and Mindful Science Centre  – India’s Leading Institute for Science Based Mindfulness and Intelligence Training

Manish is an acclaimed expert in fostering ancient wisdom based mindful leadership. He brings 25 years of leadership experience coupled with latest knowledge to make change in society through experiential mindfulness workshops and leadership coaching.“Bringing Mindfulness practices backed by science to it’s birthplace”

With Mindfulness India Summit, he created Asia’s largest platform for dialogue between leading thinkers, leaders, practitioners and educators in the field of Mindfulness, Emotional Intelligence and Neuroscience. Teaching and developing leadership, team performance, igniting innovation and cultivating constructive decision making through Ancient Indian wisdom backed by Neuroscience and based practices of Social Emotional Intelligence, Compassion and Mindfulness.

He says, “Working at senior most positions in corporate and business world, I realised how organisations and professionals lose focus from the goal and how Anxiety, Anger, Fear, Worry, Stress are few other emotions ride them which eradicate their and organisation’s success and health. I comprehended that with support of simple knowledge, correct tools and self awareness how easy is it to change these adverse situations to your advantage.”

Neil Seligman is the Founder of The Conscious Professional, author of ‘Conscious Leadership’ and ’100 Mindfulness Meditations’, and one of the UK’s leading experts in Corporate Mindfulness, Wellbeing and Professional Resilience.

Since 2012 The Conscious Professional has brought mindful education to clients at the level of professional excellence and Neil now regularly works with global clients such as Netflix, Hogan Lovells, Accenture, Warner Brothers, Royal Bank of Scotland, Linklaters and many more. Neil has been featured in titles ranging from the BBC, The Mirror, Psychologies Magazine, Yoga Magazine, OmYogaMagazine, Attitude, and Soul & Spirit Magazine.

He leads Luxury Mindfulness Retreats and Soul Ignition Workshops at Champneys in the UK. His highly-regarded Conscious Coaching has enabled many to step into their highest potential, finding alignment, excellence, and joy. His Fine Art Soul Portrait photography has been commissioned and exhibited internationally and is held in private collections around the world.

Hector Garcia is Author of world’s best selling book ‘Ikigai’   . In Japanese ‘Ikigai’ can be translated as “a reason for being”. Hector Garcia, a software engineer  born in Spain and lived in Japan for over years, joined forces with Francesc Miralles, one of the most charismatic modern authors in Spain, to investigate and develop the concept of ‘Ikigai

The result was Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Performance and Happy Life — An ancient concept that’s practically changing lives by introducing people to this simple philosophy of happiness. First Time ever he is coming to India to the share concept of ‘Ikigai’ and would also be running workshop on ‘Ikigai’ Sharing life-changing tools to uncover your personal Ikigai.

Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Kentucky and a Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy teacher, trainer, and researcher at the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, University of Oxford. Her scholarly work focuses on assessment and conceptualization of Mindfulness, effects of Mindfulness-based interventions, mechanisms of change in Mindfulness training, and professional training and ethics in the field of Mindfulness.

Serves on the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed journals and gives talks and workshops about Mindfulness internationally. Has extensive experience in teaching and supervision of several evidence-based Mindfulness programs.

Clif Smith is EY’s Americas Mindfulness Network leader and has developed mindfulness training programs he’s personally delivered to over 20,000 personnel. His experience and insight successfully bringing mindfulness into the corporate setting and scaling across geographies are sought after by many organizations, including major universities, corporations, leadership conferences and non-profits where he’s been invited to speak on the topic of mindfulness in the workplace or to deliver his popular keynote, “Mindful Leadership in the Modern World.”

Before devoting his work nearly full-time to leading internal mindfulness initiatives, he was an account leader helping EY win multi-million dollar consulting engagements. He’s also held senior positions at JP Morgan Chase, Granahan McCourt Capital, and has served his country in various capacities. He’s a US Army veteran, Chinese linguist and former diplomat with over 25 years of experience successfully tackling defense, intelligence, and business-related challenges

Clif is a certified SIY teacher, a qualified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher, and an ICF PCC certified executive coach.

Teaches a Masterclass at the Oxford Mindfulness Centre on “Mindfulness in the workplace”

Co-founder and Director of the Kalapa Leadership Academy, he has spent the last decade focusing on Leadership development in the fields of Mindfulness, Authentic leadership and Personal Transformation. As Director of the Kalapa Academy, he is currently leading the world’s largest study on Mindfulness in working life, in which over 40 companies are taking part. He has a Degree in Physics from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine and an MBA from UT in Austin. He has a Certificate in Contemplative Psychology and completed a systemic Organizational
development training.

An experienced Human Resource leader with a history of working in the Information Technology and Services Industry,  driving organization transformation through deep functional expertise in Talent Management, Leadership Development, Organization Design, Employee Engagement and HR Delivery.

She enjoys mentoring young women in starting their careers.

Innovation Management Expert. Founding Member and Member of Governing Board – Cloud Computing Innovation Council of India(CCICI). Founding member of the formal Chevening Alumni Association of India (CAI).

Past Chairperson for Storage Networking Industry Association of India (SNIA). Certified Corporate Director and Member Institute of Directors. Patents Holder. Author of Book “Innovation Magic- The Science and Art of Innovation Management.” Chevening Fellow for Rolls Royce – Science, Innovation and Policy Leadership Program, Oxford Alumni. Tata Group Executive Leadership Program, Ross School of Business Alumni.

Serves on the Executive Leadership and is a member of Deloitte’s Global Talent Council.

Has over 30 years of experience in HR management, across diverse industries including Manufacturing, Hospitality, IT, Telecom, and Professional Services.

An industry leader, mentor and an advocate of ethical leadership, he has vast experience in building and leading high-performance teams in both multinational and Indian organizations.

Speaks regularly at several national and global forums. He was conferred the ‘Distinguished Alumnus Award’ by XLRI. He was also recognized as one of the top three Power Profiles in HR by LinkedIn for 2017.

Ruchika Sikri is passionate about developing a culture of mindfulness and compassion at workplace. Over the past 14 years, practicing yoga and meditation have been integral part of her life. At Google, she leads a team that brings Well-being Learning Programs to 80K+ employees globally.

​She is a teacher, founder, architect and designer of many of these programs. Ruchika believes in meeting people where they are on their path to optimal well-being and living sustainably. She lives in the bay area with her husband and two lovely children.