Professor in the Psychiatry Department at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. The focus of her research is to elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of yoga and meditation, both in clinical settings and in healthy individuals. She has been practicing yoga and mindfulness meditation since 1994. Her research has been covered by numerous news outlets including The New York Times, USA Today, CNN, and WebMD

Michael Bunting is the author of the #1 bestselling books, The Mindful Leader and Vertical Growth, and co-author of Extraordinary Leadership in Australia & New Zealand with Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, the world’s premier researchers in the field of leadership. He is the founder of Awakened Mind, a self-development IOS/Android App and leadership & culture consultancy, The Mindful Leader. Michael and his team have worked with some of the world’s most prestigious organisations in the area of executive leadership, adult development and scaled culture change.

Christopher S. Reina, PhD is the Founding and Executive Director of the Transformative Leadership Institute and an Associate Professor in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at  He holds the position of Leadership Fellow within the Office of the Provost, and Chris is the Faculty Director of MBA Programs within the School of Business. Chris is the Founder of Leading Without Ego, LLC, a leadership consulting organization which specializes in training, coaching, and developing mindful and compassionate leaders. His coaching, research, and teaching focus on the intersection of leadership, mindfulness, and emotions in the workplace and how organizations can create environments where everyone feels valued. Christopher has corporate experience in leadership training and development as well as sales and marketing in the healthcare industry.

Chris Germer, PhD is a clinical psychologist and lecturer on psychiatry (part-time) at Harvard Medical School. He co-developed the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program with Kristin Neff in 2010 and MSC has since been taught to over 250,000 people worldwide. They co-authored two books on MSC, The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook and Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program.

Chris spends most of his time lecturing and leading workshops around the world on mindfulness and self-compassion. He is also the author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion; he co-edited two influential volumes on therapy, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, and Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy; and he maintains a small online practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

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.”

Luke Coutinho is an Indian entrepreneur, author and lifestyle guru specialising in nutritional science and alternative medicine. Luke Coutinho practices in the field of Holistic Nutrition and Integrative & Lifestyle Medicine. He is the pioneer and founder of the Luke Coutinho signature You Care Wellness Program that has consulted & treated over 20,000 patients across the globe with cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, cardiovascular & rare metabolic syndromes. He has authored four bestsellers & won several national and international awards. He is also the Champion for Lifestyle & Wellness for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Fit India Movement. You Care Lifestyle, India’s trusted sustainable e-commerce platform co-founded by Luke brings ethical, transparent & honest products with a farmers-first concept.

He is also the founder & chief program mentor for Integrative Nutrition and Dietetics courses at the Lifeness Science Institute (LSI) that skills passionate young minds in the field of integrative and lifestyle nutrition and holistic medicine.

Gheshe La Lhakdor is Geshe Degree (Doctor of Divinity) from Drepung Loseling Monastic University. He is His Holiness the Dalai Lama nominated representative,  Director of Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala, Trustee, Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH Dalai Lama. A Governing body member of the Gaden Phodrang Trust of His Holiness the Dalai Lama 

Dr. Urszula Klich is a clinical psychologist, speaker, and author who teaches self-regulation to maximize physical and emotional health. She is a certified meditation teacher in Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT) through Emory University and has served on various medical teams. She is board certified in biofeedback and is the president of the Southeast Biofeedback and Clinical Neuroscience Association. Her specialized program of Mindfulness-Based Biofeedback (MBB) has been published and widely applied from hospitals to classrooms based on the premise that integrating mindfulness and compassion-informed treatment with psychology fosters individuals’ healing power to improve physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Living mindfully is advantageous and accessible to anyone who recognizes a need for a shift in their life and sets an intention to move forward

Susan Reynolds has over 20 years of experience in digital wellbeing, youth leadership and mindfulness. In 2019 she co-founded LookUp to discover, empower, and mobilize youth leaders who are taking action to raise awareness, inspire, and design a healthier, more inclusive, and responsible digital world. LookUp.live offers Innovation Challenges and grants for youth-led innovations, solutions and advocacy campaigns as well as hosts an annual Youth4Youth Summit.

Susan teaches, speaks, leads workshops and facilitates panels to educate and empower Gen Z to find and implement their own solutions to the detrimental aspects of social media and digital distraction. As a speaker at conferences in Copenhagen, London, and most recently in Saudi Arabia, she’s brought her mission to a global audience. She offers in-services, assemblies and conferences to education professionals through Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth.

Chris is former British MP who served in the UK Parliament for 21 years. He is the Chairman of the Mindfulness Initiative International Network. He worked with Prof Lord Richard Layard –  London School of Economics and Prof Mark Williams – Oxford University to establish mindfulness practice in the UK Parliament. Since then 350 UK parliamentarians and 800 members of their staff have received mindfulness training. He has worked with the Mindfulness Initiative and Mindfulness All Party Parliamentary Group to develop links with politicians and mindfulness advocates in 50 legislatures around the world. He has helped to establish mindfulness lessons in 13 of those legislatures including France, Denmark, Germany, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Wales. He served on the board of Oxford Mindfulness Centre for nine years. His journal article for the prestigious American Psychological Association describes how Chris has worked at the interface of mindfulness and politics for that past 12 years

As an Adaptive Leadership Facilitator at the prestigious Harvard Kennedy School, Iva specializes in shaping leaders who thrive in today’s dynamic landscape. Her journey encompasses a rich tapestry of experiences, from steering major shifts in TV, telecommunication, and retail sectors to fostering change in local self-government and civil society. Armed with a Master’s Degree from Harvard Kennedy School, her commitment to transformative leadership is further strengthened by my role as a Certified Systemic Business Coach from Infosyon. She brings a holistic approach to coaching that transcends industry boundaries.

As a Mindfulness at Workplace Trainer at Oxford University’s Mindfulness Foundation and an MBLC Certified Teacher affiliated with the Mindfulness Association UK, I empower individuals and organizations to harness the power of Mindfulness. Her dedication extends to founding the NGO Mindfulness Initiative Croatia under the esteemed umbrella of Eamba (European Association for Mindfulness), where I serve as a Board Member.

CEO and Executive Director, Greaves Electric Mobility Solutions. Co-founder and Board Advisor, Nextqore Inc. A US Delaware Based Company, Chairman of CII’s Leadership & HR National Committee, 2019 onwards Non Executive Director at Obeetee Private Limited Board Advisor and Mentor to many entrepreneurs in Fashion, Lifestyle & Technology space. Besides the last 7 years in Textiles industry, 2 decades of prior work experience with 10-years in FMCG and 10-years in Telecom. Worked Hindustan Unilever, Nokia and Reliance in diverse functional and business leadership capacities across all the organizations, in India, Asia Pacific and Globally. Led some of the top Indian and Global brands – Vim, Surf, Rin, Sunlight, Nokia, Reliance amongst others; and 3 Global IPR’s in Brand & Marketing operations. Business and brand leadership experience ranging across consumer goods to service industry – project set-up, operation scale-up and managing large established brands and businesses. Led teams of diverse skill sets, experience, scale, structures, locations, cultures and nationalities. Recently added new skills in areas of Data Science, Digital Technology and Performance Marketing.

Dr Nangia is amongst the first few in the country to have
integrated Critical Care and Sleep Disorders into his clinical practice. During his illustrious
career, he has served as Head and Director at three most renowned hospitals including
the Batra Hospital and Medical Research Center, Fortis Flt Lt Rajan Dhall Hospital, and
Max Hospitals, Delhi. Various other positions held by him include Chairman of Pharmacy
and Therapeutic Committee, Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj, Co-Chairperson of Incident
Review Committee, Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj, Co-Chairperson of the Hospital Infection
Control Committee and Antimicrobial Stewardship program Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj,
,Member of the Fortis Regional Medical Council for Delhi NCR and Independent Director
on Board of Cosmo Films Ltd,, New Delhi. He is also member of the jury for the prestigious
Sitaram Jaipuria Foundation Awards for Healthcare Excellence.

Soumala Sarkar serves as a Senior Managing Director at Accenture, bringing over two decades of expertise in strategy and technology. She holds the position of Global Growth & Strategy Lead for Accenture Technology, where she is tasked with advancing the growth initiatives for Accenture.

She is also responsible for organic and inorganic investments for the Technology business. Additionally, Soumala champions health and well-being at Accenture in India, leading efforts to foster a workplace that is progressive and thoroughly supportive of its employees as they do their best work.

Swati Desai, PhD, LCSW, has a doctorate from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and Master’s in Social Work from UCLA. She has a dual career of Psychology Mindfulness Professional and Program management in business schools with over two decades of experience working in the US and in India. She has authored the book “Get Mindfulness Right” written to augment the secular mindfulness practice by going back to its Buddhist roots and showing how to add crucial elements from
secular Buddhism. She considers Sprit Rock in Northern California and Goenkaji’s Vipassana centers in India as her homes for studying early Buddhist sutras.

Additionally, holding position of a member, Central Mental Health Authority (Govt. of India) for 20 years…

Qualification: M.D. Psychiatry (NIMHANS, Bangalore)

Professional memberships: Fellow- National Academy of Medical Sciences, Fellow-International Medical Science Academy, Fellow- Indian Psychiatry Society, Fellow- Indian Association of Social Psychiatry, Fellow-Royal College of Physicians (Edin.), Fellow of Indian Association of Child & Adolescent Mental Health, Hon. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)

Awards and honours: ICMR Award, AIIMS Research Award, Indian Psychiatry Society Award, Distinguished Alumnus Award, All India Children’s Champion Award, Outstanding Researcher award as country’s Topmost researcher in psychology/mental health based on research output in SCOPUS (2018, 2023), Name listed in the World’s Top 2% Scientists ranking by the Stanford University publication (2019-22), International Contribution Award by the International Association of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Allied Professions, Honorary Visiting Professor, University of Leicester, UK (2021-onwards) & University of Melbourne, Australia (2017-22)

Other achievements: around 1.2 lakh citations, h-index of 89, Expert/advisory member for several organisations incl. expert member of various National Task forces Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. Member of the Governing Council (Govt. of India) ICMR, National Institute of Mental Health Health Rehabilitation, LGB Institute of Mental Health, Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of ICMR.

Manish Anandani is the Managing Director, India atKenvue, world’s largest pure-play consumer health company by revenue. Manish is also a member of the Kenvue Asia Pacific Leadership team.

A seasoned global leader in the FMCG industry, Manish brings over two decades of rich industry experience across Consumer Health, Food & Beverage, Consumer Packaged Goodswith strong capabilities in brand marketing, sales, customer management, ecommerce having worked with eminent global companies in India and other international markets.

Previously, Manish was the Managing Director for Kenvue Philippines whereheled the region’s growth and expansion bringing robust technology-led data and insights to create long-term value for customers and the business.

In2018, Manish joined Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health (now Kenvue), as Vice President, Sales and ProfessionalMarketing for India and Southern Asia. In this role, hechampioneda digital-first approach in the sales function, spearheadedthe e-commerce business and rapidly scaled capabilitiesin the India business deliveringexceptional double-digit growth.

Prior to J&J, Manish worked with Colgate-Palmolive as Worldwide Director-Retail & Shopper Marketing and Customer Development Capabilities. During his tenure with the company, he developed long term sales strategies, people development and introduceddisruptive solutions to improve business efficiencies and profitability. Manish began his career with PepsiCo India.

Manish holds a degree in Electronics, and an MBA in Marketing and Leadership from the Tuck School of Business in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
Outside of work, Manish is an avid golfer and loves travelling.

Sapna Grover is the Partner Director at Microsoft. She is a thought Leader with wealth of Product & Organizational skills acquired over the past 28+ years. She has a perfect blend of visionary and executionist, with a “can do” attitude in every situation.

She comes with rich & diverse Product and Engineering experience spanning across startups, government, mid-sized, and large orgs.

She is active in startup ecosystem as angel investor, advisor, ran a startup and worked in a startup in the US.

She has lead sizable product teams across geographies. She has experience founding a global captive center and building teams from scratch, done as a founder of Pegasystems India.

Developed expertise in AI through Master’s in AI & driving AI features across Microsoft products, using AI to build accessible features in Windows,  driving AI for repository level complex coding & using AI for improving productivity.

She comes with an innovative mindeset, She spearheaded the Pega Innovation (PI) program, secured patents & won multiple hackathons,

Sapna is a passionate Yogi with advanced yoga teacher training certification, basic and advanced meditation from Art of Living, basic and advanced training on pranic healing. She taught Yoga at an institute on a pro bono basis for years.

She comes with excellent pedigree, she holds an engineering degree from HBTI, a master’s in IT from Harvard, a management program certificate from ISB-Kellogg’s, and a master’s in AI.

Arjun Nohwar is heading Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) across India & South Asia as the GM for the region, and also serve as the Co-Chair of FICCI’s Media & Entertainment Board in India.

Prior to this, he started and led Uber’s SaaS business across the Asia Pacific region, scaling it across 8 countries. Before Uber, he was a part of the distinguished TAS cadre at the Tata Group for a decade where I worked in Sales, Operations and Consulting roles across a variety of Tech and non-Tech sectors. I also spent a year at the Planning Commission of India (on secondment from TAS) working on the strategies and execution plans to spur Manufacturing growth in the country.

Shashi Sinha is an Indian executive who is the current CEO of the Indian arm of advertising company IPG. He is heading all the three media agencies of IPG in India namely, Lodestar, Initiative and BPN. He was featured in 2012 as the top 50 most powerful people in the city of Mumbai in a survey done by Daily News and Analysis newspaper. IAA India Chapter bestowed the prestigious ‘Media Person of the Year’ award on him in 2013. He was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award by IIM Bangalore in 2012.

Mukund Rajagopalan leads Boston Consulting Group’s Leadership and Talent Enablement Centre in Asia Pacific. He is a core member of the People & Organization practice and has worked with CEOs and leadership teams in global and regional corporations across Asia Pacific including companies in Australia, China, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, the Middle East, and India. He has also worked extensively in the US and UK.

Mr. Abhishek Karnani is a dynamic, socially mobile young person holding MBA from S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai. He is presiding over the Free Press Group of newspapers. He is actively involved with the operations of the group since 2002. He is spearheading marketing and branding of the newspaper. He strongly believes in innovations and finding solutions by thinking out of the box.

His practical approach to the business made the company’s sales turnover scaling new heights. He possess excellent communication skills and soft skill. He is an avid reader and horse riding is his passion. As a person he is deeply religious and offers an lending hand to the needy.

He sponsors Educational scholarships for deserving MBA students every year to promote Higher Education.

She established the first cognitive and neuroimaging laboratory in India at the National Brain Research Centre (NBRC) in India. Her research at NBRC focused on language, literacy, and music. Using behavioural and functional neuroimaging experiments, her laboratory sought to understand neurodiversity, especially children with autism and dyslexia.Since 2017, she has been at UNESCO MGIEP where she uses neuroscience to design courses for social and emotional learning using digital pedagogies. She has led the development of EMC2, a neuroscience based framework that builds SEL competencies of Empathy(E), Mindfulness (M), Compassion ( C) and Critical Inquiry (C). She is focused on designing new interactive curricula using innovative digital pedagogies like, digital games, digital dialogue to cultivate SEL and conducts cross-cultural research to assess their efficacy in school education systems.

Amit Mookim is the managing director at IQVIA South Asia, a Fortune 500 organization and leading healthcare, information, technology and research organization. He is an experienced business leader with a blend of consulting and operating experience in a career spanning 19 years with extensive work across Healthcare, Technology & Analytics and Private Equity Advisory. Amit has a successful track record of building healthcare businesses from the ground up, exceeding profitability goals, and driving increased revenue and market share. He assumed leadership roles early on in my career. At 32 he became one of the youngest Partners and Sector Head at KPMG, leading their Strategy and PE Advisory Practice in India, across Financial Services, IT/ITeS, Real Estate, Food with a special focus on Healthcare. He then went on to lead and set up KPMGs Healthcare business in India and then worked across AsPac Healthcare. He worked with International Healthcare businesses to help them enter & set up in India, advised Indian corporations on new Healthcare businesses, helped healthcare start-ups raise money & led International JVs and partnerships for healthcare companies. He is on the Board of several National Industry Forums on Healthcare & Private Equity/ Venture Investing.

Navaneeth L.V is currently the CEO at The Hindu. Prior to that, they were the Leader of the Trading and Investment practice at Mindshare from March 2016 to April 2019. L.V. has also held the position of Vice President of Programming at Sun TV Network Limited from September 2009 to September 2015, where they were responsible for content planning and delivery across all channels, as well as managing the programming and post production teams.

Ajay drives learning, talent management & leadership development processes for the group.

As part of his responsibilities, he leads Group learning and Gyanodaya ABG’s Learning University. In the area of Talent management Ajay leads Talent Council process, transition management, succession management & strategic workforce planning. As a part of his group head of learning role, Ajay looks at developing senior & future leaders of the group as well as shaping and building the virtual learning platform.

Earlier to joining Aditya Birla Group 10 years back, Ajay worked as the Practice Leader for Leadership Consulting – Asia Pacific, Aon. Prior to that Ajay worked in various operations & business management roles in HLL, ICI, L&T and HPCL.

Ajay, is B.Tech & MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad, has a passion for sharing his learnings and point of views with industry at large. In his Book “Manthan” – Art and Science of building leaders, he synthesized the contemporary research and ancient Indian wisdom to propose a “Three Dimension” model for Indian Leadership.

Reza Kabul established Reza Kabul Architects Pvt. Ltd. in 1988. In 2011, the studio marked its milestone of 25 years in the industry with the launch of Archlights, a The Times of India (Times Property) initiative that profiled and highlighted his contribution to architecture and real estate development. The four-paged edition featured Kabul’s projects, alongside testimonials from the construction industry members. The firm has now grown into an international practice with offices in Mumbai, Pune and San Francisco.

Awards :

• 2004 : Accommodation Times for The Best Architect of the Year.

• 2015 : The Johnson – Society Honours Award for Creative Excellence.

Mr. Parveen Chander Kumar is the Executive Vice President – Commercial, at The Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL).

Prior to his current role, Mr. Chander established an illustrious career spanning over three decades in multiple leadership roles across geographies at IHCL.

Known for his strategic acumen and exceptional execution capabilities, Mr. Kumar has consistently been at the forefront of cultivating meaningful relationships with a broad spectrum of stakeholders. His commitment to leveraging these relationships to elevate customer experiences has distinguished him as a leader in the hospitality industry.

Mr. Chander possesses an MBA in International Hospitality – Marketing and Innovation from the Glion Institute of Higher Education, Switzerland, alongside a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Delhi and a Diploma in Hotel Management from IHM Pusa. His journey with IHCL commenced in 1992 as a Hotel Operations Management Trainee, marking the beginning of a transformative career path characterized by remarkable achievements.