Hari Kiran

Hari Kiran Vadlamani ( Hari) is a Chartered Accountant by qualification and a serial entrepreneur, having been involved in four ventures in Technology and Energy sectors.

He is deeply passionate about Art, Philosophy and Indian Cultural Heritage and is a Dharmic- Indic Liberal.

In 2015 he transformed himself into a Social Entrepreneur pursuing the preservation, protection and promotion of Indian Heritage. He founded INDICA ( www.indica.in) and NICE (www.niceorg.in) , both not for profits in the area of Cultural Education and Entrepreneurship.

Hari brings in an entrepreneurial mindset to his work of delivering indigenous knowledge as a service, product or an experience by incubating a portfolio of ideas, rapid prototyping, absorbing failures, applying a three horizon framework, thinking of scale etc.

Having the mindset of a venture investor, Hari is focussed on backing passionate individuals. He encourages, enables and empowers them to discover, nurture and express their creative potential. He believes in transforming the narrator and not the narrative.

A strong advocate of pluralism, Hari envisions a vibrant ecosystem of diverse set of players and ideas and seeks to build the enabling infrastructure.

Hari believes that Indian thought and the indigenous way of life from various global traditions have solutions to some of the key challenges we face today, especially sustainability, happiness, well-being and peace. He is working on developing the requisite institutional mechanisms that can transform a billion global consumers into conscious thinkers, entrepreneurs, leaders and most importantly seekers.

He has developed a unique six dimensional integral strategy for pursuing this vision.

Prasad Kaipa

Prasad was introduced to Sanskrit and Vedic studies very early in his childhood. He got a Ph. D. in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai (1983) and ended up in University of Utah where he became an assistant professor of radiation physics. His studied effects of radiation from atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Thru this work, he developed scientific frameworks and empathy and compassion for human suffering. He was also introduced to Apple Macintosh in Utah and that led to Prasad joining Apple as technology advisor first and later became a fellow in Apple University. His focus was on research tools to augment human learning and creativity.

His work in Apple unexpectedly led him to interview many Nobel laureates, spend time with brain researchers and finally reconnect to Upanishads and other texts that focus on human consciousness and methods of knowledge.

Since 1990, Prasad has been studying the intersection of business, spirituality and science/technology and apply what he has been learning to his teaching in business schools, coaching C-suite executives and developing frameworks for wisdom and inner transformation.

Prasad has been focusing on non-profits since 2019 and has been on the boards of North South Foundation, Intellect Design Arena, Society of Org. Learning, International Leadership Association, Sanskrita Bharati (USA) and Yoga Bharathi. He is also closely involved with Center for Consciousness Studies and Inner Transformation and Indic Academy. He has written three books on wisdom, Learning and disabled entrepreneurs and they have been translated into half a dozen languages.

In the area of consciousness, Prasad has worked with Conscious Capitalism group (through Fetzer Memorial Trust), gave seminars on conscious leadership, and working with Raghu Ananthanarayan and Center for Consciouness Studies and Inner Transformation to develop Yogic Presence, Yogi Coach and Yogi leadership models with programs.

Sai Sambat

Sai Sambat is a servant of the Divine with a unwavering commitment to experiencing wholeness, in oneself and others. His psycho-spiritual evolution spans three decades.

In the early 1990’s intense process-work over five years at Indian Society for Individual and Social Development (ISISD) enabled him to dissolve much of psychological conditioning and to embark on a life-long spiritual journey. His close association with realized Spiritual Masters has provided him with the gifts of nonevaluative and non-judgmental awareness and evolved levels of psycho- spiritual, socio-cultural and ecological coherence. He has spiritually anchored cross- cultural experience at a global level as well.

During his long tenure in development sector since 1995, Sai has served as the Chairman of the Constitution Committee, Indian Society for Individual and Social Development (ISISD) (1995 – 1996) and as the General Secretary of a non-profit organisation (2003 – 2023) on a voluntary basis. He was also engaged in Community Building and Market Development for Bell Metal Craftsmen in Kerala.

Sai’s professional expertise encompasses Learning Architecture, Leadership Development, Knowledge Management and Organisational Development.

Sai had served as the Head of Knowledge Management and Leadership Development at Pegasus Academy & Consulting (2013 – 2020). Amongst other things, he has co-created an Organisational Cone Model for achieving Value – Culture –Strategy Alignment in collaboration with a client. He has also developed a robust framework for the Assessment and Alignment of Organisational Values.

As a Leadership Development & Organizational Effectiveness Consultant, Sai enables people and organisations to discover innate potential and leverage it towards greater efficacy, excellence and results. He also assists organisations at capability building through an integrated approach encompassing purpose, vision, strategy, structure, process, people and culture.

He is a graduate in Production Engineering from NIT, Tiruchirappalli and has a Masters in HRM&OD from XLRI, Jamshedpur.

Currently, Sai Sambat serves as a Co-founder of Institute of Indic Wisdom (IIW). Under IIW’s Advisory & Consulting vertical he has been providing strategic advisory, coaching and mentoring services to Pakka Limited, Ayodhya. He also serves as a Founding Member of United Council for Ancient Wisdom (UCAW).

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