In the 15th episode of The Mindful Initiative podcast, host Nitesh Batra talks to Professor Mahadevan. He is a currently a Professor in Production and Operations Management  at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore. Professor Mahadevan’s research interests include researching the possibility of using ancient Indian wisdom to address contemporary concerns, spirituality in the work place, […]

In this 14th episode of The Mindful Initiative podcast, host Nitesh Batra talks to Gopi Krishnaswamy, a Mindfulness coach and a Zen practitioner, who walked away from a corporate life that was a diverse tapestry of experiences, to teach Mindfulness and help people transform their lives. Gopi is one of the first certified SIY teachers […]

  This episode of The Mindful Initiative podcast unravels the fascinating and inspiring story of Dr. Saamdu Chetri’s life. As the Executive Director and one of the principal architects of Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Center appointed by its President Princess Kezang Choden Wangchuck and her Board of Directors, Dr. Chetri’s is a phenomenal story as he […]

  From arriving as a Tibetan child refugee in India at a tender age of 1, to relocating to a children’s home in Shimla, to quitting formal school at 10 to adopt monkhood, to being called upon by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to be His interpreter, to earning a B.A and Ph.D from Cambridge […]