Dr. Merchant is Trustee of the Lotus Temple & National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of India & Chairman, Bahá’í Spiritual Assembly of Delhi; General Secretary, The Temple of Understanding—India; Associate Secretary General, Global Warming Reduction Centre, New Delhi; Visiting Faculty, Centre for Cultural Resources & Training, New Delhi. He is the author of more than 200 articles and research papers and three monographs: (1) Communal Harmony–India’s Greatest Challenge (2) Hindu Dharma Evam Baha’i Dharma (3) Five Basic Human Values & the Baha’i Faith. He is widely traveled, having visited some 40 countries for professional work and as a tourist. Email:/ Telephones: 91-11-29237919 / +9810441360

Pravrajika  Brahmaprana has been a nun of the Vedanta Society of Southern California since January 1973. In 2008 she was posted as the resident minister at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of North Texas. Baptized and raised in the Episcopal Church, she first learned about Vedanta in the late 1960s, through a Comparative Religions course at Occidental College in Los Angeles. After visiting the Vedanta Temple in Hollywood, she later joined the Vedanta Convent in Santa Barbara, where she spent most of her monastic life.

Dr. Ranvir Pahwa is working in human health for over three decades. He has PhD in Toxicopathology of East Indian Medicinal Plants. He is a Doctor of Natural Medicine (DNM). He practices Ayurvedic medicine, Herbology, Homeopathy, Nutrition, and Acupuncture. Dr. Pahwa is a Professional Affiliate with University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada. He is a part-time Professor at the University of Natural Medicine, NM, USA, where He teaches online Ayurveda, Natural medicine, and Longevity and Anti-aging courses. In 2010, Association of Ayurvedic Professionals of North America awarded Dr. Pahwa “Atreya Award” for excellence in Ayurvedic Practice. Dr Pahwa is an author of   “Healthy Cooking,”  “Home Remedies from India,” “Ayurvedic Medicine – Top Ten Herbs,” Ayurveda –An Introduction and ‘Women’s Health – Natural Remedy”

Dr. Sunita Singh Sengupta is the Founder & Honorary Convener of ISOL Foundation, ISOL Research Foundation and ISOL Global Foundation. She is currently a Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, India. Prior to this she worked for about 10 years as an Associate Professor in the Behavioural Sciences Group at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. She is a recipient of many distinguished awards including Homi Bhabha Fellowship. Dr. Singh Sengupta is the Founder Editor of two bi-annual international journals, i.e, International Journal on Spirituality and Organizational Leadership and International Journal on Vedic Foundations of Management. Her areas of research includes Vedic Foundations of Indian Management, Creative Intelligence and Intuition, Energy Based Leadership Styles; Creating Energy at Workplace; Neuro psychological Bases of Triguna, to name a few. An author of 25 books and more than four dozen articles in national and international journals of repute she is a widely traveled scholar and has lectured in various universities and business schools in different parts of the USA, Europe and the UK.

Padamshree Dr. Anil P Joshi is popular by name “Mountain man” for his services to Himalaya. His endeavour to acknowledge Himalayan contribution in building ecology, economy and spirituality has pulled large attention of society. He is the one who pushed to celebrate Himalayan Day (Sep 9^th) as a tribute to this mighty mountain system. His work is vast in various discipline and spread to various parts of the country for social welfare.

Prof. B.D.Joshi, a UGC BSR Emeritus Professor Fellow, founder of Indian Academy of Environmental Sciences and Himalayan Journal of Environment and Zoology, has authored/ edited 10 books. He is president of IAES and editor in chief of the Journal. Prof. Joshi has been President of Zoological Soc. Of India for 2005-Sectional President in the section of Animal, veterinary and Fisheries sciences of Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata, during 2004-0 5.

Prof. K. S. Kannan has taught Sanskrit for over 35 years, and authored around 25 books pertaining to Sanskrit grammar, literature etc. He has presented papers in many national and international conferences. He has given invited talks at prestigious institutions like Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore), Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore), Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (New Delhi), Indian Institute of World Culture (Bangalore), and recently at the International Gita Forum (Singapore). He has served as the Director of Karnataka Sanskrit University (Bangalore), and is currently Professor at Jain University (Bangalore).

Prof. Kapil Kapoor is an Indian scholar of linguistics and literature and an authority on Indian intellectual traditions.He is former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and served as professor at the Centre for Linguistics and English, and Concurrent Professor at the Centre for Sanskrit Studies there before retiring in 2005. He is Editor-in-Chief of the 11-Volume Encyclopedia of Hinduism published by Rupa& Co. in 2012. Prof. Kapil Kapoor is a prolific writer on Indian Knowledge Systems. Currently he is Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalalya.

Shatavadhani R. Ganesh is a practitioner of the art of avadhana, a polyglot, an author in Sanskrit andKannada and an extempore poet in multiple languages. He has performed more than 1000 avadhanas, in Kannada, Sanskrit,Telugu, and Prakrit. He is known for extempore composition of poetry (āśukavita) during these performances, and even of chitrakavya. He is the only Śatāvadhāni from Karnataka.. He has so far written three books dealing with his Shatavadhanas, Shatavadhana Sharade, Shatavadhana Srividye and ” Sataavadhaana shaashvati” so as to groom future avadhanis, besides his D. Litt thesis The Art of Avadhana in Kannada and the forthcoming Avadhana Sahasra.

Ramasurbramaniam, Shankar is former Professor  & Head  of Department of Architecture and Planning, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. His field of interest and work include Architecture and Settlement Planning with Special reference to Energy, Environmental and Ecological Aspects    Sustainable Development and Traditional Knowledge Systems of India.  Besides teaching and research at IIT Roorkee for  37 years, Prof R Shankar has been involved in various govt., non-govt and academic institutions as visiting professor, member of advisory and academic committees, and technical expert. He is now a visiting professor at IIT Roorkee.