Gautam Chellaram is an industrialist of repute in the shipping industry and currently directs the commercial operations of KC Maritime from Hong Kong. With a strong background in commerce and people management, Gautam brings to the SSRVM Trust international experience, scalable growth and professional management. He joined KC Maritime in 2001 and was appointed Commercial Director in 2005.

Commander Suresh graduated from the National Defence Academy, Pune and is the recipient of the President's Sword of Honour for being the All Round Best Naval Officer in 1961. He has fought three major wars, i.e. 1961 Goa Liberation, 1965 and in the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War, was awarded the Vishishta Seva Medal by the President of India. Operations. He is a qualified Master Mariner (India) and Master Mariner (U.K.). He is an Art of Living Teacher since 2000 and an Advanced course teacher since 2008.. During Guruji's visit in 2006, as the Chief Convener, he was responsible for co-coordinating and staging 1200 'Mohiniyattom Dancers' in a single stage which won the entry into the Guinness World Record Book. He is also the Chairman of the Apex Body of Kerala in June, 2007 to look after all the SSRVM Schools in Kerala.

Ravindra Prasad A mechanical engineer by profession, he has been associated with His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji's Art of Living organisation for the last 13 years, teaching courses in many countries across the globe. He is specially trained to conduct the workshops for Corporates and post-workshop many of them are now leading stress-free lives. He is also a teacher of Divya Samaj Nirman, a unique program designed by His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar which make people mentally strong and to face any situation that comes their way.

Rajita Kulkarni: A banker by profession for the last 17 years, Rajita Kulkarni currently holds the position of Asia Pacific head for training and customer advocacy for a premier international financial services leader. Throughout her career she has held leadership positions across diverse functions. In the last five years she has been instrumental in leading over 5000 workshops around the world, for over 100,000 participants, with over 1 million man hours of training. She is considered an expert in facilitating training with the use of adult learning techniques .She has to her credit the design of 85 management exercises & games released in a book "Focus Forward". She has won over 17 awards for professional excellence in her field.

Rajita is also a deeply spiritual person and has been associated with the Art of Living Foundation for over 14 years in a honorary capacity. A certified teacher of the Art of Living , the Apex (Achieving Personal Excellence) & the Sahaj Samadhi Meditation courses, she has traveled around the world teaching people how to rid themselves of their stress and live a healthy happy life.

She is deeply involved in the foundations' service projects and holds important administrative positions on the board of its main international and India trusts

Board Member:
Art of Living Health and Education Trust, constituted in USA.

Board Member:
World Forum for Ethics in Business, founded in Belgium.

Governor:
Ved Vignan Maha Vidya Peeth and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Trust.

Trustee:
Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir.

Core Committee Member:
Sri Sri University.

Trustee:
Ved Vignan Maha Vidya Peeth (2006-2009).

An orator par excellence, she has been instrumental in hosting and moderating many international conferences. Significant among them are:

• 3 Corporate Culture and Spirituality Leadership Symposiums in the European Parliament in Brussels 2006,2008 & 2009.
• The International Conference on Human Values Bangalore 2005.
• 2 International Women's Conferences 2005, 2007, 2009.
• The Art of Living Silver Jubilee Celebrations with 2.5 million people in attendance.
• She has interacted with numerous world leaders from politics, academics, business and spirituality to represent the foundation for its service projects.
• She was conferred the 2009 Vishalakshi Award for Excellence and yeoman service to society.

Rajita was caught in the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on the night of 26/11/2008. She and her husband Ajay were rescued after 15 hours in captivity. Thanks to her spiritual practices, instead of trauma, creativity has sprung out in her and she has penned down her deepest thoughts in poems. This collection of 26 poems has been compiled in a book titled "The Gift of Life". These heart rending poems give a strong message to the world. A message, that violence, hatred and terrorism has no place in our lives.

Rajita lives with her husband Ajay in Mumbai, India

Manish Poddar is an industrialist of repute in the Jute Industry & the Real Estate business and is currently Managing Director of Budge Budge Co. Ltd. The Company has an annual turnover of Rs.1000 million. He is also Director of Pam Infrastructure Projects Ltd a real-estate development company in Kolkata and Chairman of Indian Jute Mills Association, Kolkata. He is the Constituted Attorney of Sri Sri Academy, Kolkata a High School in Alipore, Kolkata under the roof of Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir Trust.

Shantanu Prakash founded Educomp Solutions Limited in 1995, a few years after acquiring an MBA degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. The company employs over 10,000 people across 21 offices in India, two global development centers and offices in the US and Singapore and Canada. Educomp is the leader in education content, professional development, online learning and the first company to set up high quality schools across the country. Educomp was chosen as the "FUTURE TITAN"; one of the 10 hottest companies in India by Outlook Business Magazine in November 2006. Educomp was also featured in Forbes "Best Under a Billion" list in October 2008.

Bindya Jain is an Industrialist, She has travelled extensively across the globe working effortlessly for the upliftment of human values.