Facilitators – Inside-Out Leadership: Experiential Tools for Designing Transformative Classrooms

Mr Sri Hari Vittal & Ms Namrata Sri Hari | Co-Facilitators, The Vedic Pond

Mr Sri Hari Vittal 

Mr Sri Hari is a Seeker and a Storyteller. He is a student of Vedānta and Bhakti Sutras, where he anchors his worldview. His association with Chinmaya Yuva Kendra shaped his talents in instructional design and facilitation. Through his stint at NGOs like Bhumi & Udhyam he was able to tap into formal teaching pedagogies. He has touched the lives of 3000+ children over the past 5 years and seeks to both embody and transmit Bhāratiya wisdom in an authentic manner to the next generation. He founded an organization called The Vedic Pond in the year 2021, with an aspiration to make ancient indian wisdom relevant and accessible to young minds in today’s context. Through TVP, they are oering online courses, school workshops and oine reatreats/camps creating spaces for the discovery of Indian Knowledge Systems. 

Ms Namrata Sri Hari 

Ms Namrata is a student and instructor of Yoga in the T Krishnamacharya tradition. She is inspired to apply the principles of Yoga in the contemporary world in meaningful ways through dialogue, research and therapy. She loves drawing quintessential ideas from Indian Knowledge Systems and making them accessible and applicable to young minds in innovative ways. 

She is a Chartered Accountant by qualication and is pursuing a Master's degree in Samskrtam (Indic Knowledge Systems) from MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune. She joined The Vedic Pond journey in the year 2022 and has been anchoring programs around Yoga, Ayurveda and Nyaya ever since.