Radhika is a visionary leader with a passion for innovation and an entrepreneurial mindset. As the Founder & CEO of the Institute of Inner Wellbeing & Excellence (IIWE), she has created a cutting-edge organization that empowers individuals and organizations to achieve optimal mental and emotional well-being, develop essential soft skills, and build resilience.
As CEO, she partners with people and organizations to promote mindful and reflective leadership, create thriving and inclusive workplaces, reduce the risk of voluntary attrition, and unlock collective intelligence to address organization and global challenges.Her book, "Just Breathe, the most powerful tool for self-transformation," addresses the fundamental question - "how do we find peace, permanence, and certainty in a world that is, by its very nature, volatile, impermanent, and uncertain?" Her deep interest in people's emotional relationship with the physical environment led to a thought leadership series that addresses inside-out sustainability as a key driver for sustainable development and impactful leadership. She has started building momentum by presenting these ideas at prestigious academic institutions, conferences, and leadership forums.
Her extensive 25-year journey with mindfulness and inner development has included studying with world-renowned yoga and meditation masters to cultivate the body, mind, and emotions and foster mental resilience.Companies founded: 1997 - Blue Chip Telecom, Inc., a Silicon Valley-based telecom company that built voice and data networks; 2010 - The Yogacara Institute, a holistic wellness institute integrated into India's rich yoga and meditation traditions; 2021 - The Institute of Inner Well-Being & Excellence, empowering people and organizations to live their purpose and create a better world. She lives and works between Mumbai and New York.
Gerard is a leader with a passion for unlocking the potential of individuals, groups, and organizations. He has a background in aligning teams in a purpose-driven work environment that integrates with business objectives. He aims to create agile cultures that align human capital with the strategy and purpose of the organization, moving toward more sustainable and productive ways of living and working.
Gerard is a seasoned and innovative leader with an entrepreneurial spirit and a progressive mindset. He has spent a significant part of his career with AON as the CIO of Business Systems and Solutions, Asia. In this role, he was responsible for developing and deploying a regional strategy that included people, processes, and alignment of all lines of business in 14 different countries.Gerard is committed to delivering science-based insights to create practical and workable applications and interventions for the future of work. He is experienced in leading digital transitions, innovations, and disruptions. In 2010, he served as a guest lecturer at the Master's program for Innovation & Change at the Zuyd University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.
Gerard is a member of the management team at the IIWE, where he serves as a leader coach and systems thinker, driving organizational development, talent, and people strategy. His goal is to help the IIWE achieve its mission of harnessing the power of human potential and collective intelligence to address challenges faced by organizations and humanity.
Vivienne understands what it takes for organizations to build engaged teams in purposeful, value-driven work from the ground up. She also understands growth challenges, motivating, and supporting teams to collaborate, innovate and excel in a culture of pride and ownership.
Prior to joining The Institute IWE, Vivienne worked in the telecommunication, banking and insurance industries where she focused on Project Management, Business Development and Administration.
She earned her MBA from the University of New Orleans and a Bachelors Degree in Administrative Management from the University of Technology, Jamaica. Vivienne also received her PMP designation in 2017. She has been invited to speak at a number of educational sessions focused on communication and project management.
She also enjoys working with young adults in exploring higher education, business ideas, and entrepreneurship opportunities.
Sridhar is a valuable member of the volunteer distinguished academic team at the Institute. He plays a crucial role in designing research projects, developing ethical research methodologies, establishing standards for data collection, and creating the philosophical construct of human health and well-being.
Sridhar has been at the forefront of health ethics and global health for over 25 years. He is an academic educator, researcher, and public/global health practitioner. At Harvard, he worked with the late Arjun Sengupta, UN Independent Expert on the Right to Development, in conceptualizing its philosophical and ethical framework. He was also a pioneer of the health and human rights movement as the first researcher at Human Rights Watch to examine HIV/AIDS and other health issues directly as human rights concerns.
Currently, Sridhar is an Associate Professor and Deputy Director at King's College London, Global Health Institute. He holds several degrees in a range of disciplines, including Political Philosophy (Ph.D., Cambridge), Public Health (MSc, Harvard), Sociology (MPhil, Cambridge), and International Relations (BA, Brown). He has won numerous awards, scholarships, fellowships, and grants.
Sridhar has also worked with a range of international organizations, including the World Health Organization, the Open Society Institute, the Population Council, and Doctors of the World-USA.
Vansa is a sociologist and demographer with expertise in social and behavioral measurement, program evaluation, and measuring the effectiveness of programs and policies on institutional culture and climate. She has over ten years of experience in survey construction, analysis, and impact assessment, with a focus on efficient and actionable data collection.
Vansa plays a crucial role in designing research projects, developing ethical research methodologies, and establishing standards for data collection and analysis. In her work, she is driven by two overarching questions: for whom, and under what conditions. The answers to these questions allow her to guide organizations toward maximizing their impact.
Vansa is currently completing her Ph.D. at Texas A&M University. She holds a BA from Trinity University and a Masters from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Alaokika Bharwani is a Clinically Trained Psychotherapist and Mental Health Consultant who has trained in India and the U.S. She has worked under some of the top professionals in the field, and has undergone specialty training at the premier Albert Ellis Institute, New York and the Beck Institute, Philadelphia in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Alaokika helps identify thinking, emotional, and behavioral patterns that impact a person's ability to cope with the ordinary demands of daily life. High stress, low mental health, and depression are often caused by limiting belief systems, unhappiness, and de-motivation.
She plays an integral role at the Institute IWE with advising on mental health data, and guiding the development of our interventions and strategies to support people in their journey to attaining high levels of mental-emotional-social health and well-being.
We are led by experienced practitioners, renowned academics, researchers and statisticians who provide guidance, education and training based on their expertise, thorough data analysis and a focus on measurable progress towards well-being.
Our mission is to empower individuals and organizations to reach their full potential and live purposeful, productive and sustainable lives.
By fostering human flourishing, collective intelligence, and collaboration, we are committed to building a brighter future for all.
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