Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. C.S. and D.J. Davidson Professor at the Drucker and Ito School of Management and Director of the Quality of Life Research Center at Claremont Graduate University, CA. Previously, he was Chairman of Psychology Department at University of Chicago. His books include Flow, The Evolving Self, Creativity, Finding Flow, Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet (co-authored with Howard Gardener and William Damon), and Good Business: Flow, Leadership and the Making of Meaning.
Padmanabh S. Jaini. Professor Emeritus of Buddhist Studies, University of California at Berkeley. He is one of the leading scholars in the fields of Prakrit, Sanskrit, Pali, Buddhism, and Jainism. He has authored, translated and edited more than twenty scholarly books and eighty scholarly articles and book chapters. His scholarship offers significant original insights on the role of knowledge and compassion in achieving enduring happiness according to Jain and Buddhist traditions.
Prasad Kaipa. Advisor to CEOs and coach for senior executives in Fortune 500 companies. Kaipa helps his clients by focusing on “igniting their natural genius.” Kaipa is the author of Discontinuous Learning: Reflections on Aligning Life and Work (2005). Kaipa was formerly a senior manager in Apple, where he created an educational menu for Apple technical staff using innovative learning approaches. Later, as a research fellow in the Apple University, he was given the charter to help design ‘a learning processor that augments human intelligence.’ http://www.kaipagroup.com/
Satish Kumar. Program Director at Schumacher College in Great Britain and Editor of Resurgence magazine—thoughtful journal of ecology, the environment, new economics, and spiritual values. He is the author of Path Without Destination (autobiography), and You are Therefore I Am: A Declaration of Dependence. He is a trusted voice on the cutting edge of the environmental movement. He was given the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation International Award for Promoting Gandhian Values. http://www.resurgence.org/satish/index.htm
Nipun Mehta. The founder of CharityFocus.org, a fully volunteer-run organization that has delivered millions of dollars of web-related services to the nonprofit world for free. The recipient of the Jefferson Award for Public Service and the President's Volunteer Service Award, his work creatively leverages web technologies for collaborative and transformational giving, lending him insight into service, leadership, organizational design, and spirituality. He serves on the boards of the Seva Foundation, Silicon Valley Volunteer Center, and Airline Ambassadors. http://nipun.charityfocus.org/about/
James O’Toole. Research Professor, Center for Effective Organizations, University of Southern California, and Mortimer J. Adler Senior Fellow, the Aspen Institute. He is the author of 14 books, including Vanguard Management, named by Business Week as one of the best business and economics books of 1985. His most recent books are Leading Change (1995), Leadership A to Z (1999), and Creating the Good Life: Applying Aristotle’s Wisdom to Find Meaning and Happiness (2005).
Neerja Raman. Director, Strategic Planning for Imaging and Printing at HP Labs. She spearheaded the HP Arts and Science program which aims to promote cultural understanding. Raman is the author of The Practice and Philosophy of Decision Making: A Seven Step Spiritual Guide (2003). She was featured at the authors' expo, "Books that Empower Women" at the 2004 Women in Technology International (WITI) conference and in 2005 inducted into the Hall of Fame for her visionary leadership and community service. http://www.hpl.hp.com/about/bios/neerja_raman.html
Lloyd Rudolph. Professor of Political Science Emeritus, University of Chicago. He is co-author with Susanne Hoeber Rudolph of Reversing the Gaze: Amar Singh's Diary, A Colonial Subject's Narrative of Imperial India and of the recently published Postmodern Gandhi and Other Essays: Gandhi in the World and at Home.
Susanne Rudolph. Professor of Political Science emerita, University of Chicago. She has served as president of the American Political Science Association and the Association of Asian Studies. Among the books she has co-authored with Lloyd I Rudolph are: In Pursuit of Lakshmi: the Political Economy of the Indian State; The Modernity of Tradition; Gandhi: The Traditional Roots of Charisma.
Vandana Shiva. A physicist, ecologist, activist, author of many books, Dr. Shiva is the Director of Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology in India. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious Right Livelihood Award. Her most recent books are Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge, Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply and Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace.
Michael Tobias. President of the Dancing Star Foundation, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation devoted to animal welfare, international biodiversity conservation and environmental education. Author of 30 books, director and/producer of nearly 100 films, documentaries and T.V. series. His work has taken him to 60 countries. For his passionate commitment to animal rights, Dr. Tobias was honored with the international “Courage of Conscience Award.”