Ravi Swaminathan has had a rich corporate career spanning more than three decades 

across multiple industries. He was the President at Hewlett-Packard India and retired as the Managing Director of AMD India. Ravi has been a visiting faculty member at IIM Ahmedabad and has delivered guest lectures at a number of institutions. He is a chemical technologist with an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and has completed an AMP from INSEAD, France. He is currently an advisor and mentor to Rishihood University. With a deep interest in spirituality, Ravi shares his understanding of the essence of dharma and brings his extensive insights from the corporate world to explore what it takes to lead a rich and empowered life in today’s world—drawing from dharmic traditions. 

Ananth is a doctoral scholar at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. A graduate of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, and SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai, he previously worked in the consumer tech startup space. His longstanding fascination with Indian itihāsa and purānas has led him to reinterpret these narratives for contemporary readers on his blog for more than a decade. His creative interests include Carnatic percussion and poetry inspired by Indian cultural motifs, and he occasionally photographs historic spaces and traditions.