Bio

Gitanjali is a social entrepreneur and educationist. After having founded several business and social ventures, she is setting up Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh, as its Founding CEO & Dean. HIAL is an alternative institute for mountain development that aims to revolutionise higher education in India through the pedagogy of contextual and experiential learning that is trans-disciplinary. Gitanjali is a spiritual seeker with a deep interest in Indian Spirituality. She teaches Vedanta and the Gita in the Light of Sri Aurobindo. She is a Chevening fellow and is the recipient of the Women Transforming India national Award from the Government of India. Herself a mutifactedness person, a black belt in Karate, an Odissi and Russian Ballet dancer, she believes in holistic education that makes a complete person.