Trustees and Members

Commodore H G Harsha served the Indian Navy as a Nuclear Submariner in various positions including Director, Naval Technical Group and DGM (Planning and IT), before retiring as Commodore in 2008. Since then his contribution to the mainstream society has been an eclectic mix of responsibilities in the corporate realm as well as in the social and developmental sector.
As Functional Domain Consultant with Tata Consultancy Services from 2008-2018 he was instrumental in the design, development, integration and testing of Control systems for complex underwater platforms on Mil-grade hardware.
Actively involved in the Art of Living activities since 2001, he has held key positions in the operations, IT and administration in the Organisation for over a decade. He was instrumental in the design and implementation of mobile and web-based applications for national outreach being used by over 20,000+ Teachers. He is involved in numerous social projects including river rejuvenation; model villages in collaboration with various state governments; sanitation, natural resource management and education in rural India; women empowerment and campaigns on substance abuse. He was a member of the core committee at the historical Art of Living Silver Jubilee celebrations at Bangalore – 2006 and the landmark Art of Living World Culture Festival at Delhi – 2016.
As Chairman & Managing Trustee, Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir Trust, Commodore H G Harsha brings his expertise and experience to strengthen the vision of taking the group of SSRVM Institutions to a new level of excellence.

Smt. Rajita was the Trustee of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Vidya Mandir from 2009-13 and again from April 2017.  Smt. Rajita guides the strategy, academics and administration of these institutions ensuring value based, holistic and stress-free education to children and young adults. As the President of World Forum for Ethics in Business (WFEB) – Brussels, Belgium. Smt. Rajita leads a global Board of Directors comprising Members of European Parliament, CEOs, and international experts from business and development. Smt. Rajita took over as the President of the prestigious Sri Sri University in India in April 2017. Before that, she served as a member of the Board of Governors of Sri Sri University from 2009. Smt. Rajita is a certified Integral Associate Coach by Integral CoachingCanada (www.integralcoachingcanada.com). Ved Vigan Maha Vidya Peeth – India, As the Governor of Finance she oversees the administration of 425 educational institutions in India that reach free education to over 55000 children 20 states of India. She supports and guides the team in forging collaborations, fund raising and financial governance. As a member of the Board of Art of Living Health and Education Trust – Washington, USA(AOLHET), Smt. Rajita is involved in supporting the mandate of holistic education around the world.
Citibank, N A.- Asia Pacific Region – Before committing her life to the full-time service of society in 2010, Smt. Rajita was a banker for 18 years with Citi. She held many international leadership positions in her career, last of which was Asia Pacific Head of Customer Advocacy & Training for the Retail Assets Business of Citibank. Her portfolio responsibility was annual revenues of 750 million US dollars, 16000 employees and over 800 branches across 12 countries.Smt. Rajita has authored a book “The Gift of Life” an anthology of poems and co-authored two books “VasudhaivaKutumbakam – One World Family” and “The Great Women of India”.Thousands of readers find inspiration in her writings on life and leadership on her blog rajitakulkarni.blogspot.com
Rajita is a humanitarian, an educationist, a writer, a global leader and a leadership coach President, World Forum for Ethics Business(www.wfeb.org), President, Sri Sri University(www.srisriuniversity.edu.in), Trustees Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir Trust(www.ssrvm.org), CEO TLEX Europe and Asia(www.tlexinstitute.com), Board Member, AOL Health and Education Trust(http://www.artoflivinghet.org), Governor of Finance VedVignanMaha Vidya Peeth(www.vvmvp.org)

Ms. Jaina Desai is a lawyer by profession and has dedicated her life for the part 15 years to the cause of the Art of Living founded by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. A deep believer in the role of spirituality, human values and inner peace in solving societal conflicts, Jaina is a Director of the Art of Living. She is trustee of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Vidya Mandir Schools which run 95 educational institutions in India, the Middle East and Nepal. She also serves on the Governing Board of Sri Sri University in Odisha, India. She has headed the Secretariat of Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar with a special focus on International Affairs and Digital Media Communications for the last 13 years having a vast experience in the area of International Relations.
She is a teacher of the Art of Meditation and the Happiness program of the Art of Living and often teaches in Europe. Jaina has been a speaker and moderator at several editions of the International Women’s Conferences of the Art of Living. She has represented the International Association for Human Values at several seminars and conferences including the Global Network for Rights & Freedom’s Geneva Conference in February 2015.
Jaina has been Director of the Art of Living Silver Jubilee, 30th and 35th anniversary events held in Bangalore, Berlin and New Delhi respectively.An avid reader and well-versed in 5 languages, she lives at the Art of Living centre in Bangalore, India.