Kailash Joshi, Ph.D., is a co-founder of HSCI and a retired IBM executive. He has devoted over 10-years in helping build and grow HSCI as a member of the extraordinary volunteer team. His career of several decades has covered academics, executive managing positions and mentoring of entrepreneurs and startups. He has also devoted significant efforts and time to community causes such as being a co-founder of TiE (www.TiE.org) and AIF (www.aif.org) and helping build half a dozen other public service and educational organizations. Mr. Joshi holds a BE degree from IISC, Bangalore, an MS degree from Washington State University, Ph.D. degree from Cornell University, and DSc (Hon.) from Garhwal University, India. Mr. Joshi draws great satisfaction from his family and friends network.

Gaurav Rastogi is an entrepreneur with twenty+ years of executive experience in Infosys and AI startups. He is passionate about building HSCI as a school for Karma Yoga, while putting the richness of the Hindu tradition to work in improving the quality of life in the community. He is an interfaith Hindu leader, a Dhyana meditation and yoga teacher (ERYT500®), and Founder of Living Deeply Foundation (livingdeeply.institute). He is the author of three business books, one eBook on meditation, and a running podcast on meditation. Mr Rastogi holds a Mechanical Engineering undergrad from Delhi Technological University (DCE), and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. He loves to teach, write and create wonderful things that make the world a better place. His next project is Ekrasworks, which combines workplace technology with spiritual techniques.  He lives in the Bay Area with his wife, son and daughter. 

Dr Punit Mahendru retired from Kaiser Permanente Psychiatry Department  where she worked as a senior staff  psychologist for over 20 years. She is currently involved in programs to increase awareness of mental health and wellness in the Bay Area. She is a board member and Resident Faculty at Hindu Spiritual Care Institute (HSCI) and facilitates behavioral health  programs at CWC, a wellness organization. 

Dr. Mahendru also maintains a small private practice working with adults that need guidance during difficult or transitional periods of their life. Her therapeutic approach is integrative,  combining evidence-based therapy techniques with alternative and holistic approaches such as mindfulness, life style modification and spirituality. Dr Mahendru did her Ph.D. from Rutgers University in New Jersey and her M.Phil. from National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences in Bangalore, India. 

​Mangala Kumar earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Bangalore University and for over 25 years held Senior Management positions in Product Management, Marketing and Business Development while at Nortel, Siemens Communications and Aspect Communications. She is involved with several Bay are Non-profit community service organizations such as One School at a time (OSAAT.org) and Sukham (sukham.org), and served as Executive Director of India Community Service Center (ICSC) and Senior Director of Programs at India Community Center. She feels very blessed to be able to use her time and energy to serve the community. Mangala lives in the Bay area with her husband and son.

Naras Bhat, MD FACP, is a doctor, professor, author and leader. As a doctor, he is a board-certified specialist in Internal Medicine, Obesity Medicine, Sleep Medicine, Metabolic Cardiology, Allergy and Immunology, and Biofeedback. He practices integrative medicine at Concord, Antioch, and Walnut Creek, CA. He is a pioneer in detecting and treating coronary artery disease in Indian diaspora. He is one of the founders of South Asian Heart Center. He teaches at Saybrook University, UC Berkeley, and Better Physiology Institute (https://www.bp.edu/). In his spare time, he teaches tennis, skiing, and swimming to his grandchildren, and lectures with his wife on health, happiness and heart disease.