Dr. A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM

Hon’ble Former President of India

Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen (A.P.J.) Abdul Kalam (October 15, 1931 – July 27, 2015) was an eminent aerospace scientist, educator, and statesman who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. Revered worldwide as the "Missile Man of India" and affectionately remembered as the "People’s President," Dr.Kalam played a pivotal role in shaping India's space program and defense technological capabilities. Born into a humble Tamil Muslim family in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu.For nearly four decades, Dr. Kalam worked as a scientist and administrator, mainly at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Dr. Kalam extended his scientific expertise into low-cost biomedical technology.Sworn in on July 25, 2002, as India’s 11th President with broad cross-party support. Dubbed the "People's President" for his humility, open-door approach at Rashtrapati Bhavan, and deep focus on connecting with youth and children.Following his presidential tenure, Dr. Kalam devoted his life to academia, writing, and inspiring youth.He served as a visiting professor at top institutes, including IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Shillong, and Anna University.DR. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was awarded the Padma Bhushan(1981), Padma Vibhushan(1990), Bharat Ratna(1997),King Charles II Medal(2007) &Hoover Medal (2008), and over 40 honorary doctorates from universities across the globe.

SHRI PRANAB MUKHERJEE

Hon’ble Former President of India

Shri Pranab Mukherjee (11 December 1935 – 31 August 2020) was an eminent Indian statesman, politician, and scholar who served as the 13th President of India from 2012 to 2017. Spanning over five decades, his political career made him one of the most respected parliamentarians and key troubleshooters in Indian politics. Started his career as a college lecturer and journalist before entering full-time political life. Inducted into Parliament in 1969 as a member of the Rajya Sabha, Mukherjee became a close trusted lieutenant of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.Over the decades, he holds the rare distinction of having managed four of the most critical Union Cabinet portfolios.Elected as President of India in July 2012, he was often referred to as the "People's President" for transforming the Rashtrapati Bhavan into a more accessible public estate, restoring historic heritage, and fostering student-centric initiatives.Shri Pranab Mukherjee was awarded the Padma Vibhushan (2008)and Bharat Ratna (2019),authored several books on the Indian economy, political history, and parliamentary affairs.

Shri Ram Nath Kovind

Hon’ble Former President of India

Ram Nath Kovind (born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 14th president of India from 2017 to 2022. He is the first person from Uttar Pradesh to serve as President of India. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and also the first person from BJP to become the President of India. Prior to his presidency, he served as the 26th Governor of Bihar from 2015 to 2017.He also served as a Member of Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2006. Before entering politics, he was a lawyer for 16 years and practised in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India until 1993. He has served on the Board of management of Dr. B.R Ambedkar University, Lucknow, and on the Board of Governors of IIM Calcutta. He has also represented India at the UN and addressed the United Nations General Assembly in October 2002.

Acharya Dr. Lokesh Muniji Maharaj

Acharya Dr. Lokesh Muniji Maharaj’s contribution towards Peace Education is an integration of age-old meditation and Yoga with current scientific research. Acharya Dr. Lokesh Muni was honored with’ Ambassador of Peace’ by Universal Peace Federation in Interfaith Conference 2014 organised at United Nations. In the year 2010 Acharya Dr. Lokesh Muni was awarded ‘National Communal Harmony Award’ by Government of India, Honorable Vice President of India Mohd. Hamid Ansari and then Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh honored Acharya Ji with the award. In 2006, Hon'ble Smt. Pratibha Patil conferred the famous 'Ethical Honor' of Gulzarilal Nanda Foundation to Acto Acharya Lokesh. In the year 2007 the honorary degree of 'Doctorate' was conferred on Acharya Lokesh Muni by the Indian Board of alternative medicines. Acharya Ji has made endless efforts to establish Bhagwan Mahavir values of Non-violence,

Haji Syed Salman Chishty

Haji Syed Salman Chishty is born on 9th March 1982 among the “Syed o Saddat” and “Chishty Sufi family of Ajmer Sharif” whose lineage goes back all the way to The Holy Prophet of Islam Hz.SYEDNA MOHAMME through HIS blessed grandson Hz.SYEDNA IMAM HUSSAIN (A.S.) He being the 26th Generation Gaddi-Nashin (Hereditary Custodians/Key Holders) through His Chishty family which has been engaged in serving at the globally famed, acknowledged and renowned center of Peace and Unity for the whole of Humanity – THE BLESSED .He, since early age has been passionate about the World Sufi Spiritual Traditions with special focus on Chishty Sufi Order. He has been completely dedicated towards his practical Sufi spiritual research studies on World Sufi Traditions and their impact on the different cultures and traditions of the world and vice versa. His passion and deep longing towards the mystic World of Sufi’s and Spiritual cultures of the world has enabled him to travel across various Sufi destinations globally where he have been regularly invited to speak and participate in International Sufi and Inter Social Conferences on Spirituality, Interfaith Dialogues, World’s top University Conferences with the likes of Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University’s annual Student Events as well as Interactive Sessions on Campus through conducting Workshops on Chishty Spiritual Understandings with special focus on Khidmat e Khalq (Service towards Humanity), Importance of Sufi Musical renderings in Chishty Sufi Order, Sufi Arts, Sufi Poetry, Sufi Literature and represented the Chishty Sufi Order in countries as diverse as Al Hijaz – Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, Turkey, Morocco, Senegal, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Singapore, United States of America, United Kingdom, Greece, Bosnia Herzegovina, The Netherlands, Iran, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China, Hong Kong, Myanmar, etc. He has been heading the Chishty Foundation– Ajmer Sharif as the Managing Trustee and Chairman. With a special talent, insight and deep interest in Sacred Photography, He developed his special artistic line of Sufi Musafir Photography works captured through the eyes of his Sufi Heart during His Sufi journeys across Global Destinations which is now being regularly featured and exhibited across various Galleries, Studios, Photography Events, Exhibitions which he describe and shares as a virtual essays as well as Sufi notes on "Spiritual moments in Human Life" through which he puts emphasis on sharing some of the most intense moments of life, One’s self-awakening, feelings of fellow Humans Being Human, which leads to the Divine Realizations of the Ultimate Truth - AL HAQ.

Prof A.K. Mukhopadhyay MD

Since 1985, Prof. A. K. Mukhopadhyay has been engaged in developing a science for consciousness with a Worldview, which accommodates simultaneously Science, Humanity and Spirit in an unbroken wholeness (The Akhanda Worldview). He is the disciple of India’s neo-Vedantin Guru, Akhandamandaleswar Sri Sri Swami Swarupananda Paramahansa Dev, with whom he had worldly association for 20 years during his adolescence and early youth. Mukhopadhyay-AIIMS knowledge leadership has given birth to a new science for consciousness, where consciousness is considered the most fundamental (and not neurogenic), having its own ontological, axiological, phenomenological and epistemological attributes that gel well with the complexity of systems cosmology (multiple universe and the systems of The Multiversity), systems psychology, systems neuroscience, systems biology and systems physics. Beginning his journey with “supracortical consciousness” (1985), he authored The Dynamic web of Supracortical Consciousness (1987), Conquering the Brain (1995) and The Millennium Bridge (2000). Mukho loves to wander across the landscape of human possibilities; on the tendencies of Homo sapiens to become Homo spirtualis.

Prof.Dr. Sisir Roy

Professor Sisir Roy, Visiting Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies and PPISR, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Sisir Roy joined NIAS in 2014. His research interest includes Modern Physics and Ancient Indian Traditions, States of Meditation and Neuronal Correlates and Bacterial Intelligence. Prof Roy is Visiting Professor at NIAS and has been awarded the prestigious Senior Homi Bhabha Fellow by Homi Bhabha Fellowships Council, Mumbai, for a period of two year from June 1, 2018. Since Nov 2014 he worked as Raman Pai Chair Visiting Professor at NIAS till May 2018. Prof. Roy served as Professor , Physics and Applied Mathematics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata during 1993 2014.He joined as faculty in the same institute in 1980. He did his Postdoctoral research with Prof.Jean Pierre Vigier, Institute Henri Poincare , Paris during 1986-87 on foundations of quantum theory. His main field of interests include Foundations of quantum theory, theoretical astrophysics and cosmology, Brain function modeling and higher order cognitive activities.