(Dedicated to and in memory of Professor Mahmoud Hamid What is Eco-Tourism? According to The International Ecotourism Society (TIES), “ecotourism is about uniting conservation, communities, and sustainable travel” (TIES, 2010). TIES …
The Center for Soft Power’s Namaste 2020 spanning over 30 sessions, including 147 speakers (35 non-Indians) and 11 diplomats, was an attempt to move beyond the study of Indian Soft Power merely in terms …
Sowmya Ayyar is the Founder of Prafull Oorja Charitable Foundation, training yoga therapists to work with communities in vulnerable conditions such as special needs children, prison inmates, and children with cancer. She holds an MA in Peace Studies from the University of Innsbruck (Austria), an MA in Environmental Security from UN UPeace (Costa Rica), and a BS in Sociology from Santa Clara University (California). In addition, Ms. Ayyar has a PG Diploma in Social Innovation Management from Amani Institute (Bangalore) and a Yoga Teacher Training Certification from Southwest Institute for Healing Arts (Arizona). A keen student on a wide variety of Indic related topics, Sowmya plans her PhD work to intersect across several such fields. Sowmya is an avid hiker, loves to dance in the rain, and enjoys the company of elders.