Anurag Sharma, Managing Trustee
Anurag Sharma is an engineering graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. His research interests include ancient Indian history, science and Indian philosophy. At Infinity Foundation India, he is involved in various research activities.
Rakesh Mehrotra, Trustee
Prof Rakesh Mehrotra, an academician, strategist & telecom consultant, is Senior Advisor Standards with Samsung R&D Institute Bangalore India and Professor of Telecom Engineering. Earlier he served as President Innovation and Chief Corporate Regulatory Officer of Tata Teleservices Ltd, Vice President Agrani Satellite systems etc. He has 45+ years of experience at senior management positions in Government and corporate sector.
Divya Reddy, Trustee
Divya Reddy is a Trustee, Research Fellow, and Podcast Host at Infinity Foundation India. She has a background in computer science and business management. She is the editor and co-author of the ‘Ten Heads of Ravana’ book. She has also co-authored an essay titled ‘Artificial Intelligence as an Enabler of Western Universalism’ for the book ‘The Power of Future Machines.’ She has also contributed several articles to the Intellectual Kshatriya portal of Infinity Foundation.
Subhodeep Mukhopadhyay, Trustee
Subhodeep Mukhopadhyay is a Senior Research Fellow and Trustee at Infinity Foundation India. He is an AI and civilizational studies researcher, and the co-editor of the book The Global Renaissance of Dharma: A Pioneering Initiative (2025). His work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals, edited volumes, conference proceedings, newspapers, and online platforms. Subhodeep has authored a number of books including Om and Crescent: The Battle for Peaceful Coexistence (2024) and Ashoka the Ungreat: A Legacy of Lies, Propaganda and Political Mythmaking (2025). A computer engineer by training, he also holds an MBA in Finance, an MA in Journalism and Mass Communication, and is pursuing a PhD in Education. His work specializes in examining the socioeconomic, political, and cultural impacts of technology, interrogating biases in Western epistemologies and exploring alternative frameworks for knowledge creation and dissemination. Subhodeep is a keen student of Hindu darshanas and is learning Advaita Vedanta in the traditional method from Chinmaya Mission. Website | LinkedIn | Google Scholar | ORCID | ResearchGate
Manogna Sastry
Manogna Sastry is currently the team Leader, Research, at Infinity Foundation India
and a Master of Science from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics with a strong
background in theoretical physics and mathematics. Her research spans
astrophysics, Indology focused on chronology and desacralization, civilizational
studies, consciousness studies focused on Sri Aurobindo, sustainability, and
education. She brings scientific rigor to analyses of civilizational studies and
rethinking of historical constructs from non-dominant viewpoints. Her work has been
published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at conferences. She is the co-
author of The Battle for Consciousness Theory: A Response to Ken Wilber’s
Appropriation of Sri Aurobindo’s Work and Other Indian Thought and the co-editor
of The Power of Future Machines: Essays on Artificial Intelligence. Manogna has
authored three essays in The Ten Heads of Ravana, edited and took overall
ownership of the book project Sanskrit Non Translatables. Manogna is a passionate
sustainability practitioner, and in her previous role, she focused on pedagogies of
learning and inquiry.
R Buvaneswari
R. Buvaneswari serves as the Admin Head at Infinity Foundation India. She has over 25 years of rich experience in administration, operations, finance, and budgeting. Prior to joining IFI, she worked with several United Nations organizations such as UNICEF, UNHCR and FAO, where she developed deep expertise in managing organizational operations and processes. She is currently based out of Chennai.
Vandana Mishra
Vandana V Mishra has a Masters degree in Statistics from Mumbai University and Post graduate Diploma in Computer Science. She worked as a Research Associate in the department of Electrical Engineering Dept at IIT Kanpur. At Infinity Foundation India she is involved in various academic and promotional activities including Hindi translation initiatives, volunteer relationship management and development of educational graphic novels based on the foundations work.
Our Mentor and Guide
Rajiv Malhotra
Rajiv Malhotra was trained initially as a Physicist, and then as a Computer Scientist specializing in AI in the 1970s. After a successful corporate career in the US, he became an entrepreneur and founded and ran several IT companies in 20 countries. Since the early 1990s he has been researching civilizations and their engagement with technology from a historical, social sciences and mind sciences perspective. He has authored several best-selling books. His latest book on AI is titled, ‘Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power: 5 Battlegrounds’, in which India is the case study to analyze the impact of AI in a variety of domains.