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Our speaker is Dinesh Kashikar, lovingly known as Kashiji or Kashi. He is a senior faculty member who has been with the Art of Living Foundation since 1995. Driven by his passion to serve and inspired by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Kashi has traveled the world teaching Art of Living courses to an estimated half a million people, specializing in Sri Sri Yoga & Vedic Wisdom programs. Kashiji is a certified Yoga Alliance teacher, holding their highest level of accreditation. He has also served as the coordinator for the Sri Veda Agama Samskrutha Mahapatahasala, an Art of Living heritage school and is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the Vedic Dharma Sansthan, spearheading the delivery of Art Of Living’s Vedic wisdom programs, Kashiji has a graduate degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT Mumbai and has many diverse interests including sports, music, theater and books.