The Right Honourable Bidhya Devi Bhandari, President of Nepal
President Bhandari was the vice-chairperson of the Communist Party of Nepal and chair of the All Nepal Women Association before winning the presidential election in 2015. In 2016, Forbes placed her 52 in their list of the world's 100 most powerful women. She previously served as the Minister of Defence of the government of Nepal and was the first woman in Nepal to hold that post. She was also the minister for Environment and population in 1990s, and has been presenting many environmental awareness campaign and women rights concern till dated. On June 2017, she visited IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) headquarters in Gland, Switzerland to discuss opportunities for enhanced collaboration on nature conservation and sustainable development.
Tony Nader, MD, PhD, MARR
Keynote Address by Videoconference
Tony Nader, MD, PhD, MARR, is an MIT and Harvard-trained medical doctor, neuroscientist and one of the world’s great Vedic scholars. His training includes internal medicine, psychiatry, and neurology, with a PhD in brain and cognitive science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was a Clinical and Research Fellow in Neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Assistant Director of the Clinical Research Centre at MIT. Read More
INDIAN CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Swami Bramadeo
Swami Bramadeo is the President of the Foundation for Vedic India in India, and Vice Chancellor of Maharishi Vedic University of Trinidad. He has been promoting Veda for the last 40 years in 70 countries, including nations of the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Asia, and North America. He received his Bachelor in Education degree from Calcutta University and a Master in Science and Philosophy degree from University of Agra.
Swami Bramadeo
Swami Bramadeo is the President of the Foundation for Vedic India in India, and Vice Chancellor of Maharishi Vedic University of Trinidad. He has been promoting Veda for the last 40 years in 70 countries, including nations of the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Asia, and North America. He received his Bachelor in Education degree from Calcutta University and a Master in Science and Philosophy degree from University of Agra.
Swami Amritanand Devtirth
Shwetambari Jondhale
Shwetambari Jondhale is the Director Maharashtra, Maharishi Vedic University, The Netherlands and Director and committee member of Vaishalitai Jondhale Educational Group, Mumbai. She is also the Principal and Director of School with 5000 students practicing the TM and TM-Sidhis Program.