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and CEO of well-known advertising companies. He later founded
his own company, chlorophyll, a brand consultancy firm, where he
has tried to incorporate lessons learnt from his engagement with
Krishnamurti’s teachings. Kiran was Chairman of the committee
that consulted with UIDAI, the Government of India’s arm that
developed Aadhaar, the world’s largest biometrics-based identity
project. He is an invited member of the India Chapter of The Mar-
keting Society of UK, founded in 1959. Kiran was the very first
speaker at TED University at TED’s first Indian meet in 2009 and
at TEDx Bandra in 2017. He is a published author of several travel
writing articles as well as three novels, Half Way up the Mountain,
Black River Run and Two Pronouns and a Verb.

SATISH KUMAR is a former Jain monk and long-term peace and
environment activist. In 1962 he undertook an 8,000 kilome-
tre-long ‘peace walk’ to all the nuclear capitals of the world, and
met with several well-known thought leaders, including Bertrand
Russel and Martin Luther King. During the 1960s he also had the
opportunity of meeting with Krishnamurti in India, and parts of
their discussions are included in his book, You are, Therefore I am.
He settled in the UK in 1973, where he went on to found Schum-
acher College, a unique institution dedicated to an education that
responds to contemporary global concerns. He also became edi-
tor of the ‘Resurgence & Ecologist’ magazine in 1973, essential
reading for those in the environmental movement and anyone
interested in contemporary spirituality. He continued in this role
for forty-three years, sharing his unique perspective and wisdom
through its pages, and is currently editor emeritus for the maga-
zine. Other books by Satish Kumar include No Destination: Autobi-
ography of a Pilgrim and Elegant Simplicity: The Art of Living Well.
In July 2000 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in Education
from the University of Plymouth, and in July 2001, he received an

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