Chairperson
Jyotsna Singh
Dr. Jyotsna Singh holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Delhi and has spent over four decades working at the intersection of philosophy, interfaith dialogue, and the arts. She is the Founder of the Dara Shikoh Centre, which she established in Srinagar in 2006, leading annual festivals from 2006 to 2018 that brought together theatre, music, art, and interfaith dialogue, and hosted the culmination of Shri ‘M’s Walk of Faith — a pada-yatra from Kanyakumari joining communities in prayer for harmony. The Centre has since collaborated with the Amar Mahal Museum and Library in Jammu and the Ladakh Arts and Media Organisation in Leh.
Since 2011, she has served as Honorary Director of the Amar Mahal Museum and Library, overseeing its collection of Kangra miniature paintings and rare books, and initiated the Annual Tawi Festival in 2022 to spotlight regional writers, artists, and heritage. In 2016, she became a Founder Trustee of the Temple of Understanding India Foundation, established under the chairmanship of Dr. Karan Singh, working on youth, environmental, and interfaith issues in collaboration with the UN and global interfaith networks.
Dr. Singh has presented at international forums including the Parliament of World Religions in Chicago and Salt Lake City, and continues to organise seminars on the syncretic traditions of the subcontinent. She has also produced and contributed to several documentary films under the Dara Shikoh Centre, including Karan Singh: A Pilgrim Soul (2021), and is a trained Odissi dancer and ceramic and enamel artist, with her work exhibited at Bikaner House and Anant Art Gallery.
Trustees
Adishree Singh
Adishree works with DPS Jammu, DPS Nagbani, and DPS Katra, leading collaborations that build holistic, interdisciplinary educational ecosystems across the region through vocational learning and cross-sector partnerships. She is committed to expanding support for students from Jammu & Kashmir, a vision she has shared with the Foundation since its early days.
Mriganka Singh
Mriganka is the founder of BAHA Living, a bespoke furniture and interiors company, and a partner at Drumroll Media, specialising in branding, digital marketing, and content creation. She is also an executive member of The Delhi Society for the Welfare of Special Children, where she manages social media and digital presence and helps organise inter-school events and vocational training initiatives.
Vivaswat Chauhan
Founder of Viv’s Nature Scope, Vivaswat is a conservation enthusiast and community engagement specialist working on habitat restoration and wildlife preservation across the Indian Himalayas. His current focus is Cheer Pheasant conservation in the Ranikhet region, where he works with local communities, forest departments, and wildlife experts on habitat protection, fire prevention, population monitoring, and grassroots conservation education.
Viveka Chauhan
Viveka is a Mental Health Facilitator and Coach with a background in community wellbeing, education, and cultural research. She holds an MA in Visual Anthropology from Goldsmiths, University of London, and trained as a coach with the Animas Centre for Coaching. Her work creates accessible spaces for reflection and emotional wellbeing, drawing on both contemporary psychology and contemplative traditions to help individuals and communities build resilience and self-awareness.
Advisors
Kamal Kishore Mishra
Mr Mishra works on academic and manuscript preservation projects, including the E-Library of Oriental Manuscripts at the Shri Maharaja Ranbir Singh Sanskrit Research Institute, Jammu. He leads the Jammu Series of Texts and Studies, a collection of scholarly volumes on Sanskrit tantric and philosophical texts, several with forewords by Dr. Karan Singh — including a richly illustrated edition of the Śrī Rāmcaritmānas and an English commentary on the Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad.
Rajesh Thadani
Mr Thadani is Senior Advisor to the Tata Trusts, Mumbai, and President of Jai Hind College. An academic and field researcher, he recently co-authored the two-volume work Himalayan Forests in a Changing World. He chairs Kumaun Grameen Udyog, a not-for-profit working with woven and knotted handicrafts, and CEDAR, a research-based NGO, and also chairs Himmotthan, NEIDA, and CInI — a network of NGOs working across roughly 2,000 villages in the Himalayas and central India on livelihoods, water, and education.