Prof. Mala Kapadia is a highly accomplished scholar and practitioner with a distinguished career spanning research, education, journalism, human resources, and consulting. She is a passionate advocate for integrating ancient Indian wisdom with modern approaches to wellbeing, leadership, and organizational development. Wellbeing and happiness, sustainability – individual and planetary flourishing and indigenous psychology are some of the areas of teaching and research.
Prof.Mala Kapadia has recently published her work titled ‘Sukha Sutra- An Indic Wellbeing and Happiness Guide for Flourishing.’
Dr. Kapadia is currently the director of Centre for Indigenous Knowledge Systems, at the Anaadi Foundation and the principal investigator for a Ministry of Education (India), Indian Knowledge Systems research project on wellbeing and happiness based on Ayurveda.
Grateful to Gurus- an initiative by Indica Academy selected Dr. Mala Kapadia as one the Guru in 2023, for inspiring young minds in ancient wisdom.
She is also a member of the Advisory Council of Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems at Chanakya University, Bengaluru, India.