Nilima Bhat's mission is to develop conscious leaders and change agents who build inclusive systems that elevate humanity and sustain the planet by creating multiple forms of wealth.
She is a visionary in the fields of personal mastery, leadership, gender equality, and well-being. Her extensive and pioneering work is captured in her two books, *Shakti Leadership: Embracing Feminine and Masculine Power in Business* and *My Cancer Is Me: The Journey from Illness to Wholeness*. Together, they outline new and cutting-edge holistic and integrated approaches to leadership and resilience needed to create a world that works for everyone.
As a facilitator of personal transformation, she advises individuals (and organizations) in their quest for conscious evolution. She is an international speaker/trainer on organizational culture, conscious business, women in leadership, self-awareness for work-life balance, as well as Indian wisdom and wellness traditions.
After living and working abroad for 10 years (in Singapore, London, Hong Kong), in 2004 she founded a leadership consulting firm, Roots & Wings, and an integrative medicine practice, Sampurnah. Her clients include Microsoft, Genpact, Whole Foods Market, Etsy, Tata, Societe Generale Bank, Vodafone, and YPO, as well as academic institutions and development organizations such as Indus International School and SKS Microfinance. She is an active advocate of the Conscious Capitalism movement, WIN (Women's International Networking), and serves on the board of Peace through Commerce, MixR, and 20-first.
She holds a degree in Life Sciences and Biochemistry from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, and earned a diploma in Social Communications Media from Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai. She later received her yoga teacher certification from the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre and is a practicing teacher of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother’s Integral Yoga.
Recognizing that women are fundamental to the economy, ecology, technology, and peace process, Nilima created The Shakti Fellowship with the University of San Diego, WIN, and Skolkovo FLOW, with the mission of creating 100,000 women change agents by 2030.
She has also initiated and co-convened 1) the “Truth & Reconciliation” movement to heal collective trauma and lead harmonious interdependence at a planetary level, and 2) the Shakti Kumbh, the world’s first Kumbh Mela for women, showcasing the ancient spiritual traditions of the Feminine Divine.