About Amar

After graduating from Northwestern University with experience in politics and consulting, Amar had an unquenched thirst for spiritual growth. Seeking answers and purpose, he departed from the United States and studied under the tutelage of world-renowned Swami Prakashananda at a traditional ashram of Chinmaya Mission in the West Indies. By abiding in formal monkhood for over two years, he gained expertise in the Advaita Vedanta tradition and Sanskrit language through a systematic rigorous study of scriptures such as the Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita.

Upon the completion of his training he returned to the United States in early 2019 and began his own consulting practice with the mission to grow early stage startups in the education and non-profit sectors. In mid-2020, Amar co-founded Selfless, a social good startup to connect social good allies with community organizations, while accepting an invitation to continue his Sanskrit studies at Harvard University as a guest student. Concurrently, Amar began to be invited to speak locally and nationally in service of his tradition, as well as professionally within both corporate and collegiate settings.

In 2021, Amar was vetted and invited by Northwestern University to serve as their inaugural Hindu Chaplain.

By fusing Eastern philosophy with his Western upbringing, Amar brings a fresh perspective and high performance for professionals and students through weekly discourses on Vedanta, meditation and mind management.

Amar's previous work experience includes management consulting at Accenture, political organizing for the Democratic Party, and stem cell research at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine.

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