About Us
October 20, 2020 2024-04-28 16:20About Us
About Us
Founder
ARCHANA BAHUGUNA
I was a science lover in school and college and have studied Electronics and Computer Engineering both in India and US. After many years of working in tech in both US and India, I started volunteering for non profits in mental health, wellness and education. I wanted to do something that had deep social impact. This change happened because I started sitting Vipassana meditation (mindfulness) courses in 2001 (first out of curiosity and later due to immense gratitude). These courses had the capacity to open my heart to do something more rewarding with my life. I have also struggled with sudden life events that propelled me to dig about mental wellbeing in a deeper way. Having gone to therapists myself to benefit from talk therapy and learn and apply techniques from Cognitive Psychology on myself, I have developed a deep understanding of the problems that impact the mind. I find myself very fortunate to be able to see a deep connection between mindfulness principles and cognitive psychology and am very convinced that the principles of mindfulness have all the answers. I wish to spread this wisdom to all. As a techie I am also very interested in the impact technology and especially AI may have on humanity in the near future.
About Pahoti and contributors
“पहोति” (“Pahoti”) meaning “Able” or “sufficient” in Pali - is an online content platform offering stories, blogs and lessons in mindfulness psychology that help in building self awareness and self reliance.
Thanks to the psychologists Sumedha Tulani, Nimisha Shrivastava, Roshni Jain, Soumya Tyagi, Asmita Nagpal, Ishhita Gupta and Saachi Arora for contributing to the content of the website. Also grateful to Jyotica's voice overs and animations art by Aishwarya. Thanks to UX UI designs by Piyush Passi, Naman Sharma and Himanshu Padia for our mobile app and website. Special thanks to psychologists Sonal Chadha and Tarun Verma for the meaningful discussions and guidance especially in the beginning days.