Season-4, episode 9 of “ZENPod”, featuring Bhawani Singh Shekawat.  

Bhawani is the CEO and Trustee – UK/Europe for “The Akshaya Patra Foundation UK”.

www.tapf.org.uk

He is the Co-Founder of Adhyayan Asia and serves on the Advisory board at HaikuJam (UK) where he advises the start up. He was associated with Erehwon Consulting where he helped business and leadership realise their potential. Bhawani is a listed speaker on the London Bureau of Speakers and he speaks on Leadership, Purpose and suggests that at its core - every Enterprise ought to be a Social Enterprise.He is a Faculty and member of the Advisory board at the Vedica Scholars Program and Vedica Women’s Alliance V-WA (www.vedicascholars.com)

“Spirituality is coming in contact with a very-very best version that you are; call it the spirit, soul or your deepest self.  It is experiencing that ‘SELF’ in the most honest and least judgemental manner”, says  Bhawani Singh Shekawat, in his conversation with Venkatesh Mahadevan.We are all born geniuses and the purpose of human life is to find an interface for that genius... and food can truly be the catalyst for that interface.”.. says Bhawani

After a career of a few decades in the Corporate world in Asia, Middle East, Africa, North America & Europe, where he led large multi-national business and global teams in organisations including Nielsen, Reckitt Benckiser and Coca-Cola, Bhawani has now committed himself to a life of service, particularly for.  I have now completely dedicated myself to playing a part in making our world a better place, particularly for our children. He currently leads the Akshaya Patra Foundation – a global leader in Food for Education as CEO Europe and as a Trustee on the Board.

He is a mentor, a top leadership coach and advisor. He serves on a number of Boards in a Non-Exec and advisory capacity, including The Adhyayan Foundation (Co-Founder), The Vedica Scholars Programme and Women’s Alliance and Haiku JAM. A highly sought-after speaker and thought leader, Bhawani is a listed member of the London Bureau of Speakers on Customer Centricity, Insight, Innovation and Leadership.” Bhawani lives in London, UK.

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is the world’s largest NGO-directed school meal program, feeding over 1.8 million children every day. Since its founding in 2000, the organization has grown to serve millions of children and recently served it 3.5 Billionth meal.

The Akshaya Patra Foundation www.tapf.org.uk (meaning = a vessel which never runs out of food) is the world’s largest, and perhaps the most celebrated school meals program. The program has witnessed quantum growth on the one hand but has also received tremendous acclaim for innovation, strategy, impact and scale. Currently we serve over 1.8 million children every day and have served over 3 billion meals! In the UK, we serve a large number of homeless and children suffering from Holiday hunger. As a leader of this organisation in Europe, Bhawani leads Strategy, Innovation and Initiatives around Akshaya Patra’s Social Enterprise. 

“ZENPod” is a Podcast series that features trailblazers from different walks of life, with a purpose to build an empowered eco-system where learnings and experiences from these enlightened professionals, will be available within “arms reach of desire” for those who aspire to scale higher and wish to contribute, in their life’s pursuit.