Nilima Bhat

Her extensive and pioneering body of work is encompassed 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 all.

An active supporter of Conscious Capitalism and Women’s International Networking (WIN), Nilima serves on the advisory board of 20-first, MixR and Peace Through Commerce.

She is currently focused on building 1) the Shakti Fellowship, jointly certified with the University of San Diego and WIN, with a mission to create 100,000 women changemakers by 2030. 2) the Truth & Reconciliation movement for healing collective trauma and leading harmonious interdependence at a planetary level.

Nilima led Corporate Communications for an ITC Hotel, Philips, and ESPN STAR Sports before co-founding Roots & Wings, a leadership consultancy in 2004. She has delivered leadership training and facilitation for Microsoft, Whole Foods Market, Etsy, Genpact, Tata, Societe Generale Bank, Vodafone, and YPO, as well as academic institutions and developmental organizations such as Babson College, University of San Diego, and SKS Microfinance.

An expert in Indian wisdom and wellness traditions, she is a trained dancer, certified Sivananda teacher and practitioner of the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.