Lady Shruti Rana

The inspiration and vision of Lady Shruti Rana is reflected in the persity of her pioneering work in various walks of life. Personifying the contemporary ‘Renaissance’ woman, Lady Rana is internationally renowned as an acclaimed educationist and musician, a scholar and documentary filmmaker, an international wellness consultant and a leading exponent and practitioner of traditional knowledge systems. A key figure positioned at the forefront of educational research, Lady Shruti works with practitioners and institutions to establish new paradigms for integral education. She is currently involved in revamping education internationally and is also working with the Ministry of Human Resource Development in India, Indira Gandhi National Open University-India and other Pedagogical institutions globally for evolving faculty training, evaluation and accreditation formats and policies and new curriculum development.

Lady Rana has worked extensively with integral methodologies for wellness through sound and music. She has conducted scientific studies into the effects of seed sounds on human physiology and has facilitated wellness and cure of disease through her Nada Vibronics workshops and Wellness courses internationally. Her audio CDs are used for curative purposes by inpiduals as well as medical and research institutions worldwide. In recognition of her contribution to the realm of healing music Lady Shruti was awarded the Delhi Ratna Govt. of India Award in 2002 .

Founder and Managing Trustee of Shruti Foundation, a charitable trust established in 2006, Lady Rana is committed to championing the causes of education, wellness and human rights. Over 5,000 thousand teachers worldwide have benefited from faculty training, curriculums and education workshops developed and taught by her inpidually and through Shruti Foundation. Many more have participated in specialist courses on self-development and leadership as well as courses on indigenous systems and methodologies. Her foundation produces a range of audio-visual educational materials for public awareness. She is the pioneer of the WE-ASC World “Education Culture” movement. She convened the first WE-ASC WORLD EDUCATION CULTURE CONGRESS in New Delhi in January 2011 (www.we-asc.org) involving 40 countries, which was organized by Shruti Foundation. She had also co-convened the World Congress on Psychology and Spirituality in 2008 with 40 countries. In April 2009, she launched the Shruti Foundation International Lecture Series with the objective of encouraging global awareness and knowledge of Indian ways of knowledge, education and empowerment.

In Northern Ireland, Lady Rana is committed to cultural, educational and charitable activities. She is patron of the Inter Faith Forum, executive board member of the Indian Community Centre and an executive board member of Live Music Now. She is Honorary Visiting Research Fellow to the School of History and Anthropology at Queens University Belfast, and has contributed to the university through various cultural and educational talks and workshops and has sponsored world famous International personalities to talks and lectures at various universities in England and Northern Ireland and Ireland as well as at other educational and cultural institutions in the UK and Ireland. She is also on the Board of the South Asia Initiative of the University of Dublin (Trinity College). Lady Rana is also engaged in extensive cultural and educational exchange between India and UK through Student global exchange programs between schools (called the Bachpan Bonding Global Partnerships Project). Her Foundation is now working towards the creation of the WE-ASC Institute of teaching and learning, to facilitate Educator Training, Pedagogical development and Skills training in Traditional Knowledge Systems of Healthcare and Wellness.

Lady Rana is the founder editor of SUTRA - the thread, Shruti Foundation’s educational research journal. Having contributed numerous articles for newspapers, conferences and journals she is currently writing a book on “Seed Sound”. She is member of the National advisory council of the international renowned body SPIC Macay for promoting the understanding of Indian music and dance in schools and colleges.

As International Chairperson of GOPIO International Women’s Council (GOPIO is the Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin), she convened the First GOPIO International Women’s Conference in London in October 2010. The event launched an extensive range of cultural and developmental partnerships and projects for 2011 and beyond. She also forged a relationship with FICCI Ladies Organization, India (FLO) by signing an MOU for collaboration on 20^th October 2010. For her pioneering work with the Indian Diaspora, she was awarded the NRI Institute Bharat Samman Award in January 2011.

Having spent her formative years in Kolkata, Delhi and Gurgaon, Lady Shruti Rana now lives in Northern Ireland and is a proud mother of two daughters based in India.

Educational Contributions and Innovations in Curriculum Development

Pioneer of the WE-ASC “Education Culture” movement. Developing New Curriculum for Teacher education as well as subject curricula for secondary and tertiary education.
Patron, Interfaith Forum, Northern Ireland
Board member, Live Music Now
Executive Committee Member, Indian Community Centre
Board member, South Asia Studies Initiative, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
Honorary Research Fellow, School of History and Anthropology, Queens University, UK.
Member, National Advisory council of the international renowned body SPIC Macay for promoting the understanding of Indian music and dance in schools and colleges.
Visiting Faculty, Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University, India
Visiting Faculty, Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University, India
Addresses and trained over 6000 educators across India and abroad.
Addressed 1100 educators and heads of Institutions on New paradigms for Evaluation and Assessment at CBSE-ACER conference in January 2011 (opening plenary address).
Teacher training workshops on Education technology and Curriculum development and Execution
Developed Curriculum on Indian Systems of Psychology and Consciousness Studies (conducted and certified by SF for Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University,)
Developed Courses on Indian Systems of Management
Developed courses on Indic Ethics and Human Resource Development.
Music and Vibrational Sciences in Primary Education (A teacher training 30 hour curriculum for B El Ed Students, Delhi University).

Key Initiatives of Shruti Foundation (SF)

Curriculum and Course Development: International Curriculum development, Courses/workshops in faculty training and skills training with a special focus on traditional knowledge systems and wellness. This program is being launched in various countries for disadvantaged groups in collaboration with IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University), which will be facilitated by the WE-ASC Institute of Teaching and Learning.
WE-ASC Movement for Education: An initiative to facilitate change in pedagogy, educational content and systems. a project for wellness skills training and economic empowerment . We are in the process of facilitating the creation of an independent institute of skills training, leadership training and pedagogy.
Bachpan Bonding Global Partnership Project: The international child-to-child exchange programme.
Shakti to Shakti: Women’s empowerment program - a project for wellness skills training and economic empowerment for women from disadvantaged groups.
SHE (Saluting Her Endeavour) Award: Shruti Foundation has constituted the “SHE” award for women for outstanding service to society and humanity especially in the field of education and cultural empowerment.
“SUTRA-The Thread” The Shruti Foundation quarterly research journal for education, psychology and indigenous sciences and systems.
Shruti Foundation International Lecture Series: Facilitating knowledge and awareness on holistic ways of Knowledge and empowerment
Nada Vibronics and Empowerment Workshops: Indic sciences of vibration for purification, healing and self-empowerment.
Shuddham: The Health and Safe Environment project. SF launched its indigenous water filter project in 2008.
GOPIO International Women’s Council (GIWC) initiatives launched for 2009 -2013
The first ever GOPIO International Women’s Conference in October 2010 in London, convened by Lady Rana.
Publishing book of ‘True Stories by Women of Indian Origin’ recounting the many and varied biographies of women from the Indian Diaspora.
To forge and expand networks to maintain discussions and problem - solving via the GIWC e-group with outreach to at least 10 million PIO’s internationally.
To develop further projects in 2011 under the GIWC-FLO collaboration for Women’s Empowerment.

Clinical Experiments and Medical Research

Experiments with the EEG (electro-encephalograph) on the relaxing effect of music and chants, and conversion to alpha and theta brain waves at the VIMHANS hospital, New Delhi.
A four-week Sonic meditation course which showed a significant positive change in blood sugar, cholesterol, vital (lung) capacity and pulse rate.
The cure of Epilepsy and other nervous disorders with Beeja Shabda (Seed Sounds).

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