Dr Shubha Vilas is a lifestyle coach, storyteller, and author. He studied patent law after completing his engineering degree but finally chose the path of a spiritual seeker. He has just completed his PhD in leadership from the Valmiki Ramayana, and his thesis is considered pathbreaking in the field of leadership studies from ancient texts. Ramayana: The Game of Life is his bestselling series. He’s also the author of Open-Eyed Meditations, Mystical Tales for a Magical Life, and Perfect Love: 5.5 Ways to a Lasting Relationship. He has authored more than 30 thought-provoking books. The focus of his work is the application of scriptural wisdom to day-to-day life and addressing the needs of corporations and youth through power packed seminars. He has delivered more than 6,000 talks, inspiring more than 6,00,000 people, across twenty countries in the last ten years. He is a popular guest speaker at prestigious universities—Stanford, Princeton, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, to name a few—apart from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in India. He is also a visiting faculty member at several premier business management schools, including the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) and Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai. He is on the advisory board of MIT Pune’s online education system. He has also spoken at the world headquarters of Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Samsung in the USA.