Dr. Beloo Mehra currently serves as Director of BhāratShakti, an institute of Sri Aurobindo Society, dedicated to research and programme development in areas related to Indian Culture. She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Organisation and Leadership from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA and a Master’s in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University. A former professor of Education for more than a decade at Antioch University in Ohio, USA, she moved to India in 2007 to devote herself to the field of Sri Aurobindo Studies as a student, researcher, writer, educator, program designer, editor and curator.

She writes and speaks regularly on topics related to Integral Education, Indian culture, social-cultural evolution, and Integral Yoga. She has developed and taught postgraduate courses in some of these areas and has curated several programmes for university students in India and the USA.

Dr. Mehra is the editor of Renaissance, the online journal of Sri Aurobindo Society, and has authored several books including Antaryatra: Soul Journeys, Understanding Contemporary India in the Light of Sri Aurobindo, The Spiritual Foundations of Indian Culture, Indian Literary Tradition in the Light of Sri Aurobindo and ABC’s of Indian National Education.