The NVC Trust was formed in July 2020
The following people comprise the Board of Trustees
Sudha Shankar is a Certified Trainer, Assessor-in-Training and Member, Assessors Coordinating Circle, with the Center for Nonviolent Communication. She is the Founder Trustee and Executive Director of the Nonviolent Communication Trust, a not-for-profit organization that is committed to spreading NVC and to encouraging the emergence of certified NVC trainers in the subcontinent.
Her passion is to share NVC and attempt to live the consciousness from moment to moment. She is convinced that this compassionate approach to connecting with oneself and interacting with the outside world is also a process that can bring about deep healing, awareness, understanding and change. She has been leading a weekly NVC practice group for the last 14+ years. She uses NVC in her clinical work, NGOs, schools and corporates. She has facilitated NVC trainings nationally and internationally.
Biraj Bose is a Counsellor, a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and a Pranic Healer. She is a Founder Trustee of the NVC Trust and currently serves as the Secretary. She has been an NVC practitioner for the past 13 years, using NVC extensively in her counselling practice. She finds NVC to be a useful tool to help her clients with self-growth and to work through their relationship problems.
Her work has involved working with individuals with professional problems, such as, stress and anxiety, lack of motivation, relationship problems at work with colleagues and bosses, lack of confidence, transition problems while settling into a job. On the personal front she has worked with people with marital problems, health problems, depression, addiction (cigarettes, alcohol, other substances), weight problems, fears and phobias and other mental health issues.
Deepankar’s primary domain of engagement is Organization Development. His forte is group and process facilitation. He enjoys exploring the nuances of groups and their processes, and believes that conscious and deliberate attention must be paid to refocus energies on groups. He has offered his expertise to organizations in the industrial and healthcare sectors as well as rural development for over four decades. He now weaves Nonviolent Communication in his practice and is a Certification candidate
Ashish is an actor. He feels committed to try and uproot patterns of violent communication and believes there are no ‘others’ in this large community called the world. Ashish prefers being called pali.
Vidur Malik is an Organizational Development consultant specializing in Selection and Interviewing. He has been integrating the concepts of NVC into the trainings he facilitates. He is registered with CNVC as a Certification Candidate and is on the certification journey.
He is Member of the Board of Trustees of NVC Trust and currently serves as its Treasurer. He was part of the core organizing team for a nine-day NVC programme held by the NVC Trust in Panchgani, Maharashtra, in 2023, which involved trainers from 8 countries and 70 participants from over 25 countries.
Aditya Jeurkar came to NVC while trying to understand how to effectively solve his own strong reactions to “intractable fights” in the workplace. He’s been learning and practicing since 2012. He is currently exploring how Jungian shadow work integrates with NVC.