The Impressive Empress Podcast with Ami Ganatra

Ami Ganatra is an alumna of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) and VJTI, Mumbai

She is the author of 3 bestselling books on Itihasa: Mahabharata Unravelled: Lesser Known Facets of a Well-known History, Mahabharata Unravelled II: The Dharma Discourses and Ramayana Unravelled: Lesser Known Facets of Rishi Valmiki’s Epic. Her books are not retellings or imaginations, but an attempt to go back to the original itihasa and present the story, learnings, and nuances for what they are, and make the epics accessible to all.

She is a devout yoga practitioner, a certified yoga instructor, and a student of Sanskrit and Indian knowledge systems. She has taught and spoken about Yoga, Itihasa, and Indic knowledge on multiple forums and has conducted workshops with students as well as working professionals, including in places such as VJTI, IIMA, IITs, Hong Kong University, Carnegie Mellon University, Georgia Tech, University of Texas at Dallas and many others in India and outside. She has also featured as a guest on multiple podcasts of following and repute. She is a proficient communicator in English, Hindi, and Gujarati and fairly decent in Marathi. She has also spoken on the TEDx platform. On the professional front, Ami has 15 years of experience as a business strategist and management consultant working and living across four continents and multiple countries with MNCs such as Infosys, Bain, BASF, and Bridgespan. Now she is dedicated full-time to studying and sharing treasures from the vast and profound Indic wisdom traditions.