Founders
Dr. Nandini Gupta – Co. founder and Research Director of Cultural Synthesis Ireland
Nandini Gupta was born in Haryana India. She is a PhD candidate at The Irish School of Ecumenics at Trinity College Dublin. She did MPhil in Gender studies from Trinity College Dublin. She studied Master of Arts in English and Cultural Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Punjab University, Chandigarh, India. She is an Andrew Grene Scholar supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She was a Research Assistant in the EU-funded project H2020 “Pericles” and currently working with another European project “PAVE”. She is very much interested in promoting community mindfulness workshops and her research outcome brings out the waves of sustainable change and practices of inclusion in society.
Vadivel Raj Sundaram – Co. founder and Executive Director of Cultural Synthesis Ireland
Vadi was born in Tamil Nadu India. He did his MPhil in International Peace Studies from the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin. He graduated in MA Development Studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences India and holds a bachelor’s in electrical & electronics engineering. He worked in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Assam, and Jammu and Kashmir. Currently, he is working as a freelance researcher with a focus on Global Citizenship Education, Intercultural Relations, Social Diversity Management and Cultural Capabilities in the creative economy, and Positive Peacebuilding.