Pooja Sahni holds a doctorate in contemplative environmental neuroscience from the National Resource Centre for Value Education in Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), India, and is a practitioner of surat-shabd-yoga (ultratranscendental meditational technique). She currently leads the Mind Lab at IITD as a Principal Research Scientist. Her research interests include curriculum development for positive education, as well as behavioral and neurocognitive exploration of contemplative ecological educational techniques as innovative pedagogical tools for prosocial development among students. She has taken courses in theology, neuroscience and learned to use physiological tools (EEG, GSR, fNIRS, and eye tracker) to support her research interests. As part of her social responsibilities, she has led women’s empowerment initiatives in education and skill training, and currently coordinates after-school programs focused on values and cultural training within her community.