Shantum Seth is a Dharmacharya (teacher) in the Zen Buddhist lineage (of the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh). He has been teaching in India, Asia, and across the world, and has been leading pilgrimages ‘In the Footsteps of the Buddha’ and other multi-faith and transformative journeys since 1988.

He is actively involved in social, environmental, and educational programs including work on bringing mindfulness to schools and universities, the police and paramilitary forces, amongst others. This is pioneered by the non-profit trust, Ahimsa, of which he is the guiding teacher.

He is a senior adviser to the World Bank and also advises the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India on Pilgrimage Tourism. He worked in the corporate sector and later in social advocacy and development, fifteen years of which were with the United Nations Development Program, managing programs on volunteer promotion and artisan development across sixteen countries.

His commitment to a cross-cultural understanding, with a mission of ‘Peace in Oneself, Peace in the World’ has led him to travel to more than sixty countries and nearly every state of India. Having lived in England, the United States, and France (in a monastery) for over fourteen years, he now lives with his family in Dehradun, in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas.