Leadership Insight: The conversation, titled “The Inner Edge of Leadership,” focused on self‑awareness, purpose‑led leadership and introduced the concept of a “Mind Quality Index (MQI)” as the source of organisational quality, emphasizing that leadership quality stems from personal clarity and relational understanding.
Corporate Background: Vishwanath Alluri is the founder of IMImobile, a cloud communications company that operated in more than 70 countries before being acquired by Cisco in a landmark transaction. He is also a film producer (documentary Monk with a Camera and film The Sweet Requiem).
Educational Impact: As Secretary of the Krishnamurti Foundation India, Alluri has helped develop an innovative educational methodology at Rishi Valley School, now adopted by over 250,000 schools across India, Germany and parts of Africa, covering rural healthcare, education, women empowerment, tribal environmental education and native seed preservation.
Publication: Alluri authored The Enlightened Manager, co‑written with Harry Eyres (writer, poet and Financial Times columnist), which challenges conventional leadership models and argues that authentic leadership emerges from self‑awareness, honest reflection and insight.
Event Participants: The session was moderated by brand strategist Kiran Khalap (Co‑founder of chlorophyll) and included Anand Rathi (Founder & Chairman, Anand Rathi Group) and Feroze Azeez (Joint CEO, Anand Rathi Wealth Limited).
