University of Utah and BYU explore connections with centers of learning in India

PANCHAGIRI HILLS, southern India — The members of Utah’s trade delegation followed scientist Divya Kanchibhotla past an outdoor class to a meeting and meditation room on the Art of Living International Center campus. “Gurudev’s philosophy is that inner transformation leads to outer transformation,” Kanchibhotla told the small group on a pleasant mid-November afternoon, referring to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a spiritual leader behind the organization. Art of Living volunteers worked behind her to get the meeting room open. The group eventually gathered in the room, each delegate carrying a chair for themselves from a pile on the side and sipping…