Abhishek Thakore is the founder of several social initiatives including the Blue Ribbon Movement and the South Asian Youth Conference. He is actively building a national socio-political movement based on pluralism and non-violence. Over the last two decades his work has been across the ideological spectrum as well as between business and NGOs. He has participated in United Nation's Rio+20 process on behalf of global youth. His interests lie in eastern thought, psychology, spirituality, deep democracy, philosophy and politics.