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About Us

Professional coaching, built around people

The Hearth Project is a nonprofit connecting professional coaches with people in underserved communities and demanding professions. We create space for reflection, personal growth and the work that strengthens communities.

Mission & vision

Why we started The Hearth Project

Mission

Connecting institutions with human support.

To build platforms that connect public, health, legal, education, veteran, sustainability, and social institutions with mental-wellness professionals to improve emotional health, reduce human suffering, and strengthen community wellbeing.

Vision

Advancing humane care and psychological wellbeing.

To advance research, education, and development in human care, emotional regulation, and psychological wellbeing for the public benefit — promoting mental resilience, compassion, and humane care.

2026

Year founded

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Professions we focus on

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Countries reached

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Human-led sessions

BUILDING SOCIAL-IMPACT LEADERS

Leadership grounded in compassion and courage

Supporting people who lead social change with courage, compassion and respect. Professional coaching offers space to navigate uncertainty, creative tension and demanding conversations.

01

Navigate ambiguity

Create space to think clearly when the path is uncertain.

02

Hold difficult conversations

Approach tension with compassion, courage and awareness.

03

Protect dignity

Recognise effort, context and the human reality behind performance.

04

Build inclusive systems

Strengthen opportunity and participation for underserved communities.

WHAT GUIDES US

Human first, by design

The Hearth Project is shaped by four commitments that guide how support should be designed and delivered.

Professional coaching

Conversations with professional coaches remain at the centre of the work.

Community-focused

Designed around people supporting others and creating public value.

Cross-sector

Relevant to education, arts, health, civic and nonprofit settings.

Accessible by design

Practical coordination helps make professional coaching easier to reach.

Leadership affiliations

Institutions our leadership has worked with

Our board brings decades of experience advising governments, global institutions, and Fortune 500 companies.

Affiliations of individual board members, not corporate partnerships with The Hearth Project.

Who's behind this

The people behind The Hearth Project

Meet our founding team, programme leaders and the partners who help bring our work to life.

Ruchira Chakravarty

Co-Founder

Founder HealthTech AI Leadership Psychologist
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Kishore Nerella

Co-Founder

Azure Data Engineer Microsoft Fabric Azure Synapse Analytics
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Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan, PhD

Co-Founder

Founder of Infisum Economist Strategist (Ex McKinsey) Researcher
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Smitha Basavaraj

Program Director of Skills Project

Account Delivery Executive @ Wipro Psychosynthesis Coach
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Abhiram Nerella

Secretary & Website Director

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Chirag Chakraborty

Treasurer & Programme Director for Educators & Teachers

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Execution Partners

TaxORama

Tax & Legal Advisory

Cypder Solutions

Marketing Team

Product Development

Product Team

PARTNER COACHES

Professional coaches, across disciplines and communities.

Our partner coaches bring expertise in transformation, leadership, careers, organisational development and psychosynthesis.

THE NEXT STEP

Support should be easier to reach.

Whether you are looking for support, want to contribute as a coach, or want to help expand access, there is a way to take part.