Shantum is an ordained Dharmacharya (Dharma Teacher) in the Buddhist Mindfulness lineage of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and teaches in India and across the world. He is a co founder of Ahimsa Trust and has been a student of Thich Nhat Hanh for the last 35 years. He has been  leading pilgrimages ‘In the Footsteps of the Buddha’ and other multi-faith, educational, cultural, spiritual and transformative journeys across diverse regions of India and Asia since 1988.

He is actively involved in educational, social and ecological programmes including work on cultivating mindfulness in society, with educators, the Central Reserve Police Force and the corporate sector amongst others. Dharmacharya Shantum is the primary teacher  of different sanghas in India teaching the different practices of mindfulness from Thich Nhat Hanh’s tradition.