Mangala Kumar

Mangala Kumar earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Bangalore University and for over 25 years held Senior Management positions in Product Management, Marketing and Business Development while at Nortel, Siemens Communications and Aspect Communications. She is involved with several Bay area non-profit community service organizations such as One School at a time (OSAAT.org) and Sukham (sukham.org), and served as Executive Director of India Community Service Center (ICSC) and Senior Director of Programs at India Community Center. She served as Resident Faculty and Board Member at Hindu Spiritual Care Institute (HSCIGlobal.org) from 2020-2024, designing and teaching courses for the Counselor of Hindu Tradition (CHT) certification program.  As a practicing Hindu, she is passionate about educating the mainstream about Hinduism and fighting Hinduphobia.