Professor n Practitioner in Behavioral Sciences n Psychology | Beaches n Forests | Scorpion | ESTJ | Books — Self Help, History, Mysteries | Movies - Suspense n Thriller, Geo Political, History | Yoga | Series - Suspense Thriller Crime | Globe Trotter | Nature Walks | Storyteller | Researcher | Religious - Jainism | Vegetarian | Can Cook Indian Veg Dishes | Cleanliness n Hygiene Freak | Meditation | Ayurveda

PS: I am not a medical doctor but a PhD 😊 in Behavioural Sciences from an IIM :)

Yes, I’m a trained Yoga Meditation n Breathworks Instructor from Svyasa Bangalore and Patanjali Yoga Peeth Haridwar

Know More >> www.amanjain.in

CS History: On it since March 2011 (yes when apps did not exist and I had to go to a cafe to browse CS website :))

Can talk Life, Philosophy, Purpose, Change, Culture, Anthropology, History, Politics

Non Smoker | Non Drinker |
Non Racial | Non Sexist | Non Judgemental

Values: Respect | Care | Empathy

𝑪𝑶𝑽𝑰𝑫 - 𝑽𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 (3 𝒅𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔)

Bangalore Spots for Travellers

Actual Heritage Spots (I don’t like Malls :))

- Kanakpura Road - Muthatti Falls - Pyramid Valley - Art of Living Center - Iskcon South - Turahalli Forest - Ranga Shankara Theatre - KR Market - Tippu Palace - Lalbagh - Cubbon Park - Jayanagar Jain Temple - Bull Temple - Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple - Food Street VV Puram - Townhall
- Bannerghatta Road - Bannerghatta National Park - IIM Bangalore
- Tumkur Road - Iskcon West - Great Hanuman Temple Mahalakshmi Layout - IISc
- Outer Ring Road - Lumbini Gardens - Nandi Hills - Devenahalli Jain Temple - Tippu Kote
- Mysore Road - Gali Anjaneya Temple - Raja Rajeshwari Temple - Wonderla Amusement Park - Big Banyan Tree - Bidadi Thatte Idli
- Shivajinagar - Cathedral Church - Sreeram Lassi Bar - Majestic (Central Bus Stand) - Technology Museum - Art Museum - Kanteerava Stadium - Chinnaswamy Stadium

Party Locations
- MG Road (Old Bangalore)
- Indiranagar
- Koramangala
- Hebbal
- Kalyannagar

Bangalore Authentic Vegetarian Food at
- MTR, Lalbagh
- CTR, Malleswaram
- Barjari Oota, Gandhi Bazaar
- Vidyarthi Bhavan, Gandhi Bazaar
- Madeshwara Mess, Majestic
- Basaveshwara Khanavali, Jayanagar

Local Shopping Markets:
- KR Market - Chickpete - Mamulpete - Balepete - Avenue Road
- Malleshwaram
- Gandhi Bazaar - Basavanagudi
- Rajajinagara

For Urban Commute:
Download Tummoc App or Namma Yatri
Bangalore has Daily and Weekly Pass System for Buses n Metros separately

Railway Station/s - 7 of them so be careful :)
SBC - KSR is Main Railway Station
SBC Cantonment
Baiyappanahalli
Yeshwantpur
Yelahanka
Kengeri
KR Puram/ Krishna Raja Puram
Bangalore East

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Travel across the world and make friends everywhere I go and not go :)

Interests

Food! Travel! Make Friends! Volunteering! Teaching!

• dining
• cooking
• vegetarian
• yoga
• traveling
• psychology
• volunteering
• research and development
• jainism
• behavioral science
• human resources management

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - Instrumental - Sufi - Coke Studios

Sci Fi - Political Drama - Suspense - Thriller - Religion

Books - Self Help - Indian Mythology - Suspense Thrillers

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Founded a Social Initiative focusing on Youth Leadership, Skill Development, Women Empowerment - www.zavfoundation.org

Donated Blood for 25+ times in the last 17+ years!

Hitchhiked long distances in India at 24 😊
Bangalore - Hyderabad - Nagpur - Bhopal - Lucknow - Delhi - Dharamshala

Taught Yoga at a Blind School near Bangalore - Ramana Maharishi Academy for Blind, Kanakapura - 2007 to 2009

Aired a Radio Show - Youth in Action on Radio Active 90.4

Teach, Learn, Share

Anything mutually beneficial to each other :)

Yoga, Behavioral Sciences, Qualitative Research and trying to explore one self deeper :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Help with Household Chores, teach English n Basics of Computers, Yoga n Meditation (I come from a family of Uoga Teachers - my dad, mom, sister are all Yoga Teachers), I can play Sudoku, Chess, Carrom. any other Board Games. If kids at home - I can engage n play with them. Friendly Hugs for sure 😊

I can also teach Business Management Subjects like Organizational Behavior - Learning n People Sciences - Learning Analytics if at all it comes to that :) Taught at more than 6 Universities/ Higher Education Institutions :) But don’t do a quiz on me 😅

Share about Indian Sub Continent - its History - its Geography - its Political landscape

Share Language Classes - English Hindi Kannada

Support with Short Term Projects (if I’m staying for more than 15 days)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bhutan, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

India