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Dr. D.K Hema Hari

Dr. D. K. Hema Hari, faculty of Civilizational Studies at HUA’s Community Education level, along with her husband and co-founder of Bharath Gyan leads the Certificate in Hindu Civilizational Studies program.

Faculty – Community Education (Civilizational Studies)

Dr. D.K. Hema Hari is a faculty member in the Civilizational Studies program at Hindu University of America’s Community Education Division, where she co-leads the Certificate in Civilizational Studies Program with her husband, Dr. D.K. Hari. She brings over two decades of deep research experience on Indian civilization, shaped through their joint initiative, Bharath Gyan, which they launched in 2000 to present an integrated Indic narrative of India from an Indian perspective. Their work spans 40 books in multiple languages, 300 short films, 5 documentaries, 60 mini-books, and over 250 multimedia presentations delivered worldwide, including at international conferences, academic institutions, TED Talks, corporate forums, and cultural events.

Her expertise is grounded in a strong academic foundation—double degrees in Physics and Computer Technology from Bombay University—and a 20-year career in Information Technology, including senior management roles at Tata Consultancy Services and CSC India. A certified Project Management Professional (PMP) for 12 years, she specialized in managing innovation and emerging technologies, with professional engagements across several countries that broadened her global perspective.

Originally from Mysore and raised in Bombay, Dr. Hema Hari’s intellectual pursuits are matched by her artistic ones—she is trained in Carnatic vocal music and enjoys fine arts. Her contributions to Civilizational Studies have earned her a Ph.D. from Sri Sri University (2019) and honors including the Shri. B.R. Haran Memorial Award and the Visalakshi Award from the Art of Living Foundation.

Courses Taught By Dr. D.K Hema Hari

Explore our comprehensive curriculum designed to deepen your understanding of ancient texts, languages, and philosophies.

Exploring Hinduism – Geography and History

HSF1001 – (CHCS – Core Course) “Exploring Hinduism – Geography and History”, is the first course in the series titled “Exploring Hinduism” that will prepare the explorer to trace the geographical location and extent of the roots of the Hindus and also the timeline of this civilization. This course will also throw light on significant events that changed the course of their civilization as well as the course of its narrative.

Open to both teens and their parents (and grandparents too) together or separately, this series is designed to take discussion and contemplation from beyond the course window, into the portals of home and family.

Exploring Hinduism – Divinities and Dharma

HSF1002 – (CHCS – Core Course) “Exploring Hinduism – Divinities and Dharma”, is the second course in the series titled “Exploring Hinduism” that will help discern the various Divinities in the Hindu Pantheon and see Hindu thought manifested as Science, Spirituality, Symbolism, Philosophy, Religion, Rituals, Tradition, Art and Culture. This course will also throw light on the significant term in Hinduism, called Dharma. It will help see and understand this pivot around which Hinduism and all other religions born out of India are based and which forms a common thread tying them all together as Dharmic orders of the world.

Exploring Hinduism – Cosmology and Calendar

HSF1003 – (CHCS – Core Course) “Exploring Hinduism – Cosmology and Calendar”, is the third course in the series titled “Exploring Hinduism” that will examine whether the Hindu calendar is scientific and if so, how does it bear relevance to the modern world? It will take the explorer on a travel into the whorls of Space, to the very depths of Time in order to see the fundamentals that have gone to make up the Timekeeping tradition of the Hindu Civilization. It will also throw more light on how Hindu celebrations and traditions are in sync with Nature and break the myths that have dubbed them falsely as superstitious, and belief based.

Exploring Hinduism – Society and Culture

HSF1004 – (CHCS – Core Course) “Exploring Hinduism – Society and Culture”, is the fourth and final course in the series titled “Exploring Hinduism” that will examine how, despite these various dimensions, this civilization has had a common culture, the Bharatiya Kalachar. It will help understand why the Hindus are considered to be the most adaptable, accommodating and assimilating people in the world and how the Hindu Civilization has been a hallmark for Unity and Diversity. It will also throw light on factors that have caused a substantial breakdown of this Hindu Society and its flourish. It will clear the wrong understanding of the Hindu Society and break the myths that have wrongly dubbed it as a patriarchal, male dominated, oppressive, rigid, stratified, regressive society.

Hindu Contributions to the world in the realm of Matter – Big 5

HSF1201 – (CHCS – Required Course) This course explores the contributions of the Hindus to the world in the realm of matter, which has shaped the material progress of humanity and examines the evidence for the sciences, technologies, inventions, industry, prosperity, and wealth that made India such a desirable civilization across time. This course is one of two mutually independent, but naturally supplementing courses - BIG 5 (Part A) and Game Changer (Part B). This quarter we will offer the course BIG 5 to learn of industrial and trade practices of the Bharata people that not only brought prosperity to the Bharata / Hindu civilization but also significantly shaped global industry, economy and demography.

Hindu Contributions to the world in the realm of matter – Game Changer

HSF1202 - (CHCS – Required Course) This course explores the contributions of the Hindus to the world in the realm of matter, which has shaped the material progress of humanity and examines the evidence for the sciences, technologies, inventions, industry, prosperity, and wealth that made India such a desirable civilization across time. Part B explores the advantage cultivated by Hindus that enabled them to influence the world's tastes, possessions, and obsessions. It examines how this advantage was taken away and the relevance of understanding this shift in today's context.

Hindu Contributions to the World in the Realm of Mind – Towards Sciences and Arts

HSF1203 – (CHCS – Required Course) This course belongs to the set of the courses which explore the contributions of the Hindus to the world in the realm of Mind, which has shaped the Self-understanding of humanity. It constitutes first part of two mutually independent, but naturally supplementing courses.

Hindu Contributions To The World In The Realm Of Mind – Living And Lifestyle

HSF1204 – (CHCS – Required Course) This course belongs to the set of the courses which explore the contributions of the Hindus to the world in the realm of Mind, which has shaped the Self-understanding of humanity. It constitutes one part of two mutually independent, but naturally supplementing courses. The other course explores the Hindu contributions to the world in the realm of matter, which have influenced Human progress in the material world, and the sciences.

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